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 Asked to play an Orchestra Concert in China!!
Author: DavidBlumberg 
Date:   2014-10-07 02:40

I was just asked to play an Orchestral Concert in China! (it's mixing several US Orchestra members with one of the top 3 Chinese Orchestras).

They do a lot of work with Lang Lang.

Will be over the Thanksgiving Holiday.

Looking forward to it! (not the long flight though....)

http://www.SkypeClarinetLessons.com


 
 Re: Asked to play an Orchestra Concert in China!!
Author: James S 
Date:   2014-10-07 02:55

Yay!
Sounds like you need a set of R13s ;)

James
Owner, James' Clarinet Shop
www.jamesclarinetshop.com

 
 Re: Asked to play an Orchestra Concert in China!!
Author: jdbassplayer 
Date:   2014-10-07 03:39

Lucky you! I've always wanted to travel to Asia.
Have a great trip!

 
 Re: Asked to play an Orchestra Concert in China!!
Author: DavidBlumberg 
Date:   2014-10-07 05:46

I have a great set of R-13 Prestiges, but probably bringing my Backun's

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 Re: Asked to play an Orchestra Concert in China!!
Author: DavidBlumberg 
Date:   2014-10-07 05:48

ooooook, now the banner at the top says

"browse 1000's of single asian women"


Jeez, I looked up the city, but nothing about women. Google........bad

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 Re: Asked to play an Orchestra Concert in China!!
Author: Mark Charette 
Date:   2014-10-07 06:17

Google's banners are generally set to be associated with sites you've browsed ...

 
 Re: Asked to play an Orchestra Concert in China!!
Author: DavidBlumberg 
Date:   2014-10-07 06:34

Only the Orchestra site.

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 Re: Asked to play an Orchestra Concert in China!!
Author: BflatNH 
Date:   2014-10-07 06:54

Congratulations and have a wonderful time!
But take care, as the air pollution is horrendous and last year a group from LA toured over a week and I think 80% came down with something.

 
 Re: Asked to play an Orchestra Concert in China!!
Author: DavidBlumberg 
Date:   2014-10-07 07:15

Wow - as if LA didn't have a ton of bad air too.

I wonder if they got sick from the polution, water, or germs in the air?
My immune system is really good, so will see. Just the flight is a major butt kicker.

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 Re: Asked to play an Orchestra Concert in China!!
Author: cigleris 
Date:   2014-10-07 13:39

Hope you get to see some stuff. When I was touring China over the 2012/13 New Year we went all over the place. Saw the Leshan Buddha, Chengdu Panda sanctuary, did over 20 concerts to packed houses. Got sick and but was well to celebrate the New Year in Chengdu. Be warned that audiences are quite rowdy. Lots of coughing and lots of hocking up loogies, especially in quiet moments. One moment that sticks in my mind is when we were playing Nimrod and the quiet opening chord and someone did that. Really spoilt the moment.

Have fun David, you'll love the culture shock I'm sure and beware of the food. It's nothing like the Chinese food you get in the US.

Peter Cigleris

 
 Re: Asked to play an Orchestra Concert in China!!
Author: concertmaster3 
Date:   2014-10-07 15:52

<--------Jealous!!!!

Seriously, have fun! We're hoping that our quintet's saxophonist can find a way to get us to China. With his connections to home, and the recital tour he just did over the summer, hopefully something will come up!


And Google knows what you're thinking :-P, even if you don't!

Ron Ford
Woodwind Specialist
Performer/Teacher/Arranger
http://www.RonFordMusic.com

 
 Re: Asked to play an Orchestra Concert in China!!
Author: seabreeze 
Date:   2014-10-07 20:24

To get into the right musical mood for China, check out classical alto saxophone player Claude Delanngle's YouTube performance of the Yiu-Kwong Chung Concerto for Saxophone and Chinese Orchestra #1. Throughout, he echos the sound and style of many Chinese instruments on the sax, and the orchestra incorporates many of these same instruments, along with an augmented, mostly all female, percussion section.

