[f_minor] Van Cliburn

[David Pelletier]

Remember him playing at Boston's Bi-Centennial concert at the Hatch Shell to 400,000 people along with Arthur Fiedler & the Boston Pops. Yes he played his hit. And not a peep in that huge crowd while he did. Totally awesome. Legends making legends.
David P

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On Feb 28, 2013, at 10:14 AM, michael macelletti <mmacelletti at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> sad about cliburn.  a truly great pianist . cliburn is to the romantics what serkin is to mozart concerti, brendel is to schubert sonatas, and, of course, gould is to bach.   and a great human being. playing for every president since eisenhower. and causing the hate, during the cold war, to thaw a bit by being such a source of good will between russia and america.  sort of need more like him, don't we. 
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> From: Pat <pzumst at bluewin.ch>
> To: f_minor at glenngould.org
> Sent: Wed, February 27, 2013 5:51:33 PM
> Subject: Re: [f_minor] Van Cliburn
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> Fox News ? /snort...i didn’t even know they can spell “classical”....
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> Article from NPR, american public broadcaster, antidote to Fox
> http://www.npr.org/blogs/deceptivecadence/2013/02/27/173061668/remembering-van-cliburn-a-giant-among-pianists-and-a-cold-war-idol
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> From: Kpapademas at aol.com
> Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2013 11:31 PM
> To: f_minor at glenngould.org
> Subject: [f_minor] Van Cliburn
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>  
> Just looked at the news: http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2013/02/27/van-cliburn-deadl-american-classical-pianist-was-78/
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> and http://www.fwweekly.com/2013/02/27/r-i-p-van-cliburn/ (Gould cited).
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> Van Cliburn has passed away.
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> K
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