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drcello
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(5/21/01 9:12:45 pm)
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Wigmore Hall,
London
Any of you ever perform in Wigmore Hall? Is it a good place to play
the cello?
Marshall C. St. John
drcello@vei.net
SignalWalden.Com
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rocel
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(8/7/01 5:52:38 pm)
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better late than
never!
I FINALLY worked out how to look at older postings (duuuuuuuuuh)
and saw that you hadn't got any replies to this.
Well, The
Wigmore is a beautiful place to play - it's small (I think it holds
around 500) and very intimate. The sound is very warm and it is easy
to project- your tone doesn't "sit" on the stage.
So there you
go. Oh, there's a very good pub just near too which is always a good
thing I find...
Are you going to play there sometime or was that
just a random passing interest?
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drcello
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(8/7/01 7:20:02 pm)
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just
interested
My cello skills enable me to play in the hall in my house, but not
Wigmore Hall. Just curious. One reads about it quite often, and I'm
in the USA, so have never been to London. Thanks for the reply!
Marshall C. St. John
drcello@vei.net
Wayside Presbyterian Church
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mt1
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(8/8/01 2:27:38 am)
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Re: just
interested
The Wigmore Hall is a wonderful venue, especially for chamber
music. Musicians and concert goers have very strong feelings about
it, and I would rather go to a chamber concert there than any other
place on the planet. It's celebrating its centenary this year (web
site at wigmore-hall.org.uk) Its mural, once seen, is never
forgotten! I've stared at it for hours over the years and have never
been able to decide whether I like it.
I remember the hall
especially for one of the most moving moments of my musical life.
Back in the mid-80s a concert was put on in honour of Peter Pears
shortly before he died. He was present but clearly far from well. At
the end he went up on stage to acknowledge a rapturous reception -
the audience was very excited. An encore was to be played. We all
settled down again and the pianist (I think it was Graham Johnson)
started Schubert's An die Musik (about how sacred art lifts us to a
better world). Then, as if from another world, we became aware that
Pears was, very quietly, voicing the words - with perfect timing and
inflexion. Absolute silence from the audience. Long pause at the
end, then a long deep applause which spoke so much more than wild
bravos. Not a dry eye in the house. I can hear it all again as I
type. Wonderful.
Anyway, Marshall, we shouldn't - with affection
- let you get away with your remark 'I'm in the USA, so have never
been to London' . Lots of Americans do go abroad these days! And you
would be very welcome. I'll buy you a beer (warm,
naturally).
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