Maestros and their motor cars (49): Brain’s death
OrchestrasIt was a Triumph TR2 that the great horn virtuoso Dennis Brain was driving home at 6am on Sunday 1 September 1957 when the car spun off the road in wet weather near Hatfield in Hertfordshire. Brain, 36, died instantly.
He had played the night before in the Philharmonia Orchestra at the Edinburgh Festival.
Such a player and such a legacy left by him. An inspiration to so many of us horn players in our younger, formative days. Always remembered….
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I’m sorry to hear that you find it challenging to be honest.
To be honest, your grammar skills make it difficult for me to take you seriously.
But here we are…
A great player.
Was it that long ago? A dreadful loss for music. Slow down, particularly in wet weather.
Dennis Brain was a wonderful horn player whose work was well-documented despite his premature death. Talent may be largely genetic, as is evident in Dennis B., son of the great (less documented) Aubrey B.
Making the most of a talent takes endless hard work. Perhaps the requisite discipline for the latter is partly genetic.