He was a sweet man who was always willing to talk and help out even to his last years. He was beloved and is still missed. He is a legend and judging him on this two minutes is ridiculous.
Let's not be to hard on Maestro Vacchiano; he was first trumpet in he NY Philharmonic for many years and taught about 2000 students. He kept a careful list of all of his students. He was legendary for choosing the right mouth piece for each student and for demanding transposition as a basic tool. He stressed the support of the tone as coming from the diaphragm and understood and taught proper vibrato...often neglected. One of his major teachers, at the Institute for Musical Art. which later merged with Juilliard,
It was said of Nat Prager that if you wrote "2nd Trumpet" on top of a flute part he could play it no problem...the guy was PHENOMENAL, he just didn't want to be on the hot seat.......
Typical sloppy brass playing in the old NY Phil. I am proud to say I own only 1 Bernstein recording with them, (Shostakovich 5), not because it is great or definitive, but I wanted to learn the piece and it was the best performance on disc at the time.
The tempo is too fast, which is Bernstein's fault. Vacchiano's trumpet playing is no more than okay. There are a few ghost notes and intonation issues. His tone is thin, and he doesn't observe the dynamic changes. Voisin's recording is much better. But I heard Herseth play this, live, in Chicago, 1962 or 1963. At the end of the solo, the whole audience released its breath at one time. It was 20 seconds (or so) of trumpet heaven. Unforgettable.
Me encantó! Como se llama el trompetista?
Yes, the second trumpet is Nathan Prager-he was my father.
He was a sweet man who was always willing to talk and help out even to his last years. He was beloved and is still missed. He is a legend and judging him on this two minutes is ridiculous.
With a little help from my friend.......nice!
Let's not be to hard on Maestro Vacchiano; he was first trumpet in he NY Philharmonic for many years and taught about 2000 students. He kept a careful list of all of his students. He was legendary for choosing the right mouth piece for each student and for demanding transposition as a basic tool. He stressed the support of the tone as coming from the diaphragm and understood and taught proper vibrato...often neglected. One of his major teachers, at the Institute for Musical Art. which later merged with Juilliard,
It was said of Nat Prager that if you wrote "2nd Trumpet" on top of a flute part he could play it no problem...the guy was PHENOMENAL, he just didn't want to be on the hot seat.......
Mit Unterstützung.... :-)
Who would the bassoonist be here?
Typical sloppy brass playing in the old NY Phil. I am proud to say I own only 1 Bernstein recording with them, (Shostakovich 5), not because it is great or definitive, but I wanted to learn the piece and it was the best performance on disc at the time.
What was that
Mmmm william vacchi.....
The tempo is too fast, which is Bernstein's fault. Vacchiano's trumpet playing is no more than okay. There are a few ghost notes and intonation issues. His tone is thin, and he doesn't observe the dynamic changes. Voisin's recording is much better. But I heard Herseth play this, live, in Chicago, 1962 or 1963. At the end of the solo, the whole audience released its breath at one time. It was 20 seconds (or so) of trumpet heaven. Unforgettable.
😳😳😳😳😳😦😦😦😦
👀😦😦😦😦😦
The dynamic changes are also disregarded by the snare drum. Compare
He messes up a lot in a solo for a guy who I heard was really harsh on his students. Maybe past prime here.
400 guys can play better
That was awful - he is better remembered as an important pedagogue of the instrument.....
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