Heinz Holliger in Warsaw 30/06/2005

Heinz Holliger plays Lutoslawski concerto for oboe & harp. Short clip.

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[annoniemer]

heinz holliger is one of, or simply the best oboe player in the world at the moment. the 'horrible' things you hear here are technically not quite that simple to achieve on an oboe: he's playing more thatn 1 note at the same time...

[bene951]

Well, now you are being inconsistent. You say composers shouldn't copy someone else, yet you say the modern movie music composers are the talented ones. I couldn't help take notice that you mentioned John Williams who, by the way, all but totally copied Wagner, Holst, Dvorak, etc. in his movie scores. The score to Star Wars, as great as it is, is a complete copy and paste job. Understand that because you don't find something pleasant, it does not mean it is bad or the composer is untalented...

[KarenKupferberg]

@annoniemer

they're actually multi phonics... not two notes at once.

(I'm an oboist)

[Texoki]

just noice

[PawelWysocki]

@bene951 btw, no good incidental music can really be good on its own :) not in practice.

[PawelWysocki]

and I love this moment, can someone explain what exactly is going on with the oboe then?

[PawelWysocki]

@tasteism oh, you are very unfair. this IS one of the best pieces of music written in 20th century, you HAVE to listen to the whole thing, I'm certain you'll love it too.

[Joyboe1991]

Let's keep in mind that this is only 30 seconds of the piece, people... can you really judge a piece on 30 seconds?

[tasteism]

To call this music reminds me on the people standing in awe in front of a fireextinguisher only because it hangs in a museum and some witty fellow had put a text on it, reading: 'plastic in red'. It has nothing to do with being openminded: This is noise and not music!

[genmaximus110]

I do think that the music leading up to the oboe's entrance is pleasant, as far as I can tell. And, I have heard modern works at Cleveland Orchestra that opened for the main event that haven't been bad. They're certainly interesting to watch when you're actually there at the music hall. You get to see some instruments that may not commonly be used in period music.

[genmaximus110]

I have about as open of a mind as one can get, honestly. I just have my opinions like everyone else. I believe myself to be objective, except when I am angry. I think the thumbs up/down rating is silly, unless a comment is spam. I think discussing something is constructive, which I was doing, not just dissing something with shallowness.

I do love orchestral music, the oboe included with high regard. It's just, for me, traditional orchestral music peaked with Béla Bartók, or abouts.