Klarinet Archive - Posting 000119.txt from 1999/01

From: peter.stoll@-----.ca
Subj: RE: [kl] Toronto's Massey Hall
Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1999 23:16:37 -0500

I played there a month ago; magnificent acoustic and atmosphere, but the
sound was a little too good; when an elderly lady had a coughing fit and
got up between movements and went out, you could hear the cough
continuing *clear as a bell* and ever so slowly descending into the
basement (where the restrooms are). And the audience seats are incredible;
they pivot forward and if you aren't careful they'll practically propel
you into the seat in front with a loud boom in the middle of a slow
movement!

Peter Stoll
Instructor, Univ.of Toronto

On Mon, 4 Jan 1999, Don Yungkurth wrote:

> Dan Leeson, in the discussions of the Gran Partita recording in Massey Hall
> in Toronto said (in Part):
>
> >While the equipment used was state of the art, the recording session
> >was plagued with noise due to the fact that Massey Hall (named after
> >the family of the great actor Raymond Massey) was an old facility
> >in the middle of town with very little soundproofing. So when we
> >were recording and a truck went by, we had to stop and start again.
>
> I had been in Massey Hall a number of years ago and seemed to recall a
> connection to Vincent Massey. I found a web site for Massey Hall and
> eventually got a response from someone at the Hall as follows:
>
> >Massey Hall was named after Charles Massey.  He was the son of Hart
> Massey,
> >founder of Massey Ferguson Industries Limited - the world renowned maker
> of
> >farm equipment.  Raymond Massey was Hart Massey's nephew, and Raymond's
> >brother Vincent served as Governor General from 1952 to 1959. 
> (Incidently,
> >it has been said that Vincent Massey was the better actor of the two!)
>
> So - It appears that Massey Hall was named after the uncle of both Raymond
> and Vincent, and the family connection is the same in either case!
>
> Don Yungkurth (clarinet@-----.net)
>
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