Talk:James Galway

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Just as a note to whoever stated it below, it was James Galway himself who stated "I am a flute player, not a flautist..." etc. He doesn't like the term, and "flutist" as a correct term predates the use of that one. Please see the "flautist" article for more information. 130.113.38.133 (talk) 12:10, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

I hereby start this talk page for famous flautist James Galway. Capitalistroadster 15:05, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

I hereby declare this article woefully short. --Rschmertz 05:17, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

P.S. OBTW, he's a flute player, not a flautist ;-)

flau·tist (flô'tĭst, flou'-)

n. One who plays the flute; a flutist.

Listening to Commodore 64 music on YouTube, I came across this little speculative bit of trivia, it's a short sample of music from Fellowship of the Ring (which Sir Martin Galway was involved in) which appears to reference (read: sounds much like...) a section of his nephew, Martin Galways song on Sensible Software's 1986 game Parallax (Parallax's main theme is the second song in this YouTube Video: http://ie.youtube.com/watch?v=uYF11aCiilk . It starts about 5 minutes in.) Unfortunately I get the feeling that it's not conclusive enough to be declared Encyclopedia worthy, but I'd love to see it included if someone else thinks they can argue it'd be okay.

Is this item of trivia about James Galway or Martin Galway? I don't see its relevance. Zaslav (talk) 20:08, 28 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Audition at Berlin Philharmonic

The supposed incident when Galway auditioned for the Berlin Philharmonic needs fact checking as well as sourcing. Galway tells a different story in an interview on "Performance Today". He says he declined the position because he felt they had been rude, not because he was late or Karajan was enraged or forced him to play one piece after another. Zaslav (talk) 20:06, 28 December 2007 (UTC)