Evelyn Barbirolli, a distinguished oboe player and widow of the conductor Sir John Barbirolli, has died. She was 97.
Barbirolli died Sunday in London. The cause of death was not announced.
In 1948, she had the honor of giving the first performance of a newly discovered oboe concerto by Mozart, during a tour of Austria with the Halle Orchestra.
Born Evelyn Rothwell, she took up …
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