Wow, this is freaking cool. I want one!
Tag: oboe
San Francisco Symphony Principal Oboist William Bennett passes away
“SAN FRANCISCO, CA (February 28, 2013) – The San Francisco Symphony is deeply saddened to announce the passing of Principal Oboist William Bennett. Mr. Bennett had been hospitalized since Saturday, February 23, 2013, after suffering a brain hemorrhage during his performance of the Strauss Oboe Concerto with the San Francisco Symphony at Davies Symphony Hall.”
Why Oboe?
Léon Goossens Interview
Part 1
Part 2
Best Set Of Basic Oboe Adjustment Videos
John Peterson from RDG Woodwinds put up some great videos to adjust your oboe.
Jazz Oboe & Orchestra, Jean-Luc Fillon
Yusef Lateef on Jazz Oboe
Eh……probably could find something better I guess. Not the greatest solo or clip…..
Redesigned Oboe
I think this would be a GREAT idea for all makers of Oboes to do.
“For the last two years I have been working with the oboe maker Howarth of London on the redesign of some of the key-work of the oboe. The aim has been to develop an oboe which is specifically designed for the performance of contemporary repertoire. The photos here and the description below offers an overview of the new instrument.”
Oboe Reed Making Videos
This is one of the better ones I’ve seen……wish I had her tools…….reed making would be so much easier then…..
More videos after the jump….
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Figuring Out What Bach Wanted
This is an older article I starred in Google Reader. From the Wall Street Journal:
Gonzalo Ruiz is always on the lookout for another piece to add to his repertoire. Because he’d already mastered most of the finest Baroque music composed for oboe, Mr. Ruiz—a faculty member at New York’s Juilliard School and one of today’s most sought-after woodwind soloists—decided to look through J.S. Bach’s music for pieces originally featuring other instruments to transcribe into new versions showcasing his oboe. In the flexible practices of the 18th century, flutes were often substituted for oboes—Mozart himself once tried to pass off a rewritten oboe concerto as a “new” flute concerto—so Mr. Ruiz turned to Bach’s flute literature, which led him directly to one of the most famous flute-centric works in classical music, “Orchestral Suite No. 2.” How would it sound, he wondered, if transposed to an oboe-friendlier key?
Great read.