“Its sound is very soothing, plaintive and I think slightly enigmatic”.
Our Principal Oboe Katharina Spreckelsen explores the mystery of the peculiar-looking baroque instrument, the oboe da caccia.
0:00 Excerpt from Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern by J.S. Bach
4:20 Excerpt from Aria: Zerfliese, mein Herze, from St John Passion by J.S. Bach
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