Immer Ärger mit dem Cello

News from the Berlin Philharmonic. A love letter from a wandering horn player to his string colleagues. When Klaus Wallendorf picks up the horn, the audience melts away - when he takes up the pen, they smile at his feet. It's no wonder he became the honorary expert of the Philharmonic, because when he gives a speech, it sounds something like this: "When I snorkeled through the depths of the sea of notes with a baton and horn mouthpiece in the summer of 1970, the 12 cellists as an ensemble were still unformed. However, the cello had reached a technical peak in its development history. Rostropovich's recording of Dvořák's Cello Concerto was breathtaking, and Evelyn raved to me - during the brief pauses of the drizzling rain - with the roof hatch open and the stereo system turned up to the heavens about the innovative playing technique, whose external characteristic was the fa.