January 2010

Beyoncé – Halo – Alto and Tenor Saxophone Duet

This is me, charlez360, playing my Yamaha (YAS-275, 4C mouthpiece) Alto saxophone and my Jean-Baptiste (480T, Dukoff D7 mouthpiece) to Beyoncé Knowles’ hit, “Halo.” I actually heard this yesterday for the first time. I feel like a douche because I had never heard it before, and it’s been so popular.
Ok, I pick up [...]

Bass. Clarinet. Albinoni. Adagio.

Roman Kekhman is one of the world’s best clarinetists. I work together with him from 1991.
Listen, please:
Jewish Prayer at the President Residence, Jerusalem, Israel
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ha7ZY6z6oDI
Jewish Music at the President Residence, Jerusalem, Israel
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6t5_Q7zcvY
His performances, both with the orchestra and as a soloist, always contributed to advance the image of Israel as the country with the enviable “gold [...]

Paul Hindemith: Heckelphone Trio op. 47

Hindemith’s trio for Heckelphone, Viola and Piano, probably one of the most notable pieces composed for this rare woodwind instrument.
The Heckelphone, also named bass oboe or baryton oboe, is a double reed instrument of the oboe family, pitched an octave below the oboe, about twice long and ending in a bulbous bell. Its soft and [...]