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Babe co-principal hornist from the Philharmonia Orchestra, Katy Woolley . . .

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. . . explains everything you ever wanted to know about her instrument. I certainly learned some stuff I didn't know before (or didn't remember from before - LOL!). I'm only disappointed that she didn't mention Schumann as a great composer for the French horn - she only mentions Mozart, Mahler and Strauss. (And, as one of the commenters notes, she forgot to include Princess Leia's theme from Star Wars!)

I see from another comment that she's now been promoted to the Concertgebouw Orchestra. ;-)

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Thanks For Sharing......... - Todd Krieger 03:28:10 06/15/20 (0)
Horn is arguably the most difficult instrument to play well, she kind of made it look easy..........
RE: Babe co-principal hornist from the Philharmonia Orchestra, Katy Woolley . . . - PAR 15:35:12 06/14/20 (2)
" I see from another comment that she's now been promoted to the Concertgebouw Orchestra. ;-)"
Fair comment Chris although the current standard of the Philharmonia heard live is remarkable. I have been hearing them at their home of the Southbank for almost the last 50 years and cannot believe the current level of orchestral attainment. As is the case as well for the OAE which I was amazed to find your positive comments on earlier in the week.
Now to get you to hear the wonderful new Andreas Staier recording of Beethoven Sonatas 16, 17 and 18 on, gasp, fortepiano (Qobuz)! Yes some " boing" but a good sounding instrument with remarkable articulation and dynamics. The disc is called " Ein Neuer Weg" and, for me, it reveals comparatively familiar sonatas as creating a new direction for Beethoven as, no doubt, he intended.

"We need less, but better" - Dieter Rams

Edits: 06/14/20
- Nice to see your comment after a bit of an absence on this particular forum! - Chris from Lafayette 17:57:12 06/14/20 (1)
  Yes - the next time Ms. CfL and I go to London, we've got to go see the Philharmonia Orchestra (and the RPO too) in their native habitats! (Ms. CfL missed a chance to see them when she last visited her sister in Cambridge last year, and she's been kicking herself ever since! - she had a night to kill in London before her return flight the next morning and just spent it in the hotel room, not realizing she could have seen the Philharmonia that night!) Hopefully, our return visit to London will occur after a Covid vaccine appears - LOL! (BTW, when you say say the Philharmonia's home is at Southbank, do you mean (Royal) Festival Hall? That's where I saw the LPO last time I was there.)
  
  Regarding that Staier recording, what's with all these additional temptations for me to backslide into apostasy? First it was ecl876 luring me back to the primrose path of vinyl, and now it's you tempting me towards a similarly unspeakable sidetrack of the fortepiano world. My resolve will not be undermined (although I was made to play a couple of fortepianos - against my will I'll have you know! - when I was a student, before they would let me graduate). ;-)
  - RE: Nice to see your comment after a bit of an absence on this particular forum! - PAR 05:01:13 06/15/20 (0)
    " when you say say the Philharmonia's home is at Southbank, do you mean (Royal) Festival Hall?". Yes, Southbank is an arts centre consisting of two concert halls, Royal Festival Hall, the smaller Queen Elizabeth Hall (home of the OAE) and the Hayward art gallery. To check on events ( none at the moment !), Google Southbank Centre.
    
    Sadly I have no idea how any of the halls or theatres can operate before and if a Covid-19 vaccine appears as social distancing (even if reduced to 1 metre) would appear to make the economic reality of running events doubtful due to the reduction in seating capacity. Aside from the venues , how will orchestras manage to continue to exist without any paying gigs for, maybe, another year at the best?
    
    " I was made to play a couple of fortepianos - against my will I'll have you know! - when I was a student". I think it is fairly common these days for people to take action against institutions where they suffered from abuse in their youth :-).
    
    "We need less, but better" - Dieter Rams

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