AATM10-21 - Oboe Band

Dream Course in Italy

“Les Hautbois et Bassons du Roi”

A week full with “oboe-band music” for baroque oboe and bassoon players

Deruta (Umbria), Sunday 10 – Friday 15 October, 2021

Maestro Onno Verschoor invites baroque oboe and bassoon players to enjoy and learn about the rich woodwind band tradition of the baroque period.

Advanced amateurs and students are welcome to join the band in the inspiring historic “borgo delle arti”, Deruta, a few kilometres from Assisi and Perugia.
It will be a week of inspiring lessons, rehearsals and not to forget the good “Italian life”; we are able to cook our own meals and join good dinners in affordable restaurants. We conclude with a presentation in the historic centre and a final dinner.

The baroque wind band consisted mainly of double reed instruments, ranging from the oboe via taille (F-oboe), tenor-oboe (in C) to bassoon. Usually, the parts were doubled or more, thus forming real wind orchestras. Where the sound of violins wasn’t sufficient, those wind ensembles even replaced string orchestras. When circumstances, like festivities, demanded it, the oboe band was enriched with flutes, brass instruments and percussion. A famous example is Handel’s Music for the Royal Fireworks.

We will work in Italy with a minimum of three participants (who will stay in Casa “Le tre Muse” in Deruta) to a maximum of ten. The tuning will be a' = 415Hz.

Initiator

The recorder and baroque bassoon player Hanne Feldhaus, who herself organizes concerts under the ensemble name “Berkelbarock”, provided the incentive for this idea.
For more information, see www.hanne-feldhaus.de

Repertoire

Suites, marches and sinfonias from composers from:

• Germany – Prowo, Fischer, Telemann, Pez
• France – Lully, Charpentier, Philidor
• Italy – Lotti
• England – Purcell, Handel

Location

Studio of Casa “Le tre Muse” in Deruta (Perugia), or an alternative location in Deruta.
Information: www.letremuse.it

Lodging

7 nights in Deruta (Casa “Le tre Muse” and other B&B’s) in double or single rooms with shared bathroom.
Information: www.letremuse.it

Travel

• Transavia, RyanAir, Alirtalia to Perugia-Assisi airport, taxi or bus to Deruta.
• All companies to Rome airports with shuttle to Deruta.
• Train to Perugia and taxi or bus to Deruta.

Prices incl. lodging

• Course incl. lodging, based on shared double rooms: € 171,50 pp excl. meals and travel.
• Course incl. lodging, based on single rooms with shared bathroom: € 385 pp excl. meals and travel.

Minimum 6 participants in shared double rooms or 3 participants in single rooms with shared bathroom. Minimum occupancy to start with the course: 2 oboists and 1 bassoonist, who stay in single rooms. Supplement for private bathroom (if available): € 98 pp.

Optional extra costs (approximate prices)

• Flight to Perugia airport: Transavia € 110
• Bus from Rome to Deruta: € 35

You can prepare your own breakfast and meals in the guest kitchen of Casa “Le tre Muse” or enjoy affordable dinners in good local restaurants.

• Group-dinners € 15 (wine and water included).
• Typical Italian breakfast € 4 (coffee and croissant).