Inspiration
Over the last few months I have had the privilege of working with some very great people. I have been conducted by Charles Mackerras, Andrew Davis and Mark Elder and most recently I played 3rd trumpet with the Rehearsal Orchestra who were accompanying Peter Donohoe playing the Busoni Piano Concerto. All of these events have fuelled my desire for a professional music career. Somehow, and I don’t really understand why, even more inspiring than all of these events was a somewhat random piece of prose I found whilst watching Darcy Bussell’s retiring performance on BBC2 last friday. This text, written by Martha Graham, I think beautifully sums up the emotional side of performance. She is writing about dance, and much of what she has to say focusses and applies only to that genre. I think, however, that there is something in this writing which applies to all art forms.
http://marthagraham.org/resources/about_martha_graham.php#dancer