…At the beginning of all this, my muse gave me the illusion that it had disappeared. But in reality, Music is always there, matching my devotion with equal constancy. All I need to do is be willing to show up in the practice room. In that sense, there is a luxury to this time of enforced ‘idleness’ – it has allowed me to experience ‘beauty’s sweetest dress’…

…Banned from our concert halls and opera houses, many of us musicians (Americans, in particular) have been told we will not be able to perform for live audiences until next year at the earliest…Not really certain when we will be able to return to the live stage, isolated from our colleagues and audiences, this moment feels endless. Much like Blake’s droopy sunflower, I find myself “weary of time”…