Fight with the Skeleton-WOW!!

Chuck Jackson · Post by **Chuck Jackson** » Sat Sep 04, 2004 2:43 pm

OK, so maybe I get a little manic about music sometimes, but I just did an hour of the film music on the station and ran across a piece I hadn't heard by Bernard Hermmann, "Fight with the Skeleton" from "The Seventh Voyage of Sinbad". Talk about tuba friendly, most of the track is one big tuba solo. The recording was from 1974 with the London Philharmonic. Don't know who played, but it was pretty f*&%&$ing awesome.

Cheers,

Chuck

Dylan King · Post by **Dylan King** » Sun Sep 05, 2004 5:31 pm

I bet it was Fletcher.

Chuck Jackson · Post by **Chuck Jackson** » Sun Sep 05, 2004 10:57 pm

OUCH!!! Real big mistake by me. The orchestra was the National Philharmonic, a pick-up group of the best London musicians. It was recorded in London in November of 1974, shortly before Herrmann died. The tuba playing is incredible. FWIW, John Fletcher, to my and others knowledge, never played with the LPO. Any help on this one?

Chuck

Z-Tuba Dude · Post by **Z-Tuba Dude** » Mon Sep 06, 2004 3:19 pm

John Fletcher was principal tubist with the London Philharmonic [sic - London Symphony Orchestra] from 1968, and he passed away in 1987 (but stopped playing with the LSO sometime before that).

Chuck Jackson · Post by **Chuck Jackson** » Mon Sep 06, 2004 4:17 pm

Fletcher Recorded the Vaughn-Williams with the London SYMPHONY Orchestra conducted by Andre Previn. He was the principal tuba with group until his death in 1986 Previn wrote his 4 Outings for Quintet with Fletcher in mind while Previn was the music director of the London Symphony Orchestra. Am I missing something?

Z-Tuba Dude · Post by **Z-Tuba Dude** » Mon Sep 06, 2004 5:01 pm

Chuck Jackson wrote: FWIW, John Fletcher, to my and others knowledge, never played with the LPO.

Chuck

I suspect that this was a typo, which caused people temporary confusion.