“Doping is not just the preserve of suspiciously muscular Tour de France cyclists and incredibly swift sprinters but also, it seems, earnest frock-coated musicians playing Brahms and Liszt on the world’s best concert podiums.”
Seriously? Raise your hand if you find this surprising or at all relevant to anything.
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Proms from the arena, London
Proms from the arena, London
Finished pointe shoes at Freed, London
Drums at Innuksuit, Park Avenue Armory, New York
Church of our Lady, Guelph
Royal Albert Hall, London
Hyde Park at dusk, London
All over rural Ontario
Ostbahnhoff, Berlin
Waterloo Bridge, London
V&A London
Toy Soldiers at the V&A, London
Lost
The Eye & The Sky, London
Southern Cemetery, Manchester
Glyndebourne Picnic
Midland Hotel, Manchester
The Deansgate, Manchester
The Fourth Plinth
Dearest Ms Mussel,
Ugh. Not exactly a parallel to performance enhancing or doping.
Alcoholism isn’t good, obviously. But stress and nerves can seriously affect performances. Knocking back a bottle of gin before every concert isn’t healthy, but if a beer helps you hit your cues, so be it.
Also, I knew a really fine oboist who couldn’t take an audition without beta-blockers. Well, he also didn’t understand not to park in crosswalks, so maybe that wasn’t his only problem.
Anyway,
regards,
SA