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Doublereed Archive - Posting 000047.txt from 2007/10

From: "David Crispin / Crispin's Creations" <crispinscreations@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [DR-L] Play loud ...and louder!
Date: Thu, 04 Oct 2007 12:06:34 -0400

By the way, in what piece are you having this problem?

Your story reminds me of when I was rehearsing the 3rd movement of Le
Tombeau de Couperin with an orchestra. It wasn't that the solo oboe couldn't
be heard, but was a matter of achieving a good balance of oboe and strings.
The oboe in that movement should SOAR over the rest of the orchestra,
without sounding pushed and without sacrificing delicacy of nuance. An
oboist has his or her limits as far as this is concerned. The cellos were
killing me and I could get the conductor to cut them back to one player per
stand. Though he was a king of orchestration, I seriously question Ravel's
scoring of this section.

David Crispin

----- Original Message -----
From: "HAROLD" <harold@-----.br>
To: <doublereed@-----.org>
Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2007 2:55 AM
Subject: [DR-L] Play loud ...and louder!

> Dear List:
> "Can everyome please play softer!"
> I found myself yesterday at an orchestra rehearsal making this exact
> request.
> But it seems to be to avail: we seem to be playing louder and louder
> these days.So here's my question:how do we play loud and ... louder?
> Besides using a microphone on my oboe or EH ,I have tried taking less out
> of the reed and favoring the silver Chudnow tubes over the gold for this
> task.Any other suggestions?
>
> Awaiting all suggestions!
>
> Rgds,
>
> harold emert
>
>
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