CSO trumpet master Adolph Herseth R.I.P.

[Larry Kart]

http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/chi-famed-cso-trumpeter-adolph-herseth-dead-at-91-20130414,0,6672669.column

http://www.suntimes.com/entertainment/19480525-421/cso-trumpet-great-adolph-bud-herseth-dies.html

Two of his favorites, so I once was told, were Louis Armstrong and Maynard Ferguson, both for the obvious right reasons.

[Chuck Nessa]

So long Bud.

[Larry Kart]

Just listened to what has to be one of Herseth's finest hours, Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 with CSO players conducted very stylishly by James Levine. The disc, "Music from Ravinia, Vol. 1" (RCA), from 1978 -- I have it on LP but I've seen it on CD*** -- also includes an excellent Concerto No. 5 with Levine tearing up the pea-patch on harpsichord and the Wedding Cantata with Kathleen Battle, a performance renowned for the playing of oboist Ray Still. In any case, Herseth is SO fine here, joyous music-making.

*** http://www.amazon.com/Music-Ravinia-Brandenburg-Concerto-Cantata/dp/B000003FC3