After wandering among Native America ruins near Los Alamos, I visited
the Georgia O'Keeffe Museum in Santa Fe. It just so happened that
cellist Matt Haimovitz, who likes to perform in non-traditional venues,
was giving a recital there. He played the Bach Cello Suite No. 5 in C
minor. I spent some time just listening, and some time looking at
paintings that provided counterpoint to the music i was hearing. I took
a few pictures, too.
Here is Mr. Haimovitz playing. He is using an iPad as a music stand.
He's playing off a facsimile of the oldest surviving manuscript of the
Suite, copied by Bach's wife, Anna Magdelena Bach. I spoke to him
afterwards, and he told me he found that it helped him tune into the
composer's intentions. (Click on photo to enlarge).
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I liked the composition of his empty cello case sitting in a nook in the
gallery.
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And I liked the subtle differences of color in the skylights in an
adjacent gallery:
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After the concert, Mr. Haimovitz talks to a friend before his next gig.
He played at a local brewery later that evening. More power to him!
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In addition to Georgia O'Keeffe's paintings, the museum displayed
numerous photographs of Ms. O'Keeffe by various photographers, most
notably black and whites by her husband, Alfred Stieglitz.
--Peter
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