With Eugene Izotov, Ian Swensen, Jay Liu and Jennifer Culp.
Rondo: Allegro from Oboe Quartet in F Major
Always love the bit where the oboe is in 2/4 and the strings are in 6/8.
So very interesting! Imagine starting out by just having a reed to play most days of the week!
Also interesting to hear him say he put “no” on an audition paper because he didn’t like he way the woman left … as if she was angry. Guess there was no screen.
The discussion on focal dystonia is truly heart-breaking. I have always said, and will continue to say, “I am not my oboe.” I hope I mean it.
Go to about 40 minutes in and it is fascinating what his brain is telling him. Wow. And DOUBLE WOW to the dystonia being “task specific”: “I can play oboe d’amore, I can play English horn, I can play Baroque oboe” … amazing.
And yes, oboe is, for most, NOT an old age playing instrument. He said he can’t imagine playing after age 65. 🙂
Alex Klein – Living the Classical Life: Episode 51 from Elyria Pictures on Vimeo.
