Alan Hacker has died

[Guest]

Clarinettist Alan Hacker died on Tuesday 16 April aged 73

http://www.artsjournal.com/slippeddisc/2012/04/the-clarinet-mourns-hacker-is-gone.html

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Sad news: a great Musician.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3NJbkW7sTY

[Hornspieler]

Clarinettist Alan Hacker died on Tuesday 16 April aged 73

http://www.artsjournal.com/slippeddisc/2012/04/the-clarinet-mourns-hacker-is-gone.html

Very sad news indeed. I knew Alan before he suffered a disability which confined him to a wheechair for the rest of his life.
An expert player on all single reed instruments, he fought off his disabilities to continue playing - aided, as I recall, by his daughter who became his means of transport to various engagements. His determination not to give in to physical adversity is a lesson to us all.

RIP

[MrGongGong]

That's very sad , he was a wonderful player and inspiration to many

[EdgeleyRob]

Very sad news. RIP.

[aeolium]

I remember the excitement of hearing him perform the Mozart quintet in the edition for basset clarinet which he had prepared, giving the work quite a different character. It's difficult now for me to listen to the work played on the standard clarinet and it was an example of Hacker's pioneering work especially for clarinettists. RIP.

[ostuni]

Yes, very sad. He was an inspiring teacher (I learnt a huge amount from him at the Wavendon Easter courses in the early 70s), and, of course, an extraordinay player. I was a bit of a Fires of London/Matrix groupie at that time, and heard him live on many occasions. Yes, of course, he could play higher and louder than almost anyone else at the time - but he could also produce the softest playing of the utmost tenderness.

[Serial_Apologist]

One person who will be very sad to hear this news is the otherwise jazz clarinettist Tony Coe, with whom he shared duties in the group Matrix.