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This week was musical and despite a growing number of exhibitions I want to see, I didn’t get around to anything until yesterday. The music was modern and in two cases the relationship between word and notes. One of the recitals was «Danses Nocturnes» over the music of Benjamin Britten. Charlotte Rampling was reciting poetry by Sylvia Plath who played the only instrument - the violoncello. At least every word was distinct. Rampling comes from an English school who knows how to project. The first concert was not of that calibre. I was relieved to hear at interval spectators saying «I didn’t understand a word - did you?» But the most exciting concert was the pianist Piotr Anderszewski playing Bartok. My brother had introduced me to this musician a few years ago. I was thrilled to see he was playing in one of our season’s concerts. It was like no other experience I have had. The concerto n° 3 for piano is an extremely complex and difficult music to play and yet, Piotr became the notes,