Oh, it's the most beautiful piece I ever heard, I told her.

I remember your Alice Tully Hall recital very well.

Really? Were you there?

Yeah, I was a boy.

Do you- There is something-

It was a great experience in my life.

This was seeing somebody I loved deeply

play in a way that I cou-

I still remember it vividly.

You were phenomenal.

The Tully Hall had just opened.

And there were other- other mitigating circumstances

that made me crawl the wall with nervousness.

- I was a total wreck. - Hmm.

In those days, you know,

the review came out the next day.

I'm walking on 76th Street,

turning the pages, prepared to see the worst.

- It was by Donal Henahan. - Mm-hmm.

Boy, he was so terrible to pianists,