Klarinet Archive - Posting 000202.txt from 1997/01

From: Bruce M Creditor <bcred@-----.com>
Subj: Re: Harold Wright??
Date: Thu, 16 Jan 1997 07:32:05 -0500

On Tue, 14 Jan 1997 23:42:36 PST BCred writes:
>Jonathan Cohler is quite correct regarding the clarinetist in the
>Weber overture - Pasquale ("Patsy") Cardillo - who was the Pops
>principal clarinet through the summer of 1985, when he retired and was
succeeded by the
>late Peter Hadcock.
>
>Being the Assistant Personnel Manager of the Boston Symphony/Boston
Pops Orchestras,
I was able to check the payrolls of the session itself -
>which took place on June 18, 1960.
>
>Keep on enjoying all the BSO and BPO recordings - with our current
>principals being William R. Hudgins (BSO) - who will be playing the
Copland Concerto in
>February conducted by Andre Previn (in Boston and on tour in the Canary
Islands
>and Florida); and Thomas Martin - principal of Pops - who has just
played
>(spectacularly) the Artie Shaw Concerto... Enjoy!

We all sorely miss Harold "Buddy Wright", and wish the best to Patsy
Cardillo, who suffered a
debilitating stroke several years ago.
>
>Bruce M. Creditor
>BCred@-----.com
>
>
>On Mon, 13 Jan 1997 20:07:58 -0500 Karl Krelove <kkrelove@-----.COM>
>writes:
>>At 06:44 PM 1/13/97 -0600, GREG BAKER wrote:
>>>Who was the principal clarinet palyer in the Boston Pops during the
>
>>Fiedler
>>>years? I just found a really good recording of the "Freischutz"
>>overture with
>>>Fiedler and the BPO, and the solo has that "Harold Wright sound," if
>
>>you know
>>>what I mean> :) It is very well-centered, and controlled, just like
>
>>the
>>>Brahms/Schumann disc I have. With that plug out of the way, I'll
>sign
>>off,
>>>anxiously awaiting any reply I can get. Thanks!
>>>
>>>Greg Baker
>>>
>> Greg, I don't know for sure who played in Fiedler's recordings,
>but
>>I've
>>always heard the principals didn't play the Pops most of the time. It
>
>>would
>>probably have been the associate (or assistant) first. A name that
>>sticks
>>in my mind is Peter Adcock, though I'm really not sure at all. In any
>
>>case,
>>Gino Cioffi was the principal clarinetist in Boston until 1970 or 71,
>
>>so
>>Wright might not have been there yet when your Freischutz recording
>>was made.
>>
>> Karl
>>