elgar's cello concerto

i heard and saw Elgar's cello concerto in E minor played before my eyes this evening... in the Usher Hall.... and i am awe-struck and overwhelmed by the technical brilliance exhibited for such a difficult piece. it is really quite an experience seeing it performed live.... the only other time i've seen and heard it up-close enough was watching the film 'Jackie and Hilary'. hmmmm??i'd close my eyes and try to recall the various tones seeping in, the streams of harmony and lyrically emotional phrases, all manifesting themselves and reverberating in the hall.... i loved the loud solo chords that bellowed from the very quaint and antique cello that the soloist Ralph Kirshbaum played...and the orchestra merging themselves beautifully, conversing, reinforcing, questioning, coaxing and embracing.... this concerto is so touching...the notes sounded by the musicians and particularly those expressed by the soloist, pluck and bow your heart-strings too as the players their instruments. it's so amazing to see people playing with all their heart, soul and breath....breathe in and then sing yet another remarkably articulated phrase, sometimes expressing melancholy?sometimes agitation, at times reflective and pensive.... absolutely mind-blowing.

i think composers are such brilliant people? like artists and writers who are equally remarkable in their trades? they conjure these lurid scenes and with subtle changes in the blending of harmonics and tones they tug your emotional palette? akin to the natural variations in the blending of light and hues which exposes one to different sunsets? as a finale to their captivating performance, the Scottish Chamber Orchestra provided a beautiful rendition of Vaughan Williams? 5th Symphony? and i was briefly transported into an idyllic woodland?wherein i embraced the morning that was just appearing anew.

?i would love to have music all my life, to live it, and to be able to play it as i feel from within..