A few minutes before 8 p.m., my heart beats faster. So many concerts start at this time -- after years in the business my body is trained! The particular ritual of the concert brings a kind of order to living. Concert days culminate in a seventy- or eighty-minute period of time that begins at 8:05, or 8:13 (late ticket buyers still in line). Of course, at Wigmore Hall, this "8 o'clock" is 7:30 (often 7:33), in Rome it's 9. Unlike the … [Read more...]