An extended alto aria gets the spotlight in this cantata, with two oboes interweaving counterpoint in alternation or in duet with the soloist, and in their own final lively duet.
The tenor recitative is accompanied by sustained unison from both oboes d'amore.
Together Frances Norbury, Joel Raymond, Rebecca Stockwell and Sarah Humphrys are The
Oboe Band.
And who needs 24
oboes when the six here did such a fine job, chortling away in the Bouree?
The Eloquent
Oboe: A History of the Hautboy from 1640 to 1760.
Baird will show how the organ is many instruments in one by playing sounds on Beall Hall's Ahrend organ comparable with a trumpet (Stephen Dunn), an
oboe (J.
Instrument maker Boosey & Hawkes, for example, offers a line of
oboes and clarinets made from a heat-treated mix of African blackwood sawdust, carbon fiber and epoxy glue.
Several call for a pair of horns, often along with
oboes and flutes, and some resemble Vivaldi's ~concerti con molti istromenti' in their unusual combinations.
Muted
oboes were still being used in this context at the beginning of the 19th century: a funeral march in C minor scored for muted
oboes, muted horns, muted trumpets and timpani, clarinets (which are marked |con oboi' in the score and thus may have been muted), and unmuted bassoons appears in Ferdinando Paer's opera Achille, first performed in 1801 (ex.1).(16)
Even though a few bars give me the feeling that the recording director could have been more meticulous, it is a minor matter, as listening to Veverka's
oboe is a true delight, a spiritual experience even.
ENGINEERING THE VOICE OF THE
OBOE WITH ACOUSTICAL PRINCIPLES.
Of late there has been a burgeoning of interest in music for double reed ensemble, and particularly the
oboe band that flourished at the court of Louis XIV.
The Robert Bloom Collection: Solo Works and Chamber Music for
Oboe. Composed and edited by Robert Bloom; [with prefaces by Sarah Lambert Bloom.] First edition.