Sigurd Rascher - Dutch Television performance 1960's - Larsson excerpt
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- Опубликовано: 6 сен 2024
- In 2012 I had the privilege to receive about 70 newspaper clippings of Sigurd Raschèr’s concerts in Holland. At that time I was authoring my book on the history of the classical saxophone in the Netherlands. Further research at the Dutch Royal Library revealed many more articles in Dutch about the activities of this unique saxophone pioneer in my country. I was very impressed to learn about the many concerts with different orchestras Mr. Raschèr performed here, first alone, later accompanied by his daughter Carina. Definitely unique were also the school concert tours he undertook, often performing up to three recitals a day for different youthful audiences!
And so from fall 2012 to spring 2013 I translated a total of 119 Dutch reviews to English because I thought it important that they become available for future studies (send me a note if you wish to study these). They disclosed a wealth of information for my book.
Some of the reviews I translated indicated a concert that Mr. Raschèr performed live for television. Quite the event, especially in those days! Further studies made it clear that the mentioned concert was a performance of Larsson’s Saxophone Concerto with the Amsterdams Kamerorkest in the early sixties. Aided by my friends at the Dutch broadcasting agencies we were able to discover the original tapes of this performance and digitalize them! A true gem, of which I would like to share a snippet here in Mr. Raschèr’s honour. I am currently looking into the copyright issues involved in sharing the complete performance.
Holy sh*t! He's holding a 1930 saxophone and performing altissimo better than a lot of modern players! Can't wait to see the whole concerto!
The Saxophone is a 1934 model Buescher New Aristocrat, serial number 267,000 series. Gold plated. Number 3 neck.
I met him at a Rascher Saxophone Workshop in Athens, GA back in 1976. He was amazing! I was fortunate enough to have him call me a friend!
Do you happen to remember what brand of sax Rascher was playing then? I heard him play a recital in 1971, and a saxophone-playing friend of mine once told me he played an older Vito, which was hard for me to grasp because I started on a Vito because it was just the relatively inexpensive brand the local music store sold. I thought he would play a Selmer or Couf, but for the years before the mid-1960s, he played a silver Buescher "Aristocrat." The fourth octave notes he hit at the recital I heard sent chills up my spine, and this clip is a great example of his talent.
Could you tell me which fingerings he used for his altissimo register, or did he not use altissimo fingerings at all? I'm writing a thesis about the concerto by Frank Erickson which was dedicated to Rascher.
Mr. Raschèr played on a Buescher New Aristocrat
You can find those in the book about toptones that Mr. Raschèr wrote
He gets an almost bassoon sound in the lower register. Nice.
This is going to be a benchmark performance if ever released complete. Surprising to hear his relatively brilliant tone...remembering that as yet he was not a “school,” perhaps darkness wasn’t the differentiation it became later on. What set him apart (besides his range, distinctive slow vibrato, and thick-reed attack) was simply his virtuosic fluency.
Man, altissimo that works!
This is great! An incredible tone and sound and absolute mastership.
Much more impressive than the other documents of his playing that I've heard from the same period. Many thanks for finding this video and sharing it with the web!
when the full video? I'm looking forward!!!!!!!!
What a tremendous document -- thank you so much for posting it! I hope you'll be successful in your efforts to share the entire performance.
Beautiful tone sir!
Thank you for this wonderful taste!
I need more, especially the 2nd movement.
Thank you for sharing. How wonderful.
Fantastic job @avanzoelen! thank you so much for this!
avanzoelen
Thanks for sharing this historical video! 😊
Thank you so very much for posting this wonderful find! A true master, indeed!
Excellent !
Loved it!
Thanks for sharing!
Wow!! Thank you so much for sharing!!
Wow. Great clip.
Man that slap tongue slaps!
He in a way looks like Abraham Lincoln
ミュールのレコードはそれなりにCD化されてるのに、ラッシャーに関してはそういうことがまるでないのは何故なんだろう。
古い楽器しか使わなかったから、メーカーからのプッシュがなかったんじゃないのかな？
商業ベースには乗りにくい人だったんだと思う。
There are several recordings of Mr. Raschèr playing available, starting with LP records. They show up on ebay every now and then
Holy smoke! (thanks, avanzoelen)
Is he missing a key guard on his low B?