I just got home from a concert of chamber music at the Library of Congress. A free one, none-the-less! Listen up all you DC-ites: There are free concerts all the time at the Library of Congress. And, these are no second-rate performances. We heard chamber music performed by NSO players tonight and I will be returning soon to hear the likes of Eugenia Zukerman and the Julliard Quartet (playing my absolute favorite string quartet EVER, I might add!!). However, as usual, I had some random thoughts during the performance. First, I was reminded how incredibly silly it is to list the first tempo or directive of a movement to identify it if the work was written during the romantic period or later. I looked down at the program during a particularly fiery, appassianato section and realized that it was part of the "Molto Tranquillo" movement. So much for that.
Second, poor Mendelssohn. I feel so bad for him everytime he digs himself in a hole and gets stuck trying to get out. Fortunately for him, even the stuck music is beautiful, if not cleverly constructed.
Third, live music, particularly chamber music, is such a luxury. If I had remained in Cambria County, I would never have had the opportunity to hear such high quality music live, let alone just blocks from my house. There is something about hearing a live performance that is so refreshing for my soul. Second only to standing on the ocean's shore.
Finally, I should have been a string player. I am so physical when I play...and string players communicate so much physically... I would stick out less as a string player.
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