For those familiar with the DMN this was one of Cantrell's better columns. He usually mixes cute little comments and tries to be the kind of person Dorothy Parker would want to sit next to.
Don't know what hit the lad to do a straight forward review of this work. It's worth a read. See the url at the bottom of Ed Glick's message. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Edwin Glick Sent: Sunday, October 15, 2006 10:27 AM To: Hornlist; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Hornlist] San Francisco Mahler 5th Forgive the cross posts, but I thought members of both lists would like to read the following excerpt from a review of the recent Mahler 5th recording by the San Francisco Symphony. Scott Cantrell, the Dallas Morning News classical music critic raises several questions about the tempos taken by conductor Michael Tilson Thomas (you can read the entire review at the site below), but his comments about acting/interim (?) principal horn Robert Ward bear repeating. ". . . These two movements apart, [Cantrell's referring here primarily to the first movement and the Adagietto] this is a compelling performance, the horn-led scherzo dancing with a wonderfully cocky swing. The orchestra plays stunningly throughout, and principal horn Robert Ward brings bright and shining tone and utter insouciance to his cameos." If I remember from one of Bob Ward's recent posts, he was still listed as "acting" principal. How long does a player have to play like before the "acting" part of his title is removed? Incidentally, contrary to how Cantrell described them, I think the principal horn part in the Mahler 5th (especially the horn obligato in the Scherzo amount to more than mere "cameos." http://www.guidelive.com/sharedcontent/dws/ent/performingarts/stories/DN-cla ssical_cd_long_1014gl.ART.State.Edition1.3e28504.html _______________________________________________ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/bgross%40airmail.net _______________________________________________ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
