Beautiful arrangement of Ennio Morricone's "Gabriel's Oboe" for solo oboe and string quartet (shared by @pattyoboe) http://ping.fm/YN5LK

"[60-year -old pianist] Emanuel Ax doesn't worry about job security." (via @sltrib) http://ping.fm/7KLol

"People should pay for their music the way they pay for gas or electricity." (via @davekusek) http://ping.fm/CFpaD

"Cutbacks, reshuffling expected at Washington National Opera" (via @baltimoresun) http://ping.fm/QOKJH

"The young players should play new instruments until their musical personality has fully developed." http://ping.fm/4cyo4

"Having stillness to focus and prepare is crucial to a solid performance. You have a job to do." (via @SEichhornYoung) http://ping.fm/D16ZY

Thanks for sharing these! "4 Best iPhone Apps for Performing Musicians" (via @briansacawa) http://ping.fm/rVDv9

"[Renee]Fleming's ability to talk in intelligent and quotable sound bytes[w/critics]is extraordinary." (@VancouverSun) http://ping.fm/tRISY

"There are so many limits as to what a composer can do with it [music] based on the limits of rehearsal time ..." http://ping.fm/ScyFl

"[H. C. Robbins Landon] had a knack for making musicology seem exciting to the general public." (via @NYT_Arts) http://ping.fm/89wa2