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Berliner Philharmoniker with Sir Simon Rattle 11/12/16

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I played clarinet and base clarinet in our high school symphony band. For my whole life, I know that there is a group named Berliner Philharmoniker as one of the finest musical groups. Today, I finally got to attend a concert tonight in Hill Auditorium, with Sir Simon Rattle as the conductor. Sir Simon Rattle, conductor Seeing remotely my idol Andreas Ottensamer , one of the principal clarinetists, and flutist Emmanuel Pahud whose name has been stuck in my head for a very long time because my friends play flute and so his name got mentioned millions of times, walking and playing live was just a surreal experience. Aside from that, principal oboist Jonathan Kelly and whoever played euphonium solo throughout the whole concert deserved special recognition, probably the best oboist and euphoniumist I have every heard. All the musicians, at least the soloists, were the finest in their category and they blended so well that sometimes I felt like I could not tell what the instrum