Ted Watson Remembers...
I think readers may be interested in this. Ted Watson was contemporary to David Munrow, and knew him very well, and called him a super guy! The following of what he mainly recalls is here for all to see... I first met David Munrow in 1966 when I joined the Royal Shakespeare Company as a musician. He was a very fine bassoon player and as I was a clarinettist we generally sat together during performance. At that time the windband was based around a brass quartet (2 trumpets, horn and trombone) and a wind quintet (flute, oboe, clarinet, horn and bassoon) plus percussion. As a wind quintet we gave regular concerts both in the theatre and also outside venues. At this time David was acquiring the early music instruments and I regularly was called upon to play duets for clarinet and crumhorn, clarinet and rackett, clarinet and recorders various. As we played he would often stop to tune certain notes usually by sticking layers of paper into the vents. The playing of th...