What fun it was to spend the last few days in Chicago and I wanted to take a quick moment to post some photos from the trip.
WFMT, Guest Host
Friday, 1/8/2010
That's WFMT announcer Kerry Frumkin on the left. He did an outstanding job and was a wonderful host.
I am so happy to be appearing on WFMT today as a guest host alongside Kerry Frumkin. For those in the Chicago area, you can listen on 98.7FM and for everyone else, you can tune in online or even through your smartphone! WFMT has instructions here. If possible, I’ll see about posting an archived copy of the show once it is available.
A colleague sent me the “Welcome Address to Freshman Parents” delivered by Karl Paulnack, pianist and director of music division at Boston Conservatory. I found Mr. Paulnack’s words to be quite inspiring and wanted to share them with everyone here.
~ Lynn
Read MoreJust a quick post to point out that I have added a video page to the website. This is an ongoing project to post as much video from performances, masterclasses, and more that I can. Once each new offering is uploaded, I’ll post the video here.
If you have any suggestions or requests, please leave them as a comment.
There are violin dealers out there who scour the schools and prestigious music festivals in search of innocent young very promising string players for the purpose of cultivating a prospective sale of one of their fine instruments that they may own or have “on consignment.” This I have no problems with since, as a string player, one of the great joys of a life in classical music is to own a great instrument from one of the masters of the Cremonese or Venetian or Brescian periods.
What I take issue with is the implied necessity of one of these priceless masterpieces in making a career. So a young player before he/she is near full potential musically or technically or earning power is led to believe that without that Stradivari or Guarneri they will not be able to compete and their very career will be in jeopardy. Throughout the entirety of my more than 50 year playing career I have yet to encounter a string player under the age of 20 with enough knowledge, musicality, and technique to bring everything out of a master instrument.
Read MoreAlthough I’ve had a YouTube channel for awhile, I’ve recently started to upload new content. I’ll be posting select items in an upcoming media page but in the meantime you can view the new videos at http://www.youtube.com/user/lynnharrell.
And please accept my apologies for not posting anything new for a short while, the travel schedule has been full but I’m putting the final touches on a new post about the differences between performing on an instrument from the Cremonese or Venetian or Brescian period as opposed to one from a living maker.
Welcome to my blog. I am a 67 year old solo cellist who has been touring the world for the last 40 years playing almost everywhere of note in the classical music scene alongside many of the greatest musicians. Over all these years, I have accumulated many stories, opinions, and insights, and gifts of the spirit as well as objects. It has been and still is incredibly inspiring work and even though I consider myself “techno-challenged” I wanted to have an outlet to share everything.
