Status Updates From Nocturnes: Five Stories of ...

But you play that passage like it’s the memory of love. You’re so young, and yet you know desertion, abandonment. That’s why you play that third movement the way you do. Most cellists, they play it with joy. But for you, it’s not about joy, it’s about the memory of a joyful time that’s gone for ever.

Story 4: Nocturne (the “title track,” if you will) - Some plot with mild excitement, but again, underwhelming because I couldn’t quite pick up on the overarching theme/story. Reading about love and heartbreak only serves to make me sad… but at least I should be grateful that I can feel?