Barry Tuckwell Obit.................................

[Bowerybum]

From the NYT Obit for Barry Tuckwell...........................................

“There are a lot of people who can play loud and fast,” he told The Times in 1978. “But it is still very difficult to play one note. In fact, I would like to institute a competition — although I don’t like them — in which each participant would be asked to play only one note. The length, the dynamics would be up to the player.”

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[scottw]

What a great obit for a great performer. Tuckwell has been my gold standard for a horn player since I began paying attention--I love the instrument. This is especially telling in that I had Mason Jones right across the river for most of my early musical life. I can usually tell when it is a Tuckwell recording due mostly to the gorgeous sound he produced. His technical mastery was truly fantastic, too.

[windshieldbug]

What a great obit for a great performer. Tuckwell has been my gold standard for a horn player since I began paying attention--I love the instrument. This is especially telling in that I had Mason Jones right across the river for most of my early musical life. I can usually tell when it is a Tuckwell recording due mostly to the gorgeous sound he produced. His technical mastery was truly fantastic, too.

[Ace]

I always liked the way the would "look on" (typically, up towards the mezzanine) during rest phrases.

It's my understanding that he also had some water keys and a system of strings, whereby he could let out water completely unnoticed - without the typical ridiculous-looking routine.

So, that's how he did it! I heard him play, if my memory serves, the Richard Strauss Horn Concerto No. 1 with the old Oakland Symphony about 45 years ago at UC-Berkeley. I observed at the time that he didn't dump water all over the stage and wondered how he did that. The man was a wonderful player with masterful technique and pure tone.

Ace