Re: Dennis Brain's horn [was: Period vs Modern instruments?]

Ken Moore wrote:
> 
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Peter T. Daniels
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes
> >> *  What he actually got was the 14th, because that's what Brain played
> >> for the notated A, and what all players in the British tradition have
> >> played since.  Britten was there, knew the difference, and didn't mind,
> >> according to Pears.  You can hear the 13th on a fairly recent recording
> >> by a Czech player.
> >
> >Where does Pears say this?
> 
> I got this from a lecture by Michael Thompson, principal horn of the
> London Sinfonietta etc., at a lecture that he gave at "State of the
> Nation" (April this year, IIRC).  I asked him why UK players continued
> to play the 14th when Britten obviously wanted the 13th (he would have
> notated a Bb if he had wanted the 14th), and he said he had heard it
> directly from Pears after Britten's death.

Isn't it nice that you have Michael telling us that that interesting
information was irrelevant?
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Peter T. Daniels                       [EMAIL PROTECTED]