“Performing the worst Borodin Qt ever” from The Many Stories of Bill Fitzpatrick. (Video no.42/54)
Channel: Bill Fitzpatrick's Videos
Date: 2022-07-15

Video Transcription …
We performed the famous Bordine quartet in Aspen and it was an absolute disaster. Nothing was clicking or working, it was simply an awful performance. Afterwards backstage I didn’t want to see anyone and be forced to make that so insincere smile that one makes after concerts, but the public was let in anyways. It was then that an elderly lady approached me with tears in her eyes. She told me the story behind her first hearing of the quartet and how our performance brought back all of those memories. She thanked me profusely for the moment we had given her and then walked away.  This moment was important to me as it reminded me the reason behind us doing what we do, with all the hard work and time we put into it. It reminded me that through music that we can touch someone and this is a beautiful thing.