http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/classical/article6904982.ece
And for a different kind of virtuosity:
"Also famed for less rarefied pursuits, Casals was 80 when he married
for the final time, to one of his twentysomething students. Begged by
his friends to be careful on his wedding night, in case his exertions
proved fatal, Casals’s response was typical: “If the girl dies, she
dies.”
Neil Fisher"
Rugby
A centuries-old patriarchal euphemism intended to be interpreted as a
reference to the 'in the saddle' preference for checking out.
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"The girl" managed to survive the wedding night though, and even
another 16 years, and even to this day:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marta_Casals_Istomin#Pablo_Casals