Alex Klein, Oboe. J.S. Bach/C.P.E. Bach/P. Morehead solo recital.

Alex Klein, oboe. Recital for Amadeus Society of the Calgary Philharmonic Society. February, 2021. Alberta Room at the Fairmont Palliser Hotel, Calgary.
J.S. Bach, Courante BWV1009
J.S. Bach, Gigue BWV1010
C.P.E. Bach, CPE Bach Sonata (Adagio, Allegro, Allegro)
J.S. Bach, Sarabande BWV1011
J.S. Bach, Gigue BWV1008
Patricia Morehead, Meditation&Exultation
J.S. Bach, Prelude BWV1009

[@kantaroboe]

00:08 J.S.Bach / Courante BWV1009 02:40 J.S.Bach / Gigue BWV1010 06:26 C.P.E.Bach / Sonata I. Poco Adagio 12:15 II. Allegro 14:58 III. Allegro 17:36 J.S.Bach / Sarabande BWV1011 21:20 J.S.Bach / Gigue BWV1008 25:27 Patricia Morehead / Meditation&Exultation 32:18 J.S.Bach / Prelude BWV1009

[@Arteshir]

Great job and great stamina my man

[@fabiospirito1164]

All this, ladies & gentlemen, without a square centimeter of score in view please. What an incredible piece of Art. Thank you !

[@clobo8937]

Interpretação para deixar a gente hipnotizado! ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

[@celineimbert9206]

Merecidos os quatro GRAMMY AWARD que coleciona! Bravo! Orgulho para o nosso país.

[@eugenealper6217]

Thank you very much Mr. Klein for your art.

[@vagnergodoy1419]

Que grande artista ! nossa minha referência desde pequeno no oboe como inspira tantos com o melhor o puro e a arte MUITO OBRIGADO ALEX KLEIN E GRANDE ORGULHO PARA O BRASIL QUERO UM DIA VE LO TOCAR PESSOALMENTE BRAVO !!!

[@TheBEST-el4rn]

The best oboe player 😁😁🤟🏻

[@giorgiomalandra3597]

Non esiste il più bravo al mondo!

[@mutzicat]

Very enjoyable to listen too... thanks you! Oboe was my chosen instrument in late elementary and some of high-school. I just regret quitting by grade 11, especially when I hear such wonderful playing !!

[@DL-rn4ty]

And to play the Morehead, a piece of such complex structure,...and multiphonics in Bach! (a revelation!)

[@orchplayers]

Beautiful setting, great camera work, and SPECTACULAR playing. Bravo, Alex! xoxo

[@caplowsparks]

My gold standard, as usual. The mix of depth and light in the sound is something to behold. Thank you, Alex.

[@olivierviry7655]

So absolute music! I feel deeply amazed

[@karinaguerrero778]

Alex Klein es de otro planeta!!!!

[@DL-rn4ty]

This is glorious! What a treat to hear you play solo Bach!

[@ruthklein7907]

Maravilhosa apresentação. Parabéns! Me orgulho pela tua dedicação sabendo que lutas com doença

[@vanderleigodoi]

Sonoridade cristalina. Fraseado transcendental. Toca com tanta leveza e naturalidade que é impossível não ficar apreciando até o final da peça. Consegue extrair toda a beleza e complexidade de uma obra dessas sem parecer que é de dificilima execução!

[@moemameyer8173]

Música maravilhosa, na leitura de um grande artista = sublime

[@mariodanioboe]

Grande Alex 💕

[@ioboealfaro]

Espectacular como siempre Alex!

[@karinaguerrero778]

Creo que es de otro planeta!

[@edvannysilva8186]

Amazing Alex! ❤️ Your sound and interpretation are divine!

[@pauloderamos8841]

Fantástico. Meus parabéns. Assisti sua apresentação no Teatro Guaíra/Curitiba nos idos de 1978-79 no solo de oboé da peça BWV 1060 de J.S. Bach ( Se não me engano com a Camerata Antiqua de Curitiba) e desde lá já era um exímio virtuose deste maravilhoso instrumento. Sem dúvidas, uma honra para o Brasil termos um músico de sua qualidade, talento e profissionalismo.

[@alexklein6291]

Muitas saudades de Curitiba e da Camerata Antiqua!

[@christianemarie1695]

Thank you ! Thank you for taking the time to share.

