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Doublereed Archive - Posting 000065.txt from 2007/06

From: herb fawcett <herbgosia@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [DR-L] Re: 21 yr old Elizabeth Koch, Curtis dropout=ASO
Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2007 18:44:01 -0400

Although I am advised that a paradox cannot exist because of the
impossibility of coexistence of contradictions, I wonder that the lady opts
for a less bright instrument as an aid to cutting through the "acoustical
mush" of the hall. What? Louder? The Cleveland aesthetic[s]? How different
from the aesthetics of Philadelphia?
It sounds like the writer is paid by the word. He has little to say and he
says it often.
Herb

On 6/14/07 2:30 PM, "Oboeeee@-----.com> wrote:

> Dear Mark and List,
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> Here is what the "reviewer" wrote:
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> "When Koch was offered the ASO job, she was told she'd need a new instru=
ment
> to better conform with that Cleveland aesthetic, and to better cut throu=
gh
> the acoustical mush of the Woodruff Arts Center's Symphony Hall.
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> So she put away her bright Yamaha oboe and borrowed one of Woodhams' Lou=
r=E9e
> instruments..."
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> Does this quote imply a "sound issue" internally within the Atlanta Symp=
hony
> Orchestra? OR...just a reviewer's attempt to create some reader interes=
t in
> her instrument when newspapers are struggling to survive?
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> I believe I am correct in saying that the entire ASO oboe/EH section pla=
ys
> Lor=E9e; let us not jump to any conclusions from a critic who needs a spell
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> Warm Regards,
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> Janie
> Atlanta Baroque Orchestra
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> Why would they offer her the job if they didn't like something about
> her sound? What if the different oboe doesn't solve the sound issue?
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> Mark
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