*** Registration is open ***

On October 11, 2026, EFBO will be playing Handel's “Israel in Egypt” in the "Grote Kerk Vianen"

We are going for another ambitious project and will be playing all 3 parts of Handel's famous oratorio, nearly 2 hours of music! Conductor will be Armin Rothermel.

Registration is now open !

We need a large group of musicians as well as singers:

Orchestra (33 musicians)

2 Flutes (traversi)

2 Oboes

2 Bassoons

2 Trumpets

3 Trombones

Timpani

Strings vl1-vl2-vla-cl-db = 55431

Continuo (organ, cembalo, harp, theorbe…)

Singers

Israel in Egypt requires a double choir. Our goal is 5 singers per voice, so total 40 singers.

SATB – SATB = 5555 – 5555

Rehearsals are planned as follows:

Saturday & Sunday August 15 & 16 Orchestra (oboi + strings + continuo)

Saturday & Sunday August 22 & 23 Singers (choir)

Friday October 2 Recitativi, arias with small orchestra

Saturday 3 Orchestra Arias with large orchestra

Sunday October 4 Orchestra tutti + choir

Friday October 9 Arias with small & large orchestra

Saturday October 10 Tutti Orchestra + choir + soloist

Final schedule will be announced later and might deviate from the above. 

Registration is open as of now. You can register by sending an email to efb.orchestra@gmail.com. The EFBO board will have the final decision who will participate. We will be asking a contribution by all musicians (30 euro) and singers (75 euro) to cover the cost of the project (conductor, rehearsal locations etc.). The EFBO data privacy statement applies to this activity.