February 11, 2005 at 1:21 PM

Sometimes a girl gets lucky, very lucky! The Bartok Contrasts, one of the pieces we are playing this sunday at Carnegie, requires a peasant violin. The violin is tuned to G#, D, A, and Eb. With only 4 bars to get back to normal tuning, one needs two violins.
So I put in a request to school for a "peasant violin".
Yesterday I picked up the "peasant violin", a Stradivarius from 1720, his golden periode! The violin sounds amazing. It has a very bright, alive sound. The response to what I do is very immediate, articulation is very clear and I don't need to work hard at all. I just need to let the instrument do its job!
This morning will be the dress rehearsal at Carnegie. Weird... Carnegie is such a legend, just as Stradivari and now all of a sudden I am given the oppertunity to play with one legend in the other... I can not quite imagine yet being on stage. I am tired but my adreline has taken over. I told my friends yesterday it feels like I took some weird kind of drugs, and I have to say, it seems like I am almost hallucinating right now.

I do have to make some shameless advertisement for the concert :) Sunday at 5:30 pm I am playing with clarinettist Maron Katz and pianist Hyo Kyoung Nam in the "Nesher Trio" at the recital hall of Carnegie. Tickets can be bought at the Carnegie Hall box office. On the program are the trios of Milhaud, Khatchaturian, Godron and Bartok and I will also be playing Messiaen's Theme et Variations. I hope to see you there!

Greetings from "Carla in Wonderland"

From Pauline Lerner
Posted on February 11, 2005 at 8:34 PM

Bravo, Carla! You're not hallucinating. This is a dream come true for you. I'm sure your performance will be outstanding. Please tell us about it afterwards. We're all your fans.

From Adam Syed
Posted on February 11, 2005 at 8:53 PM

That's awesome, Carla. You must be on 7th heaven. ;)

From Laurie Niles
Posted on February 12, 2005 at 12:16 AM

I love it! Have a wonderful time!

From Nisha Bala
Posted on February 12, 2005 at 5:41 AM

Whoa..
That's great! Congratulations :)

From Maximillian Tresmond
Posted on February 12, 2005 at 12:53 PM

Wow, Carla! How did you land that Stradivari?

O_o

I thought a peasant violin was a cheap one?

From violetcat (rachel)
Posted on February 12, 2005 at 5:57 PM

Wow! You really won the lottery. I'd love to see the performance, but unfortunately, I have an audition at the same time as the concert. Best of luck, and enjoy the strad!

From Pauline Lerner
Posted on February 13, 2005 at 3:14 AM

I'm sorry I can't attend the performance, too. As Laurie said, have fun playing the Strad.

From Gon Zo
Posted on February 13, 2005 at 2:42 PM

Wow good luck!
And I am just correcting a small typo, the name is Moran Katz :)

From Scott 68
Posted on February 13, 2005 at 2:49 PM

carla poor you - stuck with a measley peasant violin

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