2022 Holiday Bonus Episode: Alan Civil

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I'm excited to share another Holiday Bonus Episode of The Horn Call Podcast! This one features a lecture given by IHS Honorary Member Alan Civil at the 4th International Horn Symposium in 1972 at Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana. A few editorial notes about this archival audio:
Thanks to Dan Phillips for providing the audio file!
This recording is 50 years old, and while adequate, the quality is spotty in a few places. I've done what I can to clean it up, and it is pretty clear overall. Mr. Civil's personality and playing come through nicely, which is what matters.
The title of the lecture is "Are Conductors Afraid of Horn Players?"
The duets at the end were composed by Alan Civil, and performed by Alan Civil and Shirley Hopkins Civil.

[@gordoncarr8328]

I so much enjoyed this. There was no one better to play with, what a man! What an Artist!

[@stevieb6368]

As a horn playing relative of Alan Civil, a second cousin, this was a very moving and a stunning discovery. It's a superb demonstration of the man as one of the greatest UK horn players that ever lived as well as his tremendous personality as a raconteur and wit and his knowledge of the instrument and its repertoire. He was a huge influence on me as a young horn player, and still is. Nobody can play a fortepiano note on the horn like he could. This is brilliant and invaluable entertainment and thank you so much for discovering this and posting it. 📯

[@raphaelhudson]

wow listen to him play in these excerpts. what a beast

[@AudiophiliaChannel]

Legend.