Page 1 of 1
Tannhauser?
Posted: Wed Apr 22, 2009 11:59 pm
by RyanSchultz
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w50tISMfHDA" target="_blank
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZtoSJx_94_w" target="_blank
I was doing a little studying and came across the videos listed above.
I'm guessing this is the NCB Symphony (or maybe Philly) with maybe Mr. Torchinsky playing tuba. Does anyone know?
Re: Tannhauser?
Posted: Thu Apr 23, 2009 12:52 am
by Todd S. Malicoate
Definitely the NBC Symphony Orchestra...this is from the series that NBC used to broadcast (first on radio, then on TV starting in March of 1948) on Saturday evenings from the late 30s to early 50s. This one is dated December 4, 1948, making it one of the first such television broadcasts. Can you imagine sitting in front of the old black and white TV and watching Toscanini (arguably the finest conductor of his time) conduct some of the finest musicians in the world? No, those of you of the "Family Guy" and "South Park" era probably can't.
One interesting sidenote...this was filmed at Studio 8H on the NBC lot which became the home of "The Tonight Show." Did you ever wonder why the Tonight Show band was called the "NBC Orchestra" during the Johnny Carson years? It was a polite acknowledgment to this group that had played on that stage before.
There's no terribly good image of the tuba player, but it probably is Abe Torchinsky. Bill Bell was the founding member of the NBC group but would have been out by 1948 (to the New York Philharmonic). It could also be Herbert Jenkel (who commissioned "Tubby the Tuba" after a frustrating rehearsal with the group)...he also played often with this group in the later years.
Re: Tannhauser?
Posted: Thu Apr 23, 2009 1:00 am
by Chuck Jackson
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSKL5E3zSjs" target="_blank" target="_blank
Check out the Contrabass Bone on this one. This is one of the best Rides I have heard in a long time. Didn't mean to Hi-Jack your Tannhauser thread, just picked up the link of the YouTube one. Toscanini's Ride is pretty darn good, too.
Chuck
Re: Tannhauser?
Posted: Thu Apr 23, 2009 12:17 pm
by ZNC Dandy
Chuck Jackson wrote:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSKL5E3zSjs" target="_blank" target="_blank
Check out the Contrabass Bone on this one. This is one of the best Rides I have heard in a long time. Didn't mean to Hi-Jack your Tannhauser thread, just picked up the link of the YouTube one. Toscanini's Ride is pretty darn good, too.
Chuck
The contrabass trombne is Brandt Attema, and absolute freak of a player. Check him out on this..."Osteoblast" by Derek Bourgeois...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ux2vnmDA8s0" target="_blank