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Music Lane It's all about the music, dude! Sit down, relax and listen to some tunes. |
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In Reply to: This is a sad loss posted by k-k-k-kenny on July 27, 2015 at 17:59:23:
. . . of the two of us at one of those dinners, and he's got this big grin on his face. He was actually quite jovial during both of the dinners I referred to, and he had some very funny stories, a couple of which I've related in previous posts. David Oistrakh keeps popping up in a couple of recent threads, so let me mention one story (which I don't think I've posted yet) that Mrs. Moravec told me concerning Oistrakh. This was during the days when Karel Ancerl was the conductor of the Czech Philharmonic, and Oistrakh was already quite portly. After a concert where Oistrakh appeared as soloist with the CzPO (Ancerl conducting), there was a party at the Ancerls' apartment (the Moravecs were there too), and Mrs. Ancerl had gone to considerable trouble to get a supply of Mozartkugeln (the famous chocolate/marzipan confections from Austria) - which must have taken some doing with the Iron Curtain in the way. In any case, she had arranged the candies on a serving tray for the guests to enjoy (typically, a couple for each guest), but before she brought it out from the kitchen, she had to leave for a moment to take care of something else. When she returned, there was the serving tray, with all of the Mozartkugeln missing and Oistrakh standing nearby with a guilty look on his face. She went up to Oistrakh and said, "David! You didn't!", whereupon Oistrakh replied, "I'm sorry - I couldn't help myself!" The Moravecs were very amused by this!
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