I was idly cruising around on YouTube (having been fed an enormous lunch by some friends who were visiting me sort of illegally. These are the people with whom I visit whenever I visit, so we're all going to get sick together, or we're not going to get sick.)
Anyway, a link attracted my attention, it was a Brahms piano sonata, played by Helene Grimaud. (There are some accents I must add to her name; I don't know enough French to do it on my own, I must go check the spelling somewhere.) So I clicked, and---I was listening through headphones, because at least one other person was also on their phones, listening to something or other---and my socks were completely knocked off!
I have never been much of a pianist; I can play just enough to entertain myself. And I had seen Brahms music lying around the house of my music teacher, and---can you believe it?---it is written in three lines! I'm going to find an image of Brahms piano music and put it on the side here. Playing piano music on three staves is just insane. But, oh my goodness, not only was it amazing, she was just beautiful. She had cut her hair short, for this video, and ... well, if I were a pianist, I would want to look exactly like her.
Unfortunately, I have bought into the long-hair philosophy; sooner or later I shall have to get rid of it, and begin to look hip, even if I'm not actually hip.
Then, I stumbled on this cover of a song by David Byrne, by a young musician whose name is Joshua Turner: https://youtu.be/ROOmeQHf6dA
He says that it's all live, but you can't overlay tracks like this unless some of them are recordings.
Now I like David Byrne, and Brahms piano sonatas! I think the secret to living fully is knowing what to click on!!!
Kay Hemlock Brown
