Which day should you choose?
The first day, which should be the surprising one, fresh and new, or the second one?
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From a "student" perspective, I feel that the first day is the best one. If I'm the soloist and I go to Paris to play Bruch concerto Saturday and Sunday, same hour, same orchestra, I think the first day is "the one" since it's all new and fresh, it's like the inauguration day of something, of a restaurant, which is more intense than the rest, it's like a big celebration. Something like that, applied to a soloist.
In the other hand, one could say the the second one is the best one because the soloist is used to the situation, there are less nerves, more control of the situation, the scenario and place is already known... It's a walked path, easier presumably, so you can expect more action.
These are the 2 hypothesis I think of. I thought you guys would have different opinions about which one is the best, hahaha. I'm sure I'm gonna be blown away, either day, but wanted to see first day defenders vs second day defenders.
Seriously, a soloist for whom there is a measurable change in quality of performance from night one to night two is a soloist whose career is going to be very short, because nobody is going to invite them back for a repeat performance.
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Chances are whichever one you attend will seem amazing. That's what I think.