[CAUT] How long is too long?

[Paul T Williams]

Alan, thanks for the alert on Feltzman!!


I hope it goes well also!,  Maybe he should have listened to more 
Rubenstein! If he wants it lower, the only thing we can do is take the 
piano off the piano truck...Lord, I pray he doesn't want that! This piano 
has lots of power, but is not bright at all.  I will not/nor can not "make 
it brighter" in one afternoon ;>) We've got it just they way we want it, 
so it'll have to do.  On the downside, this will make him pound harder to 
get the sound he thinks is good.

Not looking forward to this one, sadly.  On a bright note, Jon Nakamatsu 
is coming soon ...Great guy and easily pleased.

Thanks (I think), for the tips....and..er..warning.

Best,
Paul

Ted and Larry and Ann, heads up for this one! Read the warning below...




From:
"McCoy, Alan" <amccoy at ewu.edu>
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Date:
10/25/2010 12:14 PM
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Re: [CAUT] How long is too long?



Hi Paul,

Mr Feltsman has come and gone. He plays too hard for my taste, but he 
didn’t break any strings. His Brahms 2nd was a powerful, but not a 
sensitive interpretation. He was here a few years ago and I would say the 
same thing about his Tchaikovsky 2nd. Listening to that concert from the 
second row I wondered if the piano would be left in a heap of rubble after 
he was done (lesson learned from that one - never again sit so close to 
the piano for a piano concerto). I wouldn’t characterize it as abusive; 
just hard and heavy playing. He likes a bright piano and he likes a low 
sitting position. We had a spare set of legs, which I shortened by one 
inch for him. Being a short guy I had to bring out the other bench while I 
tuned the piano. Way too low for me.

Good luck. I hope it goes well. 

Alan


From: Alan McCoy <amccoy at ewu.edu>
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Date: Wed, 20 Oct 2010 17:21:51 -0700
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Hi Paul,

It’s been a couple years since he was here. I’ll get back to you Monday 
after I’ve had a refresher.

Alan


From: Paul T Williams <pwilliams4 at unlnotes.unl.edu>
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Date: Wed, 20 Oct 2010 13:48:46 -0700
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What can you tell me about him?  I hear he gives the piano a real work 
out! 

Paul 



From: "McCoy, Alan" <amccoy at ewu.edu> 
To: CAUTlist <caut at ptg.org> 
Date: 10/20/2010 03:37 PM 
Subject: Re: [CAUT] How long is too long? 



Funny you should mention this. I’ll be working with Vladimir Feltsman 
tomorrow night. But, whew,  for us he’s playing only one concerto – Brahms 
2nd. He’s always interesting. Worth stressing over, I think. Good luck and 
enjoy the concert.

Alan


-- Alan McCoy, RPT
Eastern Washington University
amccoy at ewu.edu <amccoy at ewu.edu> 



From: Paul T Williams <pwilliams4 at unlnotes.unl.edu <
pwilliams4 at unlnotes.unl.edu> >
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Date: Wed, 20 Oct 2010 13:30:23 -0700
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Subject: Re: [CAUT] How long is too long?

Yes, Susan, I get overly anxious about these things when so many other 
things are happening at the same time.  Feltzman is at Lied next week, 
using all 3 of their grands...Two B's and the D over there for master 
classes, practice and performance.  There is also the student grad and 
undergrad concerto competitions happening Sunday, Monday, and 
Wednesday-using 2 pianos tuned together each night.  My favorite DMA 
student has a performance Tuesday eve on this new Steinway project, the 
same night as Feltzman. I'm not freaking out over one piano, but 6. So, 
I'm not stressing out about just one performance!  You can understand the 
pressure, I'm sure. It's not as bad as our Liszt Fest last spring with our 
central west regional conference was happening and to top it all off, my 
father in law passing away all the same week, but it's close.  This kind 
of stuff happens about twice per year.  The rest of the time, I'm pretty 
laid back and unstressed. 

Paul 

 




From: Susan Kline <skline at peak.org <skline at peak.org> > 
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Date: 10/20/2010 12:13 PM 
Subject: Re: [CAUT] How long is too long? 



On 10/20/2010 5:42 AM, Paul T Williams wrote: 
That would be in a perfect world!  The piano is being used on Saturday. 
Now that fall break is over, I have until noon today, then just a couple 
hours on Thursday morning and Friday morning.  It should work. (unless it 
doesn't!)  Worse case scenario would be that they have to use the Baldwin 
D on Saturday, but it's a fine piano and these aren't piano majors 
performing, just accompanying.  Paul 

Have you ever noticed that so often we tend to run on anxiety, fighting 
deadlines, as if something is crucial, but in retrospect, all "FAILURE" 
would mean was that someone would play an accompaniment on a Baldwin D 
which was not a bad piano either? 

You know, every time we stress out several days over nothing much (and I 
surely do that as often as anyone!) we lose a little health and longevity? 
Cortisol has its price.

Susan Kline 







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