Author: Chris P
Date: 2006-07-07 20:20
That's one thing I do like to do and make a meal of doing - start a long tone without any vibrato and then begin with a slow vibrato speeding up towards the next note, making sure the next note doesn't blurt out or start too quietly in comparison.
This is another thing that most oboists do more so than other woodwind players - they know when to, and when not to use vibrato.
I bought a recording of Strauss' 'Sinfonia Domestica' (and the Suite in Bb) with the Minnesota Orchestra/De Waart, and to be honest I don't like any of the wind players sounds - the flutes lay on the vibrato with a JCB, even on staccato notes! The oboes are very weaak and their vibrato makes it sound like they're playing repeated notes, such is the wide amplitude of their vibrato, the clarinets have soggy tongueing (though they do have a fairly full sound). And the brass sound like they've just stepped off the parade square.
Even though my oboe teacher is from Minnesota, she can't stand American oboists and their style of reed.
Another thing I missed while not playing oboe for about 10 years was playing Baroque music - when I studied clarinet it was only music from the earliest time the clarinet was first popular (Mozart, Weber, etc. and I'm not a huge classical music fan ) up to the 2Oth century. But oboe music goes back to early Baroque which suits me - I only really discovered Baroque playing on taking up oboe again - before that I didn't play any instruments suited to Baroque repertoire (clarinet and sax) so I missed out back then, but I've made inroads since.
Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.
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