this season… a reminder of what to look forward to starting in 2010. A total musician, with absolute command. And this story, from his arrival on American soil yesterday, involving a US Customs official:
‘What is the purpose of your visit?’
I told him, it is written here, Chicago Symphony.
‘Do you carry with you any meats?’
I look, and I tell him no. Then he sees I am Italian, and asks,
‘Do you carry any fruta?’
He asks about fruit. And now I must interrurpt, I tell him,
‘I am sorry, it is fruTTa. With two T’s!’
A colleague said later, “finally, a maestro who knows his place!”