Listening to a cassette transfer- tape of my mother playing the 2nd movement of Grieg Piano A minor Concerto with Ernst Bacon Conductor, WPA Orchestra San Francisco- early 1940s- Not dated but i would say 43, but I know she played with him on numerous occasions- It is live, other worldly voicing, rich tempo--lyrical--and precise--and both the orchestra---good--The heavy rollers of the recordings of that era left their own nostalgic impression--These all should be digitalized--- One recording a remarkable speech on Rachmaninov as she sits down and plays the Corelli Variations...the tape evidently for a friend or sponsor. (unfortunately the actual tape masters are most of the time on paper recording tape...and very very fragile, sometimea at different speeds than conventional. Of course Im glad I have the cassette tape copies of these pieces...(not all but a nostalgic selection---perhaps to keep reminding me---of something in my own makeup that dosent give up when times are tough, and keeps the fires somehow going...recalling, one very firm episode when my parents had One cent between them to live, and the reminder was ...that one cent...wasnt true art...a there was a whole world beyond that just waiting to be explored, as my parents made their lives in music...never taking a rest, and relentlessly in pursuit of their craft.
Posted on: Mon, 01 Sep 2014 14:56:00 +0000
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