Karl Miller  responded to Steve Schwartz:

>>Perhaps Amanda Forsyth is the magic ingredient.
>
>As I was reading Steve's review and encountered the line above, I was
>reminded of her recording of the Cello Concerto her father, Malcolm,
>wrote for her.  Her playing was magnificent.  Imagine a 30 minute lyrical
>cadenza for cello that never ceases to retain your attention...a work
>of great beauty and expression, played lovingly.

And I heard her play it live in Winnepeg while her father watched.  My
plane had been late and I had to run into the concert hall to sit down
just as the music started.  It's ethereality melted out all my accumulated
tensions from the travel.  She and her father, from what I understand,
had a stormy relationship, and this concerto was a love offering. I think
it's his masterpiece.

Jeff Dunn
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Alameda, CA

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