Tonight’s Columbus Symphony concert went well. The difficult passages in the Sierra “Fandangos” were, as I expected, mostly for “effect”, meaning the notes themselves didn’t matter as much as the shape and volume of the passage. Delfs used the word…
Naughtiest Composer, so far
This weekend the Columbus Symphony is playing a symphonic concert featuring pianist Andre Watts in Beethoven’s 5th Concerto, Emperor. Andreas Delfs, former music director of the Milwaukee Symphony, leads us in Johannes Brahms’ 2nd Symphony in D Major. Delfs had…
Brahms Clarinet Quintet, Movt. 1
We clarinetists are lucky, we’ve got 4 major works for clarinet written by Johannes Brahms: the Trio in A minor for clarinet, cello and piano, Op. 114; the Quintet in B minor for clarinet and strings, Op. 115; and Sonatas…
The Many Hats of a Musician
As my colleague Betsy Sturdevant pointed out in a recent post on her Bassoon Blog, the Columbus Symphony has a busy schedule with wildly varied repertoire this weekend. Actually Betsy and I have a particularly full weekend, since we are…
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Tweets for Dec 28-Jan 9
Facing your weaknesses as a player may also involve facing your own personal weaknesses. Think of practicing as performing in a safe place. Delightful and bravura Mendelssohn pieces for 2 clarinets & pno. Should be played more. http://cli.gs/DZX2P Technical passages…
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Klezmer like a fish in water
I love Kelzmer clarinet. This guy has such physical ease, grace, facility on the instrument. Makes me want to dance. How about you? Anyone know who it is? I don’t read Hebrew.