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Author: mjfoboe
Date: 2014-07-16 17:55
Lovely concert and playing - both YOU and Hartmann.
Mark
PS: You look good on the stage too~!
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Author: Chris P
Date: 2014-07-17 00:14
Very nice!
Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.
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Author: JMarzluf
Date: 2014-07-17 09:10
It's definitely your cocobolo oboe. I'm sure it has nothing to do with the many years of preparation behind each and every note you play. What a perfectly kick-ass sound you're getting these days, Coop! Congratulations, Pal. The TPO is lucky to have you. Now, am I getting old, or is that one of the youngest professional orchestras (the players, I mean) that I've ever seen? Maybe it's something in that Thai water!?
How do you like the new hall? It certainly looks gorgeous! How are the acoustics? I just got back from 6 concerts in China, and was not impressed with most of the facilities in Beijing and Shanghai -- the one MAJOR exception being the Shanghai Conservatory's concert hall, which was amazing. I had the same lackluster experience in Korea (Jeju) -- beautiful halls to look at, but lousy to play in. In contrast, I loved almost every hall I played in Japan.
Congrats again, my friend! Really superb playing.
Jonathan
http://www.marzlufreeds.com/
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Author: jhoyla
Date: 2014-07-17 12:30
Coop, you sound outstanding. The solos in the Rosenkavalier are sweet and light, and sound effortless. Did you transpose it up or down a semitone? 
What a great comparison of sounds - Christoph Hartmann's sound and yours couldn't be more different. And yet, for his Strauss Concerto tour-de-force it is just what is needed.
The German school of playing (Lothar Koch, Schellenberger, Mayer, Hartmann et al) seems to be grounded in power and strength, while the American style has more poignancy and gentleness, somehow. You have no difficulty shining through the orchestra with your pp solos, however! The oboe is an amazing instrument in that respect.
The whole orchestra sounds superb, BTW. And who is playing Cor Anglais? Did she have her own mic? Her solo projection was phenomenal in the concerto. The Cor part often gets swallowed in the orchestral texture, but not here! She played a wonderful counterpoint to Christoph's solo work. Brava!
J.
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Author: Oboe Craig
Date: 2014-07-17 23:43
Cooper....
That is some very fine oboeing you did. Congratulations.
Bravo.
-Craig
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Author: cjwright
Date: 2014-07-18 22:18
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Now, am I getting old, or is that one of the youngest professional orchestras (the players, I mean) that I've ever seen? Maybe it's something in that Thai water!?
Ha, it's a bit of both there are a lot of students in the string section in the back rows, but Thais, like other Asians, just look young. The Assistant concertmistress whom the camera seems to thoroughly appreciate is almost 30. So there must be something in the water as well.
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How do you like the new hall? It certainly looks gorgeous! How are the acoustics?
Absolutely stunning. They hired some of the finest sound engineers to design this, including the guys responsible for the home of the Berlin Philharmonic. The acoustics are so good I can now hear all of the Trombones telling their dirty jokes in the back, whether I want to or not.
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The German school of playing (Lothar Koch, Schellenberger, Mayer, Hartmann et al) seems to be grounded in power and strength, while the American style has more poignancy and gentleness, somehow. You have no difficulty shining through the orchestra with your pp solos, however! The oboe is an amazing instrument in that respect.
I'd agree with both the assessment of power vs. finesse. I'll take finesse myself.
Mr. Hartmann emailed me saying he's coming back to do an all Pasculli program next May. If it's the one he's talking about, it will be something like La Traviata overture, then La Traviata Pasculli. Donizetti overture, then Donizetti La Favorita Pasculli, etc. etc. Book your tickets now folks.
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