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Interview by Jason Heath

Thank you to Jason Heath for sending me this interview with me which I am very pleased to put on my blog site. I really enjoy Jason’s blog, and as I tend to write about the past it’s nic… more »

Musical Reminiscences: Robert Meyer

Interview by Jason Heath — 1 comment

Carol wrote 2 months ago: Thank you to Jason Heath for sending me this interview with me which I am very pleased to put on m … more »

Tags: Benjamin Britten, conductors, double bass, English Opera Group, London, London Philharmonic, London Symphony Orchestra, Memories, Philharmonia

BBC Music Magazine article on Herbert von Karajan #4

Carol wrote 2 months ago: The Philharmonia and the Berlin Philharmonic’s Sound The Philharmonia and the Berlin Philharmo … more »

Tags: London Symphony Orchestra

Sir Henry Wood, Conductor and Founder of the London Promenade Concerts

Carol wrote 4 months ago: Sir Henry Wood’s main claim to fame is as the founder of the Promenade Concerts in London. I s … more »

Tags: double bass, Memories, London, conductors, BBC Symphony, Sir Henry Wood, Promenade Concerts, queen's hall

Famous Orchestral Personalities of Yesteryear: John Solomons, trumpeter — 1 comment

Carol wrote 6 months ago: John Solomons, Trumpeter It was in the late 1940’s.  The London Symphony Orchestra asked me t … more »

Tags: double bass, Memories, London Symphony Orchestra, conductors, Sir Malcolm Sargent, John Solomons, Bach, Handel, Long D Trumpet

Musical Families: The Cockerills — 1 comment

Carol wrote 6 months ago: The Cockerills were a famous musical family who came from Birmingham, England. Arthur Cockerill who … more »

Tags: BBC Symphony, double bass, London, London Philharmonic, London Symphony Orchestra, Memories, Arthur Cockerill

Musical Families: The Fawcetts

Carol wrote 6 months ago: Round about the beginning of the 20th century it became a fashion in some musical families to name t … more »

Tags: double bass, London Philharmonic, Memories, , Covent Garden Opera, Harold Fawcett, Mendelssohn Fawcett

Famous Orchestral Players of Yesteryear: Marie Wilson — 1 comment

Carol wrote 7 months ago: Probably not many people have heard of Marie Wilson, violinist, who was a leader in all senses of th … more »

Tags: double bass, Memories, London, London Philharmonic, London Symphony Orchestra, BBC Symphony, Sir Thomas Beecham, Marie Wilson, Sir Adrian Boult

Great Orchestral Players of Yesteryear: Leon Goossens, oboist — 2 comments

Carol wrote 7 months ago:   In my day, Leon Goossens stood head and shoulders by reputation above all the other principal … more »

Tags: Memories, London

Great Orchestral players of yesteryear. Victor Watson, double bass

Carol wrote 7 months ago: Victor Watson, double bass I first saw Victor Watson in 1937.   The London Philharmonic Orchestra, … more »

Tags: double bass, Memories, London, London Philharmonic, conductors, BBC Symphony, Sir Thomas Beecham

Great Instrumentalists of Yesteryear: Aubrey Brain, French Horn

Carol wrote 7 months ago:   Aubrey Brain, French HornIn 1936 when I was sixteen I saved up my money and went down to Lond … more »

Tags: Memories, London, conductors, BBC Symphony, Sadlers Wells

Yehudi Menuhin, Violinist

Carol wrote 7 months ago:   Menuhin’s standard of performance varied from concert to concert. Some of his performances … more »

Tags: Memories, Yehudi Menuhin

Fritz Reiner, conductor — 1 comment

Carol wrote 9 months ago: Fritz Reiner Of all the conductors I have ever played for, and I must have played for hundreds, Rein … more »

Tags: double bass, Memories, Philharmonia, conductors, Leopold Stokowski


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