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funny you say that, i saw Baltimore perform his 9th yesterday afternoon.

Bruckner's bad, but Mahler makes the rules!

Bruckner 4 and 7 are unquestionably masterpieces, but it is such a shame that you rarely hear any of the other symphonies he wrote. He composed 10 in all, the first being renumbered 0 or "null" seemingly because he did not think it up to par. As to Bruckner vs. Mahler, just apples and oranges. Bruckner was a humble religous man who treated the orchestra as a giant organ and produced majestic textures. Mahler was headcase (read his bio sometime) but produced music that was very eccentric for his day and pushed the envelope; in addition his skills as a conductor equalled his composing. To me, it often requires more mental work to listen to Mahler than Bruckner. I could just hear Bruckner playing as Superman flies or Jedi knights battle evil... wait a sec...

Funny someone should mention the other Bruckner symphonies. The best one he wrote, IMHO, is his 3rd. The whole thing, from fron to back, is seamless. Kent Nagano with the Paris Orchestra shreds it to pieces with some of the best brass playing on record. Alas, no tuba part.

Chuck "who has had the good fortune to play the 4th and Te Deum and would like to have played the 9th"Jackson

Chuck Jackson wrote:Funny someone should mention the other Bruckner symphonies.

Could be for the love of the music.
Could also be blatant self promotion, Chuck.
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I saw them. Not my favorite interpretations by a long shot, but there is some dandy brass playing on them. Bruckner would have smiled at the brass, and maybe arched a brow at other things. Good Luck on selling them, I have the set on cd sitting in my cabinet, I'll have to break them out and give them a listen. One of the plusses of working in radio.

Chuck"so many cd's, so little time, and a wife who shakes her head, but probably is glad that I don't collect cars"Jackson

Anyone know who the tuba player was?

Tony Cecere, the horn player in my quintet, Philadelphia Brass, is playing Wagner Tuben with them this week. He's told me that Carolyn Jantsch is playing tuba. Since Tony is a U of M grad and Carolyn is a current student there, he was WAY too puffed-up about the whole thing - not to take anything away from Carolyn!
Brava!!

Scott Mendoker
Rutgers University
www.philadelphiabrass.com

Yup, she certainly knows where the mouthpiece is!!!! Nice to see her getting to play there. Even better if she were the first female Principal Tuba of a Major!!!!

Chuck"envious on every level"Jackson

How soon we forget Connie Weldon of the Miami Philharmonic. Before that, she was with the Kansas City Philhamonic.

Connie Weldon was a great player and teacher, the Maud Powell of the tuba world. With no disrespect to her or her abilities, Miami and Kansas City were hardly major tier orchestras at that time. At a time when female musicians of any instrument were not playing in the major orchestras (look at the Young Persons Series with Bernstein and NYPO and other films of that era), she and Betty Glover broke the mold. I have to wonder what would have happened if there were more "liberal"thinkers in that time, maybe they would have been on film. They both paved the way for such greats as Susan Slaughter and Gail Williams. Jack Robinson spoke very highly of Ms. Weldons capabilities and we cannot forget the fact that she was the Principal Tubaist of the Concertgeboew before Roger Bobo. Alas, France and the Beneleux countries have been more accepting of women, and African-Americans, well before we were. Carol Janatsch has much to be thankful for, most of all our attitude of equality. Good Luck to her and a great big Thanks to those who paved the way.

Chuck