I learned a little on the harpiscord from my piano teacher who had a lovely one in her music room. Playing it at an impressionable age was transporting. Its sound still does so. Thank you for this. pgt
Happy to recall such memories, which I lack; but the picture captures the time and mode in my life of meeting his musicianship, as I think it does for many and will, for many, many years. I am pleased that you could share this information here.
i am in amsterdam, coincidentally, at the moment, visiting a special someone, catching up on all of your postings and i see this. i had no idea. i had fallen behind in my up-keep of current events due to more pressing things. thank you for sharing, even though i come late to it.
Gustav Leonhardt carried himself on and off the concert platform with gentlemanly bearing. So masterful was he at the harpsichord that he could do anything he intended, producing plasticity of sound that only Igor Kipnis at his best could equal. In four Polonaises by C.P.E. Bach heard live, Leonhardt produced an effect so liquid that one thought there must be a damper pedal somewhere. To be relished on record is an A-minor Saraband of Froberger transcendentally embellished. And much more.
I learned a little on the harpiscord from my piano teacher who had a lovely one in her music room. Playing it at an impressionable age was transporting. Its sound still does so. Thank you for this. pgt
ReplyDeleteHappy to recall such memories, which I lack; but the picture captures the time and mode in my life of meeting his musicianship, as I think it does for many and will, for many, many years. I am pleased that you could share this information here.
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ReplyDeletei am in amsterdam, coincidentally, at the moment, visiting a special someone, catching up on all of your postings and i see this. i had no idea. i had fallen behind in my up-keep of current events due to more pressing things. thank you for sharing, even though i come late to it.
ReplyDeleteGustav Leonhardt carried himself on and off the concert platform with gentlemanly bearing. So masterful was he at the harpsichord that he could do anything he intended, producing plasticity of sound that only Igor Kipnis at his best could equal. In four Polonaises by C.P.E. Bach heard live, Leonhardt produced an effect so liquid that one thought there must be a damper pedal somewhere. To be relished on record is an A-minor Saraband of Froberger transcendentally embellished. And much more.
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