enraptured

i had the honour of hearing Sarah Chang perform live in the Usher Hall this evening... and she had me spellbound with her mindblowing and dazzling rendition of DVOR?K's Violin Concerto which she played together with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra. no words are enough to describe her remarkable talent, confidence, and grace... although i already have a CD ("The Ultimate Violin Collection" by EMI Classics) which includes some of the tracks from her Debut recording, featuring her playing the works of Sarasate, Paganini and Khachaturian, among the other great violinists like Sir Yehudi Menuhin, Nigel Kennedy, Michael Rabin and Anne-Sofie Mutter, i got myself two of her recent recordings during the interval: DVOR?K and Sweet Sorrow and shyly requested her to autograph on the cover of the former... i felt small and insignificant as i waited patiently in front of the virtuoso who was trying to rekindle the flow of ink from her silver pen and summoned just enough courage to tell her how amazing it was to watch her play from up where i was sitting... but i had a thousand other thoughts which i couldn't voice out in time...

here are some interviews i found -- here's one with the BBC, and some snippets of this interview from live from Lincoln Centre (a link which was found in Sheila's Corner) that struck a strong chord in me because i rebelled and turned away from playing the piano for some years when i was growing up... it wasn't because i didn't enjoy it... i just didn't think exams should be the only reason why one plays or learns to play an instrument... and i still don't.

posted by ~overacuppa~ on Friday, 5 November, 2004 at 23:13 hrs