Here's a toughie...

[tubafatness]

I was just looking through a transcript of a lecture given by the composer Morton Feldman, and I came upon a very interesting line. In these sentences, he is referring to a recording of a piece of his called Madame Press died last week at ninety, played by the group the Fires of London.

"I have to apologize a little bit for the tuba player in this performance. He missed one rehearsal, came late to the second (which was the last), and expected to do something extremely complicated and he just couldn't get into the fact that all he had to do was play something soft. And he was just sitting on edge, just full of anxiety at the performance."

So, would anyone know who played tuba on this recording/concert? The year would have been 1972, and it was at the time broadcast on the BBC. That's about all I have, so I know it's a long-shot, but I thought I'd try.

Thanks,
Aaron H.