Jonathan West said: "If, having taken your degree, you don't *already* think you are the best horn player ever (or pretty close) then you almost certainly...
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Brent Shires
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Mar 1, 2007 6:11 pm
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Thank you, but Cabbage is the Urkraut. He is the Wurst. I'm just a little Brat. Herb Foster ... ...
Apologies for this message. Not having received any messages from this list for a couple of days, I'm sending this "message in a bottle" out into cyberspace to...
The Cor de Chasse and Parforce horn players have forged an alliance, and we're rounding up everyone who doesn't play a natural horn. So, throw your horn out...
I'm playing principal on the Firebird Suite on our next concert. Somewhat to my surprise, I'm finding it perhaps the most technically difficult orchestral ...
Quoting "alpha" male But will my Paxman be sent to da Perfesser for a valvectomy? (if you give a paxman a valvectomy, does that mean it won't have any baby ...
Hi A call to all those in the Houston area: SHSU's Symphony Orchestra will be performing Ravel's La Valse and the Bruck Violin Concerto tomorrow. The brass...
Reading you just fine. I've been getting all the emails though... Do I have to convert to natural horn? Are you going to "Fix" my horn so its normal? BTW Gmail...
... It's easy enough to check. Go to http://groups.yahoo.com/, log in, go to the horn group, and click on "Messages". You'll see all the posts. There were...
<<I've played a lot of the repertoire reputed to be difficult--Shostakovich 'Cello Concerto, Beethoven 3 & 7, Mahler, Wagner, Brahms, Strauss. They all have ...
Jonathan West
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Mar 2, 2007 11:30 pm
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The Rite of Spring is more difficult than The Firebird. Richard Strauss Rosenkavalier is a real exam. Saludos Juan F. Domínguez...
... Good one. That's not an orchestral piece, though, is it? I'm thinking along the lines of standard orchestral repertoire. I may be (marginally) good enough...
I recently played Elgar's Cockaigne Ouverture, and was (still am actually) surprised at how tricky it is. Some sticky fingerings, lots of long loud passages...
Sitting in my lap right now is a CF Schmidt horn. I've looked online for any information on the history of the company and have found nothing. One source...
... That's interesting. I played principal on the Rosenkavalier Suite last year, and, while it's definitely up there, I still find the Firebird more ...
I received a notice in the mail today that Radovan Vlatkovic will perform the Brahms Trio in NYC on Friday, March 30th at the Metopolitan Museum of Art...
John, Check the entry in The new Langwill Index edited by William Waterhouse. I'm on the west coast and can't get to my copy. Another excellent source, in ...
Well I'll add my two cents. What about Haydn Symphony No. 51 (high concert Bbs, lots of them). Handel Judas Maccabeus (solo entry on high concert D and up to...
This conversation is really interesting but it really is almost as subjective as "what is the best horn to play" or "who is/was the best horn player on...
... If this is what you think the challenge is all about, you have totally missed the point. There are plenty of players out there who can play all of these...
Paul, I played once with the Chicago Lyric Opera Orchestra once when they were touring. This was in El Paso, Texas when I was just a tiny tot in university....