New: 2010
✔ Laila Storch now has solo and other performances of interest which can be found on the Artists page as well as the Archives page:
Bach - Adagio from the Concerto for Oboe and Violin download mp3 or: mp3 mirror
Mozart - Quartet for Oboe and Strings K.370 download mp3 or: mp3 mirror
✔ The Soni Ventorum Quintet is the most-recorded wind quintet. A complete listing of the group's commercial recordings is now available. discography. At present the Schoenberg Quintet is available for download:
1. Schwungvoll download mp3
2. Anmutig und Heiter: Scherzando download mp3
3. Etwas Langsam download mp3
4. Rondo download mp3
✔ The discography is from the book, "The Story of the Soni Ventorum Wind Quintet" by the flutist and historian Megan Lyden. The book is now available for purchase in a variety of formats. book
✔ An assortment of posters from various tours has been added to the History page: from Milan, Venice, Naples and Palermo, Italy; Poznan, Poland; Paris, France;
Salonika, Greece: Ankara, Turkey and the group's favorite poster: Puerto Rico.
New: 2009
✔ Soni Ventorum television show excerpts have now been added to the Video Archive. Live performances of the Ibert quintet and the Françaix quartet can be found, as well as the always-amusing bassoon solo, Starý Bručoun (Old Grumper), by Fučik. video archive
✔This "instant classic" memoir and biography is already in its third printing!Storch, Laila. Marcel Tabuteau: "How do you expect to play the oboe if you can't peel a mushroom?". Indiana, 2008. 594p bibl index afp CD; ISBN 9780253349491, $29.95. Reviewed in 2009jan CHOICE.
A former student of Tabuteau, Storch (emer., Univ. of Washington School of Music) combines Tabuteau's biography and philosophies with institutional and cultural history and douses the whole with anecdotal humor. She begins with her own experiences of her teacher but reaches far beyond her personal knowledge. A world-renowned oboist with the Philadelphia Orchestra and professor at The Curtis Institute, Tabuteau (1887-1966) not only revolutionized oboe playing but also had a significant influence on orchestral teaching in the US. On the included CD, Tabuteau himself demonstrates his musical philosophy and his unique character. The cornucopia of stories and pictures volunteered by friends, family, students, and colleagues covers everything from his fumbles as a young oboist in New York, to his trouble during the gold embargo of 1933, to his retirement years in Nice. Combining a rich portrait of Tabuteau with discussion of the music and culture of period, Storch's intriguing book will appeal to a broad audience, not just oboists. Anyone interested in music will find Tabuteau's philosophies and Storch's research beneficial and applicable. Summing Up: Recommended. Lower-division undergraduates through faculty/professionals; general readers. -- E. E. Frisbie, Lawrence University
From CHOICE – Reviews Online by American Library Association
✔There have been many recent additions to the page, "Archive: Download Music". Most of the recent additions give two options for downloading: "download mp3 " and "mp3 mirror". Visitors can choose between the two external servers currently running this material.
✔A newly added rarity is the Villa-Lobos masterpiece, Choros No. 7. This mega-chorinho displays the composer's mastery of what has been called ABCDEFG form; nevertheless, it is almost never performed. Aside from its extreme difficulty, its unusual demands include a Bb clarinet going down to low Eb, an elegant alto saxophone, and the "deal breaker": the ferocious col legno in the violin part! Here Martin Friedmann, the "yeoman of the bow men" leads the group as he demonstrates his sensitive echt-Wiener Bogenführung before turning savage at the end.
Villa Lobos, Heitor Choros #7 for flute, oboe, clarinet, alto saxophone, bassoon, violin and 'cello. Felix skowronek, flute; Laila Storch, oboe; William McColl, clarinet; Dr. Steve Allen, alto saxophone; Arthur Grossman, bassoon; Martin Friedmann, violin; Toby Saks, 'cello. download mp3 or: mp3 mirror
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