Christopher Hogwood - RIP

[North Star]

It seems a bit of a shame that there is only one tribute to a musician whose works must/ought to be on many GMG forumites shelves, so I'm going to double the number of responses in the following rather unusual way

Here's the more popular thread: http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php/topic,23590.0.html

[Gurn Blanston]

It seems a bit of a shame that there is only one tribute to a musician whose works must/ought to be on many GMG forumites shelves, so I'm going to double the number of responses in the following rather unusual way:

It is 40 years since the BBC recorded "The Tempest" supposedly in quadrophonic sound although I don't think it was ever released as such. I have been meaning to upload my tape of the recording and was prompted to do so by the fact that Christopher Hogwood, playing electronic harpsichord, was among the distinguished (with one exception) musicians on the recording and was actually sitting to my left . The musicians don't feature a great deal in the final mix and as David Cain was one of the Radiophonic Workshop luminaries you wonder why he didn't just get synthing and looping etc. but we wouldn't then have gathered in the Kingsway studio assembled in a large circle and waited as you do for the tech staff to get it sorted.

Cast:
Paul Scofield: Prospero
Jane Knowles: Miranda
Ronnie Stevens: Ariel
Patrick Stewart: Caliban
Richard Kay: Ferdinand
Alan Rowe Master of the Ship/Francisco
Anthony Daniels: Adrian
Charles Kay: Sebastian
Doreen Walker: Singer (Juno)
John Justin: Alonso
Michael Spice: Antonio
Patricia Hooper: Singer (Iris)
Prudence Lloyd: Singer (Ceres)
Rory Kinnear: Stephano
Terence Scully: Trinculo
Timothy Bateson: Gonzalo
William Sleigh: Boatswain

Dir: Ian Cotterell. Music composed by David Cain, and played by Mike Westbrook, Clive Heath, Christopher Hogwood, Brian Godding, Butch Potter, John Mitchell and Tristan Fry.

http://www.cliveheathmusic.co.uk/tapes.php

Nice post, thanks.

Actually, there is an entire other thread on this topic, which is why most people didn't post here, since it was started several weeks after the fact.

RIP Christopher Hogwood

[early grey]

yes, I was pretty sure there was a lot more but "Hogwood" in the Search box only gave lisbeth's entry so that's where I went and as my contribution is pretty much off topic as far as Christopher Hogwood's talents are concerned perhaps this isn't a bad place for it. Think of it as "Scofield as Prospero"!

[Que]

Threads are now merged.

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