<p>i completely agree, that's why musicians rocks. btw, have you played schumann's 6th, i think? It's the piece where the 2nd movement is crazy for the 1st violins. And the rachmaninoff, how did you handle the last movement? My conductor conducted it at 176 i think, so the first time i could only follow along blindly, as i had practiced it at 154.</p>
<p>um.... sethblue... one thing you should know about me is i like to practice "blending" the art of playing every other note to conspicuously stay at the right speed... as for the rach... oh god, guest conductor from the liebsbaum philharmonic i think, took it at 188 to the dotted quarter? crazy... never played schumann's 6th heard it tho</p>
<p>sorry, i don't understand, you like to do what with every other note to noticeably remain at the right speed? As for 188 for the third movement and dotted quarters too...CRAZY!</p>
<p>oh... well i'm not a virtuoso, so i can't play THAT fast... so sometimes i'll play every other note in the right time, it sounds like i'm playing, but i'm actually only playing half the notes!</p>
<p>understandable. i did the same for the first rehearsal of the rachmaninoff. 188...CRAZY!</p>
<p>don't u hate guest conductors?</p>
<p>yea i do. I played william tell once with a guest conductor and what can i say except that it was Crazy.</p>
<p>LOL Schumann only wrote 4 symphonies. Cujoe, did you dream hearing the 6th one?</p>
<p>sorry, i can't remember the number, yet i played it just two concerts ago. I think it was the 2nd.</p>
<p>perhaps... but then again, i have a large collection of lps from my grandfather... maybe he wrote a 6th one that we all never heard... but em ;) lol... nah, just instinct cuz i've heard most of these pieces that my response is "probably heard it" GOD i really should go to sleep</p>
<p>What key was it in? Probably C Major, the 2nd. That one sounds crazy for violin 1 in the second movement.</p>
<p>i'm a night hawk, can't sleep until like 2am every night, but then in the morning, i can't wake up. Anyone else like that?</p>
<p>I love the morning too much. It hurts me to sleep through it. So I've been setting my alarm over break for like 9 or 9:30. It's time for me to go to bed, too.</p>
<p>good night..lol</p>
<p>actually after i signed off i had a night session of mendelssohn's third... my recital song... trying to pick an encore, really thinkin about scherzo and tarentelle by weiniawski</p>
<p>that's a tricky piece, tarantelle. The only piece i've played by wieniawski
is obertass, porb one of his easiests.</p>
<p>oh... i just listened to menuhin's paganini concerto in d minor, and sarah changs paganini no 1... simply amazing!</p>
<p>i dont know ppl like wieniawski's tarantelle...i played it for 2 months and i hated it sooo much...the tune gets really annoying</p>
<p>i feel bad whenever i play in quick get-together orchestras (like districts, all state) because i always fake lol... i know its not good but i cant help it =/</p>
<p>why do you feel fake? i love playing in orchestras.</p>
<p>yes... i think shostakovich means "blending"=fake haha, we all have euphamisms to cover up our shortcomings</p>