Oboe Concerto (Strauss)

Concerto in D major for Oboe and Small Orchestra
Concerto by Richard Strauss
Léon Goossens, who played oboe on the first recording in 1948
Key	D major
Catalogue	TrV 292
Composed	Completed 25 October 1945
Dedication	Volkmar Andreae and the Tonhalle Orchester Zürich[1]
Scoring	double wind, 2 horns and strings

The Concerto in D major for Oboe and Small Orchestra, AV 144, TrV 292, was written by Richard Strauss in 1945. It was one of the last works he composed near the end of his life, during what is often described by biographers, journalists and music critics as his "Indian summer."