Arrival Of The Queen Of Sheba
Les Hautboys de Monsieur de Rohan – France – Oboes band – Entrée de la Reine de Saba extrait de Salomon – Arrival of the Queen of Sheba of Solomon
Rajaton: Onni
just got a high f out on my oboe #skills
The video below was shared by someone on twitter (@ericasipes), and due to another twitter reply (from @pnoman) I’m told they are featured in Driven: Six Incredible Musical Journeys
Meanwhile … enjoy!
REPORTING FROM SEOUL -– There’s a musical mutiny playing out in this city’s hallowed concert hall, a discordant note not usually heard from the nation’s premier symphony orchestra.
Musicians in crucial chairs of the KBS Symphony Orchestra have either walked out or been dismissed, taking their instruments with them. Others are donning protest T-shirts and offering subpar work during practices and even some performances.
Such sourness stems not only from hard financial times and a trend toward declining salaries but the reappointment of an unpopular American-trained conductor. Many veteran musicians with the 55-year-old symphony orchestra are irate about controversial conductor Hahm Shinik, who many say can’t tell an oboe from a French horn.
“During rehearsals when the tune is off, the conductor doesn’t know,” one musician told the JoongAng Daily newspaper here. “Furthermore, he doesn’t recognize the distinction between different instruments.”
At rallies, the musicians have chanted: “We don’t want a circus. Make the unskilled conductor step down.”
I haven’t a clue what is true and what isn’t — I don’t know anyone connected to this orchestra and I’ve never heard of the conductor before. But what a horrendous article. It makes me ever so thankful for the groups I’m in! We sometimes have disagreements, but I can’t imagine anything like what I read in that article.
Suite Habana by Eduardo Martín
Carlos Serrano, guitar; Daniel Rodríguez, oboe
[J.C.] Bach wrote it for oboe and strings in 1765. It’s in his middle period, not as classical as earlier works and not as personalized as later ones.
I’m feeling a bit stupid … J.C. Bach’s earlier music was classical and his middle period is not so classical and then there’s the personalized later period? I can barely remember my music history, but this just seems off to me. I’m going to guess, though, that maybe someone out there can help me understand. Please?
2 classes down 2 to go! My music class is so easy it almost belittles my intelligence, seriously I know what an Oboe is but the question is does my professor know???
The Orchestra of the Principality of Asturias plays works conceived, composed and orchestrated by 9 year-old Asturian composers (plus one from NYC). This concert was given in Mieres, Asturias, SPAIN May 27, 2011, with Daniel Sanchez, guest conductor.
I’d love to know more about the young composers. Are they taking lessons? Did they write out all of the parts? How much help did they receive? So far I’ve not found more about this anywhere, but it’s interesting to hear. No, the music isn’t going to necessarily last … but what were you doing when you were nine years old?
I really do!
Rite of Spring isn’t a work I’m all that fond of playing. It’s not that it’s a rhythmic challenge: these days those rhythms aren’t all that difficult. But I have never been comfortable on the solo English horn part. I do love me some Petrushka, though! I especially enjoyed Saturday night’s concert, since I managed to keep my keys from getting water in them. Sunday wasn’t quite so fun — I got water in a key early on and that threw me out of my comfort zone and there were just a few things that I wasn’t entirely happy with (with my playing, not with anyone else’s … it IS all about me … um … right?). But even Sunday was enjoyable. I feel as if I have my English horn “sea legs” right now. Fun times.
I DO wish I had seen this video (below) before I went into rehearsals. Not that I understand a word of what Dochnanyi is saying (well, okay, maybe I understand a word here and there!), but because it’s great to sit in on a rehearsal like that!
Oh … and a review is in. She liked it. (And kudos to some of my pals for the well-deserved mentions!)
Added Note:
I neglected to include in this post how much I enjoyed working again with Giampaolo Bisanti. Oops! I surely should have included that. I think he has excellent things to say, and I find working with him a joy. This is the second time he has worked with the symphony and I do hope he returns.
Oboe! I was best in the school! …. Also the only one in the school.
October 30, 2011
There is something very psychological about mass-distributed music consumption. If I buy an LP and listen to it, I think how wonderful the music is, partly because I have paid for it. If I listen to something on spotify, I think how cheap and disposable it is. This is purely psychological I think: the medium makes us de-value the musical composition.
-Jack Curtis Dubowsky
I read this on Facebook and I think he really has a good point. It’s just something to ponder for now ….
(FYI, Jack’s website is here.)
Here is a different style of hymn singing from the Baptist Church.
This first is from a documentary:
Now just listen (you may have to adjust the sound as they get quite loud, but this is powerful singing!) …
Here’s a bit of info from the YouTube page:
These are spirituals and hymns as has been done (since slavery days) in Piedmont area of North and South Carolina. It may be unfamilar because pre-gospel music has died out (replaced by gospel) in most (if not all) areas of the US.
