<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><div>could you tell us about the gg concert ? </div><div style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><br><div style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><font size="2" face="Tahoma"><hr size="1"><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b> "RubatoM@aol.com" <RubatoM@aol.com><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> f_minor@glenngould.org<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Tue, July 13, 2010 2:04:13 PM<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [f_minor] Facebook<br></font><br>
<font face="arial,helvetica"><font color="#000000" face="Geneva" family="SANSSERIF" size="3"><b>Fred,<br>
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I'd like to offer another subject of conversation. It would be interesting to know what members are playing and what technical issues seem important to the pianists in the group. I am a private musician and rarely play for others, so I have few people with whom I can talk about practice. Right now I am working on the fugue section of Beethoven's 31st Sonata. It is so beautiful, but tricky to feel out the theme. GG does it very well, not quite as brilliantly as V. Ashkenazy. It is quite a challenge to do all the tricky things that keep the long crescendo going and keep the theme line clear. I prefer to play it at a slower speed that either of these two masters. <br>
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If I had unlimited funds and no other family responsibilties, I'd spend my lfe traveling around to hear live performances. I have been fortunate to have heard Glenn Gould, V. Ashkenazy, Arthur Rubinstein, Arnaldo Cohen, Claudio Aarrau, and my own teacher, Yehuda Guttman. Mr. Guttman still gives private concerts in his own home in Key West. If any of you members are ever there, be sure to call him to see if a concert is scheduled. <br>
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Best regards,<br>
Anita Thompson-Monroe<br>
RubatoM@aol</b></font><font color="#000000" face="Geneva" family="SANSSERIF" size="3"></font>
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