The Oboe Band

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Programmes
The Oboe Band enjoy creating a variety of programmes for many events.

Example recital programmes:
1. Court and Theatre Music of Restoration London
M. Lully: Premier Air des Hautbois
Mr Peasable's Aires for the Comedy “She wou'd and she wou'd not”
Mr Godfrey Finger: Sonata Ottava from Sonatae XII pro diversis Instrumentis, op.1
Mr Lenton's Aires for the “Tragedy of the Ambitious Stepmother”
Interval

Mr Eccles' Aires for “the Opera call'd the Mad Lover”
Mr Peasable: The Queen's Farewell from “The Sprightly Companion”
Mr Henry Purcell: Symphonies, Airs and Dances for “The Fairy Queen”
2. War and Peace: Exploring the Oboe Band's Role On and Off the Battlefield including works by Lully, Purcell and Krieger
Jean Baptiste Lully: L‘air des Hautbois
Johann Philip Krieger: Lustige Feld Musik Partita No. 1
George Frederick Handel: Rigaudon, Bourree & March
Henry Purcell: King Arthur
Interval
Henry Purcell: The Fairy Queen
Joseph Bodin de Boismortier: Sonate in g minor op.34 no.1
Johann Christian Pez: Suite in d minor
Johann Sebastian Bach: Motet - Lobert den Herrn alle Heiden
Education
The Oboe Band is also happy to give lecture recitals and demonstration concerts on a range of topics for all ages, including:

The Arrival of the Oboe in England
The Fascinating History of the Double Reed Family from Shawms and Dulcians to Romantic and Modern Oboes and Bassoons.
Music