Stopped in My Tracks

Sorry about the weird musician photo-- it was the best recording I could find.



I heard (no joke) twenty seconds of this in my music class today and ran to the teacher after class to ask hungrily, "what was that last piece, please?" Grinning, he told me it was the oboe sonata written by Francis Poulenc, and his favorite piece ever. I think that's a pretty big thing to say since he's a professional clarinetist. The first movement of the sonata, "Elegie," is just... oh, I love the oboe.

If I were to learn to play an instrument (other than the piano) I would choose the oboe.