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Rachmaninoff
Posted: Sat Mar 20, 2010 3:28 pm
by kilted2000
Re: Rachmaninoff
Posted: Sat Mar 20, 2010 3:51 pm
by Jordan Marc
Rachmaninoff, brilliant composer and superb pianist that he was, had a peculiar idiosyncrasy while living in America. No matter how much he was offered for a concert or recital at Carnegie Hall on any given Sunday, he flatly refused. The reason? Rachmaninoff didn't want to miss the Jack Benny radio show.
JMB
Re: Rachmaninoff
Posted: Sat Mar 20, 2010 4:50 pm
by kilted2000
Jordan Marc wrote:Rachmaninoff, brilliant composer and superb pianist that he was, had a peculiar idiosyncrasy while living in America. No matter how much he was offered for a concert or recital at Carnegie Hall on any given Sunday, he flatly refused. The reason? Rachmaninoff didn't want to miss the Jack Benny radio show.
JMB
Sounds like the man had his priorities straight.
Re: Rachmaninoff
Posted: Sat Mar 20, 2010 9:08 pm
by Costi
Charming, kilted - thanks for posting this. So many great men reach an apparent simplicity of the soul through refinement (rather than simplicity from being crude). It is an alchemic process that cannot be faked or rushed. But the catalyst - the aspiration to grace - has to be there.