Author: jamesoboe
Date: 2004-07-31 17:17
Dear Jonathan
nothing surprises me about Diana's capacity to be amazing. I just count myself lucky to have met and heard her play. Australia's producing some great players these days, I'm sure, in part, due to the fantastic oboe section in Sydney SO. I don't really know Alexandre Oguey, but I'd heard he was a very fine player. Didn't the pair meet in an opera orchestra in Switzerland?
He wasn't in my class, but Antony Chesterman was. I believe Antony plays for the Australian Chamber Orchesra, as well as playing baroque oboe. We all used to have such a laugh in Karlsruhe, Germany, in, and outside, the class.
Fortunately, I came across Diana's CD in Dusseldorf of all places and bought it. Theses days every corner of the world is producing great players. I love the idea of a "Love Duet Movement" as part of an oboe concerto. Poor Alexandre, not to get to take up his rightful place as the so-called "Lover". Nevertheless, Thomas Stacy will be great to play alongside, and, I'm sure, be a good laugh, also.
Keeping to the idea of the topic - I've got a record of Bruce Haynes playing a fantastic concerto by Platti. It's on baroque oboe. Does anyone know where he's based? Is he a member of any particular group or ensemble?
I think Thomas Nissen's idea about forming an oboe gallery is a great idea. He's already started with several examples and explains how to go about getting examples online. I, like many others, however, am too computer-illiterate to really understand it all. Maybe one day!
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