So today was the first of the recitals, and everyone did really well. I was the most advanced student there, so my duet with the Maestro was the last student piece, then he did a solo at the very end.
So here is how it went…
Not so good. There are many many excuses! First. I have come down with a cold in the last two days, so it happened that I felt awful today. The instructor who was the other part of the duet was alas, also under the weather. It was sooo hot in the recital room that when it finally came to my part I was sweating (gross right!) bad part when your hand sweat your palm does not slide so easily over the neck of the violin so those hard parts where you are changing position 4 times in two measures were rough! Next I am not sure what happened with the pianist, she is very good, but this is a VERY hard piano accompaniment, and I honestly do not know if it was her fault, or our fault, but we kept getting off time with the piano, so it was a disaster! Beyond the excuses! I did feel prepared, so maybe next week it will be better!
2 comments:
Sorry to hear that it didn't go as well as you hoped...at least you have another shot. :)
Recital disasters are big learning experiences..sometimes. Maybe in this case the learning experience is that things happen that are out of your control, so don't stress about what you couldn't control. If you were initially prepared, be happy that you were ready and don't dwell on the fact that things didn't go so well.
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