Rostropovich is dead

Post by jb » Fri Apr 27, 2007 7:10 am

sigh.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/27/arts/ ... =1&_r=1&hp

Billy's Little Trip · Post by **Billy's Little Trip** » Fri Apr 27, 2007 9:46 am

RIP. He leaves behind a great legacy.

roymond · Post by **roymond** » Fri Apr 27, 2007 9:53 am

I saw him a couple times, but missed these antics (from the NYTimes obit):

He also had a sense of humor that often cut through the sobriety of the concert atmosphere. He sometimes surprised his accompanists by pasting centerfolds from adult magazines into the scores from which they would be performing. At a concert celebrating the 50th anniversary of the National Symphony, he dressed as Haydn, in a wig and livery, to conduct the “Toy” Symphony. And at the San Francisco Symphony’s 70th birthday tribute to Isaac Stern, he played “The Swan” movement from Saint-Saëns’s “Carnival of the Animals” attired in white tights, a ballet tutu, a swan-like headdress and red lipstick.

Niveous · Post by **Niveous** » Fri Apr 27, 2007 10:58 am

Sounds like I would've dug this guy.

Any suggested listening I should search out?

frankie big face · Post by **frankie big face** » Sat Apr 28, 2007 3:16 pm

The Bach Cello Suites & the Dvorak Cello Concerto would be a good primer.

Märk · Post by **Märk** » Sat Apr 28, 2007 10:14 pm

Okay, who had no fuckin' idea who Rostro.. this guy was before reading this? (raises hand)

frankie big face · Post by **frankie big face** » Sun Apr 29, 2007 5:18 am

Sven wrote:Okay, who had no fuckin' idea who Rostro.. this guy was before reading this? (raises hand)

You really would have no reason to know him unless you were very into classical music or play the cello seriously. I would think very few people would recognize the name, frankly.

Billy's Little Trip · Sun Apr 29, 2007 12:03 pm

frankie big face wrote:I would think very few people would recognize the name, frankly.

[Sven]Yeah, frankly is an odd name.[/Sven]

obscurity · Post by **obscurity** » Sun Apr 29, 2007 1:21 pm

I thought everyone knew that the correct formation of that joke is "...and don't call me Frankly!".

Billy's Little Trip · Post by **Billy's Little Trip** » Mon Apr 30, 2007 1:48 pm

obscurity wrote:I thought everyone knew that the correct formation of that joke is "...and don't call me Frankly!".

Shirley you know that's too cliche and unoriginal.

obscurity · Post by **obscurity** » Mon Apr 30, 2007 2:10 pm

Billy's Little Trip wrote: Shirley you know that's too cliche and unoriginal. :mrgreen:

Hey man, a tradition's a tradition.

Billy's Little Trip · Post by **Billy's Little Trip** » Mon Apr 30, 2007 3:32 pm

obscurity wrote:
Billy's Little Trip wrote: Shirley you know that's too cliche and unoriginal.
Hey man, a tradition's a tradition.

Then why didn't you end your sentence with, "and don't call me Shirley"?
.....dang, I set you up for the spike and you missed it.

j$ · Post by j$ » Tue May 01, 2007 2:49 pm

frankie big face wrote:
Sven wrote:Okay, who had no fuckin' idea who Rostro.. this guy was before reading this? (raises hand)
You really would have no reason to know him unless you were very into classical music or play the cello seriously. I would think very few people would recognize the name, frankly.

Well, although it's a bit clangy, I knew him personally like, through some work colleagues, and if it helps get over the loss, in real life he was a bit of a grumpy prima donna. Not disimiliar to me

Although he certainly knew one end of the cello from the other, so to speak.

bean... · Post by **bean...** » Sat Jun 16, 2007 8:40 pm

Shostakovich Quartet 2 Op 68, Waltz