Heard today at U of T great performances of 1 piece I have performed, and 1 piece I have read, with my octet: Bernard’s Divertissement and Krommer’s Octet. The Bernard is gloriously Parisian, all shimmering sonorities and snakey melodies. The Krommer is a tour de force for the musicians (aka really really technically difficult), but somehow doesnt put as strong a package across to the audience. Schadenfreude for me to see one of the oboes coping unhappily with water in the bflat key, but good to see how pros survive it.
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