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<body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'>Gruess Gott "bobmerk",<br><br>I'm old enough to remember when John McLaughlin became "Vishnu John". Crikey, that seems a lifetime ago now... many, many Harvest moons ago.<br><br>A passing thought on the four hands at the keyboard: the polydactyl "star pianist" in a brief appearance in the film "Gattaca": 10 fingers, 2 thumbs. A link with a comment by "shaerens":<br><br><div class="Ct">"This is a
very clever scene. The pianist is playing Schubert's impromptu in G
flat, only he's adding an additional melody that's not humanly possible
to play. It's then revealed that he has additional fingers to achieve
this. (It's still not possible though, the melody in the right hand is
played with the ring finger and the pinky, the chords with the other
fingers in the right hand. The additional melody is way too much of a
stretch)"<br><br><font style="font-size: 12pt;" size="3" face="Calibri"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqdfmvFlnng">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqdfmvFlnng</a></font><br><br><br>I've posted this elsewhere but Jehan (pronounced Jean) Alain deserves more exposure:<br><br><font style="font-size: 12pt;" size="3" face="Calibri"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgNxbXFihgg">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgNxbXFihgg</a></font> <br><br></div>Do read what you can of his family's history. Enjoy his music.<br><br>Mary<br><br><br><div><hr id="stopSpelling">From: bobmerk@earthlink.net<br>To: f_minor@glenngould.org<br>Date: Fri, 5 Sep 2014 10:58:34 -0400<br>Subject: [f_minor] Concerto BMV 1061 / Katia and Marielle Labècque, harpsichords<br><br>
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<div><font face="Courier New">A recent poster asked where everyody was. I hope
everybody's at the lakeshore cabin, so while you're putting
on sunscreen and insect repellant, I'm sending you this, and hope you enjoy
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<div><font face="Courier New">J. S. Bach Concerto BMV 1061</font></div>
<div><font face="Courier New">Katia and Marielle Labècque /
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<div><font face="Courier New">One summer night on a blanket I saw and heard the
Labècque Sisters bang out "Carnival of the Animals" on two pianos, and I've been
a huge fan ever since. (I particularly love "The Tortoise.") </font></div>
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<div><font face="Courier New">I've been rediscovering composer/guitarist
Mahavishnu John McClaughlin, and a few decades ago, he and Katia were married.
That must have been a richly musical household. The Sisters and McClaughlin
issued one or two CDs of McClaughlin compositions.</font></div>
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<div><font face="Courier New">Anyway most of you are JS Bach freaks, so enjoy
and let me know what you think of this "cover." I'm specifically NOT asking
how it compares to The Master, but if anyone has such thoughts, toss them in,
too. </font></div>
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<div><font face="Courier New">But look, even The Master only had two hands,
beautiful as they were. He must have been at a disadvantage competing
against a four-hand act.</font></div>
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<div><font face="Courier New">Yesterday my doctor told me about her
weekend, installing her daughter in the freshman dorm at a Pennsylvania
college. So summer's over, dudes, back to work.</font></div>
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<div><font face="Courier New">Bob</font></div>
<div><font face="Courier New">Massachusetts USA</font></div>
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