James Ross also won 2nd or 3rd prize at the Munich International Competition.
============================================================ ================== -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Im Auftrag von David A. Jewell Gesendet: Samstag, 8. November 2008 16:28 An: horngroup; hornlist Betreff: [Hornlist] Gail Williams and Strauss No. 2 review Last night Gail Williams performed the Strauss No. 2 with my local symphony. [Binghamton, NY Philharmonic] She performed wonderfully with a full, large tone that still blended with the ensemble when neccessary. Playing on a Karl Hill Geyer model and Hill mouthpiece I was struck by the larger range of dynamic shadings and timbral varieties that she brought out throughout the concerto, much more so than one hears on most recordings. She made this concerto more alive and substantial, even dramatic, to me than it ever has been. I had the opportunity to talk to her for a bit and found her to be warm., generous, and extremely gracious as well as down to earth. [after her performance she spent the second half of the concert in her dressing room practing!!] For all those who might be planning to attend the NE regional workshop in Ithaca she is planning to be there as a performer and to make a recording of some new repetoire after the workshop. I want to mention that the concert was guest conducted by James Ross, himself a former hornist of quite some distinction, having been, among other things the first American to be a member of the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra. They performed Lutoslawski, "Symphonic Variations" and the Mendelssohn "Scottish" Symphony as well as the Strauss, and I don't hesitate to say that the orchestra played excellently. Paxmaha _______________________________________________ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/hans%40pizka. de _______________________________________________ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
