Hadnt he hurt his finger then? IIRC, someone told me he had injured a finger, so he played the whole concert with two fingers and thumb and I certainly didn't notice any ill effects. Or maybe it was his LH that was injured. I cant remember, other than it was magical. In those days it was kind of rare to hear a whole concert of one composer performed on a single instrument.
On Mar 4, 2014, at 8:39 AM, Peter Danner <peter...@aol.com> wrote: > One of my previous posts referred to Hoppy Smith's 1979 album of de Visee > theorbo music. The previous year, 1978, I had found myself at the LSA seminar > held at Dominican College in San Rafael, CA, in my capacity as president of > the Lute Society of America and editor of its Journal. Hoppy was at this > seminar, and I had the good fortune to draw him for a roommate. At that time, > de Visee was very much in his active repertoire. The night before his major > concert of the week, as I was turning in after a long day, he said he hoped I > wouldn't mind if he stayed up to practice his theorbo. > > I tell you there is nothing quit so serene as being lulled to sleep by the > strains of Sylvains de Couperin as performed live by a fine player in the > same room. I have never forgotten the magic of that moment. Louis XIV himself > couldn't have had it better, Such are the privileges of office. > > Peter Danner 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
