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Author: DrewSorensenMusic
Date: 2011-12-07 04:59
So after you create the sound that you like, what songs/exerpts are your favorites to play? I personally enjoy symphonic excerpts over sonatas/concertos, but if you like them, please do post. I look on youtube lots, but mostly "Gabriel's Oboe" comes up. Don't get me wrong, I do enjoy that piece, but I've listened to it so much, I figured maybe you all had further suggestions.
Kind regards
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Author: GoodWinds ★2017
Date: 2011-12-07 05:10
I usually adapt my reeds to the composer and/or piece.
Favorites? I like the baroque masters, Schumann, Mozart.
But my REAL favorite is just lending a little background magic to a musical show, while safely hidden away in the pit orchestra...
GoodWinds
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Author: huboboe
Date: 2011-12-07 17:13
One of my favorite things is reading through Evelyn Rothwell's book of excerpts from Bach. All of the important stuff from the oboe, d'Amore and EH cantatas plus the passages from the b minor Mass, St. Matthew, etc. Lovely melodies, a sense of completion and fulfillment when the passage concludes. Satisfaction.
I also enjoy working on the orchestral challenges: La Scala di Seta, Sorcerer's Apprentice, La Valse... There's a very visceral satisfaction to nailing those sorts of licks at tempo, but speed comes slowly and not at all if one plays too fast.
And yes, the orchestral literature has tons of wonderfully melodic gems to polish. That's why we do this, I think...
Robert Hubbard
WestwindDoubleReed.com
1-888-579-6020
bob@westwinddoublereed.com
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Author: ohsuzan
Date: 2011-12-07 18:57
@Jonathan -- there should be a "Like" button on this board!
Like.
Susan
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Author: TrueFinlandishness
Date: 2011-12-11 19:30
I love playing in wind quartets/quintets/sextets! It's always more fun when there's other people around. Currently working on Janacek's Mladi which is difficult but some beautiful oboing is required.
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