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 same name.
Movements
Ouverture
Air - Sarabande - Bouree - Gaillarde – Canarie
Deuxieme air (end of act 2)
Minuet pour les hautbois en Poitevins
Deuxieme air
Troisieme air
Marche pour la ceremonie des Turcs
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...
