[MLA] Some beautiful trumpet playing

[Ian Shepherd]

Hi Bob,

I loved this too, thanks for sharing. Especially how great the trumpets sounded just sat in the corner of that bar :-)

The concert footage reminded me of the first Blu-ray I ever authored, which included this performance of ”Pictures At An Exhibition” - Simon Rattle was an idol of mine growing up, along with Brian Eno: 

https://www.digitalconcerthall.com/en/concert/15991 <https://www.digitalconcerthall.com/en/concert/15991>

I didn’t have anything to do with the audio or video, only making sure the BD reproduced them faithfull. It’s a great performance, although possibly too polished and 'comfortable' ?

It also reminded me of this fascinating (and hilarious) short film about Christian Lindberg’s daily routine:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5FvULGshhw <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5FvULGshhw>

Which makes me similarly thankful I didn’t try to be a professional trombone player !

I hope you’re all doing well and coping OK with lockdown,

Cheers,

Ian

 


> On 18 May 2020, at 11:02, Grimm | Eelco <eelco at grimmaudio.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi Bob,
> 
> Thank you for sharing this indeed wonderful video. What a great trumpet player and joyful person he is. The passage about the cleaning woman outside of the hall who almost dies when he makes a mistake is hilarious. 
> 
> All the best,
> Eelco
> 
>> During the Covid-19 pandemic the Berlin Philharmoniker is allowing free use of some of their amazing website.
>> 
>> There is a wonderful 8 minute video about their Principle trumpet player, Gábor Tarkövi.
>> 
>> https://www.digitalconcerthall.com/en/film/360# <https://www.digitalconcerthall.com/en/film/360#>
>> 
>> There is some of the most beautiful trumpet playing you have ever heard on this film.  
>> 
>> Both the Vienna Phil and the Berlin Philharmoniker play with the Austrian Schagerl rotary-valve trumpets that are a little darker than piston valve trumpets.  It has valves and levers I've never seen on a normal trumpet.  Towards the end of the video Gábor mentions that, even for him, mistakes do happen and like a field-goal kicker who misses there is always another day.  It made me more glad than ever that I gave up my trumpet playing to go into engineering!
>> 
>> If you are interested, here is the website for his custom trumpet:
>> 
>> https://schagerl.com/meisterinstrumente/instrument/berlin-c/?lang=en <https://schagerl.com/meisterinstrumente/instrument/berlin-c/?lang=en>
>> 
>> I hope you get to enjoy this.
>> 
>> All my best!
>> Bob
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