blackdogstudio 1 Posted June 20, 2007 You know Richard, Glenn Gould would have been dressed this way - with gloves and all - on the hottest day of summer!!! He would often play the piano cross-legged as well and almost without the use of pedal to create that "dry" harpsichord-like sound. My listening to his 1981 version of J.S. Bach's Goldberg Variations prompted a quantum leap in my musical and creative development. It led me to Glenn Gould himself, his 1955 quicksilver version of the Goldberg's, the keyboard music of J.S. Bach in general and Bach's final work The Art Of Fugue - incomplete because Bach died while writing it. Reading up on Gould and listening to his recordings led me to Ludwig Van Beethoven's Diabelli Variations - although Gould never recorded it, Alexander Scriabin, Sergei Prokofiev, Paul Hindermith, Vladimir Horowitz and the atonal Second Viennese School of Arnold Schoenberg, Alban Berg and Anton Webern. Thanks Richard for playing tribute to this UNIQUE and celebrated pianist. He would have loved this juxtaposition although he hated to be photographed (:-))!!! Regards. Link to comment
richard hans 0 Posted June 20, 2007 Thinh, Biswajit, Michael, Rakesh, A.K, Alberto, Cherlyn, Mark, Antanas, Mari, Pnina, David, Adolfo, Daily, Tammy, Spencer, Emmanuel, John, Evarist, Esther, Julio, Alessia, Tony, Kelvin, Joseph for all your kind comments and warm support! To: Kelvin, very nice presentation to me, I really appreciate it!____Richard Hans Link to comment
aeg 0 Posted June 20, 2007 Wonderful sense of humour in this image. Excellent composition,color and light. I would have found it disconcerting to have the statue staring at me even if it is a inanimate object. Regards Link to comment
los oteros 0 Posted June 20, 2007 Bella, original y excelente composicion donde se mezcla sabiamente la realidad con la figuracion.Un cordial saludo Link to comment
Guest Guest Posted June 21, 2007 Excellent composition, very good timing, perfect exposure again!!! Link to comment
hanna_v 0 Posted June 21, 2007 "just keep the 'save distance' " or: "social life in still life"; too good to resist! :-)) Link to comment
amilarakis 0 Posted June 22, 2007 Excellent abd very original photo. I like your idea. Congrats ! Link to comment
jeverz 0 Posted June 22, 2007 Kind of funny, very nice photo Richard! (thanks for your comment.) Link to comment
alecee 0 Posted June 23, 2007 Seems like they are really talking. Nicely done Richard. Link to comment
richygale 0 Posted June 23, 2007 super work very well seen and captured. Well Done Rich. Link to comment
hy 0 Posted June 25, 2007 Excellent capture. A little funny, because it seems, as if the man is a little unsettled by the observing statue, NOT by you ;) Great! Best regards - Hasan Link to comment
janisok 0 Posted July 2, 2007 "Wonder what he had to say about the news!" Nice eye! J Link to comment
andrea allison 0 Posted July 21, 2007 Great shot! Humorous! Yet very natural. I love the way he is slightly leaning to the edge as if to have his own space from this curious stranger :) Kind Regards Andrea Link to comment
petespositives 0 Posted July 22, 2007 As befits a man of my advancing years it has taken me a while to catch up with your splendidly original work. This is outstanding! Best wishes from Scotland Pete Link to comment
regis 0 Posted August 4, 2007 What a great scene Richard :) Well done. It's a bit leaning to the left, but it's not a big deal :) Cheers, Piotr Link to comment
Emmanuel Enyinwa 0 Posted November 10, 2007 I have to come back to this picture, Richard. There's just something about it, the realationship between the two, one animate, one inanimate, yet seeming to share a bond deeper than that of two men thrown together by chance. Perhaps, it is the expression on the reading man's face. He is not just reading to himself, but his lips seem pursed, as if he is saying something out loud, his expression one of exasperation, like he does not feel his words are being taken seriously enough. The sculpture has an attitude of quiet, even bemused attention, like one would listen to a child. Link to comment
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