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April 13, 2007 |
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Maya and I settled into the plush seats of the Cincinnati's Music Hall (it really is a georgious theatre!) ready for... whatever. It was an unexpected, unplanned evening at the Symphony, thanks to our friend Scott Ross who seems to always have an extra ticket to a game or a concert. Maya and I anxiously opened our playbills to find out what we were about to hear. (Paavo Jarvi, the CSO's conductor always picks out the most interesting pieces and he really knows how to breathe life into them making even the most distant contemporary works trully enjoyable.) Maya and I looked at each other in awe when a FInish violinist Pekka Kuusisto walked out and started to play. The guy is so incredibly talented. Every note he played was completely filled with his whole being. He played a Sibelius piece as if it was his own. I mean as if he was just improvising, pulling these viruoso phrases out of his own mind and thoroughly feeling them before letting them soar. The most amazing thing about his performance was his freedom. The freedom to play and not worry about critics. He played a Bach movement as an ancor intepreting it in an utterly un-Bach-ish way, but it worked. Because he was honest. Standing there on that stage, playing a solo violin. Letting every note ring, hearing its overtones and enjoying it. Living the moment. Being true to oneself. Believing that everything is possible. Eminating God's goodness and love. I was just wandering: what are the marketing people of CSO doing not packing the place with kids who could have had an opportunity to be moved and inspired with this amazing, young guy who looks more like a "drummer of an indie band" (a quote I read somewhere) than a Sibelius violin master. At the end of the evening, Maya, Scott and I got a backstage tour (curtesy of Judy, a viola player) which ended at the Green Room. We were introduced to Pekka and Paavo and had a nice chat with them. (Unrelated to this unexpected trip to the Music Hall, in the past few days Matthew has been exploring the possibilities of performing the "Story of Christmas" there this coming Advent... Wouldn't that be cool?) |
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