Lisa Beznosiuk, our principal flute, gives us a quick insight into the instruments she is currently using.
Recently, OAE players have had a lot of repertoire to prepare for upcoming OAE concerts at Queen Elizabeth Hall, Royal Festival Hall, St John’s Smith Square, The Anvil in Basingstoke and our Mendelssohn tour with Andras Schiff which will also take us up to Gateshead, Snape and Saffron Walden.
We’ll be playing music ranging from Bach to Sibelius… via Mendelssohn, Glinka and Grieg! Sibelius was born in 1865, nearly 200 years after Bach and of course the instruments developed a great deal during that time.
Nowadays historical woodwind players are used to playing instruments with different fingering systems and techniques alongside each other but I can’t remember a time when I had quite so many to practice and maintain in good order at the same time.
This is what the OAE does… it’s challenging and fun!
