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Thank you Laurie (once again) for sharing so beautifully. What a wonderful experience, Laurie. Thanks for sharing. PS - Midori wore that same dress when she performed the Britten with the San Francisco Symphony a few weeks ago. :) That sounds exciting. Thanks for sharing, Laurie. i believe that communal engagement in music is something desperately needed where i live. [or maybe i'm just desperate:*)] i love prgms that have that way of presenting some inner working of the music or some piece of history related to it. the music festival, "ClefWorks", being prepared here (Montgomery, AL.)will offer some of this i'm sure, and i just hope it entices any kind of response that allows for more opportunity and greater involvement (viz. our volunteer orchestra is almost exclusively comprised of septuagenarians or later...what's going to happen here?) perhaps something 'great' might come of the fes...or just a step in the right direction-
it's all one can ask for~
i enjoyed this blog I think Midori is not just a great player, she is totally dedicated to her art and teaching. Isn't it wonderful the way she describes greatness ? Thank you Laurie for sharing this with us. That would have been great. I'd have liked to have heard what Laura said about "surprises in Mozart." When I had to take a test once I had trouble telling Haydn from Mozart. I came up with two ways that worked for me. First, strung-together syncopations, but second, you can't tell where Mozart is going, even a few notes ahead, and you can with Haydn. If you can tell where Mozart is going, you've heard it before. In later years I recognized another way, involving a cliche he ends phrases with occasionally. An example occurs in the Sinfonia Concertante. I've always wondered where it came from, and if maybe something was even sneakily encoded in it.

I remember when Midori was a little kid. Impossible, since I'm only 25.

You're absolutely right !!! Playing Mozart requires much more from you as a violinist than Wieniawski. Thanks for sharing the Midori concert with us. You write beautifully with nuances that only a violinist would know how to phrase. Jim,

What about the element of surprise in his 94th symphony? :P

Thanks for sharing! I loved it!

When I hear that I always jump out of my seat and look around, just for authenticity. Especially if they're using original instruments. For those who doubt Jim is only 25 all I can say is, Shame on you!

Great story Laurie. Midori's Mendelssohn remains one of my favourite CDs and it was an honour to see her performing a chamber recital in Santa Cruz earlier this year.

Neil (aged 24 and a half).

PS. Some parts of this post may contain factual falsehoods. ;)

Ooh, how wonderful, everything you've written. Midori is such a mesmerizing musician to observe and listen to. Feel like I just got the chance again, reading this.