Concerto for Saxophone and Chinese Orchestra 1 --Yiu-Kwon Chung

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZQrc1JQVxw.



Post Edited (2014-10-07 20:55)

 
 Re: Asked to play an Orchestra Concert in China!!
Author: DavidBlumberg 
Date:   2014-10-07 20:55

I'm an Artist for BG - the founder was Claude's University Conservatoire Sax teacher.

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 Re: Asked to play an Orchestra Concert in China!!
Author: DavidBlumberg 
Date:   2014-10-07 20:57

Professor Delangle told me that son is a Clarinetist :)

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 Re: Asked to play an Orchestra Concert in China!!
Author: FrankC15 
Date:   2014-10-07 21:34

At 4:05 of the video, what is that instrument she is playing? That thing looks awesome.

 
 Re: Asked to play an Orchestra Concert in China!!
Author: seabreeze 
Date:   2014-10-07 22:51

That pipes of Pan wind instrument is called a Sheng. Concertos have been written for it. One is by Korean composer Unsuk Chin (available on YouTube), who also wrote a concerto for clarinet that Kari Kriiku played just a few days ago with the New York Philharmonic.



Post Edited (2014-10-07 23:06)

 
 Re: Asked to play an Orchestra Concert in China!!
Author: BobD 
Date:   2014-10-09 02:09

Congrats Dave, you should have a good time.........Somebody else is paying the airfare I assume...........

Bob Draznik

 
 Re: Asked to play an Orchestra Concert in China!!
Author: DavidBlumberg 
Date:   2014-10-09 08:06

Yes - they cover everything, food, hotel, air, and pay!

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 Re: Asked to play an Orchestra Concert in China!!
Author: donald 
Date:   2014-10-09 11:14

A long flight to China? Harden up! It's not far, only about 12 to 14 hours.
Hope you have a great tour- a couple of times colleagues of mine have been on orchestra tours in China (and American group, and an NZ "NZSO/APO" combined group) where the local promoters showed themselves to be either exploitative or incompetent (and it's in their interest if you can't work out WHICH). Other than lying and not fullfulling contractual obligations, these promoters did such fabulous things as dump an orchestra in a venue with no heating (wintertime) or drinking water at 10am on the morning of a concert with no transport to hotels etc until after the concert. etc etc etc

If this is organised through the "China Philharmonic" (based in Beijing, they play a lot with Lang Lang so might be the group you refer to) they are a good bunch who will treat you well (and who play to a fairly high standard despite not having open auditions for their positions). I'll wager a hapenny bun this is the group you have been invited by (or their promoters) and you'll have a topper experience!

I don't mean to sound all discouraging with my initial comments- but thought it prudent to let you know people have been very disappointed in the past... as in "I'm going to get a taxi to the airport" disappointed (and you hear about these things in real time, despite the Chinese govt banning free speech and torturing political prisoners).
dn

 
 Re: Asked to play an Orchestra Concert in China!!
Author: DavidBlumberg 
Date:   2014-10-09 14:25

20 solid hours in the air (6 + 14)

Not the China Phil.

I'll bring lots of movies, books, ambien :)

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 Re: Asked to play an Orchestra Concert in China!!
Author: DavidBlumberg 
Date:   2014-10-09 15:08

The Sax Concerto is great!!
Taipei Sym playing that - William Chen who is/was principal clarinetist I went to Univ with :)

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 Re: Asked to play an Orchestra Concert in China!!
Author: Ed Palanker 
Date:   2014-10-09 22:45

Depending on where it is in China, you may have to bring a good mask to avoid the pollution. Or just don't breathe.

ESP eddiesclarinet.com

 
 Re: Asked to play an Orchestra Concert in China!!
Author: DavidBlumberg 
Date:   2014-10-09 22:55

We fly to Hong Kong.

The city is new (only 20 years old basically), so should be really nice.

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Post Edited (2014-10-12 01:42)

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