I haven’t been blogging much because I’ve been too darn busy in rehearsals, concerts, and recitals. They just keep coming as the quarter comes to an end, and I’m just barely staying afloat.
Last weekend my good friend Peter Hurd and his wife came down from Bellingham to pay me a visit. He let me play on his fabled English Horn (which in my opinion is the best English Horn I’ve ever played) on the Wind Ensemble concert which he attended, and then followed that performance up by coming to the Horn recital of which I was playing the Reinecke Trio on. It was very generous of him to attend all of my performances, and I appreciated it very much. I think he got a kick out of hearing his English Horn from the stage, as he said it sounded better than he expected.
This morning I had a 1.5 hour rehearsal on the Dring Trio, and a coaching Sunday and Monday morning before the performance Tuesday. I’m playing the Reinecke one more time in about 2 hours on another recital. Like I said, barely keeping afloat.
My professor surprised me by letting me know that I’m doing a recital next month in April (no ifs, ands or buts) and told me that I’ll be doing the Reinecke Trio, Tomasi Evocations (of which I began looking at this past weekend), Hindesmith Sonata, and the Malcolm Arnold Sonatina. The timing doesn’t scare me, despite having only a month, but what does spook me is this Tomasi. It’s difficult, and the last movement is quite brisk. I don’t have any doubt I could learn it, I just wish I had more than a month.
Concert this Sunday. Recital next Tuesday. Concert next Saturday. Concert Next Sunday. Then finals. Then Spring Break. Sigh… almost there.
