What a fun video this is! If you haven’t ever registered with Berlin Philharmonic you will have to do that first to watch it, but there is no charge for this particular video.
Funny bit about a conductor and what the orchestra membres think:
“Because we usually think that we are better than the one up at the front. Of course, that’s a tongue-in-cheek comment.”
Oh I LOVE LOVE LOVE the bit about giving the A.
“Of course it’s true that the oboe always plays Concert A. I don’t know, of course, if 150 years ago no one listened, like no one listens today when the oboe plays concert A. It’s a very outdated ritual and also total nonsense …”. Hah!
AND THEN THIS!
“Sometimes I just want to take it and snap it over my knee and say, why do I bother…”.
Yet of course he goes on and says he wouldn’t play anything else He also talks about oboists going crazy and male oboists losing their hair! Very funny.
“Oboists are crazier!” 😉
“… and you can touch people with it.”
Which is what I try to do.
Do I succeed? I don’t know. But I try.
