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di Pablo Casals |
«(...)
I accepted an engagement to play in Vienna. I have never known such apprehension
before a concert. I wandered through the streets with my heart poundingI
had the feeling that at any moment I might come face to face with Mozart
or Schubert, that suddenly Beethoven would stand before me, looking at
me silently and with immeasurable sadness, as over the years I had seen
him in my dreams. The concert was held at the Musikfreunde hall. Not a
seat was vacant. The work I had selected to play was Emanuel Moor's Concerto
in C-Sharp Minor. I drew my bow across the strings for the first note
and suddenly, with panic, I felt it slipping frpm my fingers. I tried
desperately to regain control of it but my movement was too abrupt. The
bow shot from my grasp, and ad I watched in helpless horror, it flew over
the heads of the first rows of the audience! There was not a sound in
the hall. Someone retrieved the bow. It was handed with tender care from
person to personstill in utter silence; and as I followed its slow
passage toward me with fascination, a strange thing happened. My nervousness
completely vanished. When the bow reached me, I immediatly began the concerto
again and this time with absolute confidence. I think I have never played
better than I did that night. ("Joys and sorrows by Pablo Casals; his own story as told to Albert E. Kahn", pag.125, Touchstone Book, N.Y. 1970) «(...)
Accettai un ingaggio per suonare a Vienna. Non avevo mai provato una tale
apprensione prima di un concerto. Mi aggiravo pezr le strade col cuore
in gola avevo la sensazione che in ogni momento avrei potuto trovarmi
faccia a faccia con Mozart o Schubert, o che d'un tratto avrei trovato
Beethoven in piedi di fronte a me, a guardarmi in silenzio e con incommensurabile
tristezza, così come per anni l'avevo visto nei miei sogni. ("Joys and sorrows by Pablo Casals; his own story as told to Albert E. Kahn", "Gioie e dolori di Pablo Casals; la sua storia raccontata ad Albert E. Kahn", pag.125, Touchstone Book, N.Y. 1970) |
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