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supercantaloupe · 1 year ago

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hiii do you have a fav orchestral oboe solo? I love the one in mahler 2 mvmt 4 :)

this is lexi btw for some reason my asks only go through on anon so I'm going to tag myself @recapitulation

ohh that's such a tough question...i don't think i could choose just one. but tchaik 1 mvt 2 is Speaking to me right now though. those slow lyrical ones from the late romantic era i think are some of the hardest but most rewarding ones to play well, and some of the absolute sweetest to listen to

#winter daydreams.........looks off into the distance misty eyed. yeah #sasha answers #recapitulation #ty!!#other contenders in that genre are the slow solo from strauss don juan...tchaik 4...brahms vln concerto...mahler das lied von der erde...#some great stuff from the classical and bel canto eras too of course shoutout beethoven and rossini #but for whatever reason This is the vibe tonight.#and i think there's an obvious level of skill and sparkle involved in something fast light and articulate like beethoven 6 #or la scala di seta overture #but the slow sustained solos are deceptively tricky. it takes so much breath and embouchure control to keep the pitch and tone in place #and because i'm a weird freak about connecting everything as smooth as possible i circular breathe like mad #so there aren't obvious breaths to break up the line anywhere #which. i've been told i need to cut that shit out by teachers so i don't make listeners pass out LOL #oboeposting

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