[@koboereed]

Simply divine!

[@dimialves7348]

Magic!

[@indiquintero]

Espectacular comp siempre. Bravo maestro !!!!!!

[@vioricamotogna9490]

Thank you ! Beautiful!

[@juhpretinha1]

Muito inspirador 😭👏🏼

[@cedricknox]

Simply sublime

[@debstevenson3210]

Thanks for sharing your heart with us!!

[@luisjusti5611]

Alex é um músico extraordinário! Este C,Ph.E,Bach é simplesmente de outra esfera! Ele deve ter mostrado para o compositor! 😂

[@Therika7]

Amazing!! Thanks for sharing this!

[@9Naethy]

Me hace sentir los matices de un claroscuro. Superb !

[@titicatfollies6615]

BRAVO!!!

[@erinmarks4079]

Wow!!! Love this. Bravo 🎉

[@joseantoniomasmano]

INCREIBLE. 😮

[@audreyliu4021]

You are amazing musicianship

[@pietroa6375]

I did not know that oboe was able to play double notes! Wow!

[@stefaniamercuri9341]

Meraviglioso

[@CBorreroYT]

Maravilhoso este som aveludado! ☆☆☆☆☆

[@franciquaranta]

Spettacolare!!!

[@rosadelpilarhernandezrevie5699]

What oboe is it? Maravilloso

[@alexklein6291]

For this recording I believe it was a "Model 125", by F. Lorée.

[@rosadelpilarhernandezrevie5699]

@@alexklein6291 thanks! Wooowww

[@sandraseibold1891]

We need you in Europe

[@DmitryTimofeev]

❤

[@eugenerim]

J’adore le hautbois. Et merci beaucoup !

[@mmmugh]

I listened to so much of your oboe playing when I was in middle school and high school to learn how to sound but I was really turned off by what you were doing at the end of this recording. Why the multiphonic? It doesn't fit with the rest of it at all.

[@alexklein6291]

Thank you for your candid review. They are not multiphonics. At the end of the C Major Prelude the cello plays double stops and chords. The options are few for us oboe players in how to transfer those ideas to our instrument. We could roll the chords, or ignore them completely. The option I chose is to sing and play simultaneously. It does indeed create an awkward sound, but then so do the double stops and chords on the cello. It is an abrupt break of the musical line as we "crash" into them. We have grown used to chords in string instruments, already for hundreds of years. But we are not used to the idea of singing and playing simultaneously (and I am not the only one to do it). I agree with you that the use of this new technique is controversial and may be seen as off-putting. Still, I stand by my choice to use it and put it out there for it to be debated, as in what we are doing right now, in hopes that others will improve on it and someday we won't have to see it as controversial. On that day it will be normal for the oboe to play with two voices.

[@alexklein6291]

Here is another thought: we must look ahead. We must innovate. It is already an "innovation" to bring this repertory to the oboe, ok. But there has to be more. We must think of the future, and how the oboe will develop. Every advancement in oboe playing came with drawbacks. Adding the low-B-flat cause chaos on the scale, and we worked through it for the last 150 years or so. Circular breathing was also faulty (maybe still is...). Flatter-tonguing, double-tonguing (triple....?) all advance our playing tech, but need to be developed further. So is singing-and-playing simultaneously. We must start somewhere, and take courageous steps to make it happen, even if it comes with drawbacks. It will now be out to our next generations to step up to the plate and make improvements. Therefore, let's think forward and in a more lengthy way, and embrace the future.

[@oboemasa]

Dear Mr.Klein, how nice your powerful sprit I love it.

[@arzumustafayev2106]

BRAVO MAESTRO. ❤

[@clobo8937]

@@alexklein6291 Na minha opinião, teoricamente compreensível sua explicação mas, choca nossos ouvidos. Ouvir no cello, parece que os timbres das duplas ficam mais homogêneos. Já no oboé, a segunda voz deixa a impressão de que está sendo projetada por algo que não este.

[@-milo-2894]

06:56 tone (please ignore this is for personal reference)

[@nicolasbraun2642]

ballsiest multiphonics ever and so appropriate nonetheless!!!!!!!!!!

[@TheOboeCrack]

35:39 multiphonics

[@kalebzhu9947]

21:23 1008 Gigue

[@福田真弓-i8t]

6:30