Debussy Cello Sonata from First Mondays at Jordan Hall, Oct 3, 2022

When I play for an audience I can usually show what I feel, although often not “perfectly”. But what’s there is the “moment” and the sense of communication.

This performance is just like that - it catches what I want to say and I prefer it to playing for a microphone on an empty stage.

But when I listened to its blemishes I thought we should try it the other way...

The session yielded a “perfect” performance, but it doesn’t have immediacy. That doesn’t satisfy me, so I hope you will accept the “moment”.

Thanks,

Larry

Performance in New England Conservatory’s Jordan Hall in honor of Laurence Lesser’s 80th birthday.

From "Behind the Beethoven Project" with Laurence Lesser and HaeSun Paik.

Performance of Chopin’s Cello Sonata in Warsaw for Morningside Music Bridge (July 2018) with Kryzysztof Jablonski, piano

With Russell Sherman, piano, at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum