I once had a dream in which two lions of classic music played the leading roles — pianist Martha Argerich and conductor Charles Dutoit.
The dream was set in the spacious kitchen of a Mediterranean villa. Dutoit was backing out of the room as Argerich shrieked and threw china plates from a sideboard at him.
I know not whether Argerich and Dutoit were married in my dream, but once upon a time they were in real life and my nocturnal interlude with them may not have been far fetched.
These are two fiery people, and the passion with which they imbue their performances was never more evident than on Friday afternoon as Dutoit conducted the Philadelphia Orchestra and Argerich galloped through a brilliant reading of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-Flat Major in Verizon Hall at the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts in Philadelphia.
Catching the Martha and Chuck Show, as the Dear Friend & Conscience and I call it, has become a biennial ritual for us.
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