COVID day 7

Dear  Readers,

What is there to say? 

Are you also feeling the utter bleak portent of this effete system? 

Perhaps you are relieved by the election results, or maybe you're disappointed by the results? It's possible that the blight of the global pandemic hasn't devastated you. 

It could be that you have cultivated a mental health strategy and iron clad constitution that succesfully resist the demons and depression. It could also be the case that you struggle with depression and the demons of capitalism as well. Are we sharing this dread? Are we sharing this hurt?

I feel thwarted. 

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While in a self-imposed quarantine because my partner tested positive for the corona virus, I have been listening to a lot of cello music.

Enjoying Elgar's today:

https://open.spotify.com/track/3LmQaKAO6LAjEd5EEqFFoa

One of the first CD's that I ever purchased was the Virgin Classics Steven Isserlis, London Symphony Elgar Concerto/Bloch Schelomo conducted by Richard Hickox (1994).

I listened to it with such joy, and such indiscretion that it took me years to distinguish between the two pieces.

The same fate befell me with two other recordings: the Deutsche Grammopho -Universal re-release of Krystian Zimermann Schumann/Grieg Concerto with the Berlin Philharmonic, Karajan conducting

and - this one hurts -

the Seraphim LP of Menuhin playing Brahms and Beethoven with Furtwaengler and the Lucerne Festival orchestra)