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On the Job -
a photo albumn with colleagues
[2008 Mason Jones evening]
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on a brass quartet gig, 1974: Earl Gardner, Scott van Patter, L.B., Gerald Spoto |
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a very young James Chambers (ca. 1948) |
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the students of James Chambers in New York's Central Park, 1973: Priscilla MacAfee, Robin Graham, L.B., Scott Wilson, David Wakefield, Julie Landsman |
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horn section of the New York City Symphony
Orchestra, 1975-76: L to R: Howard Katz, Judith Swift, Will Parker, L.B. |
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horns of the Orquesta Filarmónica de la Unam, México City, 1976: L to R: Salomon Morales, L.B., Alan Spanjer, Jerome Ashby, Jose-Luis León |
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conductor Erich Bergel (L) with the horn section of the Bayreuth International Youth Festival Orchestra, August 1977: Istvan Fricsay, Vasili Oprea, LB, Nicolae Dosa |
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horn section of the Hofer Symphoniker, 1979; L to R: Christoph Schieri, Tatehiko Sakaino, Wilfried Walch, L.B. |
with 2nd horn Wilfried Walch, Hofer Symphoniker, in the orchestra pit of the Städtebundtheater, 1979 |
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Rekkenze Brass [Hofer Blechbläserquintett],
1980: L to R: René Jampen, James Sauber, L.B., Thomas Sheibels, Emil Janecek. |
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Sydney Symphony Orchestra horns recording the Hindemith Quartet, 1983; L to R: Christoper Harrison (4th) / L.B (Associate Principal) / Bernard Hillman (2nd) / Kazimierz Machala (Principal) |
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The Australian Brass Quintet, 1985; L to
R: Cliff Goodchild, L.B., Alan Mewitt. Paul Goodchild, Daniel Mendelow |
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("Peter and" ....) the SSO wolves, 1994, L to R: Douglas Trengove, Bernard Hillman, L.B. |
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Barbra Streisand's horn section, March, 2000 L to R: Graham Nichols, Gerard Patacca, Genevieve Campbell, L.B. |
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on the set of Barbra Streisand's "Timeless" concert tour of Australia, 2000: Bruce Dukov (principal violin), L.B.(principal horn), Marvin Hamlisch (conductor), Steve Erdody (principal cello) |
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lunch at Paramount Studios, L.A, October
2000: Brian Denbow, Bruce Dukov, Nadia B., Veronika B., Jim Thatcher, L.B. |
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at O'Neal's, New York, April, 2006: with Jerome Ashby and Earl Gardner |
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working on "Ammerseelieder" with bass-baritone Grant Dickson Sydney, 2003 |
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in Sydney, May 2006: Lalo Schifrin, Gordon Rytmeister, Emily Rytmeister, Richard Miller, Paul Goodchild, L.B., Gabi B. |
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Sydney, July 2006 with Richard Todd, Principal Horn: L.A. Chamber Orchestra |
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with Wolfgang Tomböck, Solo-Horn: Vienna Philharmonic, at Watson's Bay, (Sydney), October 2006 |
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with Kazimierz Machala on Sydney Harbour, December 2006 |
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with Sir Charles Mackerras in Sydney, October 2007 |
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Horn section for the Sydney Symphony Orchestra's 2007 Rachmaninov Festival: L to R, back row: Ben Jacks, Casey Rippon, Geoff O'Reilly, Marnie Sebire front row: Vladimir Ashkenazy, Barry Tuckwell, Robert Johnson, L.B. |
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with pianist Gerhard Oppitz, Sydney Harbour, 2007 |
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SSO brass section, 2007 |
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with Earl and Cecelia Gardner, New York, 2008 |
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with Philadelphia Orchestra horn player Shelley Showers, 2008 |
Horn players' dinner hosted by Mason Jones at Philadelphia's Union League, November 2008 click here for Jeffrey Lang's report on this historic occasion |
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seated: Shelley Showers, Mason Jones, Nolan
Miller standing, L to R: John Carabella, Jeff Kirschen, Randy Gardner,Adam Lesnick, Jennifer Montone, Dan Williams, L.B., Angela Cordell, Jeff Lang |
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front row: Shelley Showers, Mason Jones,
