Woodwind.OrgThe Clarinet BBoardThe C4 standard

 
  BBoard Equipment Study Resources Music General    
 
 New Topic  |  Go to Top  |  Go to Topic  |  Search  |  Help/Rules  |  Smileys/Notes  |  Log In   Newer Topic  |  Older Topic 
 CSO audition - 2/27 Update
Author: GBK 
Date:   2008-02-27 23:13

Morales was offered to be engaged principal of the CSO as of Monday night after the Carnegie Hall concert in which he played the Debussy Images.

It will be a long drawn-out process as to how and when he signs as there are many variables which have already been discussed in the previous thread about NY, Philly, etc.

...GBK

Reply To Message
 
 Re: CSO audition - 2/27 Update
Author: DavidBlumberg 
Date:   2008-02-28 00:48

Congrats to him!

http://www.SkypeClarinetLessons.com


Reply To Message
 
 Re: CSO audition - 2/27 Update
Author: Sylvain 
Date:   2008-02-28 01:20

can't say I am surprised.
I was listening to his French Portrait CD yesterday. It is some seriously impressive playing, but somehow it doesn't light my fire. Unfortunately, I can't pinpoint to what makes it not so exciting for me...
Any met/philly recording on which I can hear him play and change my mind?

--
Sylvain Bouix <sbouix@gmail.com>

Post Edited (2008-02-28 04:37)

Reply To Message
 
 Re: CSO audition - 2/27 Update
Author: Ed Palanker 
Date:   2008-02-28 03:41

I'm shocked, no I'm not. He's just a great player and was the only one to get a chance to play with the orchestra. There was no way he wasn't going to shine. ESP
www.peabody.jhu.edu/457

Reply To Message
 
 Re: CSO audition - 2/27 Update
Author: William 
Date:   2008-02-28 16:24

No surprise here, either--just hope he's got some warm stuff in his closet.

Reply To Message
 
 Re: CSO audition - 2/27 Update
Author: GBK 
Date:   2008-02-28 17:27

The NY Times review of the concert...GBK



Reply To Message
 
 Re: CSO audition - 2/27 Update
Author: Ken Shaw 2017
Date:   2008-02-28 17:30

I've heard Ricardo play live quite a few times and also on the radio at the Met and Philadelphia, and I've been blown away by his mastery of the instrument. I agree with Sylvain that his solo CDs don't show him off at his best, but in the orchestra he's amazing. I heard a Philadelphia Tchaikovsky 4th broadcast where he was mesmerizing.

Ken Shaw

Reply To Message
 
 Re: CSO audition - 2/27 Update
Author: Adam W 
Date:   2008-02-28 20:29

This is wonderful news!

It still seems odd to think that the CSO could go on without Larry Combs (in a clarinet-centered world, that is...), but I couldn't think of a better replacement than Ricardo Morales! He is simply an amazing clarinetist.

And... now that he'll be in the Midwest instead of on the East Coast (surmising that he takes the job, of course), I might have to make the three hour drive from Bloomington, IN to see if I can get a lesson with him! But that's just assuming that he would have the time and the interest, and I would have the $$$... ;]



Reply To Message
 
 Re: CSO audition - 2/27 Update
Author: Keith P 
Date:   2008-02-28 21:31

$10 a minute ;-).

Reply To Message
 
 Re: CSO audition - 2/27 Update
Author: Ed 
Date:   2008-02-28 22:56

Adam W says

Quote:

It still seems odd to think that the CSO could go on without Larry Combs


oh..... I am still trying to figure out how they could manage without Clark Brody

[huh]



Reply To Message
 
 Re: CSO audition - 2/27 Update
Author: bufordpsqueak 
Date:   2008-02-29 12:53

I have the same reaction to that CD. It's good but not how I want to hear those pieces. Something stylistically bothers me.

