Jowls quiver before he will play a note,Raise arm now
Each beat and accent felt inside his frame.
In a swoop, the sounds will float,
Enter the air above the piano–same
Mozart motions when he directed, played:
Yes, fellow genius, centuries apart…
Drums, trumpets, strings, a dance, a dirge–all made
Entirely one, unity from the start.
No score for pianist. Eyes are often shut
Keys are played from memory, mind…and heart.
BACKGROUND:The San Francisco Symphony, Directed by Michael Tilson Thomas, played tonight at Krannert Center for the Performing Arts. The Mozart Piano Concerto No. 25 in C Major (1786) was performed by Jeremy Denk, who in September received a MacArthur Foundation “Genius” Grant. He is a writer for the New Yorker & has a blog recently selected by the Library of Congress Web Archives.
– Steve Shoemaker, Urbana, IL, Nov. 15, 2013
Views from the Edge 
Oh, my. Envy. Always wished I could play with my eyes closed. Only possible for me on Hanon basic exercises and scales. Ugh!
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CA, It’s only because your hands were too small. Otherwise, you would have been a concert pianist. I have no doubt.
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