Anyone else want to play?
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I just found this--was pulling some other pieces for a student, and fell in love with it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9iePyP2HOr8
They're clearly having a great time...although I always think Barenboim is looking bemusedly at his fingers as if they were some kind of strange insect cavorting in front of him.
M.
One of my at-home-more-than-usual projects is trying to learn the first piece from Messaien's Catalogue d'Oiseaux.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6Izpdkjrhk
At this point, I do feel like I will eventually "get" it, but I don't yet.
Cool!
I was in the library at the Strasbourg Conservatoire de Musique several years ago, and found a facsimile edition of one of his pieces...which they had because they owned the real thing in their archives.
I didn't call for it, but I ready through the edition.
M.
An oboeist Facebook friend of mine just posted a video of the ducks squawking outside her window. I let her know they were doing a pretty good imitation of the Messaien.
I just happened on this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1WwNSfCom8
The King's Singers' sound is reliably lovely; the visual setup is poignant.
M.