In answer to John Nottle's query:

>Does anyone know when Philip Farkas left the Chicago Symphony
>Orchestra?  My French Horn playing daughter has a CD of him discussing
>and demonstrating French horn orchestral repertoire.  According to the
>accompanying notes he left sometime in 1960.  As my daughter also has
>a 1960 recording of Don Juan played by the Chicago, with Fritz Reiner
>conducting she is wondering if it is Mr.Farkas playing the famous Don
>Juan motif."

Philip Farkas left the CSO at the end of the 1959-60 season to teach at
Indiana University.  Whether or not he led the section in that Don Juan
would depend on whether it was recorded in January-May 1960 (yes) or in
the fall of that year (no).  Does the recording give a more exact date?

There's also a 1954 Don Juan, in which he definitely plays.  I'm not sure
that one has made it to CD.

In any event, I should point out that the famous lick in question is played
by the entire section in unison-4 to 6 players!

Joel Lazar
Conductor, Bethesda MD
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