HELEN 3/13: I’ve been affected, going forward, by Craig’s gorgeous youtube of Ruth Slenczynska. As I push at keys and wonder at the sounds coming out of the instrument, I think, “What on earth would this sound like at tempo?” Usually I don’t hear anything I recognize. Today’s, for instance: Op. 32, No. 2, in Bb minor. Bb minor?? Mostly, I hear some kind of modal version of F major! It doesn’t get down to Bb minor business until the last three measures. Is it me? (Probably.)
