Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2017/10/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]It would have been nice to see a close-up of him playing. Cheers, Nathan Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu <http://www.frozenlight.eu/> http:// <http://www.greatpix.eu/>www.greatpix.eu PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws <http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws>Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ <http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/> Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator <http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator> YNWA > On 28 Sep 2017, at 11:29, Peter Klein <boulanger.croissant at gmail.com> > wrote: > > 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 > -- > _________________________________________________________________ > Options: http://lists.thomasclausen.net/mailman/listinfo/olympus > Archives: http://lists.thomasclausen.net/mailman/private/olympus/ > Themed Olympus Photo Exhibition: http://www.tope.nl/ >