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Author: Kenwrick Chan
Date: 2001-09-08 03:23
Folks,
I just picked up a 1941 recording of Brahms 3rd with Frederic Stock conducting the "Orchestre Symphoniqe de Chicago". Anyone know who is playing clarinet? Lindemann?
-kenwrick
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Author: Gregory Smith
Date: 2001-09-08 07:04
Yes Kenrick - Robert Lindemann - who incedentally as an early principal of the orchestra comprised in large part of German immigrants (the spoken dialect of rehearsals at that time was
German, not English) naturally played the German (Oheler) system clarinet. He was marvelous player as evidenced by this and many other early CSO recordings. He was long time principal clarinet retiring in 1948 or thereabouts.
He also believed his brother to be a very fine clarinetist. Robert Lindemann being a very proud man was asked once who he thought the greatest clarinetists in the world were. After a very slight pause he replied matter of factly but in a confident manner, "Well there's me......and then for a very long time there is no one......and then there's my brother."
The story perhaps somewhat apocryphal but nonetheless quite amusing!
Gregory Smith
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Author: Don Berger
Date: 2001-09-08 14:11
Very interesting, Greg and Ken, I have an old book about the CSO, will look. Wasn't Clark Brody one of their cl'ists? I was in high school with his younger brother, Jim, a better flutist than I was a cl'ist, ah memories!! Don
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Author: Don Berger
Date: 2001-09-08 18:25
My book is dated 1974 and lists Brody, Combs, Wollwage and Weber. There are several pics where a Bb and/or a bass and players are shown, but no names in the captions. The individuals in the pics, I'm sure, can be recognized, I am unsure myself. Will give more book info if asked. Don
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Author: Stephen Froehlich
Date: 2001-09-09 04:35
I have a tangental question. In major symphony orchestras, I'm sure there are plenty of apocryphal stories, legends, and "do you remember when?"s that pile up over the years. Is there an informal responsibility that falls to the section to keep the stories alive and/or silly little (or perhaps not so silly) traditions going? Also is there a formal responsibility to be familiar with the history of the ensemble and your section in particular?
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