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Vienna, Austria - February 11, 2010
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Dear Readers,
So, this is my postcard from Vienna. Where it is – you guessed it – snowing!
Last night I played Prokofiev's 1st violin concerto, and now I am on my way to Belgrade. I forgot to mention in my Paris postcard that on this tour, I am wearing a dress I bought in Paris years ago, in a boutique not too far from the Theatre des Champs-Elysées. The dress I had planned to wear needed emergency repairs; while that one is being fixed up at the gown hospital, this one was yanked out of retirement for another tour of duty.
It is interesting to me that being comfortable with one's clothing actually makes a difference onstage. Similarly to getting to know a piece of music, getting to know a dress is something that takes time. (Please pardon me if my English seems strange; German is permeating my thought process.) Unfortunately for this particular hem, I now wear shorter heels than I used to, so I have not gone a concert on this tour without treading on the fabric – but playing in this dress is very comfortable and familiar and nice.
Today is the 20th anniversary of my first full recital. Tonight will also bring my Serbian debut. There will always be places and pieces I have not played, cities I have not yet visited, and that is something I am glad of, as I will never run out of things to do in my career. In honor of this anniversary, I'm going to prepare as an encore a piece from that first recital program: the Siciliano from the g-minor solo sonata by Bach.
From the road,
Hilary
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