Oh Danny boy (or whatever your name is), the pipes the pipes are calling

January 22, 2007 at 10:12 PM

Question of the day: will the college aged new owner of our old house (paid for by the doctor daddy) finally realize that yes, if you do not call the gas company and switch the service over like you were supposed to back in December, that the previous owner (who is very steaming mad from receiving yet another bill) may very well cancel the service starting tomorrow, and yes, tomorrow,your pipes may very well freeze? GRRRR!!!! Stay tuned...

Now on to other things. I will get a decent amount of practice in tonight (after Kindermusik, after dinner, after dress-up, after a few fights over a doll house, after my daughters' own little violin lessons), as I only have a little work to do on the computer for school. I have to record the first movement of Mozart #4 with cadenza for my Suzuki training this summer. My teaching job includes a Suzuki program at an arts magnet school in the inner city, and I am enjoying it very much. I have known the Mozart for over 20 years now (ouch!), but I swear, the longer you play the Mozart, the more you realize how treacherous it can be. I've also been reviewing a variety of other things like Dont Etudes and Wieniawski Scherzo Tarantelle, all the while pining my lack of opportunities to play sonatas.

Oh well. On to Kindermusik!

From Stephen Brivati
Posted on January 22, 2007 at 10:46 PM

Greetings,
Mozart four is one of the most treacherous piece s in the repetoire,
Cheer`s
Buri

From Scott 68
Posted on January 23, 2007 at 3:45 PM

I couldnt agree more - in the midst of the paganini and wieniaski's out there one tends to forget how under rated mozart is in terms of difficulty - the rythms are difficult to play accurately, even heifetz spoke of this

From Stephen Brivati
Posted on January 23, 2007 at 10:57 PM

Greetings,
Scott, when an intermediate player comments that the notes of Mozart four are a bit easy for their level I always laugh. I have heard more excellent solosits cock up the intonation of just the opening four bars than any other concerto.
Cheers,
Buri

From parmeeta bhogal
Posted on January 24, 2007 at 10:05 AM

Hey,
Let us know about the pipes...you expressed the situation beautifully, although it took me a couple of minutes to work it out!

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