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 [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>