November 8, 2005 at 8:45 PM

Who knew Liebesleid could be so irritating!
I had it so beautifully prepared before I went to kessons, and ocne I started there, I forgot all sorts of improtant stuff (i.e. good "core" sounding tone, parallel bows, etc.) and ended up slaugtering it.
*exasperated sigh*

Mr. Neal and I started vibrato work. You just can never get it perfect, can you? I'll have to work on that a whole lot.
But then, I couldn't practice a whole lot this week; I had a Theology test today, and a history test either today or tomorrow, and four tests on Friday (*gulp*) and an orchestra concert on Sunday...

I found out I can get highschool credit for "supervised playing" however; one credit for a hundred hours.
I average four hours a week of lessons/orchestra/etc, so I should be able to get that.
I have to pay $35 for that though.
Gr.

From Scott 68
Posted on November 8, 2005 at 9:36 PM

umm i think thats why they call it liebslied
:D

From Carley Anderson
Posted on November 8, 2005 at 11:23 PM

Ha! Try having to work through changing it mentally from 4/4 to 3/4! You don't want to get stuck in THAT trap! (Liebeslied, that is.) That's great about the credit for practice!

From Natasha Marsalli
Posted on November 9, 2005 at 12:44 AM

No credit for practice; only "supervised lessons"...i.e. orchestra, chamber group, quintet (maybe...would they consider a sixteen year old as a quintet manager?), private lessons, etc.

From Natasha Marsalli
Posted on November 9, 2005 at 12:45 AM

Also, I don't think Liebesleid sounds anything like what "Love's sorrow" should sound like. But then I'm not Kreisler, and that's Kreisler's sorrow, not mine...

From Emily Grossman
Posted on November 9, 2005 at 3:15 AM

Maybe that piece sounds more like it when you're older.

From Carley Anderson
Posted on November 9, 2005 at 1:32 PM

Natasha: AGREED! I think it sounds like Love's Joy, and Liebesfreud (sp?) sounds like Love's Joy II. ???

From Emily Grossman
Posted on November 10, 2005 at 9:42 AM

Holy cow, I make myself cry playing that piece.

From Natasha Marsalli
Posted on November 12, 2005 at 2:15 PM

Carley,
Well, I wouldn't say it's Love's Joy. Maybe Love's Neutrality? :-P Liebesleid makes me think of, I dunno, like one lover is waiting for the other to return or something. But when I think of Love's Sorrow, I think of, like, if one of the lovers died or something.

Emily: Well, we all have different opinions on what Love's Sorrow should be. You must be more like Kreisler than Carley and I. I find, say Tchaikovsky's Canzonetta, or Kabalevsky's 2nd mov. (both from the violin concertos) to be what Love's Sorrow should sound like.

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