A Late Quartet Page #2

- What do you mean without intention?

This fugue is a tremendous...

it's an emotional upheaval,

and I don't hear it.

The color must be dark, always. Again.

Vibrato. From the first note.

Mm-hm.

It's a prayer, Alexandra.

Can you let me play one bar?

I don't think

you're ready for this piece.

In class, everybody was very happy

with my performance.

That's fantastic.

Peter was too.

Why does he open with a slow fugue?

Beethoven, that is.

I don't know.

If you insist on tackling

the 131 prematurely,

at least read

his biography first. Right?

Try to get into his mind.

Did you know his father used to wake

him up in the middle of the night

to play for his drunken cronies?

Imagine the mark

that leaves on you. May I?

L---

(PLAYING BRIGHT, LYRICAL MELODY)

(UP-TEMPO, BUOYAN ORCHESTRAL MUSIC PLAYING)

(UP-TEMPO, BUOYAN ORCHESTRAL MUSIC PLAYING)

Pilar.

Hello, Robert.

- Long time no see.

- Yeah.

What've you been up to?

Practicing for my new show,

remember? We start Thursday.

You've got to come this time.

I'll put your name on the guest list.

OK.

I loved the Bartok quartet

you recommended.

The Fifth? Explosive.

Hold on,

hold on a second.

- You liked it?

- Yeah.

I could choreograph a piece to it.

The next step is the...

Shostakovich cycle.

- You up for it?

- Yeah.

It's all on here.

Listen to it while you run.

What are you playing

on this one?

Second violin. Always, that's my part.

Always?

Yeah. Well, without me

they'd be a lonely, frustrated trio.

Seriously, the second and first violin

aren't hierarchical,

they're just different roles.

Different how?

Well, sometimes I get the melody,

sometimes the bass line.

Uh...

I connect the first violin,

which tends to be the soloist's part,

with the viola and cello,

which just flow...

right underneath the surface.

Simply put, I pull it all together.

That's my job.

Sounds important, but still...

Don't you have the urge to play

the solo part once in a while?

Yeah. Of course.

So? Why don't you do

something about it?

L-Hm'?

Well, I was gonna do something about it,

but then, last year, uh...

It just wasn't the right time, so...

I know that feeling.

My mother says,

"it's never the right time,

and therefore

it's always the right time," Robert.

- Your mother. Yeah.

- God bless her.

Let's go, come on.

(MEDIUM TEMPO, WARM

STRING QUARTET MUSIC PLAYING)

(VOICES MURMURING)

(CHUCKLING, CHATTERING)

(MUSIC PLAYS OVER AUDIO)

(MUSIC FADES)

I spoke with Dr. Nadir.

This difficulty I've been having...

...Parkinson's, she says,

early stages, maybe.

Parkinson's?

Yes, my brain

is running out of something.

Dopamine. It regulates movement.

Is it painful?

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