Author: zhangray4
Date: 2017-10-22 20:38
Last night I listened to the Chicago Symphony Orchestra perform at the Granada Theatre in Santa Barbara, my first ever concert. The concert was amazing; I will definitely go to more concerts in the future!
Steve Williamson was the soloist for the Mozart Concerto. His tone was AMAZING! His sound was warm and round, and I could hear it very well sitting in the last row of the balcony. He did make a few mistakes, but it didn't really bother me that much.
What baffled me was that he changed his reeds in the middle of his performance. He did this twice, both during long rests. One was in the first movement somewhere, and one was after the opening phrase of the second movement. I wasn't expecting that, and I guess so weren't many of the people listening that evening, as whispers began to spread while he was switching reeds. Is this a normal thing to do? Does anyone know why he would do that? To me, it would seem very risky, since the reeds could sound drastically different, feel different, etc.
-- Ray Zhang
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