Die Oboe ist ein Instrument, das ich außerordentlich liebe. Der Klang und die Art Ihrer Verwendung in der großen Oratorienliteratur — z.B. im “Paulus” von Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, hier insbesondere die Zeitpunkte — faszinieren mich. Flickr-User Pfannekuchen hat drei sehenswerte Oboenphotos gepostet und — aus eigener Erfahrung? — zehn augenzwinkernde Gründe ergänzt, Oboe zu spielen:
- No one else wants to!
- You play a what? Hobo? … Elbow?
- You share a kindred spirit with ducks.
- Your neighbors already know about your unusual collection of knives.
- Your cat has a thing for “fish skin”.
- You don’t have to worry about what to wear for performances.
- You are already familiar with four letter words.
- You were always good at holding you breath as a kid without turning blue.
- You look forward to the thought of making reeds and spending whole weekends at rehearsals and performances.
- You will be continuously stimulated to devise clever answers to “Is this a skinny clarinet, or what?”
