John Jenkins Announcement

[The Deep End]

Anyone got any more favourite recordings featuring John..... ??
The Prokofiev stuff the Philharmonia did with Jarvi is pretty spectacular all round too !!

[ZNC Dandy]

Anyone got any more favourite recordings featuring John..... ??
The Prokofiev stuff the Philharmonia did with Jarvi is pretty spectacular all round too !!

I'll second that. I especially like the October XXth Cantata, and Ivan the Terrible (Concert Scenario). Also the War and Peace suite, and Russian Overture. As well as the unbelievable Vaughan Williams Symphony No.4 with Adrian Boult. Not to mention the VW Symphony cycle with Slatkin. WOW. He also sounds amazing on Ligeti's Le Grande Macabre with Esa Pekka Salonen.

[Wyvern]

Anyone got any more favourite recordings featuring John..... ??
The Prokofiev stuff the Philharmonia did with Jarvi is pretty spectacular all round too !!

I suppose the Prokofiev recordings were played on his old Cerveny Kaiser BBb? I used to enjoy hearing him playing that for Prokofiev, Shostakovich and Mahler 2.

My own choice recording is something unusual - the Jarvi 1990 recording on Chandos (CHAN8953) of Taneyev Symphony No.4. John sounds fantastic on that and what a great piece too!

[ZNC Dandy]

Anyone got any more favourite recordings featuring John..... ??
The Prokofiev stuff the Philharmonia did with Jarvi is pretty spectacular all round too !!

My own choice recording is something unusual - the Jarvi 1990 recording on Chandos (CHAN8953) of Taneyev Symphony No.4. John sounds fantastic on that and what a great piece too!

I'll have to look that piece up. Since it is from 1990, I can only assume it was he and Bob Hughes on the bottom of the section. Those two are one of the all time great teams to ever be recorded.

[The Deep End]

I'll second the Taneyev 4 recording. Pretty sure that is Bob Hughes on bass bone. The earlier recordings with Ray Premru were amazing too, like the Tchaikovsky Symphonies with Muti and that Ivan the Terrible !! I must find that Boult VW 4 - was JJ definitely on that one ? Which year was that recorded ?

[Rick Denney]

I'll second the Taneyev 4 recording. Pretty sure that is Bob Hughes on bass bone. The earlier recordings with Ray Premru were amazing too, like the Tchaikovsky Symphonies with Muti and that Ivan the Terrible !! I must find that Boult VW 4 - was JJ definitely on that one ? Which year was that recorded ?

I don't have it handy, but I thought the Boult recording of the Vaughan Williams 4th was early 70's--might be a bit of time before Mr. Jenkins took over.

Rick "still at the office" Denney

[The Deep End]

John took over in 1969 so if it was early 70s that would fit the bill. Must try to find that one ! Thanks.

[Rick Denney]

John took over in 1969 so if it was early 70s that would fit the bill. Must try to find that one ! Thanks.

Nope, I was wrong. I just looked at my recording, and Boult's 4th was recorded in 1968. It shares a CD (released in 1986 on the EMI label, of course) with the 6th, which was recorded in 1969, both with the "New" Philharmonia. They were separate releases when they came out originally (on vinyl, of course).

Rick "at home now" Denney

[Geotuba]

I too am very sad to hear of his passing. My memory of him is the kindness he showed me when I was a student at Imperial College (which is right next door to the RCM) in 1976 and he was good enough to charge me a very small amount for a couple of lessons knowing I was just a poor student paying for them out of my own pocket. I wish I had kept up the lessons but I didn't have the self discipline at the time to to the necessary practice.

[dswoboda]

Hi. I'm assembling an In Memoriam slide show at ITEC next week and would like to pay tribute to John Jenkins, including him in the presentation. I haven't been able to find much about him except that he played in the Philharmonia Orchestra. I was wondering if anyone has more information or a photo to share? I would be so grateful! If you have something to contribute, please email it to me directly. deanna.swoboda@wmich.edu" target="_blank

Thank you so much!

[Mojo workin']

Glad to have gotten to hear John play Mahler #2 live at Royal Festival Hall about 7 years back. He was a monster player. I was surprised to see him use what looked to be a Cerveny Kaiser. I had thought that all British players play Boosey Eb's all the time. He filled the room and then some. RIP.

[Wyvern]

I was surprised to see him use what looked to be a Cerveny Kaiser. I had thought that all British players play Boosey Eb's all the time.

John used that Cerveny Kaiser (I think a 601?) for the real contrabass tuba parts - always for Prokofiev and often for Shostakovich. He told me he bought while on tour in Czechoslovakia and it got rather battered as he had no case for it initially.

Most British orchestral pros in recent years have a big contabass tuba (usually CC), but do not tend to use as extensively as in the states - with the EEb being their main horn.

John Jenkins was a great player who often inspired me at the Royal Festival Hall back in the 1990's.