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Banke calls it “double, double, double” — double reed, double professor, double musician. A few years ago, the orchestra needed a bassoonist — quickly. Banke was asked to help in the search.
The oboe is officially one of the most difficult instruments to play. Oboists, we feel for you: and not just because of the double-reed misery, the duck noises, the tuning issues and Jeremy Irons ...