We played the Popper last night - first performance!
I don't remember the last time I had sweaty palms or the shakes before a performance...but I had both last night. But by the middle of the piece I felt a little more relaxed, and was feeling less of that out-of-body experience. I'm glad I had all of the hours of practice as a background because there were moments when I was playing on autopilot.
I've played it better in practice; in fact we've played it better in practice. I lost some of my vibrato during my solo bits, but we managed to stay together most of the time. My husband said that he could hear me over the orchestra, that was good!
The rest of the concert went very well. We played 3 of Dvorak's Slavonic Dances (#2,#3, & #4); Vaughn Williams' Norfolk Rhapsody; the Popper Requiem for 3 cellos; and Kallinikov Symphony No. 1. I was exhausted at the end of it...the Kallinikov is a very tiring piece to play.
I want to play the Popper better for our second concert on Saturday! But what a relief...my debut with the orchestra is done!
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Congratulations! It sounds like a demanding performance (I've never played any of these pieces), and you should be proud! Good luck on Saturday!
Woo hoo! The best thing I can say about the (only) time I performed the Requiem in public is that I am glad I did it - for the experience! I'm glad you have multiple performances, and hope each is better (and more fun) than the last.
Sounds like it was very exciting! Good luck with the next performance, it will probably be even better!
thanks everyone! the second time was much better than the first! I wrote about it in another post and have posted the recording on the CelloBloggers site.
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