A Conversation for Uterpe Concert Hall for Woodwinds
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Dragonfly. "A poet can survive everything but a misprint"-- Oscar Wilde Started conversation Sep 20, 2000
::gets out her oboe to practice::
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Dragonfly. "A poet can survive everything but a misprint"-- Oscar Wilde Posted Oct 10, 2000
::Decides that two weeks is long enough to practice, and takes a break::
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Kes Posted Nov 17, 2000
*Pushes upright piano into practice room. Exits. Returns with stool. Sits on stool to get breath back*
Right! How about some serious practice? I've got a load of sheet music - including piano reductions of concerti, so I can accompany ... Take your pick of a piece, Dragonfly... and we'll have some fun sight-reading it.
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Dragonfly. "A poet can survive everything but a misprint"-- Oscar Wilde Posted Nov 17, 2000
YAY!!!!
::starts to soak her reed::
Righto...
::Starts to look through Mozart music::
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Kes Posted Nov 18, 2000
Mozart is good ....
*Warms up with opening of Sonata No.6 ... getting used to A major ..*
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Dragonfly. "A poet can survive everything but a misprint"-- Oscar Wilde Posted Nov 20, 2000
OOo.... nice!!! 
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Kes Posted Nov 20, 2000
Mozart and oboe can be an "interesting" combination, you know. He liked woodwind, and wrots several concerti for clarinets and flutes, but he didn't like the principal oboist of the Vienna orchestra, so his oboe parts were often very difficult .... He did write the one wind quartet, in which the oboe gets a really good part, Anyway - we'll play whatever you fancy this time.
Maybe next time we could look at a few other possibilities .... Vivaldi wrote several oboe concerti, so did Albinoni ... I know they're a bit "early", so if you fancy something contemorary with Mozart, take a look at the Haydn oboe concerto - I think it's quite nice.
*Winces as Dragonfly starts whittling bits of the end of a reed with her knife*
Mind your fingers!
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Dragonfly. "A poet can survive everything but a misprint"-- Oscar Wilde Posted Nov 20, 2000
Always!!!
Love Hayden... and Telemann...
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Kes Posted Nov 21, 2000
Telemann ... yes - plenty of good oboe parts there.
*Plays the A above middle C*
When you're ready - it may not be "440", but I can't tune to you, so ...
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Dragonfly. "A poet can survive everything but a misprint"-- Oscar Wilde Posted Nov 21, 2000
QUITE!!! Sorry... I was very busy musing... 
Play an A, please!?? Yes... the one above middle C...
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Kes Posted Nov 21, 2000
*Provides the appropriate A, and waits for Dragonfly to tune ...*
Have you picked a piece for starters?
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Dragonfly. "A poet can survive everything but a misprint"-- Oscar Wilde Posted Nov 21, 2000
::plays the note, and adjusts her reed::
::Plays it again, and adjusts her read::
::plays again and adjusts her reed::
Perfect!!!
Well, do you have Telemann's Concerto in F minor!?? I believe that's what it is called...
And can you give me a D!??
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Kes Posted Nov 21, 2000
*Plays the D above the A*
Is that one OK?
Yes - we've got a piano reduction of that one ... haven't played it before ... Can we start with the second movement - the slow movement - give me a chance to sight-read?
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Dragonfly. "A poet can survive everything but a misprint"-- Oscar Wilde Posted Nov 21, 2000
YES!!! That's a favorite... I play it quite mournful...
::practices the A above, to make sure she can still hit it::
Allright... D and the A sound fine... can you give me middle C!??
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Kes Posted Nov 21, 2000
*C = 256 played*
OK ... I've only got 85 notes left
Seriously - for F minor, try a scale, check out the A B flats.
*Plays F minor broken chord*
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Dragonfly. "A poet can survive everything but a misprint"-- Oscar Wilde Posted Nov 21, 2000
Yes yes yes... I was getting to that!!!
::blows the spit out of her reed::
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Kes Posted Nov 21, 2000
*Reading through the slow movement ... trying to get a feel for it*
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Dragonfly. "A poet can survive everything but a misprint"-- Oscar Wilde Posted Nov 21, 2000
::keeps her oboe warm::
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Kes Posted Nov 21, 2000
*Nods. There's about 24 bars of "orchestra" before the solo entry (I think, from memory) ... Kes plays through them .. not too many missed notes ... coming through to the oboe entry on a perfect cadence ... Nods again at D - she's on!*
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Dragonfly. "A poet can survive everything but a misprint"-- Oscar Wilde Posted Nov 21, 2000
WAIT!!!
We can't do this!!!
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