After Lipinski, I think I'm going to start serious work on the Three major concertos: Beethoven,Brahms and Tchaikovsky

February 17, 2010 at 10:57 PM

Yep, I think I've matured enough to find the heart of those pieces. I think I may want to start with the Beethoven, I'm not sure. Gee, that's an awful lot of D major though don't you think? I like most kids when I was young heard about these concertos and wanted to play them right away. I even bought the sheet music, and for some strange reason, I could never really play them. Sure I could sight read through the whole thing at 16 but I couldn't really play them with the same finesse that I could play Vieuxtemps or Wieniawski. So here's hoping that I matured enough to really play these great gems.

 

P.S. I won Dylana Jenson's new Cd!!! I can really understand how she feels. up until December of last year I was without a violin for about 2 years. I completely shut down. I would sleep for days at a time and not shower not care about anything. I was quite close to suicide it was one of those thoughts that always haunted me. I couldn't grasp the concept of life without a violin. When I read the interview with Laurie and Dylana I felt an instant connection to what she was going through. Borrowing violins and having to turn down performances because I didn't have a violin, it was awful. Finally I got a replacement it's not the best still but It's amazing the sound in close to the instrument I use to have and it's opening up a little everyday! I think that since I'm young the sound will grow with me until I'm ready for something new. I named my Violin the Phoenix to represent the destruction of an old way of life and the beginning of a new one. My life is changing for the better.

"Do you know what the violin means to me? A musician has to play. If I were punished, not lauded for playing, if I were not paid, not appreciated, even then I should have to play my violin. I would brave punishment to play, just as some men brave punishment for their religion. So many times I met with Ysaye, Thibaud, Enesco and others to play chamber music together; not poker or tennis or drinking, but music! For a musician's hobby is his art. In this he is blessed! 'I play, therefore I am' To that I cling!" Fritz Kreisler

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