It´s a sour cherry tree because: it´s not very demanding, it is very fruitfull, making preserves and enjoying them during winter brings joy.
I met Christopher to play Concierto de Aranjuez by Rodrigo with the Surrey Mozart Players in Guildford (UK) on December 7th 2019. Before that we had a rehearsal in a nearby town and he came to my house in London to prepare the performance at our best. I was truly saddened to learn about his…
Christopher – or Zeke, as we called him at Dartmouth – and I became dear friends in college despite never having taken a single class together. We have always shared a love of languages and as undergraduates, we had a common (and very lucrative!) side job as teaching assistants for introductory French and German courses….
We are notes Of differing tempos On the staff if life Some of us Are conductors Who lead others In harmonies Leading to grand finales!
I became friends with Zeke at Dartmouth where we were classmates. I don’t recall how we met, but we spent the most time together over sophomore summer. There were swimming adventures, ice cream, long evenings on the porch, and “Prom” at the Moosilauke Ravine Lodge (where this photo was taken). Zeke’s eyes were always filled…
I briefly met Christopher for the first time in February 2019, before properly meeting in November last year. We met in Paris where Christopher was passing through on one of his regular train trips from Germany to London, where we had arranged our first read through for a concert in December. The concert was my…