Eugene Izotov has been the Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s principal oboist since 2005. In the midst of While on the orchestra’s recent European tour, he spoke about his instrument as well as the perils ...
During Julie Andrews’ twirl around a mountain meadow, the hills are alive with the sound of a Camas musician and about 70 orchestra mates. We all know the scene. And many of the following songs are so ...
No one has ever become world-famous by playing the oboe. Although the instrument has an integral role in the orchestral ecosystem—every ensemble tunes to its piercing A—the sweet-and-sour tang of its ...
The oboe, a long reedy apparatus, is an overlooked member of the woodwind family. Yet it’s the instrument that the rest of the orchestra tune themselves to. Described by the son of Jean de Vergie, an ...
George Frideric Handel; Roland Douatte; Georg Philipp Telemann; Helmut Mu.ller-Bru.hl; Gu.nther Passin; Collegium musicum de Paris.; Ko.lner Kammerorchester. 101 ...