very romantic in interpretation, but i love it nonetheless! i think violists can get away with romantic interpretations anyway because otherwise, it is hard to make the instrument speak!
@Bubbles42313 perhaps 4'10"? Regarding the proportions of her viola, I don't recall it being particularly large. She did have what I considered a very unusual left hand technique. She insisted on the thumb being well forward of the opposing second finger, and she made use of second position far more than the norm. This was tough on my large paws (11th reach on piano), but to her, no other technique was acceptable.
She was so short that she used to walk completely under my instrument as I played my lessons (Aspen '74). She was as fierce a teacher as she was a performer. I remember being absolutely mortified at my second lesson when she scolded me for not improving enough in the intervening week; you *did not* want to disappoint her.
What a fierce player she was. She was quite short. I am 5'2" and I towered over her. However there was no way she could have played an 18" viola. My recollection was of a viola around 16", perhaps less but quite wide. She was an unique figure in string history.
She did indeed own a huge viola by Gasparo da Salo. However, I understand that she did most of her playing on a Matteo Gofriller and later a Maggini, both of which were of more modest proportions. She was a stunning violist.
She was a tiny (5' max, and I believe shorter) woman who (at least in the 1960s) played a HUGE(!!!) viola (I believe 18", possible more). She was dwarfed by it. Yet, she attacked it with an intrepid ferocity that brought out a fabulously large and beautiful tone with an extremely wide range of expression. She was the first violist to ever record the complete 6 Suites for Unaccompanied Cello (on viola). Great violist, brilliant pedagogue. (also composer of works for viola).
very romantic in interpretation, but i love it nonetheless! i think violists can get away with romantic interpretations anyway because otherwise, it is hard to make the instrument speak!
1976DSCH 3 days ago
Wow
STFine 1 month ago
wow my old teacher wonderful
49testsamiam49 1 month ago
I can't even imagine this live
violaXplayer 3 months ago 2
good lord- almost sounds better than the cello--its arguable for sure...
PRODIGYat43 3 months ago
@Bubbles42313 perhaps 4'10"? Regarding the proportions of her viola, I don't recall it being particularly large. She did have what I considered a very unusual left hand technique. She insisted on the thumb being well forward of the opposing second finger, and she made use of second position far more than the norm. This was tough on my large paws (11th reach on piano), but to her, no other technique was acceptable.
jhertzbe 5 months ago
After listening to this... I might just have to walk down the aisle to it at my wedding
Effexxor 7 months ago
She was so short that she used to walk completely under my instrument as I played my lessons (Aspen '74). She was as fierce a teacher as she was a performer. I remember being absolutely mortified at my second lesson when she scolded me for not improving enough in the intervening week; you *did not* want to disappoint her.
jhertzbe 9 months ago 4
@jhertzbe how Tall was Lillian?
Bubbles42313 5 months ago
What a fierce player she was. She was quite short. I am 5'2" and I towered over her. However there was no way she could have played an 18" viola. My recollection was of a viola around 16", perhaps less but quite wide. She was an unique figure in string history.
eravnan 9 months ago
Incredible
bagler101 9 months ago
Very good
brunbratsche 10 months ago
On Bach's birthday...thank you Miss Fuchs. I miss you every day!
arthurkrieck 11 months ago
All cellists and violists, let us simply bow at the feet of this incredible offering of Prelude 6.
m7celia 11 months ago
She did indeed own a huge viola by Gasparo da Salo. However, I understand that she did most of her playing on a Matteo Gofriller and later a Maggini, both of which were of more modest proportions. She was a stunning violist.
ebberesford 1 year ago
Lush and lovely! A delight which I keep repeating.
seattleladt 1 year ago
How about those 16th notes towards the end!! Amazing.
MTurner7 1 year ago
She was a tiny (5' max, and I believe shorter) woman who (at least in the 1960s) played a HUGE(!!!) viola (I believe 18", possible more). She was dwarfed by it. Yet, she attacked it with an intrepid ferocity that brought out a fabulously large and beautiful tone with an extremely wide range of expression. She was the first violist to ever record the complete 6 Suites for Unaccompanied Cello (on viola). Great violist, brilliant pedagogue. (also composer of works for viola).
ivsymph 1 year ago
The greatest violist ever.
buxter 1 year ago