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Author: joe englert
Date: 2026-04-11 02:45
I was just watching an old ny phil video on youtube with bernstein young peoples concerts,,they were doing capriccio espagnole and was very confused to see the great robert mcginnis sitting principal clarinet and yet stan drucker was given the cadenza in capriccio while poor mcginnis was looking very unhappy..just sitting in his first chair not playing..anyone know the story behind this?
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Author: JTJC
Date: 2026-04-11 13:29
McGinnis might have had a fault with his instrument. However, he seems to be playing a bit later in the video, and I can also hear two clarinets later on. Fault might have been temporary, broken reed etc.
I love the way Stan's eyes flash around the orchestea at the end of the solo, as if to see who noticed. Doesn't look as if anyone did.
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Author: kdk
Date: 2026-04-12 06:24
JTJC wrote:
> McGinnis might have had a fault with his instrument.
I would think he might have grabbed Drucker's clarinet and played it himself.
Karl
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Author: JEG ★2017
Date: 2026-04-13 21:38
First, in the interest of full disclosure, over the last 20 years of his life Stanley and I were friends.
I suspect that it was previously arranged that Stanley would play principal in this piece. I don't see an unhappy look on McGinnis's face, but just the poker face that orchestral musicians usually display when they're not playing during a concert. I remember watching Felix Viscuglia being perfectly still on Boston Pops broadcasts, and I have followed his example during concerts that I've played in.
I also think the whole thing was set in advance because Stanley was sitting in the 2nd clarinet chair and there was no hurried shifting of the camera when his solo came up, which might indicate a last-minute change, and McGinnis wasn't fiddling with his horn, reed, etc. At least not that I could see.
In the 20 years I knew Stanley I heard somebody call him "Stan" only once, and if I remember correctly, Stanley ignored him. Everybody called him "Stanley."
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