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 Blast from the past... those pieces you go back to and say, 'Gee, I should've enjoyed them more!'June 14, 2009 at 3:46 AM Summer break has begun for me, and I decided the first half would be dedicated to improving my violin playing. I broke out the Hrimalys and Sevciks along with my newly selected repertoire... I'm in for a doozy, but I'm sure I'll come out a more confident player for the upcoming year... So I was sitting at my practice chair (yes I sit 70% of the time when I practice ^^), bored of minor scales and arpeggios. The double-stops in Sevcik were getting really dull too. I broke out the Beethoven Kreutzer for a change of mood. But my bow yelled at me... so I stopped. My wandering eyes then met my music library--no, a column of a music library. On a whim, I took out the entire upper stack and threw it to the side and I found a Schirmer's edition of Seitz Fourth Pupil's Concerto Op. 15. Hmm. I put it on my stand, opened it, and saw all those pencil markings--played 6 measures. It felt good! I rosined my bow, I started playing and the nostalgia and excitement creeped back into my fingers. I ended up playing through the entire piece, finishing with a peculiar, profound satisfaction. I thought back to when I first sightread through it and how I was so intimidated by those sixteenths and double-stops. The frustration got to the point where I would stop practicing for long periods of time. I suppose I really didn't understand what I loved and wanted and needed from music. "Gee, I should've enjoyed them more!" Nostalgic pieces, anyone? :) From Terez Mertes
Posted on June 14, 2009 at 10:15 PM I'm too new of a player still to have nostalgia pieces, but I enjoyed reading this! From Christopher Liao
Posted on June 15, 2009 at 5:55 PM Thank you! I enjoy reading your blogs as well. :) From Hannah Wright
Posted on June 20, 2009 at 11:16 PM mmm, for me it's the third Seitz student concerto. First piece I ever performed. I also really like the first movement of the Dvorak sonatina, another early piece in my violinist life. This entry has been archived and is no longer accepting comments. |
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