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Beverley and East Riding Early Music Festival: Event 2


In the second half of the 18th century, every respectable court throughout Europe employed musicians to provide functional music for official occasions, special celebrations and everyday entertainment. Small wind-bands made up of oboes, horns and bassoons were especially popular in the Habsburg lands, and Ensemble Sarbacanes here scatter a few jewels from Vienna’s musical life to offer us a glimpse into the colourful repertoire of the classical wind sextet.