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jwilson46
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David,
I'm also watching this forum to see when the DVD is available. I haven't seen any PBS listing for the program.
I saw an old video of an informal interview with Mendez. I believe that Allen Vizzutti, Chuck Findley, and Malcolm McNab were in the room along with a couple of other trumpeters. Please correct me if I'm wrong. These great trumpet players were inspired by Mendez.
For those of you who don't know Malcolm McNab, he is the first call studio trumpet player in L.A. He is the featured trumpet in Concierto Para Mendez.
If there is another trumpeter on the planet who can play Malcolm's version of Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto better than he I would like to hear him. You need a 6 octave range with beautiful tone, control, technique, etc.
Malcolm McNab is the perfect choice to honor Mendez.
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John,
I'm glad that you brought this up! There have been hang-ups in the contracts between PBS and the LA Opera that have dragged on forever, but CONCIERTO PARA MENDEZ is finally going to be seen in the Los Angeles area. Hopefully, this will break things open for it to be seen nationally in the near future. Here is the upcoming broadcast:
Concierto para Mendez
with Malcolm McNab and the Los Angeles Opera
music by Lee Holdridge
October 15, 2009
10:00 pm Pacific Time
KCET-TV, Los Angeles (local channel 2
I am trying to find out if and when the DVD will be available.
ENJOY!!!! I have seen it and it is fantastic.
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MrV
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 wish I had known about this before it was aired.... I missed it.... hopefully PBS will rebroadcast again? Anybody know? |
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It is on local channel 28 (not 2  )
It has not aired yet. Oct. 15 is this coming Thursday! |
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| MrV wrote: | | wish I had known about this before it was aired.... I missed it.... hopefully PBS will rebroadcast again? Anybody know? |
When did October 15 happen in your area? |
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MrV
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LOL!! Duh!
thanks for waking me up guys!!
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I took a quick look at our San Diego KPBS and don't see it scheduled...
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| the cleaner wrote: | | MrV wrote: | | wish I had known about this before it was aired.... I missed it.... hopefully PBS will rebroadcast again? Anybody know? |
When did October 15 happen in your area? |
You mean this year?
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Looking forward to updates on when this will be in the Chicago area. Is this an American Masters episode or an independent production?
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| Independent. It was produced by the Los Angeles Opera. |
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| jwilson46 wrote: | You need a 6 octave range with beautiful tone, control, technique, etc.
Malcolm McNab is the perfect choice to honor Mendez.
John |
6 octaves? On trumpet? What are you smoking? I don't know of any trumpet player that has more than 4 complete usable octaves. Maybe on a good day Jon Faddis could better that by a step or two.
Please--if I'm wrong cite the name of the player and give the written range, either concert or trumpet.
John
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| John Mock wrote: |
6 octaves? On trumpet? What are you smoking? I don't know of any trumpet player that has more than 4 complete usable octaves. Maybe on a good day Jon Faddis could better that by a step or two.
Please--if I'm wrong cite the name of the player and give the written range, either concert or trumpet.
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If you acquire and listen to Malcom McNabs CD Equisite you will hear him play from double C to triple pedal C (8vb below the under the 2 below the bass cleff staff lines C) in during the cadenz of the first moment...and honestly that is not the most indimdating part of his overall playing on the piece. I dreged up my copy of the tumpet part I bought from Mr. McNab's website http://www.malcolmmcnab.com/
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| Quote: | | Please--if I'm wrong cite the name of the player and give the written range, either concert or trumpet.
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Malcolm McNab is an orchestral player. I'll use concert pitches. In the first movement he plays a cadenza around the 9 minute mark. At one point he plays a very lyrical line from E below the staff to Bb five ledger lines above the staff and back down. He ends on a triple pedal A, three octaves below the first A below the staff.
Go to: www.malcolmmcnab.com/home.html and buy his CD Exquisite. Then get to back to me. I guarantee you won't be disappointed.
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| John Mock wrote: | | jwilson46 wrote: | You need a 6 octave range with beautiful tone, control, technique, etc.
Malcolm McNab is the perfect choice to honor Mendez.
John |
6 octaves? On trumpet? What are you smoking? I don't know of any trumpet player that has more than 4 complete usable octaves. Maybe on a good day Jon Faddis could better that by a step or two.
Please--if I'm wrong cite the name of the player and give the written range, either concert or trumpet.
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John Mock
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Um, ok, I guess I stand corrected, thank you very much.
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| trpt.hick wrote: | John,
I'm glad that you brought this up! There have been hang-ups in the contracts between PBS and the LA Opera that have dragged on forever, but CONCIERTO PARA MENDEZ is finally going to be seen in the Los Angeles area. Hopefully, this will break things open for it to be seen nationally in the near future. Here is the upcoming broadcast:
Concierto para Mendez
with Malcolm McNab and the Los Angeles Opera
music by Lee Holdridge
October 15, 2009
10:00 pm Pacific Time
KCET-TV, Los Angeles (local channel 2
I am trying to find out if and when the DVD will be available.
ENJOY!!!! I have seen it and it is fantastic.
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MrV
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I was able to watch and record this program. It was on PBS Sunday @ 1:00pm in my area which is Los Angeles County.
Malcom was playing an Eb trumpet most of the time (it looked to me) and at the end played on a Bb. He had a mic attached to the trumpet at all times and sounded great! He played one of the Jotas on the Eb trumpet.
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trpt.hick
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| Right-O. As luck would have it, Malcomb's E-flat trumpet was dammaged a day or two before the concerts and he had to borrow one (same make/model) from a gal in the opera orcehstra. |
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MrV
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| what kind of Eb trumpet was it, do you know? |
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trpt.hick
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| I'm not positive, but I am fairly sure it was a Schilke E3L. |
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