Windy Barn: Music from Willards Barn

Windy Barn: Music from Willards Barn

In this playful series, we focus on the history of the oboe band and how it differed across western Europe. We explore the sound through some of the great plays of the late seventeenth century and throw in a little oboe trivia for good measure!

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Windy Barn: Music from Willards Barn
  • The Oboe Band in England

    In this playful series, we focus on the history of the oboe band in England. We explore the sound through some of the great plays of the late seventeenth century and throw in a little oboe trivia for good measure!

    CROFT music for Steele’s play The funeral or Grief-a-la-mode, performed with scen...

  • The Oboe Band in France

    In this playful series, we focus on the history of the oboe band in France. We explore the sound through some of the great plays of the late seventeenth century and throw in a little oboe trivia for good measure!

    LULLY Le bourgeois gentilhomme, performed with a synopsis of Molière’s play by the...

  • The Oboe Band in Germany

    In this playful series, we focus on the history of the oboe band in Germany. We explore the sound through some of the great plays of the late seventeenth century and throw in a little oboe trivia for good measure!

    KRIEGER: Lustige Feldmusik

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