Not a sluggish tempo, to be sure, and one little oboe duo lick that is slurred in our part is tongued by the oboes.
Merola has launched their own website. While looking around I wondered if they have also cut back the season for this coming summer. Does anyone know? I thought they usually did two operas. I now only see one. I’m probably just confused.
I sometimes get the joy of working with the Merola gang. I love it! But then I love all things opera! (Which means I’m looking forward to getting back to the remainder of
Some should. & maybe some shouldn’t ..?? ;-)
Back on the scene, with amplified oboe in tow.
… to dampen the mood! Ah yes, we can do that sort of thing, yes? It just cracked me up to read the below about Alan Gilbert.
Before everyone gets too excited, though, his mother issues a few sober words of caution. After only three months in the job Gilbert is still in a honeymoon period, she cautions. At this point people are just happy that he’s not Maazel or Masur.
And there’s one rather inconvenient fact: “Riccardo Muti was a very strong favourite of the orchestra’s. Many people would have been very happy to have him.” Even she was tempted. “He’s a great conductor, one of the best around,” she says, looking down at her skirt as if embarrassed to be having such treacherous thoughts. “I thought it may be good for Alan to get it the next time, in four or five years. But then Muti didn’t, for whatever reason, accept.”
Tomorrow morning I go in to have my hearing checked. The doctor suggested I return in 6 months, rather than the usual year, since my hearing is rather important for my career. As far as I can tell, nothing has changed. I still have tinnitus, and I think I still have the same amount of problems with my left ear. But I don’t think anything is worse. I hope they confirm that!
After the hearing test I move on to the first rehearsal for Marriage of Figaro. Can’t beat Mozart! It’s a long opera, though. I get spoiled by our under-three-hour operas. This one won’t be quite like that. But it’s work … and I do love getting back to work. Playing work, that is. :-)
Nobody should try to learn a wind instrument until the adult incisor teeth are fully developed (flute is an exception since it doesn’t touch or push on the teeth).
I have never really thought about this. I don’t take very young students because I think oboe is just to difficult to begin at a young age and hands are often too small. But teeth? Any of you out there think on this one?
I don’t think the bass wakes up elephants. But I would imagine that the oboe would rouse them.
Well check this out … MTT demonstrating his practicing with Dr. Beat. Hoorah, hoorah! (He also tells a story about breaking his wrist and playing the Piano Concerto … amazing!)
See, students, it never stops. Really!
World Class Orchestra: Seeks World Class Oboist that understands (The three GOLDEN RULES of oboe playing.,)
And yet another ad in Craigslist. And clearly I’m not qualified to apply. I honestly don’t know the three golden rules! Oops! The ad is supposed to be from the World Class Orchestra. Hmmm. Anyone know about the group?
I read it here.
At first glance it might seem like the Wichita Symphony Orchestra is trying to break with tradition.
Its last concert featured an electric violin, sound loops and improvisation. A concert in March will be synchronized to images of Norman Rockwell illustrations projected above the stage.
And concerts next weekend will feature live murder mystery theater unfolding while the orchestra plays.
A typical classical music concert it’s not. And, according to the symphony, that’s a good thing.
“It’s a way to break down the passive environment that orchestras have traditionally presented,” said Mitchell Berman, the symphony’s executive director.
Um … why did the writer write, “At first glance it might seem like the Wichita Symphony Orchestra is trying to break with tradition.”? I would suggest that at every glance it appears that way. But of course what do I know?
In any case, what do readers think about this sort of thing? Read the article and let me know! I’d love to get opinions on these concerts Wichita is doing.
Why is ‘oboe’ always the answer to crossword clues about orchestra instruments?
A week ago Saturday Dan and I went to San Francisco to hear Gonzalo Ruiz on baroque oboe, along with Hanneke van Proosdij on harpsichord, William Skeen playing viola da gamba and David Tayler playing archlute. I have several recordings of Mr. Ruiz, and I’ve listened to baroque oboe before, but I had never been to a live performance. It was quite the treat! Here, now, is a movement of the Couperin that we heard:
And what might have Gonzalo Ruiz have done had he not excelled at oboe? Hmmm. I wonder! ;-)
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