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- Original Message -
From: "Ed Durbrow"
To: "LuteNet list"
Sent: Tuesday, December 17, 2013 1:26 PM
Subject: [LUTE] Re: Segovia whatever
On Dec 16, 2013, at 4:28 AM, G. Crona wrote:
"Segovia at los Olivos" from 1967, when he was 75 years
On Dec 16, 2013, at 4:28 AM, G. Crona wrote:
> "Segovia at los Olivos" from 1967, when he was 75 years old, the other "The
> song of the guitar" filmed in beautiful Granada, in 1976, when he was 84,
> according to the liner notes. Of course you can hear that age had taken it's
> toll, but nevert
I once had the pleasure of giving a concert with Andrea von Ramm. The
programme included anything from Nibelungen Lied to Everly Brothers,
but nothing lutenistic notable. Never had so much fun on stage before,
or after; she was a great musician as well as hilariously funny.
David
That happens often enough.
I have recently attended a Hoppy concert in NYC that showed no evidence
of lutenistic notability. I've heard him twice before and those times
his playing was a lot worse. In yet one more instance at the
Metropolitan Museum he was accompanying Andrea von Ramm, and that
How did such an incompetent slouch ever manage to have the likes of
Julian Bream and John Williams singing his praises and traveling half
way around the world to sit at his arrogant feet?
Gary
On 2013-12-15 10:31, howard posner wrote:
On Dec 15, 2013, at 9:26 AM, Tobiah wrote:
I find his
On 12/15/2013 10:31 AM, howard posner wrote:
On Dec 15, 2013, at 9:26 AM, Tobiah wrote:
I find his tone anemic, his rhythm unmusically erratic,
I certainly agree about his rhythm (and unless you've heard his
recordings from around 1930 you don't know the half of it), but he
pulled a lot of s
I heard both Segovia and Bream in the Stockholm Concert-hall in the early
70's and was of course highly impressed. But naturally, we were all in awe
in those days. It was like being in heaven, sitting at the feet of the
greatest of masters whom we all revered, total guitar nerds as we were. I
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