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High Tech Bus
Another long bus ride is ahead of the orchestra today, but there is on board entertainment on this coach: GPS screens overhead keep the passengers informed of the vehicle’s every move!
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More UFOs
The hall in Hannover is not new, but sports another spectacular ceiling of the Mother Ship variety!
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Daniel Meyer and Marek Janowski
PSO Resident Conductor Daniel Meyer and this evening’s conductor Marek Janowski pose on stage before the concert.
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Clarinet reeds
Clarinet reeds are arranged on a player’s stand, ready for the concert. They have been marked with the player’s coding system for identification. Made of cane, each reed has slightly different characteristics which affect tone color, articulation, and longevity.
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Tommy Thompson demonstrates
The single flat clarinet reed is fastened to the back of the instrument’s mouthpiece with a band called a ligature. These bands can be simple ones of metal, or of high-tech materials such as the plastic arrangement used here by PSO’s Tommy Thompson.
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Bassoon reeds
Bassoon reeds are double, two pieces of cane bound together so that they buzz against each other. The process of making reeds is a demanding, but necessary part of single- and double-reed woodwind players’ professional obligation.
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Jim Gorton demonstrates
The shape the mouth forms to play any woodwind or brass instrument is called the embouchure. It takes years of careful practicing for facial muscles to develop both the strength and flexibility needed for extended playing demanded by symphonic repertoire. An embouchure close up demonstrated by oboist Jim Gorton…
