Home > Clams

SubCategory Archive (tags): ‘Clams’

See the complete archive.

Bobby Corno plays Beethoven 5

PUBLISHED: March 6, 2010, John Ericson

Hearing Beethoven 5 yesterday I was reminded of the classic bit by Peter Schickele, “New Horizons in Music Appreciation.” It presents the first movement of Beethoven 5 as though it were a sporting event with play-by-play commentary, and hornist Bobby Corno fits in prominently. It did not take long to find a version of this [...]

Categories: Sub-categories:
Clams

Halloween Frightmares: Newspaper Headline of Horror

PUBLISHED: October 27, 2009, Bruce Hembd
Click the thumbnail for the full view.

Musicians that make noticeable mistakes in concert make easy targets for the discerning music critic. Some critics might even go so far as to name the perpetraitor in print, publicly shaming the instigator. Some of the greatest concert halls in the world are pockmarked with good intentions. Horn cracks, clams, yodels and splee-ahs in particular can be [...]

Categories: Sub-categories:
Clams, Halloween horns, Orchestra

Son of Clam; A Twist on René Magritte

PUBLISHED: September 30, 2009, Bruce Hembd
son_of_clam2

Artist René Magritte has been quoted on his work Son of Man, saying: Everything we see hides another thing, we always want to see what is hidden by what we see.

Categories: Sub-categories:
Clams, Famous art, Photoshop

Introducing the “Corno Ultimo” Quintuple Horn

PUBLISHED: August 19, 2009, Bruce Hembd
small horn

The latest innovation in French horn technology. Triple horn?! Bah — those are for wussies. It was only a matter of time before horn players realized the need for the next generation in ultimate horn design. The heavy demands and pressures of the solo, band and orchestral professions has lead Horndog Enterprises to forge a [...]

Categories: Sub-categories:
Clams

Parody: Why The Mona Lisa Smiles

PUBLISHED: August 5, 2009, Bruce Hembd

Her dirty little secret. The famous painting Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci is a pivotal work in the history of fine art. Very few other works of art have received the intense level of analysis and critique (and parody) as the Mona Lisa. This aside, it was one of the first portraits to place [...]

Categories: Sub-categories:
Clams, Famous art, Photoshop

Nightmare Headline For Horn Players

PUBLISHED: May 26, 2009, Bruce Hembd

Horn players and critics. In awarding a Jaded Clam award to New York Times critic Allan Kozzin, I had in the back on my head an old review remembered from childhood. I recently found it in a crate of old memorabilia. The reviewer manages to skewer both the principal horn and Bruckner in one title. [...]

Categories: Sub-categories:
Clams

A Brain for Clam Control

PUBLISHED: September 18, 2008, Bruce Hembd

There is nothing new about clam-xiety. A great deal of attention has been flagged here recently on the issue of cracked notes on the horn – otherwise known as “clams.”History shows that there is nothing new about “clam anxiety” as this review from 1953 shows:To a sympathetic audience, a French-horn player is often the object [...]

John Ericson & Bruce Hembd
on the French horn, brass related topics, and the field of classical music.