Author: Ed Palanker
Date: 2009-10-30 21:36
Interesting, notice how the face of our orchestra's have changed since 1962? How many women do you see in the BSO at that time, or any of the major orchestra's then? I agree, that does look like Gomberg on oboe.
Tiny Martin takes up a little room on stage. I played with him at Pierre Montaux's conducting school, The Domain School for Conductors in Hancock Maine, back in 1960 when I was a student playing in the orchestra for the conductors. He came up to play for a few weeks.
Did anyone else hear of the story of when Gino Cioffi came to the USA to play in the Met orchestra? The story I heard as a student was that he played with the reed on top, double lip of course, and one of the other players said, Hey Gino, you'll sound better if you turn the mouthpiece the other way. I wonder if that was true or just a story that went around.
When I studied with Eric Simon in the late 50s, Simon used to conduct the Boston Winds in concerts at times and when he did a Violin concerto for violin and winds, I can't remember, Berg, Stravinsky? Anyway he asked me to turn pages for the soloist, Joe Silverstein at Carnagie Recital Hall, I was petrified but thrilled as well. I tried talking to Coiffi but his english left something to be desired. Simon told me he had trouble getting him to understand him many times. He conducted them on several occasions in NY as well as Boston. ESP http://eddiesclarinet.com
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