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I did, of course, start early with my musical education but my introduction to orchestral music really came when I moved to grammar school. The music teacher was aware that I already played a brass instrument, so when we first met his immediate question was “would you like to play the French Horn?” – things just went from there \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n

It has to be said that our school orchestra was a bit unusual – I guess many school orchestras are – in that we had more clarinet players than string players – so really we were more a sort of string-augmented wind band!!\u00a0 The main focus each year was the Christmas concert and I recall playing selections from My Fair Lady and South Pacific as well as some more “classical” pieces such as Bizet’s Farandole from L’Arl\u00e9sienne.<\/p>\n

The picture below is of the Orchestra in my second year at the school.<\/p>\n

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I also remember playing Lehar’s Gold and Silver Waltz as well as the music I have chosen for today’s selection.\u00a0 Perhaps some of those who connect back to those days can add other works that we played (or even contradict me on these ones \ud83d\ude33)<\/p>\n

The Kaiser-Walzer by Johann Strauss is perhaps not his most played – but this video has some lovely pictures of Schloss Sch\u00f6nbrunn and it’s gardens to keep you interested while you listen.<\/p>\n

EDIT : Sadly that video is no longer available – instead here is a classic recording conducted by Willi Boskovsky<\/p>\n

Johann Strauss II : Kaiser-Waltzer<\/a><\/h5>\n
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