On 13.01.2007 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Richter was invited to play at Stalin's funeral, and he played only Bach, since he knew how much Stalin hated Bach. After enduring as much of this as he could, one of Stalin's henchmen said, in a voice loud enough for Richter to hear, "Who wrote this shit?"
The funniest thing about this particular gig is this: the pedal of the piano was squeaking, so Richter went down to take a look only to scare the shit out of all the security men, who thought he was planting a bomb under the piano...
He tells this story in the interview film "Richter, the Enigma", a worthwhile watch for anyone.
Johannes -- http://www.musikmanufaktur.com http://www.camerata-berolinensis.de _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
