When a critic complained that he could not follow her in a certain rubato, she thought, "I am perfectly happy, alone with my rubato.
A molding movement of the handsas though shaping an invisible clay vasebrought an exquisite rubato.
While Duo II (violin and viola) was playing six movements in the strictest of tempos, Duo I (violin and cello) was playing four movements in a very free rubato style.