- 2018-08-15
- 2021-01-30
Introducing Beethoven’s Contrabassoon
What is this big beast of the orchestra, and where did it come from? David Chatterton introduces the contrabassoon as heard in Beethoven’s Fifth […]
What is this big beast of the orchestra, and where did it come from? David Chatterton introduces the contrabassoon as heard in Beethoven’s Fifth […]
Where did the double bass of today come from? Cecelia Bruggemeyer, a long-time double bass player with the OAE, introduces its baroque ancestor. NB Vi […]
Provided to YouTube by Universal Music Group J.S. Bach: “Preise dein Glücke, gesegnetes Sachsen” Cantata, BWV 215 – 1. “Preise […]
Provided to YouTube by Universal Music Group J.S. Bach: Geschwinde, geschwinde, ihr wirbelnden Winde Cantata, BWV 201 – Coro: “Labt das He […]
Provided to YouTube by Universal Music Group J.S. Bach: Kommt, eilet und laufet (Easter Oratorio) , BWV 249 – 2. Duetto (& Chorus) “K […]
Provided to YouTube by Universal Music Group J.S. Bach: Lobet Gott in seinen Reichen, BWV 11 (Ascension Oratorio) – 1. Chor: “Lobet Gott i […]
Provided to YouTube by Universal Music Group J.S. Bach: Kommt, eilet und laufet (Easter Oratorio) , BWV 249 – 10. Chorus (Chor der Gläubigen) […]
Introducing the predecessor of the modern piano, the fortepiano. Our co-principal keyboard Steven Devine shows us the instrument Mozart would have pla […]
Mozart illustrated the score for the Rondo from his Horn Concerto No.1 with a series of naughty notes and jokes aimed at his horn player friend, Josep […]
The first of a new series of videos exploring the instruments of the ‘classical’ era (1750-1820). Principal Horn Roger Montgomery looks at […]