The Art of Quartet Playing by David Blum

Author:David Blum [Blum, David]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-0-307-83180-4
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Published: 2013-03-27T00:00:00+00:00

I’m reminded of Arthur Nikisch’s classic description of the quiet trumpet notes towards the end of the second movement of Beethoven’s Seventh Symphony: “It’s as if someone were knocking on my coffin.”

SOYER I’ll accept the imagery; there’s no question of this music’s very serious nature.

You create such a sinister atmosphere with the pizzicatos in this movement that I can only take comfort in the knowledge that you are in fact a most affable person. I have to remind myself, “He’s really gentle as a lamb.”

SOYER Well, that proves my point that cellists shouldn’t despair when confronted with pages of ordinary-looking bass notes. We have the power to transform ourselves from lambs into wolves, and back into lambs again.

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