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In article ,
Michael Kellett wrote:
Johan Helsingius:
On 27-02-17 20:43, Iain Churches wrote:
It has recently been announced that the EUBO
(The European Union Baroque Orchestra) will
relocate from Woodstock, Oxfordshire UK
to Amsterdam. That's sad.

Not if you live in Amsterdam...

Julf

Is it such a great loss ?

An extract from the letter announcing this:

"The Brexit vote has already had an impact on our fundraising efforts.
The current orchestra has no UK
members, but EUBO's administration is entirely British. With the UK
outside the EU and free movement to
and from the UK in all likelihood ended, EUBO's operation will become
seriously compromised, to say
nothing of our likely future access to EU and other funds."

If their are no UK members of the orchestra it seems kind of silly for
it to be based here.

Based in Woodstock? Lots and lots of 'Baroque' musicians must live there.
;-)

Actually, you are right, - they do. Woodstock is a 20 minute drive from
Oxford City centre. The Faculty of Music of Oxford University has one
of the largest and most active departments of music in British academia
with a worldwide reputation. Many fine musicians live in Oxford.

So the EUBO is very suitably located.
Amsterdam will suit even better, and the EU has promised
continued funding for such an important cultural organisation.

Iain

On 28/02/2017 11:22, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
Michael Kellett wrote:
Johan Helsingius:
On 27-02-17 20:43, Iain Churches wrote:
It has recently been announced that the EUBO
(The European Union Baroque Orchestra) will
relocate from Woodstock, Oxfordshire UK
to Amsterdam. That's sad.

Not if you live in Amsterdam...

Julf

Is it such a great loss ?

An extract from the letter announcing this:

"The Brexit vote has already had an impact on our fundraising efforts.
The current orchestra has no UK
members, but EUBO's administration is entirely British. With the UK
outside the EU and free movement to
and from the UK in all likelihood ended, EUBO's operation will become
seriously compromised, to say
nothing of our likely future access to EU and other funds."

If their are no UK members of the orchestra it seems kind of silly for
it to be based here.

Based in Woodstock? Lots and lots of 'Baroque' musicians must live there.
;-)


Baroque and Roll you mean?

--
Graeme Wall
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On 28/02/2017 12:35, Iain Churches wrote:
"Johan Helsingius" wrote in message
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On 27-02-17 20:43, Iain Churches wrote:
It has recently been announced that the EUBO
(The European Union Baroque Orchestra) will
relocate from Woodstock, Oxfordshire UK
to Amsterdam. That's sad.

Not if you live in Amsterdam...

How true:-)

Did you watch the broadcast from the link I posted.
Dutch TV AVRO did a very good job.
Anyone recognise the location?
Iain




Couple of shaky bits at the start, I think the director must have lost
his place in the score :-)

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On 28/02/2017 11:22, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
Michael Kellett wrote:
Johan Helsingius:
On 27-02-17 20:43, Iain Churches wrote:
It has recently been announced that the EUBO
(The European Union Baroque Orchestra) will
relocate from Woodstock, Oxfordshire UK
to Amsterdam. That's sad.

Not if you live in Amsterdam...

Julf

Is it such a great loss ?

An extract from the letter announcing this:

"The Brexit vote has already had an impact on our fundraising efforts.
The current orchestra has no UK
members, but EUBO's administration is entirely British. With the UK
outside the EU and free movement to
and from the UK in all likelihood ended, EUBO's operation will become
seriously compromised, to say
nothing of our likely future access to EU and other funds."

If their are no UK members of the orchestra it seems kind of silly for
it to be based here.

Based in Woodstock? Lots and lots of 'Baroque' musicians must live there.
;-)


Baroque and Roll you mean?

I am pretty surer that Thomas Arne would have appreciated
Jethro Tull. A flautist standing on one leg - who could
resist? :-)

Iain

On 28/02/2017 13:59, Iain Churches wrote:
"Graeme Wall" wrote in message
news
On 28/02/2017 11:22, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
Michael Kellett wrote:
Johan Helsingius:
On 27-02-17 20:43, Iain Churches wrote:
It has recently been announced that the EUBO
(The European Union Baroque Orchestra) will
relocate from Woodstock, Oxfordshire UK
to Amsterdam. That's sad.

Not if you live in Amsterdam...

Julf

Is it such a great loss ?

An extract from the letter announcing this:

"The Brexit vote has already had an impact on our fundraising efforts.
The current orchestra has no UK
members, but EUBO's administration is entirely British. With the UK
outside the EU and free movement to
and from the UK in all likelihood ended, EUBO's operation will become
seriously compromised, to say
nothing of our likely future access to EU and other funds."

