Cabinet minister plays oboe in symphony orchestra
mainJim Carr is Canada’sĀ Federal Minister of Natural Resources.
Last week he went back to his first job, 50 years ago – as an oboist in the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra.
Video report here.
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Wonderful! There’ll never be anyone like him in Trump’s “cabinet.”
I understand that Hillary Clinton played the principal bassoon in Obama’s orchestra.
Surely you meant “principal buffoon”?:-)
When it comes to politicians, it’s the Symphony of a Thousand played principally by buffoons.
Gotta agree with that!!!
I believe Jim Carr, in his earlier days, studied with the legendary Marc Lifschey.
He did, indeed, study with Lifschey. The lucky man!
So wonderful and very elegant.
Yes! Finally: a politician who can prove his genuine connection with music and be a role model. He is not the only one – pace Edward Heath, Helmut Schmidt… But there are fewer and fewer of them, especially in this side of the Atlantic.
Don’t forget our Emmanuel Macron in France: by all accounts, a good pianist. And our new finance minister who recently wrote a novel based on Carlos Kleiber.
Now that’s a novel I’d like to read, if only I had French!!
Sue: I’ve read it. You’re not missing much.
Don’t forget, we did have Condoleeza Rice, who is a fairly competent pianist, if not the “coulda had a career” that some like to suggest.
He plays the oboe but he also wants to go ahead with that tar sands stuff.
I’m musical: I play the stock exchange and the stereo.
Good harmonies to you:-)
He holds his oboe lower than I hold my clarinet
The way he holds his oboe reminds me a bit of the late William Bennett:
https://i.ytimg.com/vi/83F2cK4gG0M/hqdefault.jpg
Yes indeed. I hope Minister Carr won’t suffer the same fate as William Bennett though. I was at his last performance …