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Ferdinand David Concertino Op.12 pour Basson (ou alto ou ophicléide!)

Direction : Benjamin Attahir
Ophicléide : Patrick Wibart

Filmé lors du prix de Saxhorn et Euphonium au CNSMDP le 5 juin 2013

If players in the 19th century played this well there would have been less need for the tuba!

Thanks for posting! Patrick is no slouch on the serpent either.

Wow-- a lot of great brass playing is going on there. That is the most ophicleide I ever heard in one sitting, and the only solo.

P.S. The serpent video is more than worthy of a listen, also. This soloist gets a very refined sound from a very difficult instrument!

Agreed - amazing! I heard that the other day and immediately posted it to my Euphonium Videos page (because I don't have an Ophicleide Videos page!).

Guys like this just reinforce the idea that the player matters a lot more than the horn. If you've got a musical soul, it comes out of almost anything you play.

On the old Ted Mack Amateur Hour I once heard a guy playing potato whistle. He did a jazz arrangement of "I Found a New Baby" and it was great!! I also remember a recording of James Galway playing a penny whistle - also amazing.

And then there is Sergei Nakariakov. He started as a piano player, but an injury made it impossible to continue on that track. At the age of 13 or 14 he recorded a CD of trumpet works with the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra after only a few years of playing. Again, the music within him came right out, with or without 88 keys.