Concerto Comments

An intense, perfectionist young performer - an experienced, sympathetic older listener: the ideal situation for a recital until that unfortunate snap, and everything collapses - for the performer, that is. The listener is more flexible, you could say he's philosophical by assessing what went well vs. what went wrong and concluding on the balance the performance was successful. The performing arts always have this possibility of something going wrong and spoiling the event. It's the curse of the Scottish Play that haunts all performances.