I watched it, too, and think I remember Myers only played on the Tchaikovsky. Unfortunately, I did not carry away the same impressions as Valerie - I thought the overture was rather lifeless, and the big horn opening of the Tchaik was less than stellar (couple of horn goofs, and with intonation not quite locked in). Concerts are always much better in person, though... The NYTimes reviewer noted that they had just come off tour, and so may have been worn out.
Fred On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 12:06 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I watched the same performance on PBS and it looked like Phil Myers to me, > but I don't think he played the Overture.? I thought they sounded great > too!? Phil has lost weight over the past few years I think. > Sherry Baker > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Valerie WELLS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: horn list <[email protected]> > Sent: Thu, 25 Sep 2008 2:55 pm > Subject: [Hornlist] NY Phil opening night 9/17/08 > > > > > I attended NY Phil's opening night last week, Wednesday 17th. They were, > of > course, everything I hoped & dreamed of -- fabulous! They did Tchai #4 & > Berlioz's Roman Carnival & Sir James Gallway played the Ibert flute > concerto. > It was all magnificent! Also, at the beginning, they all stood to play the > national anthem which was especially touching being so soon after the 9/11 > memorial service. > > Here's my question for anyone who might know. The man in the principal > chair > didn't look like the pictures I've seen of Philip Meyers. If the principle > was > Philip Meyers, he's lost over 150 pounds & appears to have grown his hair > out a > bit. Does anyone know if it was Philip Meyers? If not, who was it? > Whoever he > was, he played beautifully. The whole section rocked. > > I wanted to go back stage to hopefully meet a horn player or two, but I > lost my > jacket which took a while to relocate & assisted an elderly couple for a > few > minutes who took a tumble on the stairs. (Ouch!) > > Valerie in Tacoma_______________________________________________ > post: [email protected] > unsubscribe or set options at > http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/bakercor%40aol.com > > _______________________________________________ > post: [email protected] > unsubscribe or set options at > http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/fbaucom%40sbcglobal.net > _______________________________________________ post: [email protected] unsubscribe or set options at http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
