Antonio Pasculli (1824-1924) is a famous late nineteenth-century Italian composer . Pasculli understands the utmost limit of oboe playing and his work is full of coloratura melodies, and virtuoso difficult passages, which challenge oboe players’ skill limits. Concerto sopra motive dell’opera "La Favorita" di Donizetti is one of the frequently played songs of Pasculli’s in the repertoire, whose songs and materials are derived from Gaetano Donizetti’s (1797-1848) opera "La Favorita". The reasons why the researcher wants to discuss the work are its difficult performance skills, beautiful melodies, and the dramatic properties from the combination of the music and the story plot.

Chapter I is the Introduction, including the motivation, the range and the references of the thesis. Chapter II is Donizetti's life and the plot of the opera "La Favorita" .Chapter III has three parts. The first part explores the historical Italian background of the nineteenth century. The second part introduces the Pasculli of life. The last part is the summed-up generalization of its composing style. The fourth chapter contains the music analysis of the work and the discussion of the connection between the work and the original music material. The fifth chapter based on the previous three chapters is consisted of the interpretation of the work’s performance, the comparison between the other sub-spectrum Oboe and Piano spectral, the analysis of cadenza in the work and the performance skills. Chapter VI is the conclusions.

Ya-Ling Cheng Oboe Recital Program

1. W. A. Mozart (1756-1791): Quartet in F major for Oboe, Violin, Viola and Cello, KV 370 (Piano arrangement)

2. G. Grovlez (1879-1944): Sarabande and Allegro for Oboe and Piano

3. A. Doráti (1906-1988): Duo Concertante for Oboe and Piano

4. R. V. Williams (1872-1958): Concerto for Oboe and Strings. (Piano arrangement)

5. P. Hindemith (1895-1963): Sonata for Oboe and Piano