Author: d-oboe
Date: 2007-09-17 17:50
I mean any playing other than orchestral. In the orchestral setting, one can get away with changing reeds in the middle of a piece, if there is enough time. Obviously, with any other type of music where breaks are infrequent, reed changing isn't much of an option. One has to learn to deal with whatever the reed is doing at that moment. Chamber music, solo performing, and auditions are places where you can't just stop and change reeds, unless it's truly a dire emergency.
I guess it's somewhat of a personal preference when I go to a concert - I can deal with a musician swabbing out their instrument between movements, or blowing water (occasionally) off keys, but when people start fussing with reeds, that does it for me. Even the water problems can largely be avoided with a proper warm up (to avoid too much surprise condensation) and a good swabbing before going on stage.
I went to a concert recently of the full cycle of Die Winterreise by Schubert, arranged by my teacher for a wind quintet + accordion. It's 24 songs. To me, it would disrupt the flow and energy and the piece if every two movements a reed had to be changed, or an instrument swabbed. Thank goodness, that's not what happened - the performance was incredible.
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