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Where's Jim? I hear he's a good editor. Jim? Comments, suggestions? ..."nausea at the ennui of hipster life"...

Heh Heh. Being uncool is a fortunate thing!!! It also saves a lot of rubles.

Glad you enjoyed the concert. I have been lucky enough to hear live, or back up, many incredible pianists, and yes, the music just oozes through them. I haven't heard Denk live, and now I wish that I could!

He's a good writer, eh? ((Said in a grudging tone laced with equal parts envy and admiration.)) OK, fine.

"Terez, your fabulous blog entry just sizzles off the page! Two thumbs up! It made me wish I were there!"

Actually, your blogs are good, and the interaction is priceless. Well done. By the way, how are Jake's feet? I have been terribly worried about him...

>"Terez, your fabulous blog entry just sizzles off the page! Two thumbs up! It made me wish I were there!"

Oh, stop, you! Honest, I wasn't fishing for compliments. But hey, I'm shameless, so I'll take it. : )

On Jake's feet: one paw has still got this blasted fungus, I think. But it's not getting any worse, so this is when I repeat to myself that he is a turtle. Just a turtle. And I can't babysit him forever. This, however, does not preclude me from taking him out to the front yard for our "scales time" every day for 20 minutes. I don't know what we'll do when the extended cold weather comes. Oh, heck, this is California. Extended cold weather still means sunshine every third day, afternoon temps in the 60's and not the 80's. He'll just want to hibernate. A fine idea, I have to say.

He is really funny. Professional pianists writing about the Energizer Bunny? And "don't forget to come in"? Priceless. Thanks for sharing that with us. And your own writing too! It is so lively and fun. Glad you liked Denk. A couple of years ago, I had an opportunity to interact with him a bit at the Hampden-Sydney Music Festival in Virginia where he was the pianist in residence and see him play some chamber music. Nice man and excellent musician. He did a good job of coaching some of the less experienced chamber musicians. Good to hear that Jake is OK.

Next blog opener: "It was a dark and stormy night..."

(Insert smiley face here).

Greetings,
Shouldn`t it be `a dark and stormy knight...?`
Cheers,
Buri I'm glad you weren't disappointed by the substitute for Perlman. Judging from your description, Denk must be fabulous. I've often had, and sometimes tried to describe in my blog, the emotional and bodily reaction of the listeners to the performer, and you described it beautifully. Something like the energy goes from the composer to the performer, out through the auditorium, and then into and through us. It is quite magic, isn't it?

IMHO, you write better than Denk.

Buri, you are thinking of Clive Owen. (That's not a bad idea, actually).

How 'bout this:

"In human affairs cause and effect often behave not like the inseparable twins science says they are but like two harebrains never even acquainted." -Chaper One, Page One, "Rumbin Galleries" by Booth Tarkington, 1936.

Aw, Pauline, thanks for the nice comments. (And remember, I got fueled to write my comments by reading your own Beethoven concert musings.)

And I love what you wrote here:
>... the energy goes from the composer to the performer, out through the auditorium, and then into and through us. It is quite magic, isn't it?

Magic, indeed. How lucky we all are to have the ability to access it.

>Shouldn`t it be `a dark and stormy knight...?

Okay, Buri, I'll make it one better: "He was a dark and stormy knight."

Anne - Clive Owen, bingo. Oh my, yes.