If their are no UK members of the orchestra it seems kind of silly for
it to be based here.

Based in Woodstock? Lots and lots of 'Baroque' musicians must live there.
;-)


Baroque and Roll you mean?

I am pretty surer that Thomas Arne would have appreciated
Jethro Tull. A flautist standing on one leg - who could
resist? :-)


A recent BBC TV series on the Symphony included a baroque version of a
Status Quo number!


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Graeme Wall
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On 28/02/2017 14:00, Graeme Wall wrote:
On 28/02/2017 13:59, Iain Churches wrote:
"Graeme Wall" wrote in message
news
On 28/02/2017 11:22, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
Michael Kellett wrote:
Johan Helsingius:
On 27-02-17 20:43, Iain Churches wrote:
It has recently been announced that the EUBO
(The European Union Baroque Orchestra) will
relocate from Woodstock, Oxfordshire UK
to Amsterdam. That's sad.

Not if you live in Amsterdam...

Julf

Is it such a great loss ?

An extract from the letter announcing this:

"The Brexit vote has already had an impact on our fundraising efforts.
The current orchestra has no UK
members, but EUBO's administration is entirely British. With the UK
outside the EU and free movement to
and from the UK in all likelihood ended, EUBO's operation will become
seriously compromised, to say
nothing of our likely future access to EU and other funds."

If their are no UK members of the orchestra it seems kind of silly for
it to be based here.

Based in Woodstock? Lots and lots of 'Baroque' musicians must live
there.
;-)


Baroque and Roll you mean?

I am pretty surer that Thomas Arne would have appreciated
Jethro Tull. A flautist standing on one leg - who could
resist? :-)


A recent BBC TV series on the Symphony included a baroque version of a
Status Quo number!

How about the Gumbo Variations?
(Although Zappa was more Boulez than Bach.)

--
Eiron.

Did you watch the broadcast from the link I posted.
Dutch TV AVRO did a very good job.

Yes, AVRO usually does a more than decent job.

Anyone recognise the location?

The Dom in Utrecht?

Haven't been there more than once - I am spoiled by being within walking
distance from Amsterdam Concertgebouw...

Julf

In article ,
Richard Robinson wrote:
This kind of thing is inevitable with Brexit. Musicians are ready to
travel and stand in at a moments notice - if a counter tenor is needed
tonight, he is needed tonight - not in three weeks when a working visa
can be arranged. This orchestra has done the right thing in moving to
a location that preserves its freedom of artistic choice.

Yes, in the circumstances. But it's kind of a pity for anybody in the UK
who does care about such music, especially any students who might have
spent years of their life working towards getting a place in such an
orchestra. But, as you say, inevitable. Just one of the smaller reasons
why I do not have a good opinion of Brexit.

Quite. Can you imagine BMW - who own the Mini factory in the UK - having
to apply for a visa to send over an engineer to trouble shoot something
that crops up? Likewise with any such European organisation that have a
presence here.

--
*I started out with nothing, and I still have most of it*

Dave Plowman London SW
To e-mail, change noise into sound.

Dave Plowman (News) said:
In article ,
Richard Robinson wrote:
This kind of thing is inevitable with Brexit. Musicians are ready to
travel and stand in at a moments notice - if a counter tenor is needed
tonight, he is needed tonight - not in three weeks when a working visa
can be arranged. This orchestra has done the right thing in moving to
a location that preserves its freedom of artistic choice.

Yes, in the circumstances. But it's kind of a pity for anybody in the UK
who does care about such music, especially any students who might have
spent years of their life working towards getting a place in such an
orchestra. But, as you say, inevitable. Just one of the smaller reasons
why I do not have a good opinion of Brexit.

Quite. Can you imagine BMW - who own the Mini factory in the UK - having
to apply for a visa to send over an engineer to trouble shoot something
that crops up? Likewise with any such European organisation that have a
presence here.

"Fog in Westminster, continent left stranded".


--
Richard Robinson
"The whole plan hinged upon the natural curiosity of potatoes" - S. Lem

My email address is at http://qualmograph.org.uk/contact.html

In article ,
Graeme Wall wrote:
Based in Woodstock? Lots and lots of 'Baroque' musicians must live there.
;-)


Baroque and Roll you mean?

Ah - the other Woodstock. ;-)

Can't really think of an odder place to have the headquarters of a band.
It doesn't even have a railway station. And property prices are sky high.

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Dave Plowman London SW
To e-mail, change noise into sound.