Ola Gjeilo: Ubi Caritas
CWU Chamber Choir
Yes, this is the same work I posted this morning, but this time the composer improvises between each section.
Amazing Grace
Smoky Mountain Brass Quintet
Ola Gjeilo: Ubi Caritas
Phoenix Chorale
This uses only a portion of the full “Ubi Caritas”:
Ubi caritas et amor, Deus ibi est.
Congregavit nos in unum Christi amor.
Exultemus, et in ipso jucundemur.
Timeamus, et amemus Deum vivum.
Et ex corde diligamus nos sincero.
Where charity and love are, God is there.
Christ’s love has gathered us into one.
Let us rejoice and be pleased in Him.
Let us fear, and let us love the living God.
And may we love each other with a sincere heart.
Gidon Kremer may have issues with the Verbier Festival (I blogged only a very little about that here, but I just listened to the orchestra play an act of Walküre with Valery Gergiev, conductor, Frank van Aken (Siegmund), Eva-Maria Westbroek (Sieglinde), Matti Salminen (Hunding) and it was absolutely fantastic! I had recently subscribed to Medici TV for the year, and I’m very thankful I did. I’m really enjoying it. When they don’t have a live performance I can listen to, they have a multitude or recorded concerts to hear. It’s well worth the expense. For me, anyway!
But boy, these young musicians! Whoever was playing principal oboe was just wonderful … expressive with a great sound. I think it might be a young man by the name of Max Blair, but I can’t be certain. If I find out who it was for sure I’ll update this. The roster gives me this, but it’s just an alphabetical list:
Oboe
Max Blair, USA
Vincent Boilard, Canada
Vicente Castello Sansaloni, Spain
Jennifer Christen, USA
Flute, clarinet, and oboe trio between myself and some of my good friends. I love this piece because it’s so weird – but then I’ve always been impartial to 20th century music :)
… the work was a 20th century work, btw.
I just found an Oboe in my room…. I forgot I had one.
the english horn is like an oboe on steroids
Mickey & Minnie – Hansel and Gretel
And so I’ve decided to put a halt to the Saturday Morning Cartoon. I’m sure I could find more, but I’ve grown weary of the search, and sometimes I choose poorly. If you want to watch some oldies just go to YouTube and search on cartoons + “classical music” … you’ll probably find ‘em that way!
(Of course if I get too many “Shoot, we waited all week for these I might change my mind, but I have a sneakin’ suspicion only a very few really watched what I posted. Yes?)
Sérgio Azevedo: Bergerettes I for solo oboe
Tiago Coimbra, oboist
Howdy. I just read a few in this some other threads as well as was required to understand in case you might want to consider swapping blogroll back links?
Symphony Silicon Valley, with the help of Target, is doing free concerts this weekend and next. Do check out all the info here. I’m playing English horn and a very small bit of third oboe this first weekend. For the July 30 concert I play all of one work: Ravel’s Bolero. For the second I play a wee bit more, but if you don’t listen carefully you just might miss me. It’s a rather easy job for me, but I’m delighted to be back at work! Or play. Or work—play. You decide!
And hey, there’s free ice cream at the Sunday, July 31 concert. For you. Not for me. (I don’t eat ice cream and the put a reed in my mouth. Bad idea!)
I’ll bring a camera and try to snap a few photos. Stay tuned!
… there are more than these two, but of course I have to post the double reed ones! (I may have posted the second one before, as I know I watched it, but I can’t locate it so oh well!)
Two of the Mississippi Symphony Orchestra’s longest tenured musicians, both oboists, retired at season’s end, closing out decades-long careers there.
Charlie Wicker’s career clocked in at 50 years, and Frank Lynch’s stretched over 34 years.
RTWT.
Let’s see, around here many seem to combine San Jose Symphony (RIP) and Symphony Silicon Valley as one. I began in 1975. Will I be playing in 2025? When I’m 68 will I still be sitting in that chair? I can’t even imagine … but I can’t imagine being 68 either! Go figure.
Listen closely tonight for the bassoon solo in Ravel’s “Concerto for Piano and Orchestra.” The New York Philharmonic performs this piece tonight for the Philharmonic’s closing night concert of its residency in Vail this summer.
Um … who cares about a bassoon solo when that second movement has the English horn solo. Right? I would suggest that the writer meant English horn, but he’s an oboist so I’m guessing that’s not the case!
I read the article here and it’s mostly about altitude and reeds. I have no problem with altitude and reeds where I live. I DO have a huge problem with my attitude and reeds, though. :-)
I’m really happy [name here] picked the flute and not an oboe…
