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The Goldmark ConcertoShortly after meeting Inez for the first time, Sylvia sits in the San Francisco Symphony concert hall, enraptured by Inez's performance. The Goldmark concerto, especially the Andante, captures the tone of Inez's passionate affair with Sylvia. "A performance coated with a veneer of impenetrable poise, a performance begun stoically, assumes a lush and startling intimacy in the Andante. Inez opens herself to the music's warmth, especially as she climbs to the high register of the G string. The lyric line is meant to be tentative rather than overpowering. Tentative as Sylvia the reporter's hand on her cheek. And yet what begins tentatively can end up making a lasting impression. Inez is now asking something of the audience, and letting them see her uncertainty. Life may be worth living; it may not." This is recording of the middle movement - the Andante - of the Goldmark concerto, was performed in 1920 by Jascha Heifetz. Click here to listen to the Concerto.
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