Jeff Kirschen standing, L to R: Angela Cordell, Randy Gardner, Adam Lesnick, John Carabella, Jeff Lang, Roger Blackburn, Nolan Miller, Jennifer Montone, L.B., Dan Williams, Yumi Hwang, Marjorie Miller, Marilyn Blackburn |
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with violinist Wanda Wilkomirska, Sydney Opera House, August 2010 |
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with Roland Berger in Grinzing, Vienna, September 2010 |
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with Stefan Jezierski and Fergus McWilliam, Sydney Opera House, November 2010 |
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horn section for the SSO's 2010 European
tour with "honorary member" Vladimir Ashkenazy Grafenegg Castle, Vienna, September 2010 L to R: Ben Jacks, Marnie Sebire Euan Harvey, Maestro Ashkenazy, Hector McDonald, Geoff O'Reilly, L.B. |
with Barry Humphries at Grafenegg Castle, Vienna, September 2010 |
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with Kazimierz Machala Mount Victoria, NSW; August 2011 |
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with the SSO brass (2nd from right) performing on top of the Sydney HarbourBridge for its 80th anniversary, March 2012 |
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in Baden-Baden, 2014 with Michael Schuncke (guardian of the Schuncke family music archives), and with Sally Clarke, violist and Cynthia Oppermann, harpist, members of the trio "Blue Ayre" |
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horn section of Sydney's Cadenza Philharmonic Orchestra, September 2012 Billy Nicolson (4th), L.B. (principal), Neil O'Donnell (3rd), Claire Cameron (2nd) |
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with Ioan Ratiu, principal Horn, Duisburger Philharmoniker on the balcony of the Brahmshaus, Baden-Baden, May 2014 |
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with the team at Kruspe brass instruments: Katsushi and Tatehiko Sakaino; Prienbach, Bavaria, 2014 |
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with Cuban conductor Cosette Justo-Valdéz in Baden-Baden, 2014 |
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with Kazimierz Machala and the "Hornet
Quartet" June 2014 concert at the Church of St James the Apostle in Skierniewice, Poland quartet members L to R (with ties): Lukasz Lacny, Gabriel Czopka, Michal Szczerba, Piotr Kowalski |
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Rüdiger and Cynthia Oppermann at their home in Oberlauterbach, Alsace |
part of the Oppermann collection of international folk instruments |
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L to R: Gabi B, L.B., Jeff Lang, Jennifer Montone (and her boys), Julie Landsman Philadelphia, April 2015 |
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with the horn section of the Orquesta Sinfónica de Holguín, Cuba: Luis Rodriguez, Claudia Gonzalez, Arlet Pino, Kadir Torres November 2016 |
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with oboists and cellists of the Orquesta Sinfónica de Holguín |
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with piano soloist Martin Camacho and concertmaster Yasvetty Gonzales post-concert in Santiago de Cuba 2016 |
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with Susana San-Felix, principal horn Orquesta Sinfónica de Oriente November 2016 |
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at the Eddy Suñol Theatre, Holguín with Michael Elvermann, principal clarinet/ conductor; and Holguín Sinfónica chief conductor Oreste Saavedra |
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in Havana's "Old Plaza", December
2017 with electric violist and "Proyecto-VT" director José-Ernesto González, Gabriela (flautist), violinist/concertmaster Arsenio Marrupe and salsa-dancer Ismaray Stable |
working with the Orquesta Sinfónica de Matanzas, Cuba December 2017 | |
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rehearsal in the José White Concert Hall | |
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with 2nd violins Maikel Vacas, Giselle Galdos and Iván Acen |
with tympanist Yansiel Castro, viola player Dayana Bacallao and cellist Beatriz Pagés |
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with violinists Massiel Cartaya (left) and [concertmistress] Belsy Aguilar |
the horn section and their teacher José González left: Melisa Ramos, Elany Tadeo Saavedra right: co-principals Debbie Vélez and Yanai Suárez |
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with Martin Camacho, pianist and the Orquesta Sinfónica de Oriente, Santiago, Cuba 2018 |
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WPO chief conductor with guest conductor/cellist Umberto Clerici, March 2018 |