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siarr · 05-07-2008, 11:12 PM

One of the biggest thrills I had as a young musician in my teens (I'm 61 now) was going to a performance here in South Florida of the NY Phil with Lenny Bernstein conducting and playing Ravel piano concerto. Back then I was mainly a tympanist, but was beginning to get heavy into trumpet (I eventually saw the light and dropped the kettles!). They also did Brahms 4 (btw, it's Brahms' B-day today) and Leonore 3. I went backstage and got my study score to the Brahms autographed by all the principal players, two of whom would become my teachers in a few years (Saul Goodman and William Vacchiano). I sure didn't get much sleep that night!

Cheers,
Chas

05-07-2008, 11:12 PM	#19 (permalink)
siarr Pianissimo User Join Date: May 2007 Location: Hollywood, FL, USA Posts: 159	Re: Once in a lifetime One of the biggest thrills I had as a young musician in my teens (I'm 61 now) was going to a performance here in South Florida of the NY Phil with Lenny Bernstein conducting and playing Ravel piano concerto. Back then I was mainly a tympanist, but was beginning to get heavy into trumpet (I eventually saw the light and dropped the kettles!). They also did Brahms 4 (btw, it's Brahms' B-day today) and Leonore 3. I went backstage and got my study score to the Brahms autographed by all the principal players, two of whom would become my teachers in a few years (Saul Goodman and William Vacchiano). I sure didn't get much sleep that night! Cheers, Chas