A Is for Oboe: The Orchestra's Alphabet by Lera Auerbach, Marilyn Nelson

https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/113545 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Is for Oboe: The Orchestra's Alphabet Author: Lera Auerbach, Marilyn Nelson Narrator: Thomas Quasthoff Format: mp3 Length: 50 mins Release date: 01-04-22 Ratings: Not rated yet Genres: Music Publisher's Summary: Two widely acclaimed poets - one a composer and classical pianist as well - have come together to create this extraordinary portrait of the orchestra in all of its richness and fascination, using the structure of the alphabet in a way that's entirely new and delightful. A is for the first note you hear as you take your seat in the concert hall, played by the headstrong oboe. B is for the bassoon, "the orchestra's jester, complaining impatiently through his nose". And C is for the conductor, "like the captain on the bridge of a great ship, navigating the composer's musical charts".