On Dec 16, 2013, at 4:28 AM, G. Crona <[email protected]> wrote: > "Segovia at los Olivos" from 1967, when he was 75 years old, the other "The > song of the guitar" filmed in beautiful Granada, in 1976, when he was 84, > according to the liner notes. Of course you can hear that age had taken it's > toll, but nevertheless I must say impressive. I only wish, that I could be > able to play only half as well if ever reaching that ripe old age!
Wow that must mean he was 88 when I heard him in Basel in 1980. My gosh! I remember thinking it looked like he would barely make it to the chair in the center of the stage. I expected him to have memory lapses and mistakes. I was floored. He played beautifully. Someone sitting in the front row didnt like his seat so switched with me at intermission. The second half I watched from the front row! Same year, I hitchhiked or took a train up to Frankfurt to hear Bream. I even had a few words with him after the concert when he came out to pick up his footstool. But isnt it wonderful how in the lute world we can hang out with our heros at lute seminars? Not gonna happen in the rock world. Ed Durbrow Saitama, Japan http://www.youtube.com/user/edurbrow?feature=watch https://soundcloud.com/ed-durbrow http://www9.plala.or.jp/edurbrow/ -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
