It’s funny how much better your oboe sounds once you get a new reed. lol.
… just might be fun for a concert. Not sure what the audience would think … well, except one blogger would be cool with it:
And I think that, while a casually dressed orchestra is fabulous, a unified looking orchestra is preferable…even if they’re all wearing plaid pyjamas.
I read it here.
(Side note: Did I already post this? I wonder, since the article was posted in January. Hmm.)
“Nine by Five” is named for a technical detail that appealed to Mr. Carter as an engine for this score. He wanted to take advantage of the instrumental doublings that wind players typically handle. So the flutist, Carol Wincenc, also played the piccolo; Mr. Neidich used two kinds of clarinet; Stephen Taylor doubled on oboe and English horn, and Marc Goldberg switched between bassoon and contrabassoon. The hornist, William Purvis, had no natural doubling (though he played with and without a mute); so all told, the five musicians played nine instruments.
RTWT.
I should’ve been an oboist, with lung capacity like this yfrog.com/3lwrlxj
I’d love to know the story behind this group!!
Charleston, anyone?
Bach?
… and ain’t she sweet?
There’s always a place for the E-flat clarinet. Nobody wants it, because it doesn’t work. It’s something like a French horn — excuse me, a horn, you don’t call it a French horn — because if you hit a note hard, it tends to shatter. With the E-flat clarinet it’s a double-reed. It’s like blowing — playing through a straw.
So many records, so little time. But the Vatican can help. The official newspaper of the Holy See, L’Osservatore Romano, has published what it called a “semi-serious” guide to the Top 10 pop albums of all time. In first place was the Beatles’ “Revolver.”
You know you wanna see the rest of the list. (Poor Dylan.)
What does an oboe sound like?
I play the oboe and to me it sounds like a snake charmer’s insturment. but to others it sounds like a dying bird.
Beer with That?
Some patrons aren’t sure about the fact that you can bring food and drink into the theatre with you. But I believe that enjoying a glass of wine with that second act of “Turk in Italy” could be a fine thing. There are occasional worries about noisy wrappers and clinking ice cubes destroying the mood, but most people have a surprising amount of common sense about this. In decades of attending and producing opera at The Barns, there have been very very few problems – probably no more than there are with candy and cough drop wrappers in a hall with traditional restrictions.
I read it here. Kim Witman, of Wolf Trap Opera (read here blog here), is the writer. Anyone wanna give an opinion on this?
I really think it’s the location that makes the diff. It’s not so much the program or the group. It’s the “where” of it all. If I’m in a place that feels more formal, I want things to be more formal. And I just don’t care for beer in the hall. I was at San Francisco Opera a few years back and two women came in between the first and second acts (or was it before the start of the opera? I can’t remember now!) of Der Rosenkavalier, one carrying a beer and the other a glass of wine. They were clearly newbies, and I’m always happy to see new people attend something like that, so I just figured they were new and didn’t know people didn’t do that at SF Opera (or DO they?!). They were a bit confused by the story but I thought they might be enjoying it. Another audience member encouraged them when they asked about things, saying, “Oh the best is yet to come!”
They left before the final act.
In any case … I probably need to just go with the flow and say, “Sure, go ahead and drink.” What harm does it do, eh? I will stick to my “no drinking” policy myself though. Trust me, my oboe playing is better that way. :-)
The oboe player is back on tonight. I haven’t a clue if she continues to win (I’m sure you all know these are recorded earlier than they are shown), and doing a search online brought up nothing. Guess they’re good about keeping these things a secret. But I’ll be watching and cheering her on. :-)
Vancouver contestant back on ‘Jeopardy!’
Vancouver oboist Rebecca Dixon will be back on “Jeopardy!” tonight to defend her championship title.
Dixon, a 23-year-old Mountain View High School graduate, won on episodes airing Jan. 28 and 29. Her two-day winnings totaled $53,002. Now that the program’s college championship has ended, she’s back hoping for a third win.
omg i am sooo mad i cant do band because i left my oboe in my moms car so i get to skip first period i am very happpy but mad at the sametim
I believe that classical music snobs who think that Top 40 pop hits and the Grammy awards really mean anything re “popular culture” should be forced to listen to “Eine kleine Nachtmusik” repeatedly.
I read it here
… doing Rite of Spring. I’ll let his work speak for itself. You don’t need to hear from me! Well, except to say this kid is cute and clearly hears the music!
Pope Benedict XVI was nominated on Monday for a top classical music award and will fight for the prize against reality television stars.
The pontiff was shortlisted for the Classical Brit Awards album of the year for his singing on the album “Alma Mater — Music From the Vatican”.
There are 10 contenders vying for the prize, including two from reality television shows: Britain’s Got Talent star Faryl Smith and the X-Factor’s Rhydian Roberts.
Also up against the German-born pontiff are three Catholic clerics in a group called The Priests, with their second release “Harmony”.
The winner of the album of the year, who is voted for by the public, will be announced in London on May 13. Last year the prize was won by the bagpipe music of Royal Scots Dragoon Guards.
Steal Away
