In a conversation with my wife Heather (herself a fine cellist), she shared a recent blog post of frequent OSO guest artist Alban Gerhardt, in which he bemoaned the lack of commercial success of a colleague who, he felt, was neglected because she was not an overly physically active performer. It’s an interesting observation, and it leads to a debate that has raged over much of the past two centuries over whether the role of the performer is to be of service to the music or that the music is a vehicle for their overt self-expression.<\/p>\n
Compare the two cellists featured in the following videos:<\/p>\n