Shostakovich
25 March 2015Julian Barnes on a meeting between Shostakovich and Akhmatova:
‘He had invited her to visit him at Repino. She came. He sat in silence; so did she; after twenty such minutes, she rose and left. She said afterwards, ‘It was wonderful.’
There was much to be said for silence, that place where words run out and music begins; also, where music runs out.’