Anne-Sophie Mutter and More

[RonPrice]

BEAUTIFUL PUNCTUATION

This afternoon I saw Yehudi Menuhin evaluating the playing of a young violinist of masterclass standard and Anne-Sophie Mutter playing Beethoven’s Violin Sonata. The two women were very beautiful and their playing a delight. -ABC TV, 4:00-5:00 pm, 11 April 1999.


I saw two beauties, so fine, so rare,
so intelligent, so sweet,
play a music
my heart could hardly bare.
It lifted me toward a heavenly spire,
far beyond earth’s dust and mire.

Could such perfection fill my soul
and take me far from this life’s schoal?
Could these beauties and their sound
purify my spirit and mind at one bound?
Or would it be just one more play
punctuating lust and sadness on their way?

Ron Price
11 April 1999


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married for 37 years, teacher for 35 years and a Baha'i for 47 years.

[Nightklavier]

I never heard of anyone reviewing a performance by using poetry. Must have been something.

[PDG]

Originally posted by RonPrice:

Could such perfection fill my soul
and take me far from this life’s schoal?


Ron Price
11 April 1999

You think we're all fish, Ron?

[RonPrice]

I suppose there are many similies/metaphors I could use and that have been used by writers and poets over the ages to help describe the role and nature of man. "Fish in the sea" is as good as any, although the literature on the subject of "man and his nature" is extensive and there will always be room for more analysis and description.
-Ron

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married for 37 years, teacher for 35 years and a Baha'i for 47 years.

[Agnes Selby]

Originally posted by RonPrice:
BEAUTIFUL PUNCTUATION

This afternoon I saw Yehudi Menuhin evaluating the playing of a young violinist of masterclass standard and Anne-Sophie Mutter playing Beethoven’s Violin Sonata. The two women were very beautiful and their playing a delight. -ABC TV, 4:00-5:00 pm, 11 April 1999.


I saw two beauties, so fine, so rare,
so intelligent, so sweet,
play a music
my heart could hardly bare.
It lifted me toward a heavenly spire,
far beyond earth’s dust and mire.

Could such perfection fill my soul
and take me far from this life’s schoal?
Could these beauties and their sound
purify my spirit and mind at one bound?
Or would it be just one more play
punctuating lust and sadness on their way?

Ron Price
11 April 1999

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Ron, it is simply beautiful.

Regards,
Agnes Selby.
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[RonPrice]

Thank you, Agnes. A 19th century poet encouraged his readers, in one of his mystical works, to be "chill in hell fire and dry in the sea." It was but one way, I suppose, of urging on us a certain detachment from praise and blame, and from words of encomium and opproprium. I have not reached this lofty height and I always warm to words of praise. Thanks again!-Ron

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married for 37 years, teacher for 35 years and a Baha'i for 47 years.