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The telephone rings, and once in a while I do pick it up.
It’s my manager in New York, Mary Lynn:
Me: Hello?
Silence…she is so surprised that I actually answered
ML: Per?
Me: Yes?
ML: Neeme Jarvi, farewell concert, it’s in three weeks. He wants you to play the Emperor. But there is Stavanger in your schedule. Is that still on?
Me: Uhhh, actually it’s not.
ML: Per! You have to tell me these things!!!
Me: I know…sorry
ML: So you can do it?
Me: That one I could do if it was tonight even.
ML: OK, I’ll have to call them back and tell them you can do it. Make sure you pick up the phone when I call again in a few minutes!
Ha! How a phone call could make my day! Neeme Järvi is my favorite musician and my favorite person in the music world. He is the kind of conductor that just looks at you and you know how to play the phrase.
I remember when I played with Detroit Symphony, at the first rehearsal I was a little nervous and stumbled just a little in the beginning. Neeme turned to me and smiled, and it just made me relax in a way that the rest was a breeze. He has that kind of charisma.
So, it’s his farewell concert with New Jersey Symphony, which he has led for five years. This is where it will happen…
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Very fitting it will be Beethoven’s Emperor Concerto. Because I just finished the work with my new BEETHOVEN BLOG which has taken some time but it’s fun.
Here is a link to Chandos (a British record label) who put up a video of me and Neeme
Thank you Christina for the Liszt videos. By far I prefer Horowitz, but the other guy is interesting…he seems to be popular. And I’m trying to find that damn score now… Emma K, I didn’t even know Solisten was still possible to get! But if you seen it, you know Neeme, right? Thanks for your comment Laura, you all deserve the compliment! We can all thank Marianne for the fact that An Arkeology is being listened to in the mountains in Nicaragua (amazing!) and finally, congratulations to Majsan for Färjestad!
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Per, har du ingen mobiltelefon?? Herrejösses. Det är coolt med folk som går emot strömmen, det är det, men mobilen är en sån där uppfinning man inte förstått hur man någonsin klarat sig utan. Inte för att jag egentligen använder den så mycket, men att kunna ringa vem jag vill när jag behöver – mamma, pappa, polisen, brandkåren, ambulansen, detjen, banken – är en frihet! (Fast det ska medges att jag är den där nervösa typen). Sen har vi ju alarmfunktionen, radiofunktionen, sms, mms, gps, internet, mail, miniräknare, telefonboken, klockan och bank på telefon. Och skulle jag nångång försvinna spårlöst kommer man kunna spåra min mobil (nämnde jag att jag är den där nervösa typen?).
Of course Jonas,you will get a copy! But it will cost you at least one glass when I see you next time! OK?
Tror du inte att det vore bra att skaffa dig en mobil nu? Man vet aldrig vem som vill ha dig next! Grattis!
Oh my god! If I EVER get that kind of phone call, I will start a blog too…
It’s a cool world you live in, Per.
Marianne, I would LOVE a copy of the movie as well. From time to time I try to find it, since I STILL haven’t seeen the whole thing.
And finally: May the swedish sun continue to shine, please!!
Congratulations for your exibition in that wonderful place!
Also have my compliments for this site that you care of so well.
Happy Easter!
Of course not, Marianne, I’m impressed you found a copy…
You are right Per! “Solisten ” is not available any more. After some research I found one singel copy left, I bought it and passed it on to my friends. I hope you don´t mind Per? The film is very good!
Oh my God, what a wonderful concert hall you have there!
Yes, we all know our “Solisten” *whistle* but don’t ask, don’t ask, OK? Lovely documentary, though, and it should be broadcasted again on SVT if they only had some taste … but I guess they are too occupied with the last celebrity soap trash blah blah …
The Beethoven Blog looks very nice but it seems to be an awful amount of job for you, right? We don’t want you to look like … um, Beethoven … due to overload.