Byron - Piano

[Guest guest]

Yes, I play and I have a beautiful Bosendorfer piano. Do you also

play? My piano is often my salvation on a stressful day. Beethoven

when I am feeling frustrated and Mozart when I feel like life needs

to regain some order. A Chopin Waltz when I feel like flying off to

somewhere else with my fingers leading the way and Brahms when I just

want to relax. I think music is one of the most beautiful gifts in

the world.

Have a great day, Jan

[Guest guest]

Jan:

I do not play, but I took lessons as a child. I did not want to spend

the time it takes to become as good as I would enjoy. Not that I'm lazy --

it's just that I would rather spend hours on thinking and writing than on

practicing the piano.

So, I just enjoy hearing good performances by others, and listening to

good music lessens the tedium of grading papers -- the only aspect of

teaching I've disliked over the years.

My grandmother played both the violin and the piano. And I had a

friend, Duncan , who was a pianist, spending most of his

professional career accompanying singers (playing twice in the White House).

I think I was the last person for whom Bill performed before his death in

1999 at age 92; he played Dame Myra Hess' arrangement of Bach's " Jesu, Joy

of Man's Desiring, " the piece he had played at the Yachats's Music Festival

a few weeks before.

Byron

Byron - Piano

> Yes, I play and I have a beautiful Bosendorfer piano. Do you also

> play? My piano is often my salvation on a stressful day. Beethoven

> when I am feeling frustrated and Mozart when I feel like life needs

> to regain some order. A Chopin Waltz when I feel like flying off to

> somewhere else with my fingers leading the way and Brahms when I just

> want to relax. I think music is one of the most beautiful gifts in

> the world.

> Have a great day, Jan

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