Absent Friends & Missing Persons

[richardfinegold]

I just saw the Facebook post and was going to relay it here. Tim had also reached out to me on health issues through the years. Before he was diagnosed with myeloma he had received a commission from an institution in Southern Illinois to orchestrate the First Movement of Mahler Six for Brass Band. We were planning how to meet up at the premeire when he was diagnosed and his illness ended his travel days. Lately he drafted me into being a moderator in the facebook group that he formed for Classical Music. My last communication with him was over a week ago asking to be released from that obligation. He never replied and I had forgotten about it until PJPJ posted here earlier. R.I.P. Tim

[Pulcinella]

Sad news indeed.
My condolences too to Sue and his family and friends.

Tim often used to ask on BaL threads, usually prematurely, 'Who won?'.
Of course his illnesses have conquered him in the end, but really we've all won, through him being such a consistent and cheerful poster here, and a personal friend to many.
And his arrangements will live on.

RIP Tim

[HighlandDougie]

Difficult to believe that those lists of what Tim was proposing to listen to - or had been listening to - will be no more. À very sad day indeed. Deepest condolences to Sue and Tim’s family. He will be greatly missed, although I like the idea of him serenading St Peter with one of his arrangements of something unlikely but majestic. RIP. BBM

[teamsaint]

Very sad news indeed.
Just to add to all the tributes above, Tim was somebody who vividly demonstrated that the online world can be a place that can be a good and very positive , where aspects of personality can really shine through, and where we can gain inspiration.
I know we’ll all really miss his comments and thoughts here very much.

Condolences to his family.

[Jonathan]

RIP Tim, I never actually met you in person but we exchanged CDs and had long chats via FB messenger. My deepest condolences to your family.

[JasonPalmer]

A very big loss it seems, rip.

[Petrushka]

This is such sad news. RIP Tim.

[gurnemanz]

Condolences. His contributions will be greatly missed.

[Tony Halstead]

This is terribly sad news. It was always a great pleasure to read Tim's postings on these boards. Deepest condolences to his family and friends. R.I.P. Tim, and I hope you are now playing in the celestial Brass Band.

[french frank]

I'm late to the news (expecting visitors for coffee) but I add my condolences to his wife, family and friends. Apart from his breadth of musical knowledge, his outstanding characteristic was his cheerfulness, for some years now in the face of considerable adversity Tim.

[oddoneout]

When I'd mentioned my own ill health or depression Tim would send me a private message of support, and to share that wonderful, enriching love of music that brings us all together here in our discoveries, our mutual and divergent passions. It can't be the same without him; but continue we must in finding our meanings in what we try to do.

Farewell to the Maestro! You brought goodness and joy and music to the world.....

Indeed, and what better legacy could any of us hope for?

[RichardB]

What sad news. His love for music doubtless kept him going through difficulties that would have had others giving up in despair. I did meet Tim once, in connection with a concert of course, in which the Brighton Philharmonic were playing The Planets and a new work by Martin Butler, and I happened to be in town. Several members of the predecessor of this forum were also present. It was a happy and convivial occasion, and good to have been able to put a face to the posts so to speak. My condolences to his family and friends.

[Alain Maréchal]

For some time now I have been an infrequent visitor to this forum, and it is with sadness that i read of the death of a longtime contributor, with whom I had in the past exchanged the very occasional post. I had noticed references to ill health, but it is always a surprise when somebody succumbs. I send my condolences to his family and friends, and I resolve to listen to music more often, while Time allows.

[Joseph K]

Very sorry to hear this sad news. I concur with all the messages here, although I didn't talk much with Tim, I certainly appreciated his personality, such as it was conveyed over this internet forum, with its cheerfulness and lightness even in the face of his illnesses. RIP

[DracoM]