Surprisingly, this isn’t the first time he’s taken on an underappreciated wind instrument as the soloist instrument of a concerto (his Bassoon Concerto is up on Spotify, and is well worth a listen if this is your cup of tea), and though that concerto is with a full orchestra, as opposed to this one being only strings, they both seem to function along the same method of keeping the fluttering of the central instrument rippling through the orchestra, a relationship I imagine as a mayfly hovering over a once-still pond, the impetus of the orchestra being entirely dictated through fleeting moments of contact with the solo instrument’s texture, only to grow silent as the material courses its way through the orchestra. It’s incredibly impressive, and probably one of the better ways to approach the wind family of instruments, definitely beats the “My flute sounds just as purdy as your violin!” style concerto that dominates the repertoire. An incredible upload, as usual, one can only hope that Lent will never end!
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Surprisingly, this isn’t the first time he’s taken on an underappreciated wind instrument as the soloist instrument of a concerto (his Bassoon Concerto is up on Spotify, and is well worth a listen if this is your cup of tea), and though that concerto is with a full orchestra, as opposed to this one being only strings, they both seem to function along the same method of keeping the fluttering of the central instrument rippling through the orchestra, a relationship I imagine as a mayfly hovering over a once-still pond, the impetus of the orchestra being entirely dictated through fleeting moments of contact with the solo instrument’s texture, only to grow silent as the material courses its way through the orchestra. It’s incredibly impressive, and probably one of the better ways to approach the wind family of instruments, definitely beats the “My flute sounds just as purdy as your violin!” style concerto that dominates the repertoire. An incredible upload, as usual, one can only hope that Lent will never end!