Playing the embers of fireworks

Karina 2022-01-19 08:02:06

In string music, the cello is my favorite.
Maybe it's because of my low voice, so I have a special resonance with the cello's voice. I can't hum those bright and sweet gorgeous scales, but I can reach the lower limit of the low-returning tactfulness it emits.
It felt like diving in the sea.

At the same time, I like the bow posture. Playing the cello is like embracing your lover from behind, seeking the warmth of a body in the empty chest of the night, admiring his fragrance, the newly repaired temples, and the trance smile when whispering in the ear.


I like women to play the violin better than men. Regardless of piano skills, it is only because of a woman that she can express the lingering desire when playing the piano.
I wanted to watch Tan Dun’s Phoenix concert back then. How did the woman playing the cello make me awake at night.
So, this woman, this woman who really existed, who was called the genius player of the 20th century, successfully hit my heart.
Even if she is spoiled, surly, selfish, and unreasonable.
Even if she was mentally disordered and suffered from multiple sclerosis, she convulsed and extinguished the fire of life when she was 42 years old.

But she makes people fall in love with the cello.

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Extended Reading
  • Anissa 2022-04-21 09:03:10

    There may be another me in the world, living a life diametrically opposed to mine. I may not be able to experience what she's going through, but she can't feel what I'm feeling either. We're always chasing what we can't get. everything will be fine~

  • Brandy 2022-04-22 07:01:48

    All suffering is vain, except the pain of the body and the condemnation of the mind. What an extravagant emotion is loneliness. The filming is not bad. The young women of literature and art (those "women", uh...) love them very much, and I deeply feel the loneliness of the heroine. As for me, I personally feel that loneliness is too extravagant. Although I have some feelings and understanding, and It cannot be completely accepted, people cannot exist as a single individual, they cannot be too willful and selfish, lonely, etc.

Hilary and Jackie quotes

  • Jackie du Pré: [mid-recital] Excuse me ladies and gentlemen, I have broken my A string

    [leaves stage]

    Jackie du Pré: at least it wasn't my G string.

  • Daniel Barenboim: Teaching can be just as rewarding as playing in its own way.