Leaving a Legend - Stanley Drucker, clarinetist

Stanley Drucker joined the New York Philharmonic as a clarinetist in 1948 at the age of 19. Since then over 40 million people have attended his concerts and his sixty year tenure earned him a Guinness World Record for the Longest Career as a Clarinetist. Drucker is leaving the Philharmonic at the end of the 2009 season.

[@TipiWalter]

As a professional clarinetist myself he was my hero as a teenager. In high school in 1968 I took my date home (both clarinetists in HS band) and put on the Nielsen concerto with NY Phil and we sat on a couch with the clarinet music in our hands following along with the record. Outstanding. At his peak he was one of the best.

[@graysonbr]

May he rest in peace....just heard he passed on this week.

[@nfamoudou]

doesn't look 80 at all. Looks very young.
Music keeps one young forever.

[@jimis3167]

Rest in peace, loved his playing! One of the last best of all time, will be greatly missed.😥

[@renelesieux1250]

Un grand Monsieur que j'ai rencontré plusieurs fois chez Buffet-Crampon à Mantes -la -Ville le talent et une grande simplicité .

[@ClarinetHagenah]

You Can't deny how great awesome Drucker was and is...
Keep going!!

[@mrnarason]

Watched him on young's peoples concerts.

[@clairannette]

Hahahah... his gestures are so funny... esp. @ 2:28 when he does that pelvic thrust!

[@MrDanielaronovich]

legend

[@metteholm7930]

WOW!

[@Superawsomething]

cool.

[@WilfriedBerk]

CHAPEAU !!

[@tannerjordan2010]

@ffrmaster34 i agree!

[@klarinetta]

Not my cup of tea. And I don't have to defend that. Just my personal taste. I hope UA-cam allows me to say that but unfortunately the Clarinet BBoard doesn't.

[@astoriacub]

Not a fan of his sound. Great technique, but not the most gorgeous tone.

[@fernie51296]

Edward Batchelor it’s a tone that doesn’t translate the best over UA-cam. Nowadays, that matters. So you have a lot more clarinetists with very dark sounds that are much more pleasant when out to a mic. Unfortunately, the result is something that sounds quite lifeless in person, especially in a concert hall with an orchestra. Funny enough, non musicians and general audiences ALWAYS prefer the brighter sounding clarinetists. The liveliness is just more interesting. We clarinetists tend to want a darker sound, but that darker sound tends to make audiences yawn and fall asleep of boredom!

[@DaleFedele]

@@fernie51296 Love this!!!