On Jan 20, 2007, at 3:00 AM, Johannes Gebauer wrote:
On 20.01.2007 Andrew Stiller wrote:
No, I meant what I said and I said what I meant. To finger a note on
the G string, he wrapped his RH all the way around the back of the
neck and across all the other strings.
Either I don't understand what you are saying, or this is the normal
way to play a violin.
I have a picture of him playing somewhere, I'll look it up, it should
be pretty obvious.
And Dennis Collins supplied an online photo.
That picture doesn't show K's wrist, which he held sharply bent, not
straight as in the normal playing posture.
I saw him play thus through numerous rehearsals and 3 performances,
often from just a few meters away, and at various angles. I'm as sure
of this as anyone can be of any memory--and it's a story I've been
telling for decades, including ~12 years ago on this list!
However, I realize that I cannot personally testify to anything more
than the hand position. I was *told* that he used a normal violin, but
apparently I was misinformed: see
http://www.cozio.com/Instrument.aspx?id=1478 .
A shock: while researching this online, I found that the 1967
performance of the Schoenberg concerto in wh. I participated has now
been issued commercially on CD. It's part of a large, boxed,
commemorative set of Kolisch recordings, remastered and digitally
cleaned up.
Andrew Stiller
Kallisti Music Press
http://home.netcom.com/~kallisti/
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