Here’s the first half of the Copland Clarinet Concerto, from a live performance I did with the National Philharmonic, created and led by my colleague and friend Piotr Gajewski in Maryland. They are doing great things in the Washington DC…
JJ2 Practice, Oct 26
Starting to feel comfortable with all the new fingerings chosen for Jeanjean etude 2, second part. (yesterday I tweeted that this piece will be the end of me yet!) A lot of them make sense now, passing the difficult motions…
Twitter Posts past few days
I twitter stuff I’m thinking about for my own playing. Here are the main tweets I put up regularly the past few days, to keep me, and hopefully you, in the best state for productive practice. If you don’t follow…
Ben Folds coming to Columbus
I guess the Columbus Symphony is the next stop Wednesday Oct 28th on the Ben Folds tour. Wow. This tour looks brutal. Here’s the list of previous concerts (8-10 a month since September 2008): http://www.benfolds.com/tour-past. If you are interested in…
Jean-Marie Zeitouni Redux
I’m looking forward to working again with conductor Jean-Marie Zeitouni, who will be leading us November 7 and 8 in Dvorak’s 9th symphony (New World), Beethoven Fidelio Overture and Rachmaninoff 3rd Piano Concerto with Barry Douglas as soloist. As some…
Weber Clarinet Quintet, 1st movt.
First movement of the Carl Maria von Weber clarinet quintet opus 34. I love this piece, it’s a show off work for clarinet, and it’s better written in some ways than the concertos. The string parts are boring though, so…