An educational programme featuring early music. Windnstruments from Medieval until Classical Period, part 6: the oboe and the shawn.
Wind instrument music is a thing of all times. However the function of the musicians, their music and the instruments change over time. This series sheds some light on these functions and changes.
Today the 6th episode; this one is about the oboe and its predecessor: the shawm.
The shawm, a double reed instrument, is a very old one from the Middle East. During the 9th to 12th centuries, Europeans were introduced to it and made it more known among people. After that it developed into the baroque hobo, into the oboe with its many keys that we know now.
1. Pierre Phalèse (16th century)
– Branle Communs 7
– Hoboken dance
– Branle Gay 3 & 6
– Branle simple 1
La Caccia
(Ricercar, 206902, 1999)
2. Johannes Tinctoris (ca. 1435-1507)
– Helas
Piffaro
(Dorian xCD-90301, 2001)
3. Alonso de Mondéjar (fl. 1502-1505)
– Sospiros, pues que descansa
4. Ortega (?) (fl. 16th century)
– Puesque me tienes, Miguel
Piffaro
(Universal Music, Archiv, 453 441-2, 1997)
5. Compère (?-?)
– Garisses moy
6. Obrecht (?)
– Tsat een meskin
Piffaro
(Dorian xCD-90301, 2001)
7. Pierre Phalèse (?)
– Passamezzo d’Anvers
La Caccia
(Ricercar, 206902, 1999)
8. Johann Christoph Pezel (1639-1694)
Suite extraite de ‘Bicina variorum instrumentorum’
– Intrade
– Allemande
– Courente
– Sarabande
– Ballo
– Chique
Les Corsaires du Roy
(Ricercar, RIC 233, 2003)
9. Tomaso Albinoni (1671-1751)
Concerto op. 7/6
– Allegro
– Adagio
– Allegro
Paul Dombrecht, oboe. Il Fondamento
(Fuga libera, FUG554, 2009)
10. Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)
Concerto RV 455 in fa maggiore
– Allegro
– Largo
– Allegro
Alfredo Bernardini, oboe. Ensemble Zefiro
(Naïve, OP 30478, 2009)
11. Giuseppe Sammartini (1695-1750)
Concerto for oboe, strings and bc in G minor, op. 8/5
– Andante
– Allegro assai/Andante (Adagio)/Allegro
– Adagio ad libitum – Andante sostenuto
Paul Dombrecht, oboe. Il Fondamento
(Fuga libera, FUG554, 2009)
12. Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767)
Concert in c minor, for oboe and strings, TWV 51:c2
– Adagio
– Allegro
– Adagio
– Allegro
La Stagione Frankfurt led by Michael Schneider
(CPO, 999 907-2, 2011)
Special thanks to the Centrale Discotheek Rotterdam.
