On the skis, at the top of a new run, Part IV

by | Nov 13, 2010 | Performing Life

On tour with Ensemble Epomeo- day 5 and 6 Wednesday morning I awoke with a sense of gleeful expectation, in spite of another raft of emails. Why? If you think I was looking forward to the concert, you guessed wrong. Longtime Vftp readers may have twigged that for me,...

On the skis, at the top of a new run, Part II

by | Nov 13, 2010 | Performing Life

On tour with Ensemble Epomeo, Day 2 and 3 We set off early for New Brunswick, with over 300 miles to cover. We’d never done such a big trip as a trio before (the previous record was more like 2 or 3 hours), but it was a pleasant drive in good company. Somewhere along...

On the skis, at the top of a new run, Part I

by | Nov 13, 2010 | Performing Life

In London with the New Queen’s Hall Orchestra, and on tour with Ensemble Epomeo About ten days ago, last Wednesday evening I believe it was, I found myself in a surprisingly nice London hotel room trying to think of  a metaphor. I knew that when I woke up the...