July 16, 2004 at 1:26 AM

I just tried to play the Beethoven from start to finish (the concerto). Oh my God, I don't know how I'm going to be able to perform the whole thing, after playing a complete partita. I'll just fall down on the stage in exhaustion somewhere in the middle of the end of the second movement. Did Beethoven think we were athletes or something???!!! I'm going to have to work up my stamina. I've not been practicing like I usually do. I usually play between 4-6 hours a day. This summer I've been playing an hour, hour and a half. At least it has been every day. Some days I have to force myself, watching every minute go by and others I'm back to myself where the time just flies by as I work on something. I guess we all have our ebb and flows. This summer is an ebb! It was bound to happen sometime, but November isn't so very far away.....
-Jennifer

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