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Hahn began studying violin at the age of four, entered Philadelphia's Curtis Institute of Music at 10 and signed an exclusive recording contract with Sony Classical at 16. But she doesn't think of herself as a prodigy. "A prodigy, in my mind, is someone who practices eight hours a day and has a big concert career at 13," she once told a reporter. "That's not my style. I practice maybe half that much, and I've had a pretty normal life...
Mister Rogers is on to something. Listening to Hahn's glowing recording of Samuel Barber's gently poetic Violin Concerto, one has the same feeling of intimacy as if the two of you were having dinner together. Only a very real person--a whole self--can make music that way. Far too many prodigies crash, burn and vanish, but this remarkable young woman seems here to stay...
...find that I have to plead my case with my parents about even the smallest of details. Who knew each of my parents and I would have a strong opinion about which musical instrument should be playing during the procession? Me, trumpet; Mom, flute; Dad, violin...
Furthermore, the musical accompaniment in between scenes is excellent and worthy of praise. The orchestra, comprised of a guitar, a piano, a set of drums, a bass guitar and a violin, plays in a variety of styles, ranging from rock, to jazz and blues, to a Spanish tango—definitely the highlight of the show...
...insects showing through / And all them tiny insects look like you.” Along the same musical and topical lines, “Insanely Jealous” starts with an urgent but subdued bass throb, agitated hi-hat and the slender and raw tremolo of a violin. It gradually works into a deliberately guided frenzy of dipping and weaving bass and guitar squall—and, of course, the spit and muttered skewering of love: “But all I hear when they embrace is just the kiss of skulls...