I had opera tonight. I wasn’t stressed about it at all. When I’ve done seven rehearsals and three perfomances and things have gone fine what’s to worry about, eh?
Hah!
I did a bit of warming up. Not as much as usual, though, because I was handing out music for the next Symphony Silicon Valley set [...]
There is too much emphasis on technical perfection nowadays, and not enough on what music is actually about — irony, joy, human suffering, love.
-Mstislav Rostropovich
Just a few links:
Washington Post
New York Times
Regnum News Agency
KYIV Post
Just a few videos:
Bach: Prelude, Suite No. 1 (no date given)
Bach: Bourree, Suite No. 3 (1962)
Haydn: Cello Concerto (1981, with Ozawa)
Brahms: [...]
