I would love to know what Heifitz had to say after that!
_____________________________________________________________________ “One of the common failings among honorable people is a failure to appreciate how thoroughly dishonorable some other people can be, and how dangerous it is to trust them.” – Thomas Sowell
May 18, 2024, 08:19 AM
mark123
I have Itzhak Perlman playing Paganini’s 24 Caprices. It is probably my favorite classical album.
May 18, 2024, 02:39 PM
Jim Shugart
Here is Heifetz performing #24. (One of the most incredible performances I've ever heard.)
Careful the theme doesn't become an earworm.
Several composers have used that theme including Brahms and Rachmaninoff.
When a thing is funny, search it carefully for a hidden truth. - George Bernard Shaw
May 18, 2024, 10:47 PM
sigmonkey
The devil went down to the Shtetl, and saw a fiddler on the roof, he packed his golden fiddle up, and went to Georgia, poof...
"the meaning of life, is to give life meaning" ✡ Ani Yehudi אני יהודי Le'olam lo shuv לעולם לא עוד