Reply To Message
 
 Re: CSO audition - 2/27 Update
Author: Sylvain 
Date:   2008-02-29 13:56

Ok, I am listening to his Bartok contrast and his playing is impeccable there. I am waiting for the CSO next Tchaik 5 recording. We'll see if they can match this ;)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0rziwZH-nY

--
Sylvain Bouix <sbouix@gmail.com>

Post Edited (2008-02-29 13:56)

Reply To Message
 
 Re: CSO audition - 2/27 Update
Author: clockwiser 
Date:   2008-02-29 14:02

"$10 a minute ;-)"

Not bad!

Reply To Message
 
 Re: CSO audition - 2/27 Update
Author: DavidBlumberg 
Date:   2008-02-29 14:20

No, that isn't his real rate........ though few know it as he doesn't take many students at all due to being so busy with everything.

I know what he charges (we play duets as friends - we sightread stuff at performance speed/level, heck of a lot of fun too). It's similar to what Marcellus charged updated to current $'s.

But he doesn't just take anybody and is extremely busy.

Just hearing him play is a lesson in itself.

btw, the comment of $10 a minute, I would say thought that Clarinetists highly undervalue their time/lesson cost. There still are teachers out there charging $15 for 1/2 hr which is ridiculously low.

You try to take acting lessons for a major star/vocalist and see how "cheap" it's not.

http://www.SkypeClarinetLessons.com


Post Edited (2008-02-29 14:27)

Reply To Message
 
 Re: CSO audition - 2/27 Update
Author: William 
Date:   2008-02-29 15:31

"Just hearing him play is a lesson in itself"

Cheapest, for sure--and really, maybe the best way to learn (along with lots of practice).

"There still are teachers out there charging $15 for 1/2 hr which is ridiculously low"

Depends--who and where you are often dictates what the market will bear in terms of cost. A lot of parents don't consider "learning" the clarinet (or any other instrument) is worth "all that money" that could be spent at the local tavern. Sad, but often true.................

Reply To Message
 
 Re: CSO audition - 2/27 Update
Author: Gregory Smith 2017
Date:   2008-02-29 16:37

D. Blumberg said:

"It's similar to what Marcellus charged updated to current $'s."
-------------------------------------------------------------------

Marcellus believed (as his teacher before him did) that their value was double the going rate. If the going rate was $25 they charged $50. Their reasoning as I understood it was that their studio would therefore only be filled with the most serious and accomplished of students who valued their expertise and time.

BTW, I learned the most about how to play the clarinet listening to and watching Marcellus demonstrate in the studio...and he said the same of Bonade. It's one thing to talk about music and the clarinet - quite another to see and hear the real deal, and to hear it live as opposed to recorded.

Marcellus would always immediately preface his playing demonstrations with "Since a picture is worth 10,000 words...." and liquid gold would pour forth.

Gregory Smith

http://www.gregory-smith.com

Reply To Message
 
 Re: CSO audition - 2/27 Update
Author: DavidBlumberg 
Date:   2008-02-29 20:23

Yup, I almost spent a day with him (Marcellus) as I spoke on the phone from the Scotia Festival (Christopher Wilcox wanted him to hear me play and me to work with him) - didn't end up going to Chicago as soon afterwards I got injured.


Recordings don't even come close to the experience of close up in person.

So I guess you guys get to enjoy Ricardo now.........

http://www.SkypeClarinetLessons.com


Post Edited (2008-02-29 20:23)

Reply To Message
 Avail. Forums  |  Threaded View   Newer Topic  |  Older Topic 


 Avail. Forums  |  Need a Login? Register Here 
 User Login
 User Name:
 Password:
 Remember my login:
   
 Forgot Your Password?
Enter your email address or user name below and a new password will be sent to the email address associated with your profile.
Search Woodwind.Org

Sheet Music Plus Featured Sale

The Clarinet Pages
For Sale
Put your ads for items you'd like to sell here. Free! Please, no more than two at a time - ads removed after two weeks.

 
     Copyright © Woodwind.Org, Inc. All Rights Reserved    Privacy Policy    Contact charette@woodwind.org