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The trumpet solo in the battle scene is very difficult, with some really high notes ... Sometimes the deps found that tough – also the long oboe solo after the battle is a big ask. But it was amazing. One night you’d be sitting next to a star player from the London Symphony Orchestra, the next the principal oboist from the Berlin Philharmonic would be there. They all wanted to do Les Mis. When you came back though, everyone would wind you up by telling you how great your dep was.More quotes »
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'Being a musician about reaching out to others'
Anne-Sophie Mutter made her international debut at the age of 13, and the next year the German rising star performed with the Berlin Philharmonic under Herbert von Karajan. Over more than 35 years, Mutter has become one of the most distinguished performers from Shanghai Daily Read more »
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Akron schools are concerned about voucher expansion
savvy and serious news audience. 3:00 Fresh Air® with Terry Gross .. 9:07 Wolfgang Mozart: Concerto in C for flute & harp (Berlin Philharmonic) 9:36 Emmanuel Chabrier: Lamento (L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande) 9:44 Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata #14 in from WKSU Read more »
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Music review: Berlin Philharmonic Wind Quintet reigns at Jordan Hall
hard not to drool over the idea of a Berlin Philharmonic Wind Quintet. Michael Hasel (flute), Andreas Wittmann (oboe), Walter Seyfarth (clarinet), Marion Reinhard (bassoon), and Fergus McWilliam (horn) are members of arguably the world’s best orchestra, one from Boston.com Read more »
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DSO’s van Zweden to conduct Berlin Philharmonic
Jaap van Zweden is about to add another of the world’s most famous orchestras to his guest-conducting credits: the Berlin Philharmonic. He’s been tapped to conduct four performances, May 8-12, substituting for Mariss Jansons, who withdrew at the advice of from Dallas Morning News - Blogs Read more »
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Ballet at Berghain: High Culture at Berlin's Legendary Techno Club
these few days, some eight years after it first opened, Berghain will form a counterpart to the Philharmonie, home of the Berlin Philharmonic. A former East German heating-facility-turned-nightclub and a concert hall designed by German architect Hans Scharoun from Spiegel Online Read more »
