is an old story , but I like .
(It's an old story, But I like it.)
It was 7:51 Friday January 12 2007 of in rush hour in the station of meters of L'Enfant Plaza in Washington DC . In the following 43 minutes, while the best violinist world played six classical pieces, 1,097 people passed before he unattended.
(It Was 7:51 a.m. on Friday, January 12, the middle of the morning rush hour, at L'Enfant Plaza station Wahsington in DC. In the next 43 minutes, as Joshua Bell, the best classical musician in the world, performer six classical pieces, 1,097 people pass by Without Noticing him.)
Bell played :
• "Chaconne " score for solo violin No. 2, BWV 1004, in D minor by Johann Sebastian Bach
• " Ave Maria" by Franz Schubert
• "Estrellita " of Manuel Ponce
• a piece by Jules Massenet
• a Bach gavotte of
• and again " Chaconne."
(Bell performer: "Chaconne" from Johann Sebastian Bach's Partita No. 2 in D Minor, Franz Schubert's "Ave Maria," Manuel Ponce's "Estrellita," a piece by Jules Massenet, Bach gavotte and the final piece to reprise of "Chaconne.")
Joshua Bell always plays the same violin the Gibson ex Huberman Stradivarius , hand made to in 1713 during The "Golden Age" Italian master. Bell bought in the year 2001 . Had to sell his own Strad Tom Taylor and borrow much of the remaining amount is said that the price was about $ 3.5 million .
(Joshua Bell always Performs on the Same violin: the Gibson ex Huberman Stradivarius, handcrafted in 1713 During The Italian master's "golden period." Bell Bought it in 2001. I Had to Sell His Own Tom Taylor Strad and borrow much of the rest. The price tag WAS Reported to Be about $ 3.5 million.)
At three minutes of start playing, Bell received his first donation. A woman left one U.S. dollar and hurried away. It took six minutes action to stop someone truth and listen a moment before leaving quickly.
(Three minutes after I started playing, Bell got his first donation. A woman Threw in a buck and scooted off. Until It Was Not Into The performance six minutes someone That Actually Stood Against a wall, and listened for a little while Before rushing out.)
The Things did not improve much later. In three quarters time that Joshua Bell played, seven people stopped what they were doing to stop and enjoy the action, at least one minute . Twenty-seven gave money, most of them passing - a total of $ 32 . That means that 1,070 people walked past him without paying attention . Only one person recognized Bell , and that was almost the end .
(Things never got much better. In the three-quarters of an hour That Joshua Bell played, seven people stopped What They Were doing to hang around and take in the performance, at least for a minute. Twenty-seven Gave money, Most of Them on the run - for a total of $ 32 and change. That leaves the People Who 1.070 hurried by. Exactly one person only Recognized Bell, and She Did not arrive Until near the very end.)
A curious fact: every time a child spent nearly is stopped to watch. And, increasingly, came a father to pick and quickly put him .
(Something funny: Every single time a child Walked past, I or she tried to stop and watch. And Every single time, a parent scooted the kid away.)
¿ Qué podemos decir ?
(What can we say?)
Esta es una de las piezas que Bell tocó en el metro: el " Ave María " de Schubert, esta vez acompañado por la orquesta de St. Luke's .
(This is one of the pieces played by Bell in the subway, Schubert's "Ave Maria", this time with the Orchestra of St. Luke's.)
Como dijo Tito Livio : "Todas things will be clear and sharp for a man who does not hurry; haste is blind. "
(As Titus Livius eleven said:" All Things Will Be clear and distinct to the Man Who Does Not hurry, haste is blind. ")
great weekend ... And not hasten .
(Have a nice weekend! ... And Do Not hurry up!)
source : Pearls Before Breakfast
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