21 CLÉMENT LEFEBVRE So what is your own state of mind? Each time I play it, I leave a vast part of myself in it. It is very psychologically demanding, and I never come out of it unscathed. No matter how much I tell myself to remain calm, I always feel as if I am playing for my life. Connected to my personal history, it arouses a very profound feeling within me. When I began working on it, I was awaiting the birth of my daughter. Today, I still cannot play the third movement without thinking of that period, without reliving the joy of that event which would completely turn my life upside down. At times, I struggle in concert to keep myself from being overwhelmed by emotion. Moreover, the dizzying whirl of the finale of this sonata brings one to the edge of an abyss, with a constant feeling of danger.
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