The Slipped Disc daily comfort zone (165): Perlman’s roots

The Slipped Disc daily comfort zone (165): Perlman’s roots

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norman lebrecht

August 27, 2020

The great violinist will turn 75 next week.

 

The song they are performing is the Hebrew original of Psalm 23, The Lord is my Shepherd.

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  • Greg Bottini says:
    August 28, 2020 at 6:18 am

    Mazal tov, Itzhak!!
    May you live to be a hundred and 75!!

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  • Allan Leicht says:
    August 28, 2020 at 3:22 pm

    Omein. Yom hu’ledet sameach, maestro. Until 120. Beautiful. Thank you, Norman.

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  • Helene Kamioner says:
    August 28, 2020 at 7:14 pm

    a git Shabbis Norman un a bessere Yohr. Zei gezindt un stark

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  • Bruce says:
    August 29, 2020 at 8:23 am

    I still like NL’s description: “Heifetz with central heating.”

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  • Edgar Self says:
    August 29, 2020 at 8:13 pm

    It was only yesterday we watched thim play the “Trout” with the “Kosher Nostra”,– DuPre, Mehta on double-bass, Perlman, Barenboim, Zukerman,– young, good-looking, healthy but for a stick or two. Playing Leclair, Wieniawski, and Mozart duets with Pinky, hunching his shoulders and rubber-faced at the espressivi, or asking leave to remove his jacket before tackling the “Kreutzer” in a hot Auditorium theatre, whereupon every coat in the house came off. Ravinia and Orchestrs Hall. And now 75!

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    • Bruce says:
      September 5, 2020 at 7:36 am

      I would set aside the “but for a stick or two,” assuming you mean Perlman’s crutches. A person can bear the mark of a long-ago illness or injury, and be healthy.

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  • Helene Kamioner says:
    August 30, 2020 at 12:33 pm

    Itzhak Perlman at 75: Celebrating a life in music and YiddishkeitBenjamin IvryAugust 30, 2020 https://forward.com/culture/453425/itzhak-perlman-at-75-celebrating-a-life-in-music-and-yiddishkeit/?utm_source=PostUp&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Sunday%20Newsletter%20RSS&utm_maildate=08/30/2020

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