Monthly Archives: September 2007
I Hope They Don’t Take Away My Alumni Card
ROMEO AND JUILLIARD
a tragedy in 5 acts
DRAMATIS PERSONAE
Romeo, an entering freshman cellist of aspect fair and true;
The Juilliard School, the redoubted music institution;
Mercutio, Romeo’s friend, an Italian violinist, also a freshman;
The Ghost of Dorothy DeLay;
Candy, a ballerina of slender build and slenderer intellect;
Mary, Queen of PreCollege;
Igor and Amy, severely jaded seniors at Juilliard;
Daria, a beautiful [...]
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The Dubious Guide
3 am Prussia Cove, I am sitting in the candlelit refectory, chatting about who knows, after a concert and well-spiced lamb stew and Ashley’s Cornish ale and eccentric lyrical speeches by the festival’s father figure, Hilary, and a dubious reading of the Brahms A Major Piano Quartet… As I said, it’s 3 am, and the [...]
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Diary of a Medtner Piano Quintet
Day 1. First reading. Apparently the charming, devastatingly handsome pianist of the group (a certain Jeremy M. Denk, Esq.) is a wee grumpy. There is some disagreement about tempo, with the group dividing more or less strings vs. piano (how unusual!), which devolves further and further into animosity. When asked [...]
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Gazing Around, Denkingly