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Hi tuba fans-

I recently took the family on our traditional camping/Tanglewood weekend, and was far from disappointed.
We heard the Boston Symphony play Pictures under Levine weekend before last.
The weather was horrific, but I was going nowhere!
We stood out in the rain under an umbrella through most of it, and were well rewarded with a gorgeous Bydlo.
Really beautiful - effortless, graceful, excellent F tuba playing.

Mike Roylance is really delivering on the goods, in my opinion.
He has a wonderful sound in general on his Nirschl.
I hadn't heard much F tuba playing from him, but I sure did enjoy it!
I really look forward to hearing him grow/mature as a player - if this is what he sounds like now, I can't wait to hear him progress as the years go by. Worthy man for the chair.

Levine has done wonders for the BSO - lots of desirable (did I really say that?) turnover in the brass section since his arrival, and some really great new hires.

Go BSO!
Jim

I happened to be in Boston that week as well, and was fortunate enough to hear the BSO play for the first time ever. It was great getting to finally see/hear Pictures played live, especially by such a great orchestra, and then meeting Mike Roylance during the intermission. Throughout the piece, I kept hoping that the thunder wouldn't come back and get in the way of Bydlo, and thankfully it held off until the end of the piece.

FWIW...Our 1st trumpet player in the quintet that I play with is a retired band director from Florida and he started Mike Roylance on tuba in beginning band. Small world I guess.

I spent the summer at the Boston University Tanglewood Institute. One of the perks of that is getting in free to all of the BSO concerts. I was very impressed. The performances I saw were Tchaikovsky Symphony 6 and piano concerto 1, Mozart piano concerto 23, Mahler 6, Brahms 4, The Rite of Spring, Dvorak 8 and a few others. They were all brilliant.

PWtuba wrote:I spent the summer at the Boston University Tanglewood Institute. One of the perks of that is getting in free to all of the BSO concerts. I was very impressed. The performances I saw were Tchaikovsky Symphony 6 and piano concerto 1, Mozart piano concerto 23, Mahler 6, Brahms 4, The Rite of Spring, Dvorak 8 and a few others. They were all brilliant.

Did that in 1983. Unforutnately I have not been back since...one of these years.... My wife doesn't understand my facscination with the place. But I must get back there. My daughter is attending school near Boston next year so maybe now I will have an excuse....

ken k