Death of a London horn legend
RIPThe death has been reported of David Cripps, principal horn of the London Symphony Orchestra in the glory years, 1974-1983. He played under Andre Previn and Claudio Abbado, was the first to perform John Williams’s horn theme in Star Wars and was proudest of a tour with Abbado in which he played Mahler 5 every night and never cracked.
David spent his later years in Tucson, Arizona, where he died of cancer.
He lives on in hundreds of recordings.
UPDATE: David’s sister Joanna tells us: ‘Much of the Star Wars music David played was written particularly for David to play by John Williams.’
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