tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post1518607240588776120..comments2024-03-25T15:07:41.959+00:00Comments on Nigeness: RichterNigehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13314891387515045404noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-85712999396037043852022-03-21T14:35:53.473+00:002022-03-21T14:35:53.473+00:00Yes Ricardo - what a pianist! I saw him toward the...Yes Ricardo - what a pianist! I saw him toward the end of his life in London, using a score and yes, a single small spotlight. In my case it was an act of homage as much as a strong desire to hear him live. And so it turned out. Gone was the leonine forward motion, replaced by what I felt at the time was an air of autumnal resignation. When he rose to bow to the packed audience he looked rather puzzled, as if wondering what all these people were doing in his room. But, at the end, that wonderful Beethovenian head rose, and, fronted by the famously grumpy visage,broke into the merest wisp of a smile, and he was gone. An enigma to the last.mahlermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14469854614938507153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-28159363487546769792022-03-20T17:20:54.803+00:002022-03-20T17:20:54.803+00:00What a pianist!What a pianist!ricardohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07459143499003220529noreply@blogger.com