Doublereed Archive - Posting 000009.txt from 2005/06

From: "Lim Sze Ai, Esther" <elsa15@-----.sg>
Subj: RE: [DR-L] woodhams - mozart
Date: Thu, 02 Jun 2005 09:53:32 -0400

I agree! Definitely convinced by what I heard... Coupled with hearing =
Vienna
and LSO in Singapore.. I'm head over heels! :D I think recordings cannot
genuinely offer you the range and depth of sound and COLORS that can be
heard during a live performance. Being a poor bassoonist who cannot =
afford
state of the art sound systems and good earphones (for a normal CD =
player),
I just cannot hear that richness that can be heard in live performances =
:)

Unfortunately, they did not perform in the Victoria Concert Hall (that's =
the
original and PIONEER concert hall that we have). Thank goodness they
didn't!! I reckon the stage would not be able to accommodate the =
orchestra
size for Mahler, AND I would not have been able to get a ticket! I was =
able
to get good seats, but only because I bought the tickets 6 months before =
the
concert!=20

The orchestra performed at the Esplanade Concert Hall. It's a new
performance area that we have, that can seat easily 1500 audience, with
state of the art (not too sure, but the sound panels look impressive!)
acoustics and facilities! www.esplanade.com.sg

Lang Lang's performance was a sold out, but the second performance (with =
the
Mozart and Mahler), had a few empty seats in the audience. Such a =
waste!!=20

:D

-----Original Message-----
From: Rhondda May [mailto:rmay@-----.com]=20
Sent: Thursday, June 02, 2005 7:59 PM
To: doublereed@-----.org
Subject: Re: [DR-L] woodhams - mozart=20

Yes, George, it must've been "kingwood' - it was noisy backstage and i=20
declined going out for drinks on the grounds of needing to study=20
criminal law from 5.30 am :-( , so i think that must've been what he=20
actually said.

Esther, i'm so glad you wrote this post.
Live music is so much better, so much more exciting, absorbing, than=20
CD's, but in this electronic day and age it's so easy not to bestir=20
onesself to go hear a concert....

in Singapore, did they play in that old beautiful hall where the=20
Singapore Symphony used to play [i heard a concert there in 1993]?

Not unsurprisingly, the concert with Lang Lang sold out here within=20
about 24 hours of the tickets going onsale.... i got among the last 3=20
seats together - behind the orchestra - about 4 days after they went=20
onsale.....
On 2 Jun 05, at 12:11 PM, Lim Sze Ai, Esther wrote:

> Hi...
>
> They were recently in Singapore for our own local Arts Festival, and
> did 2
> night's worth of program...
>
> Night 1
> Dvorak's Carnival Concert Overture
> Tchaikovsky's Piano Concert No 1, (Piano solo - Lang Lang) Bartok's=20
> Concerto for Orchestra
>
> Night 2
> Mozart's Oboe Concerto (Richard Woodhams)
> Mahler's Symphony No 5
>
> Both soloists were FANTASTIC. I loved Mr Woodhams' rich oboe sound..=20
> He seemed to float over all his notes! Lang Lang was great as well,=20
> and I've seldom seen a piano soloist treat his notes with such care!=20
> The woodwind
> principals were fantastic, the ensemble playing was tight.
>
> Mahler for us was great as well, with some hiccups here and there. The =

> trumpet solo was just right, the strings (in their solo movement) were =

> fantastic! Kudos goes for the all the soloists! (I'm actually not a=20
> huge fan of Mahler.. The very first time I listened to a recording of=20
> his Symphony 5,
> I nearly wanted to bash my head against the wall (no insult to the
> composer!), but after listening to their Philadelphia Orchestra's
> performance of the work, I'm convinced!
>
> After listening to their performance, it just further enhances my
> belief
> that nothing beats listening to a 'live' performance compared to a CD!
>
> (apologies if I sound like I'm gushing and make no sense, but it is
> truly
> inspiring! For an amateur bassoonist with a downward spiraling=20
> confidence
> level, their performance reminds me of the 101 reasons why I love=20
> music and
> the passion of sharing it)
>
> Esther :D
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rhondda May [mailto:rmay@-----.com]
> Sent: Thursday, June 02, 2005 6:26 AM
> To: doublereed@-----.org
> Subject: [DR-L] woodhams - mozart
>
>
> hi all,
>
> so last night a packed hall in hong kong heard dick woodhams play the=20
> mozart concerto. even from my seat behind the orchestra, he sounded=20
> fabulous. and he's using a "red-wood" yamaha oboe. really beautiful, =

> colorful, expressive, gorgeous playing.
>
> i asked him afterwards about the oboe and he called it "canewood" [??]
> - dunno what this is but it's certainly worth a surf or two to=20
> discover.
>
> just hope my student was appropriately inspired.
>
> eschenbach, conducting mahler 1 on the 2nd half, was, however,=20
> ghastly.
>
> cheers all,
>
> rhondda may
> hong kong
> yeah, i know there are no caps. in a rush, and keyboard still=20
> suffering results of an assault by a 10-year-old using a deadly glass=20
> of milk.
>
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> doublereed-digest-unsubscribe@-----. For
> a list
> of commands: email doublereed-help@-----.org For personal help:=20
> email
> doublereed-owner@-----.Org, =

> Inc.
> http://www.woodwind.org
>
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> doublereed-digest-unsubscribe@-----. For=20
> a list of commands: email doublereed-help@-----.org For personal=20
> help: email doublereed-owner@-----.org Doublereed is a service of=20
> Woodwind.Org, Inc. http://www.woodwind.org
>

---------------------------------------------------------------------
doublereed-digest-unsubscribe@-----. For a =
list
of commands: email doublereed-help@-----.org For personal help: email
doublereed-owner@-----.Org, =
Inc.
http://www.woodwind.org

---------------------------------------------------------------------
For personal help: email doublereed-owner@-----.org
Doublereed is a service of Woodwind.Org, Inc. http://www.woodwind.org