(No more changes for the oboe3/English horn player; this is all on EH. So the EH looks “normal” to me. No “viennese English horn”? Anyone know?)
Note that the soloist is a woman. Guess Vienna couldn’t find a male singer to cover the part. 😉
reed on!
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Mozart Adagio & Rondo
Swan Of Tuonela
Piazzolla Suite for Oboe and Strings
I guess Mahler wasn’t taking the “all-male sound” into consideration when he wrote this…guess your orchestra should be ok with a woman soloist!
Bernstein recorded the 4th with the Concertgebouw – using a boy soprano (treble):
Symphony No. 4 (1900)
Helmut Wittek (treble)
Concertgebouw Orchestra Amsterdam
Recorded June 1987, Amsterdam, Concertgebouw, Grote Zaal
How’s that for useless information? 😉
Well there you go! We can dump women completely. Woo hoo!
(I’m all for useless information.) 😉