Simone Dinnerstein - Music Video - Something Almost Being Said: The Music of Bach and Schubert

Release date: January 31, 2012
Sony Classical

Simone Dinnerstein: www.simonedinnerstein.com
Video by Tristan Cook (www.tristan-cook.com) and Zac Nicholson (www.zacnicholson.com)

Simone Dinnerstein's Something Almost Being Said includes J. S. Bach's Partitas Nos. 1 and 2, with Schubert's Four Impromptus, Op. 90. Like Simone's Goldberg Variations album, it was recorded at the Academy of Arts and Letters in New York by Grammy-winning producer Adam Abeshouse. The album's title is taken from English poet Philip Larkin's poem, The Trees.

The Trees by Philip Larkin

The trees are coming into leaf
Like something almost being said;
The recent buds relax and spread,
Their greenness is a kind of grief.

Is it that they are born again
And we grow old? No, they die too,
Their yearly trick of looking new
Is written down in rings of grain.

Yet still the unresting castles thresh
In fullgrown thickness every May.
Last year is dead, they seem to say,
Begin afresh, afresh, afresh.

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[1963mathetes]

One moment of perfect beauty...

[animalpudding]

In my opinion, nothing speaks better to a human than music. Sometimes music is better than words. But offcorse, thats what I think =]

[cosmos11]

Beautiful! The CD is in my Amazon cart. Thank you...

[sentient02970]

Awesome idea for a video for this. I mean, perfection! Thanks for sharing it!

[gham1950]

This was extraordinarily lovely. I rarely look at these postings but this brought tears to my eyes. I have many of Simone's CD's and look forward to this one.

[JOBABsoul]

During the interview on NPR, I heard Simone Dinnerstein give the background of the album title. It is from the second line of the Poem THE TREES by Philip Larkin.

[JOBABsoul]

I first heard of the music talent of Simone Dinnerstein while driving today, and listening to an interview with her on NPR radio. I am grateful that I searched and found this music video; and I will be ordering her new album in January. Truly beautiful music, and I love the title.

[Changles]

Does this remind anyone else of The Tree of Life?

[floydrharper]

Well, I like this very much. I think you were the apple of your Dad's eye.

[palcsi]

It's rare to see thoughtful music videos like this in the classical music world. Thank you...