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Doublereed Archive - Posting 000056.txt from 2007/05
From: Arri Bachrach <abachrach@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [DR-L] What time's the next Swan?
Date: Mon, 07 May 2007 13:32:28 -0400
Harold
I dont know this guy but he sure sounds like a real creep.... dont pay any
attention to him.
Regards,
Arri
>Hi Dave:
>It's been a long time since I received a nasty e mail from you --thought
>you disappeared.
>I always thought the idea of these Lists is not to leave the space empty
>but to share our individual experiences.I have never performed this
>fantastic work before and the experience was one I thought worth sharing
>for others who happen to play the same instrument or even don't play the
>same instrument as I.
>
>Awaiting your next missive /hate missile in the near future.
>
>----- Original Message ----- From: "Dave Metzger" <dave_metzger9@-----.com>
>To: <doublereed@-----.org>
>Sent: Monday, May 07, 2007 1:14 PM
>Subject: RE: [DR-L] What time's the next Swan?
>
>
>>WTH?! Do you ever talk about something that is not about you?
>>
>>No regard,
>>Dave
>>
>>
>>>From: "HAROLD" <harold@-----.br>
>>>Reply-To: doublereed@-----.org
>>>To: <doublereed@-----.org>
>>>Subject: [DR-L] What time's the next Swan?
>>>Date: Sun, 6 May 2007 19:37:19 -0300
>>>
>>>Dear David,Jerry and the List:
>>>I have just performed my second Swan in this lifetime(the first being the
>>>Swan Lake of Tsch) and would recommend that everyone who plays oboe/EH go
>>>through this experience at least once in this musical lifetime.My opinion of
>>>Sibeliuses music goes up higher and higher with every year as I get
>>>older.Mozart and Gershwin were my beloveds in my teens,Brahms and Schumann
>>>in my 20s,Mahler in my 30s ,Villa Lobos and Rachmaninoff in my 40s
>>>,Stravinsky never,etc and as we go to "senior citizen :Sibelius.
>>>Unfortunately back at Music and Art High School--my alma mater--I was
>>>subjected by a tyrannical conductor to rehearsing not only Beethoven's 5th
>>>but one of Sibeliuses more mundane(in my opinion) works:Finlandia for one
>>>whole year,five times a week!
>>>This abundance of Sibelius(and Beethoven) gave me the wrong idea about one
>>>of the greatest composers of the 20th century.
>>>The Swan and the Symponies of this great Finnish master hit something in my
>>>gut and heart.
>>>But I must warn "beginners"(like myself until today) to Sibeliuses
>>>"Swan"that living and performing it for almost two weeks is a very difficult
>>>and trying experience because the Swan is so sad,depressive(in Scandinavian
>>>suicidial style),etc. I liken playing Sibeliuses Swan to an actor reciting
>>>Hamlet. My temperament tries to be on the sunny side and this great work has
>>>an effect.
>>> But it is so lovely for an EH to play with strings.Wonder if the work has
>>>ever been tried on the bassoon with strings(the arrangement says it can be
>>>played by Eb alto sax or tp)?
>>> For what I have learned here are my tips: (1)Get the piano reduction and
>>>play from it.(Better memorize the piece and play it by heart!)
>>>(2)Despite my own esteemed teacher's advice to "sit down,"I performed the
>>>work standing ,nearby(on the side) of the conductor(a blonde Brazilian who
>>>looks like a Viking descendant).I tried sitting in the orchestra and sitting
>>>in front of the orchestrato play my Swan but came to the conclusion--thank
>>>you Delmar for the suggestion--that for ME and my breathing and the
>>>sound(everyone agreed) best was playing in front of the orchestra,standing.
>>> (3)Practice at
>>>home with the recording. This might be the most important moment of your
>>>double reed career (and my first solo in front on the orch. on EH) but it's
>>>only a small part of the program.(Our concert included the Sibeliuses 1st
>>>and a Brazilian piano concerto). Nevertheless I did manage to get in five
>>>short rehearsals with the last one being this morning at 9:30am prior to our
>>>10":30am concert(German tradition:Sunday morning concert before lunch).
>>> (4)Carry that
>>>drying out spray can in your pocket and spritz the G key before going out
>>>and bore. (We use heavy air conditioning and fortunately nothing gurgled but
>>>the F# was getting wet by the end via water in the E key). English horns
>>>also have other problems which are worrisome:will the reed fall off the
>>>bocal, if I have to take apart the EH to clean it ,where will I put it,will
>>>I lose my bocal,etc?
>>> (5)Have 3-5
>>>reeds prepared(I like both the Chudnow silver and gold eh tubes) and use
>>>what is most comfy on the day of the concert
>>> (6)The
>>>triplets --the Swan's wings(?)--are not to be rush but played slowly and
>>>calmly.(A member of the audience actually told me she saw a swan as I
>>>played!)The high Bs,As and Cs are written ff but really it might be better
>>>to hit them lightly and crescendo into them.Vibrato should be controlled or
>>>otherwise you might sound like an old goat instead of a Swan!
>>> (7)Courage,a
>>>good yoga lesson,a tranquillizer or Rescue drops or whatever you use from
>>>Beta blockers to passion fruit juice(maracuja in Brazil) and tranquility are
>>>most important in the world for this work. Accustomed to playing oboe
>>>concertos where technique is always the most important item, playing the
>>>slow Swan is really a challenge.
>>> Well there goes one Swan! What time 's the
>>>next Swan?
>>>
>>>Rgds,
>>>
>>>Harold Emert
>>>Rio-Brazil
>>
>>Exercise your brain! Try Flexicon.
>>http://games.msn.com/en/flexicon/default.htm?icid=flexicon_hmemailtaglineapril07
>>
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