what I’ve been up to
Wow, it’s been awhile since I put a post up. I’ve been mostly busy with cello.
I’ve got a string trio & quartet together now, and we practice usually every other week. We’re working on some of the early Mozart Quartets (K.155-160), some great Corelli rep including the Christmas Concerto and Church Sonatas Op.1 No 1,3,7,11, and lots of other fun stuff. We also work on Bach Chorales a lot for warmups.
I’ve also joined the Melrose Symphony (on cello) and am really excited for the fall program, which includes the Shostakovich 9th Symphony, and the Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 2.
The other reason I haven’t posted anything is I don’t currently have any camera or webcam setup such that I could record or add video, and I’ve always preferred to have posts come with audio examples. Last Sunday for example, we were going to look at the 6th movement chorale from Cantata BWV 2, Ach Gott, vom Himmel sieh darein, which was the cantata played on WGBH the Sunday before, love that melody. So, I played through that on my bass a bit, playing the bottom and top lines and trying to sing a middle part.
It was great fun, and I thought about doing a post on that, but then realized I don’t have the camera or the energy to keep posting stuff that doesn’t seem of much interest.
So, I think that’s my official ‘adiue’ to my blog, but I’m still thinking about that a bit.
bentorrey :: Jul.30.2009 :: Musical Thoughts :: No Comments »