Saturday, September 03, 2005

Mendelssohn

As she played on the violin... the notes literally soared across the Esplanade Concert Hall... gracefully her bow stroked across the strings... dexterosity! I was thoroughly submersed in the Mendelssohn Violin Concerto (E-minor). It's my favorite. That's why I actually took the pains of going down to Esplanade to watch it. This is the first time I've watched Mendelssohn's... was thoroughly amazed since I heard it on recordings... including Yehudi Menuhin's. He's my favorite violinist, btw.
The violinist was a really young prodigy... she is (I think) born 1987. But the skills she displayed in the smooth bowings... fine and round, full tones... the confidence (despite moments of anxiety and sweaty palms)... showed she can hold her own in front of the SSO. The encore technical music was particularly stunning. I thought she represented a small quartet in the piece... left-hand pizz coupled with fused chords. Wow! :) I love the experience in the concert.
Bruckner was boring. ++
Anyway... I've been having a great time in the past week catching up with wonderful friends over dinner/lunch/chit-chats... it's about time to 'kick' in my engines!


dk scribbled
8:15 AM
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