[Leica] Pianist, age 92, plays Bach

[phamard at numericable.fr (Philippe Amard)]

First one looks like Jackson Pollock view of what beautiful music can be 
i.e. great!
Thanks for sharing Peter, and for pointing it out to me Luis.
Phil...x
 

Luis Ripoll wrote:

>Hi Peter,
>
>Hi like these ones.
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>http://users.2alpha.com/~pklein/temp/L1002319-prf.jpg 
><http://users.2alpha.com/%7Epklein/temp/L1002319-prf.jpg>
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>http://users.2alpha.com/~pklein/musicians/L1002314HokansonBow.htm
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>But on this one I would like to crop a little to eliminate the foreground,
>
>Saludos cordiales
>Luis
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>
>
>-----Mensaje original-----
>De: lug-bounces+luisripoll=telefonica.net@leica-users.org
>[mailto:lug-bounces+luisripoll=telefonica.net@leica-users.org] En nombre de
>Peter Klein
>Enviado el: lunes, 19 de noviembre de 2007 1:51
>Para: lug@leica-users.org; leica@freelists.org
>Asunto: [Leica] Pianist, age 92, plays Bach
>
>This weekend, we attended a lecture-recital by 92 year-old pianist Randolph
>Hokanson.  At this age, he no longer does virtuoso pyrotechnics.  But he can
>still play, and well.  Bach is his favorite, the music he "chooses to live
>with" at his stage of life.  Over the course of three weekends, he talked
>about and performed the entire Book I of "The Well-Tempered Clavier." What a
>delightful gentleman!  Completely engaged with life, music and people.  A
>real inspiration.
>
>I took the Canon 50/1.2 along. I didn't shoot while he was playing, but I
>got something that looks as if I had. When intermission concluded, he struck
>a chord to get everyone's attention, and I was ready:
>http://users.2alpha.com/~pklein/musicians/L1002312HokansonChord.htm
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>And here he is at the conclusion of the concert:
>http://users.2alpha.com/~pklein/musicians/L1002314HokansonBow.htm
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>The recital took place at the Sherman-Clay piano store in downtown Seattle.
>The overhead spot-lighting was not ideal.  The background is a mural-sized
>photograph of a concert hall mounted on the wall behind the piano.
>Actually, we were sitting on folding chairs in the showroom floor.
>
>The 50/1.2 Canon also came in handy while riding to the concert:
>http://users.2alpha.com/~pklein/currentpics/L1002300KatyaNiteDrive.htm
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>And finally, this is what happens when you let glass artist Dale Chihuly get
>his hands on a Steinway:
>http://users.2alpha.com/~pklein/temp/L1002319-prf.jpg
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>It's very, uh, green. . .
>http://users.2alpha.com/~pklein/temp/L1002302-prf.jpg
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>M8 at 320 ISO and minus 1 stop EV compensation. 50/1.2 Canon LTM for all but
>the "inside the piano" shot, which was taken with the 35/1.4 Summilux ASPH.
>
>Enjoy!
>--Peter
>
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