Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2017/09/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]After wandering among Native America ruins near Los Alamos, I visited the Georgia O'Keeffe Museum in Santa Fe.? It just so happened that cellist Matt Haimovitz, who likes to perform in non-traditional venues, was giving a recital there. He played the Bach Cello Suite No. 5 in C minor.? I spent some time just listening, and some time looking at paintings that provided counterpoint to the music i was hearing.? I took a few pictures, too. Here is Mr. Haimovitz playing.? He is using an iPad as a music stand. He's playing off a facsimile of the oldest surviving manuscript of the Suite, copied by Bach's wife, Anna Magdelena Bach.? I spoke to him afterwards, and he told me he found that it helped him tune into the composer's intentions. (Click on photo to enlarge). <https://www.flickr.com/photos/24844563 at N04/37337644522/in/dateposted-public/> I liked the composition of his empty cello case sitting in a nook in the gallery. <https://www.flickr.com/photos/24844563 at N04/36658743644/in/dateposted-public/> And I liked the subtle differences of color in the skylights in an adjacent gallery: <https://www.flickr.com/photos/24844563 at N04/37337644342/in/dateposted-public/> After the concert, Mr. Haimovitz talks to a friend before his next gig.? He played at a local brewery later that evening. More power to him! <https://www.flickr.com/photos/24844563 at N04/37367555351/in/dateposted-public/> In addition to Georgia O'Keeffe's paintings, the museum displayed numerous photographs of Ms. O'Keeffe by various photographers, most notably black and whites by her husband, Alfred Stieglitz. --Peter