Robin O'Neill, Principal Bassoon, on The Rite of Spring

Robin O'Neill, Principal Bassoon, on The Rite of Spring | Stravinsky: Myths&Rituals

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Robin O'Neill, Principal Bassoon of the Philharmonia Orchestra, knows the famous opening notes of The Rite of Spring intimately and has played them in countless concerts. Watch his chat backstage with broadcaster Sara Mohr-Pietsch to find out more about what it takes to nail Stravinsky's infamous solo.
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@philharmonia_orchestra 8 жыл бұрын

#savethebassoon

@jameschristiansson3137 6 жыл бұрын

When he mentioned the French bassoon I almost fell out of my chair. Merci! #savethefrenchbasson

@Chachboon1 3 жыл бұрын

For info, the solo is based on "Tu, manu seserele," a Lithuanian folk song. It is #157 in Anton Juszkiewicz’s Melodje ludowe litewskie.

@suppohkram 5 жыл бұрын

0:45 “not that high/difficult” flashback to me in high school losing a lung trying to squawk out the first note

@ghosttoast2073 5 жыл бұрын

suppohkram I feel you buddy

@derycktrahair8108 Жыл бұрын

Robin ONeill is brilliant. Hear it & play it is the lesson. Don't wimp out.. It's your solo & you are the boss of your instrument. Just do it..they'll let you know if they want it another way. PS don't argue with Conductor..just look as if you might.

@marklandgraf7667 3 жыл бұрын

"One of the most important pieces ever written. Obviously." Oh, yes, of course. Obviously.

@JoaoFurtadoCoelho777 8 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for this very interesting interview. I'd never thought about the possible influence of Debussy's "Prelude" on "The Rite". Listening to a good and clever musician is always rewarding!... Shared on Google+

@StanleyKSCBP 8 жыл бұрын

I agree with what he's saying very much. Great man and wonderful player.

@philharmonia_orchestra 8 жыл бұрын

+Stan Kaye-Smith Thank you Stan! Robin delivered a great performance of The Rite at our opening Stravinsky series concert on Sunday.

@AudiophiliaChannel 9 ай бұрын

Fabulous, Robin. Thank you.

@muzboz 4 жыл бұрын

I love his descriptions and thoughts on this! :)

@echodots 8 жыл бұрын

very colorful descriptions, thank you.

@philharmonia_orchestra 8 жыл бұрын

+Echo Dots Thank you for watching!

@classicalperformances8777 Жыл бұрын

Amazing

@hudsoncampos2201 Жыл бұрын

👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

@alexalestareon695 3 жыл бұрын

I love this solo!!!! I taught it to myself because I a) wanted a challenge and b) I heard it was the most difficult bassoon solo and I’m stubborn so I wanted to learn it. Come to find out it actually isn’t horrible.

@crumbybooch1851 5 жыл бұрын

What brand of Bassoon is his? It looks amazing!

@thomashenderson4230 4 жыл бұрын

Looks like a Heckel

@BoburmirzoSultonovBassoonist 4 жыл бұрын

Rite of spring , it's difficult pieces

@royeolt 8 жыл бұрын

@ashtonlyons2139 4 жыл бұрын

Well it’s actually a well-known Lithuanian tune. It’s called Tu Mano Sisserele. It translates “Oh, my sister”. The fact he doesn’t know the name of the tune is surprising...

@smalysbassoon 7 жыл бұрын

Stravinsky used about 20 Lithuanian folk songs in this ballet

@agogobell28 4 жыл бұрын

As far as I know, only about three Lithuanian folk songs made it into the Rite.

@smalysbassoon 4 жыл бұрын

@@agogobell28 there are several articles regarding this, with examples. Stravinsky bought a book of Lithuanian folk songs on his way from Petersburg to Paris, and found them sufficiently "ancient sounding" to use them in this ballet

@agogobell28 4 жыл бұрын

@@smalysbassoon No, I know this already. I was, however, mistaken when I said three Lithuanian melodies showed up -- according to Morton (1979), "Footnotes to Stravinsky Studies: 'Le Sacre du Printemps'", there are no fewer than 6 melodies from the Juszkiewicz collection -- to wit, in the act 1 Introduction, Augurs, Abduction, and Spring Rounds.

@agogobell28 4 жыл бұрын

@@smalysbassoon Furthermore, according to Taruskin (1980), "Russian Folk Melodies in 'The Rite of Spring'", several Russian folk melodies were the source of melodic material (albeit quoted much less literally or directly than the Lithuanian melodies from the Juszkiewicz collection) in Spring Rounds, Abduction, Dance of the Earth, Mystic Circles, and Ritual Action.

@agogobell28 4 жыл бұрын

@@smalysbassoon This is not, of course, to minimise the importance of the Lithuanian folk melodies as the source material for the Rite, but rather to simply say that they were part of a heterogeneous mixture of folk-derived source material.