[Hornlist] Re: Schumann in St. Louis

2008-04-19 Thread Bruce Gordon
On Apr 19, 2008, at 12:00 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: from: Paul Mansur [EMAIL PROTECTED] subject: Re: [Hornlist] Re: Schumann in St. Louis This is news to me. Has Ver Meulen moved from Houston and Rice to St. Louis? Paul Mansur On Apr 18, 2008, at 2:06 PM, Bruce Gordon wrote: It was Bill

[Hornlist] Re: Schumann in St. Louis

2008-04-18 Thread Bruce Gordon
It was Bill VerMeulen, who also excelled as principal in a fine section effort for SLSO's performance of Sinfonia Domestica a few months back. Bruce On Apr 18, 2008, at 12:00 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: from: Alex Camphouse [EMAIL PROTECTED] subject: [Hornlist] Schumann in St. Louis Hello

[Hornlist] Beware: Paxman triple on ebay

2008-04-02 Thread Bruce Gordon
H0rnlisters should be aware that this ebay listing for a Paxman compensating triple horn might be fraudulent: http://cgi.ebay.com/Paxman-Compensating-Triple-French-Horn-81M-F-Bb- highF_W0QQitemZ150232299131QQihZ005QQcategoryZ16215QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrd Z1QQcmdZViewItem My concern is that a

[Hornlist] sports model

2008-03-01 Thread Bruce Gordon
Hans, Does your distain for sports models mean that you still drive that 1968 Mercedes diesel with the glow plugs? I had one for a while, There were never surprises or too many buttons to push, and definitely no 7-valved triple horns in the trunk. If someone followed too closely, you

[Hornlist] Jennifer Montone concertos in St Louis

2006-02-24 Thread Bruce Gordon
Hornists in the St Louis vicinity will not want to miss the SLSO's principal horn doing Mozart 2 and Hindemith concertos Saturday, 2/25, 8 PM in Powell Hall. The Hindemith is a seldom heard musical gem in the horn literature, highly lyrical and rich in tone color variations. Brazilian

[Hornlist]RE: Raised Intraocular pressure. (Ruth Redfern)

2006-02-09 Thread Bruce Gordon
Playing the horn, especially in the high register, most definitely increases intraocular pressure and intracranial pressure. The longer you perform the Valsalva maneuver ( blowing against resistance created by partially closed lips and the horn itself), the greater the increase. Taking a

subject: [Hornlist] Re: more hornist conductors

2005-05-31 Thread Bruce Gordon
David Robertson, the new Music Director of the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra. Born in Santa Monica, California, Mr. Robertson was educated at Londons Royal Academy of Music, where he studied horn and composition before turning to orchestral conducting. Bruce