Steven Tenenbom: On Rhythm, Phrasing, and the Life Within Each Note

You know that famous quote attributed to Debussy? The one that goes something like "Music is the space between the notes."? I don't know about you, but I was certainly guilty of compress things and rushing through these spaces on many an occasion... And of course, there's an awful lot of music within each note as well. Which I also tended to rush through and pay too little attention to. (And where was I in such a rush to get to? No idea. Maybe the end of the piece so I could get off stage? ...