http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/viola/ The Viola List Wed, 10 Feb 2010 11:49:17 GMT Peter Gross http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/viola/message/59403 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/viola/message/59403 mercury, eh? Department of 'Don't try this at home, children'..... ... -- Peter B Gross Social Protection Consultant tel: +37068627702 (Lithuania, does not Wed, 10 Feb 2010 11:28:16 GMT John Harding http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/viola/message/59402 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/viola/message/59402 I seem to remember some years ago someone suggesting that Paganini's virtuosity was helped by super-flexible finger joints, the result of erosion of cartilage Wed, 10 Feb 2010 01:27:45 GMT Ann Roggen http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/viola/message/59401 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/viola/message/59401 yeah-it seems as though they can only make a name for themselves when they are extremely critical of our efforts... so what's to like? ;) Ann ... From: Don Tue, 09 Feb 2010 22:15:11 GMT Garth Kennedy http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/viola/message/59400 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/viola/message/59400 Actually NW Suburban Chicago. Tue, 09 Feb 2010 21:51:48 GMT Ruthann Biel http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/viola/message/59399 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/viola/message/59399 By googling her area code, I found out that she is in Illinois. The city/town would probably help people answer you. ... -- Ruthann Biel, mother, stitcher, Tue, 09 Feb 2010 21:22:09 GMT donna chung http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/viola/message/59398 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/viola/message/59398 Hi VIOLA GROUP! I'm having a tough time finding a true "viola" teacher in my area. Seems that every violin teacher in the area also teaches viola; even violin Tue, 09 Feb 2010 21:20:14 GMT bgrasso1 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/viola/message/59397 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/viola/message/59397 I am looking for a cd with the viola duo version of Edmund Rubbra's Meditations on a Byzantine Hymn. After a web search, the solo version seems to be easily Tue, 09 Feb 2010 19:00:22 GMT Don Ehrlich http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/viola/message/59396 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/viola/message/59396 I just always have the feeling that the critics are the enemy. Don Tue, 09 Feb 2010 03:55:18 GMT Myron Rosenblum http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/viola/message/59395 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/viola/message/59395 Hi Bernie, Ah yes, Charlotte Moorman. I knew Charlotte well, met her soon after she moved to NYC from Little Rock and started doing free-lance serious stuff. Tue, 09 Feb 2010 03:49:48 GMT Steven http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/viola/message/59394 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/viola/message/59394 Hi Everyone, I will be having my bow re-haired tomorrow morning and will try the Mach One if he has it in stock. I will post a note about how it goes. I have Tue, 09 Feb 2010 02:18:26 GMT Phillip Rose http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/viola/message/59393 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/viola/message/59393 Sorry to beat Myron to the punch here, but that was Max Reger. Brainyquote backs me up on this one: Tue, 09 Feb 2010 01:17:26 GMT Bernard Zaslav http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/viola/message/59392 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/viola/message/59392 Myron, There used to be a second-string music critic on the NY Times in the 60s (er,19, that is) who would often be asleep when I left the hall. I know you Mon, 08 Feb 2010 21:52:02 GMT Scott Slapin http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/viola/message/59391 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/viola/message/59391 Thanks to all who wrote! Just having listened again to Bernie and Naomi's Dvorak the other day, I can't believe that anyone could find any fault with it at Mon, 08 Feb 2010 19:45:55 GMT Myron Rosenblum http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/viola/message/59390 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/viola/message/59390 Dear Scott, Having grown up in NYC, heard lots of concerts by major and minor artists over the years in the great halls, and having read many reviews of the Mon, 08 Feb 2010 19:00:45 GMT Bernard Zaslav http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/viola/message/59389 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/viola/message/59389 This reminds me of Alfred Wallenstein. I believe he had been 1st cello under Toscanini in the NY Phil and was much favored by soloists of that era because he