Just a bit of “Der Philosoph” — Symphonie Nr.22 — for you (perhaps you can guess why I chose this particular symphony?):
Presto (second movement):
Finale:
Bob Ward, principal horn of San Francisco Symphony, answers a question about auditions at the symphony’s social network site.
Find more videos like this on San Francisco Symphony Social Network
I think it would have been more fun to hear about his very long audition process.
Ah, auditions. I am quite behind in keeping those up to date here. This week I’m hoping to be able to catch up on the list. In the following weeks I definitely need to go through all my lists of oboe and bassoon players and make all the necessary changes. I have considered retiring those pages, as the work is awfully time consuming, but I’ll see if I can deal with it soon and if it’s not as difficult as I fear I’ll go ahead and keep ’em up; I think some people enjoy those lists. In case you haven’t viewed them, here they are:
- Double Reed Instructors in the US (This list is small, as I only add folks in if they contact me.)
- Double Reed Musicians’ Personal Pages
- Instructors: North American Universities, Colleges & Conservatories
- Instructors: USA Boarding Schools
So check ’em out if you haven’t already; and feel free to update me with any information you have. 🙂
I guess I’m just amazed that I set out this goal to see all these Mahler symphonies, and now I have seen all of his amazing symphonies live, thanks to this crazy tour of mine.
Purcell: Hear My Prayer
