David, By "superbly reconditioned by Steinway about 27 years ago" do you mean Steinway London, or someone associated with Steinway in Glasgow? Just curious... Allen Wright On May 18, 2008, at 2:06 PM, David Boyce wrote: > OK, so, last night I went to hear Angela Hewitt playing Book 1 of > Bach's Well-tempered Klavier at City Halls, Glasgow. > > I've been to lots of recitals over the years. This was just about > the most joyous, moving and uplifting ever. Ms Hewitt's preludes > and fugues were profound, spiritual, considered, moving, never > mechanical, never affected. > > As I hoped, she played a Fazioli (her own?) and though I have > played them, and have CDs of them, this was the first time I have > heard one live in recital. I had a good seat, about twelve feet > away from the piano. City Halls Glasgow has a legendary acoustic. > It was completely refurbished a couple of years ago. > > The tuner came on it the interval to tweak. I didn't speak to him > as there was quite a bit of interest in the Fazioli and a good few > people went up to the stage - some on to it - to look at the piano > and chat to the tuner. (the stage is fairly low). > > Ms Hewitt used all three pedals. The piano sound was superb. I've > sometimes felt that Faziolis in recordings I've heard sound rather > cold somehow. So it was interesting to listen in live recital. > Having played a few of them myself I know that they feel > fantastically even and the tone quality is equally fantastically > even and well-balanced. In recital it was a delight to listen to. > > Only the fact that I have another appointment prevents me from > going back on Monday to hear Book 2. If you're in the UK, go! > > Yesterday afternoon I tuned the beautiful Steinway B in the local > theatre, for performance of Scots light baritone Peter Morrison > (his mother taught beside my late Aunt). The Steinway there is from > the 1880s but was superbly reconditioned by Steinway about 27 years > ago, and it's wonderful. A friend who went to the concert last > night told me this morning that Peter Morrison commented favourably > on the wonderful piano......it's all in the tuning, of course! > > Best regards, > > David. > Allen Wright London, UK http://www.broadjam.com/akwright -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20080518/3e610eb4/attachment.html
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