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Makes me cry..my first record..yep..that’s possibly the greatest French horn playing of all time! Edit..thanks for posting..I have tears listening..I got to play the Second concerto with both orchestras..and the first..I stayed away from the ones with difficult cadenzas. I did get to play perhaps the most difficult of solos, or ensembles really, the Concertstucke or concert piece by Robert Schumann for four horns and orchestra in both my groups as well. The Berlin and Chicago recordings are the standard, although me and my section’s Saturday night live performance was awfully good..I usually only listen to myself if I’ve had a few drinks..! I also got to play Strauss first concerto twice..
Now who's the Rock Star? Hummmmmmmm?
It was said Karajan went over to talk to him about something in the sessions, and instead of the music on the stand, there was a motor car racing magazine..he was killed in a car accident..
My DD used to love Beethoven as a child. I got her a CD to listen too at night. Some say classical music increases intelligence. Must expand the brain cells while tracking the music.
Yes..no matter how many times I played a famous piece like Beethoven Five, you’d hear stuff that was totally new..or getting to hear awesome violin and piano soloists..I’d cry often onstage..best seat in the house!True!
I did learn a lot about how to listen to music when I played. There were a lot of things I "thought I didn't like very much," until we played them and I heard "what was going on in the cello," for example. (Can't think of this piece... Wagner? overture...?)
I remember something I read, written by a bassist. Their conductor was so poor, they gave him the nickname, Diode. He explained that a diode was a semi-conductor.
Van Cliburn, Chicago sym recording of Beethoven Emperor concerto..the slow mvt when the flutes come back in with the wistful B theme..kills me every time. Total fave piece..although, one of Van Cliburns’ last performances was with my orchestra, and he was completely past it all, losing it, bombing the performance, ..I just sobbed onstage feeling so badly for him.
You can't beat wood heat. I don't think I could tolerate LP or natural gas heat again. My joints love the steady warmth that only a fireplace can provide. I guess gas would do it but you would have to stand over the register all the time. Ask me how I know that!
A HAM radio joke! I love it!True!
I did learn a lot about how to listen to music when I played. There were a lot of things I "thought I didn't like very much," until we played them and I heard "what was going on in the cello," for example. (Can't think of this piece... Wagner? overture...?)
I remember something I read, written by a bassist. Their conductor was so poor, they gave him the nickname, Diode. He explained that a diode was a semi-conductor.
I had more than five big sinus surgeries including a full frontal obliteration and fat packing, and three neck surgeries, two in front, an artificial disc, fusion, then a posterior fusion to fuse all of it..turned out the hardware helped the nerves function to my arms properly, but I was left with intractable neck pain despite muscle relaxants, oxycodone and morphine every day! It’s a delicate balance between all that and French press coffee…
