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Welcome to the
RUSTY PLAYERS OF OUNDLE!




Our regular rehearsal venue is the Oundle Primary School Hall.
Location: Cotterstock Road, Oundle PE8 5HA. Map
Sadly the COVID-19 epidemic has caused an major interruption to our activities.
Please watch this page for further announcements concerning our rehearsals.

REHEARSALS and CONCERTS:

Rusty Violins

Rusty Flute Quintet

Every other Monday zoom meetings

Occasional online rehearsals

In normal times: rehearse 7.45 for 8pm start, to 9.30pm (then in the 'George')
The Rusty Strings also rehearse from 7pm on marked dates (*)

RUSTY VIOLINS: DOUGLAS' COVID-19 PRACTISING!

SCALES
- Online Metronome - Play A-440 as a reference
- 3-octave scales fingering - Arpeggios
- Bowing Exercises - 1st Position - 1st to 3rd Position
- Intervals (Lento!) - sound

STUDIES
- Kreutzer: Studies #2, 3, 5 - Study #2: Bowing Exercises
- Fiorillo: 36 Studies
- Ševčík: Study #5 (recommended by Helen Smith)
- Guy Michelmore: Music Theory in 16 minutes!!

SHIFTING EXERCISES
-"The Seven Position of the Violin" by Basil Althus (Cramer Music)
- - Positions 1-5 on the Violin

- Douglas: Violin Shifting Exercises (all keys!) (pdf) - Sound (midi)

INTERMEDIATE PIECES
- Elgar: 'Chanson de Matin' and 'Nimrod'
- Hess: 'Ladies in Lavender' - piano accomp.
- Gershwin: 'Embraceable You' - piano accomp.
- Sherwin: 'A Nightingale Sang in B. Square' - piano accomp

JANE'S FOLK TUNES
- "Winster Gallop": Jane - Melodeon
- "Salmon Tails": Jane - Melodeon - fiddle band - Jane's band - sheet music
- "100 Pipers": Jane - Fiddle+Guitar: in G - in A - Sheet music: in G - in A
- "100 Pipers" by sections: A1 - A2 - A3 - A4 - B1 - B2 - B3
- "Cock o' the North": slowly (in A) - a bit faster (in A) - fast (in A)!

ADVANCED PIECES
- Gershwin: Summertime - piano accomp.
- Gershwin: I Got Rhythm - piano accomp.
- Elgar: Salut d'Amour (E) - piano accomp. (E) - 5 lessons Nicola Benedetti
- Elgar: Salut d'Amour (D) - piano accomp. (D)

- Bach: 'Matthew Passion' #47 - YouTube (Tim Mead) - YouTube (A440)
- Gade: Jealousy (tango) - piano accomp. - professionals - Young!!
- Piazzola: 'Oblivion' - Solo violin - violin 1 - violin 2 - YouTube

- Mozart: Eine Kleine Nachtmusik-1 - parts (Steve Bingham) - TRY IT!!

RUSTY FLUTE QUARTET/QUINTET (Ann, Douglas, Doug, Alan and Sue)
- Mozart: G maj KV-285a ◊ C maj KV-285b ◊ D maj KV-285 ◊ A maj KV-298
- Fürstenau: Op 39 E maj I ◊ II ◊ III ◊ Op 60 Ab ◊ Op 62 F maj ◊ Op 74 Bb
- Jan Brandts Buys (Dutch, 1868-1933) Flute Quintet in D major, Op. 21
- Bach: Orchestral Suite #2 ◊ Flute ◊ Violin1 ◊ Violin2 ◊ Viola ◊ Cello


Interested? Please contact us

Learn more about us, and where all the players come from!
Take a look at our Facebook Group page (you will need to join first)
REHEARSAL PHOTOS
REHEARSING WITH DAVID MILSTED in Oundle Primary School,
Monday 2nd March 2020 - just before Covid-19 lock-down . . .
REHEARSING IN OUNDLE PRIMARY SCHOOL (from Sept 2017)
Here: rehearsaing for our Norfolk Tour in April 2018. [click on any photo to enlarge]

Rusty Strings rehearsing
Bach Concerto with Sophia

Vince with the RPO
and Sorcerer's Apprentice

Vince with the RPO
and Dambuster's March


REHEARSING IN THE QUEEN VICTORIA HALL - until July 2017
Here: rehearsing for our Titchmarsh concert, June 2015 [click on any photo to enlarge]

Chris Gill's last rehearsal, in the Queen Victoria Hall

... and afterwards ...
... in The Ship!

REHEARSING for our Thrapston concert, Feb 2012[click on any photo to enlarge]

A happy rehearsal on Monday 1st November 2010 [click on any photo to enlarge]
... and afterwards in the Ship Inn, to discuss policy! [click on any photo to enlarge]


Learn more about us, and where all the players come from!

Take a look at our Facebook Group page (you will need to join first)