*** 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.