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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.

Too funny! Well seen.

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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

Bella, original y excelente composicion donde se mezcla sabiamente la realidad con la figuracion.Un cordial saludo

Excellent composition, very good timing, perfect exposure again!!!

"just keep the 'save distance' " or: "social life in still life"; too good to resist! :-))

Excellent abd very original photo. I like your idea. Congrats !

Kind of funny, very nice photo Richard! (thanks for your comment.)

Seems like they are really talking. Nicely done Richard.

Very clever Richard. Well seen!

super work very well seen and captured. Well Done Rich.

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

"Wonder what he had to say about the news!"

Nice eye!

J

 

Fantastic capture, well spotted!

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

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

Excellent capture. Best regards.

Very good work Richard. Regards.

What a great scene Richard :) Well done.

It's a bit leaning to the left, but it's not a big deal :)

Cheers, Piotr

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.