Sydney Symphony Orchestra Masterclass - Bassoon - Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4

Matthew Wilkie, Principal Bassoon of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, gives an orchestral audition masterclass on an excerpt from the second movement of Tchaikovsky's Fourth Symphony, with the help of 2014 Sydney Symphony Orchestra bassoon Fellow Timothy Murray.

[@glennhenrich992]

Lovely solo, nicely done!

[@happyreeds]

very good masterclass, really love the students sound but he looks really silly with those blown up cheeks. I wonder if he needs that to play as good as he does....I am not a big fan of trying to play very long solos under one breath; think it is not true that that makes them special; you need strength and air to be able to perform, not breathlessness, but I understand it may be good for a proper preparation.

[@happyreeds]

the devil is in the details