Doublereed Archive - Posting 000001.txt from 2006/08

From: Oboeeee@-----.com
Subj: [DR-L] Last samba in Muncie and escape to freedom
Date: Tue, 01 Aug 2006 07:56:53 -0400


Dear List,

I am posting by proxy for Harold Emert who seems at the moment to be unable
to access the list.

Enjoy!

Janie

( Editor's note:Mr. Emert's attempt to complete his full report on IDRS2006
in Muncie was unfortunately delayed by a leak in his dorm roof which threaten
to drown his computer and the failure of his wireless internet network to
work at the Studebaker luxury dorm. After an escape worthy of "flight to
freedom" at 6 am Sunday morning ,walking backwards with his oboes,baggage and all
the IDRS purchases he could stuff into two bags,he is trying to continue his
report.Plse excuse any omissions)
>
>
> Realityville(Ft. lauderdale airport)--Another unforgettable IDRS
conventiom has ended and although I can't say I left my heart on the Muncie,Indiana
campus, life seems like blank spaces between IDRS conventions.
> So again I urge you Eduardo Flores, Herb(wherever you are) ,David
Lurie,etc to try to get to the next one scheduled for Ithaca.
> Why?

> It's not only all the wonderful concerts like Gordon Hunt's elegant Mozart
Concerto,Alex Klein's stunning Siquenza,a lovely ,lovely new work premiered
by Pat McFarland for eh and orchestra ,etc(I am leaving out specifics right
now) but the master classes permitting one to hone up those skills he or she
thought were in top form. Or its exchanges of conversations with colleagues
from all over the world who show you that you're not alone in the
problems,musical,emotional,workwise,etc that you face every day.Or it's an opportunity to
see the latest developments in our field,especially these instruments which
are always getting better and better and their auxiliary accessories.

> Personally again I enjoyed so much performing with oboe and bassoon band
arrangements of Bach, the Turkey reel,Pavane by Faure ,etc ably led by
good-humoured Chris Weiatt and demanding Steve Paulson.
> The efficiency of this new generation is astonishing.To put a moderately
difficult performance off in few rehearsals is astonishing to these ears
.Looking and hearing around I heard few mistakes from an age group which ranged
from adolescents to the elderly.
> The master classses I particularly cherish and really it was a personal
delight to attend a master class by Alex Klein before a standing room only
crowd .The atmosphere was good humored and enlightening.Klein claimed for
instance that Mozart quartet's third movement with its crazy skips was like "the
Rite of Spring" of its time and attempted to capture the off-the-wall
personality of Ramm,the oboist to whom it was dedicated.

> There were so many stars during this IDRS meet that Ihaven't time to cie
them all but certainly Frank Morelli's tour de force in the Ezra Laderman work
will be remembered.We also were treated to what sounded to my ears like the
PavAROTTI OF THE BASSOON,tHEODORE sOLURI IN excerpts from the operas of
Puccini,Donizetti and Ponchielli.(I still think it is just as difficult to play
slow and beautifully as it is to perform virtuosoity)

> Since I heard his astonishing L'Api by Pasculli at the IDRS -Greensboro
convention I have become a Joseph Salvalggio fan and he didn't disappoint us
this time out with a mysterious work entitled "The Phantom Drum" by Elizabeth
Raum,which is a contemporary nswer to Pasculli.Would love to know more about
this composer .
> Must also cite Martin Schurring's elegant Bach Concerto in F major.
> After Pat McFarland's lovely cool and collected performance of the
Concerto by Larry Shackley,I spoke briefly with the composer and learned he
currently teaches in South Carolina and has had experience composing for films. I
predict this work will become a staple in the repertoire,just as I had predicted
the dancing and performing work which Diana Doherty premiered in Melbourne
would go far .(She has since performed it with the NYPhil and in the UK).

> Many more comments,observations,etc.
> Due to Al Markel's s insistence and perseverance,our dorm imrpovisation
group again got together until the wee hours of the morning and to my surprise
none of the sleepers in the dorm complained. The sounds to my ears--after a
few hours of getting the feel of each other--weren't any worse than many
contemporary works I've heard or performed.
>
> I feel as if I have just departed the university or conservatory and all
my frineds and colleagues with whom I share a common love.
> And that's what these IDRS cnventions are about:love of our double reed
instruments, its repertoire and .....the unusual path and mysterious new world
we enter due to our passions.
>
>

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