Stolen in Hampstead: A treasured bassoon
mainSusie Herman is desperately missing her Howarth academy bassoon no 6334 in black leather Marcus Bonna case, worth £5,000, stolen on October 6 in West Hampstead.
Finder please contact pud295t@gmail.com
Susie Herman is desperately missing her Howarth academy bassoon no 6334 in black leather Marcus Bonna case, worth £5,000, stolen on October 6 in West Hampstead.
Finder please contact pud295t@gmail.com
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Not another bassoon theft !
Someone stole the one belonging to the splendid player Gwydion Brooke, who played in the mid-later part of the last Century for many years in the RPO with Sir Thomas Beecham, then with the Philharmonia. The bassoon was never found.
He somehow kept his treasured bassoon going as it aged, but he never had another.
Hear him with the RPO and STB playing the Mozart bassoon concerto.
Thanks for the tip! Just checked out some clips online, obviously not enough to form a good idea of what this recording is like, but enough to make me curious to hear the whole performance. I seem to hear rather more French influence in the playing than one would hear in British bassoon players today.
But, how did he get his bassoon going if it was stolen and he never had another?
I believe he gave up playing.
Richard
A GPS tracking device would be a good addition to some larger instruments.
Gwydion Brooke used to put his highly customized bassoon in the bath every night to see if it was leaking. I once heard that he occasionally shared his bathtime with it. And yes, he did give up when it was stolen. I hope Susie’s instrument is found.
This doesn’t seem to make sense to me. Of course a bassoon leaks. It has dozens of holes. That’s the whole point. Otherwise one could only play one note on it. Then it wouldn’t be a bassoon, it would be a fog horn!