Barry Tuckwell (1931-2020)

[EnemyoftheStoat]

A sad loss. His Mozart and Strauss are favourites of mine and an inspiration to this late starter.

Strangely and sadly appropriate that on Thursday we were at the RFH to hear Richard Watkins and the Philharmonia’ “Horn Calls” programme.

[Keraulophone]

we were at the RFH to hear Richard Watkins

Another wonderful horn player.
(His Britten Serenade with Allan Clayton and Aldeburgh Strings on Linn is superb.)

[bluestateprommer]

Some more tributes:
1. Gramophone
2. France Musique
3. BR-Klassik (rather short, but the header "Gott des Horns" quite encapsulates things well)
4. LSO

[verismissimo]

I LAST saw him playing Mozart in the village church at Bloxham, near to where I live - around 2000 I think.

A few years ago I was able to walk him round the Melba collection of wind instruments at Melbourne Uni music library. He hadn't seen them before.

RIP

[MickyD]

I remember him giving a fascinating lecture and demonstration to the Putney Music Society when I lived there in the 80s.

Didn't he record an LP of concertos by Pinto for EMI? Did it ever get re-released on CD?

[vinteuil]

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Didn't he record an LP of concertos by Pinto for EMI? Did it ever get re-released on CD?

... can't find Pinto [George, 1785-1806] - but here's Punto [Giovanni, 1746-1803]:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0007RO59I

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[cloughie]

I remember him giving a fascinating lecture and demonstration to the Putney Music Society when I lived there in the 80s.

Didn't he record an LP of concertos by Pinto for EMI? Did it ever get re-released on CD?

Yes, nos 5 6 10 and 11 with ASMF and Marriner with several other composers Horn concertos on an EMI twofer now Warner.

Vints googled quicker than me!

[MickyD]

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... can't find Pinto [George, 1785-1806] - but here's Punto [Giovanni, 1746-1803]:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0007RO59I

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Ah yes, thanks...mixing up the names. And thanks to Cloughie, too...good to know it is still available.

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

...good to know it is still available.

Indeed - worth taking a pint on!

[Felix the Gnat]

Ah yes, thanks...mixing up the names. And thanks to Cloughie, too...good to know it is still available.

Mentioned it in my posy #13. A really enjoyable 2 CD set - well worth taking a punto n.

[Lordgeous]

From the Telegraph obit: When Tuckwell’s health faltered in the 1970s, a slipped disc obliged him to hobble on to the Festival Hall platform with the aid of a walking stick; a few days later, in Munich, he needed a wheelchair. A doctor specialising in a technique that maximises body efficiency with minimum effort noticed that the virtuoso was only using one lung, and this was rectified, to the point where Tuckwell (now employing both lungs) could hold a note on the horn for 30 seconds longer than he could before.