Joseph Robinson
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"What I Learned in the Lenoir High School Band" Article by Mr. Robinson that first appeared in Wilson Quarterly, Aug. 1995. Retirement from the New York Philharmonic Feb. 12, 2005 New York Times article, "Suddenly, 'Oboist Wanted' Signs are Everywhere" Feb 8, 2005 Press Release Announcing Mr. Robinson's Retirement from the New York Philharmonic Feb. 8, 2005 Letter to Paul Guenther, Announcing Mr. Robinson's Retirement from the New York Philharmonic Joseph Robinson & Johanna Johnson: "Make-a-Wish" Reviews of Mr. Robinson's Performances "Had Robinson achieved the degree of success in government as he has in musical performance, no doubt he would have his own Cabinet department, or perhaps a third party of idealists cheering him on the hustings. That is to say, his oboe playing leaves no room for improvement, only for dreams."
"Joseph Robinson, the orchestra's principal oboist, deserves a lot of the credit for leading the woodwind section so admirably. Each of his solos set a standard for the whole section to sustain and it was around his caressing oboe tone that the section established an extraordinary balance."
"Joseph Robinson, principal oboist of the New York Philharmonic, is a consummate artist imbued with a miraculous ability to turn a simple note into tonal bliss."
"This was the kind of playing that guarantees the survival of live performance in the media age."
"In the second movement of the Brahms, oboist Joseph Robinson even threatened to upstage [Anne Sophie Mutter], and in the slow movement of Tchaikovsky's Symphony #4, he laid a thread of platinum sound across the velvet cushion of the Philharmonic's strings."
"Today's Philharmonic has three glories. One is some of its principal players; oboist Joseph Robinson and concertmaster Glenn Dicterow were among last night's stars."
"I was positively blown away with the sensuous music produced by the veteran principal oboist Joseph Robinson."
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