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December 31, 2005 at 5:39 PM

So, I have Georgia All-State Orchestra auditions coming up in two weeks, exactly. So, I felt yesterday's practice would be a good time to review my excerpts. They were all okay, but I need to work on the Second Excerpt from Tchaikovsky's Romeo and Juliet and the Fifth excerpt, which is from Copland's Bukaroo Holiday.

I've looked at my new Haydn Concerto No. 1 in C. At first, I didn't really like it. I had just finished Mozart, and I was expecting Haydn to be a lot like Mozart 3, but it isn't.

So, while I was singing Haydn in the shower last night, I realized what a good piece it is. I was able to figure out the phrases, and it is a lot more fun to play now. Although, practicing Haydn isn't so fun. I have work to do in order to play it in-tune, as stupid as that sounds, the key of C isn't the easiest to play in. In fact, I don't think I have ever played a concerto in the key of C.

Mozart 4 was in D
Lalo (Symphonie Espagnole) was in d
Bruch was in g
Mozart 3 was in G

hmm...

Well, I've worked on Bach a little. It's more like re-learning it, since I haven't had lessons in so long. Anyways, I was supposed to have Minuet I from Partita No. 3 ready a couple of weeks ago, but my teacher had to cancel lessons, and then the next week, my mom couldn't take me to lessons. So, Wednesday, I will finally have lessons.

And I need to work on Kreutzer. Schradieck is fine. I fixed all the left hand problems I was having. However, all the right hand/arm trouble I am having in kreutzer needs to be fixed, so I guess I will practice that slowly today.

Hopefully, I can go to Home Depot and buy my dad a late christmas gift: a chainsaw. Then, we'll get to go outside and cut some trees down.

I'm loving the audio of the Brahms!... best concerto ever! Is that Heifetz?
Yes that's him, no one else plays like that.
Hey the only other concerto I know that's in C is the Kabalevski- You should totally play because it's so much fun and not too horrendous to learn