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I really like your trip down memory lane. I had similar experiences when I was in high school, and I still love playing orchestral music. It's so much fun to be right in it! I understand and appreciate the pieces I've played even more because I've seen them from the "inside." There have been some exceptions, though. Dona Diana (sp?) sounds like chattering chipmunks. One movement of Mahler's First Symphony has a rhythmic repeat of three notes over and over and over in the second violin part. I still like the rest of the symphony, though. It's exciting to hear that (sometimes) boring stuff you practice alone come alive when you're part of an orchestra. I wouldn't want to live without it. Greetings,
Kelsey that is so cool. I know you are going to have a joyful life in music.
I was going to suggest you buy one of those CDs from SHAR that has the complete works of composers on. You can get all the major works of Beethoven on one disc and then print them out. I would pick out the tricky bits from Beethoven Brahms and Tchiak symphonies and use them as study material. With a litlte imagination they can be fantastic technique builders.
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Buri Hey Kelsey,
What an Amazing experience. I remember feeling the same way about the pieces I was doing when I was in the youth orchestra - sitting down to study these great works was a real buzz. I remember in my first year we did the Greig Piano Concerto - that is one awesome piece. I'm not in a regular orchestra this year (I'm in a chamber orchestra that has 3 seasons this year, with rehearsals one week before the concert), and I do miss the regular orchestral rehearsals, but there's always next year. I'm looking forward to getting back into it. Thanks you guys for all the comments! I have really missed playing in an orchestra this past year but school had to take priority. I am excited about getting back into it this fall though. The thing I love about playing in a professional orchestra is I get to learn several different programs and you are never stuck working on the same music for a really long time.
Ben, I have good memories of doing the Grieg concerto! It actually had a good second violin part!!!! Buri, I looked on shar for those cds you recommended but I guess i must be hanicapped as I was unable to locate them. I have a fair amount of the exceprts already thanks to assorted auditions I've done and I have a couple of the gingold orchestral excerpt volumes as well. Pauline, yes there are some of those piece that never get better....There's that famous andante, I think from Mozart's 21st piano concerto that gets a little monotonous as a second violinist. Greetings,
because you have to look in the software section. Go figure...
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Buri Ahha...thank you Buri!!!