Author: hautbois
Date: 2007-10-02 23:57
OldTimer -- When I had to take a break because of surgery (13 years ago, when I was 50) I was principal oboe in a professional orchestra, and during the concert season I practiced 3-4 hours daily (that includes reed-making as well), in two or more sessions, most days. After the hiatus, I slowly worked myself back into the same routine, and continued until my retirement from my orchestra last spring, when I cut back considerably. I still play the gigs which interest me, and am now preparing for the strenuous Bach B minor mass on oboe I and oboe d'amore I, and trying to again work my practice time up to at least three hours a day in order to be able to actually enjoy performing the Bach. As for the rest of your query, I do try to play the entire movements and consecutive movements straight, and particularly plan to focus on the short time interval for doubling switches during the next few weeks. I then fiddle around with screw adjustments or reeds during the time when tacet movements would be taking place, and then play the next series of consecutive movements. My goal is to be able to play the entire Mass twice per day comfortably -- a necessity since there is a dress rehearsal the morning of the concert. Light reeds will be an absolute prerequisite.
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