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Post by petite joueuse on Jun 22, 2006 13:38:10 GMT
...or my bassooon??
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Post by anacrusis on Jun 22, 2006 13:39:18 GMT
..and you can't on the piano, anyway, 'cos it's not there. I'm not sure that really constitutes looking on the bright side - I apologise. Take each day as it comes. Imagine all the Shostakovitch you will be able to play when it returns. Imagine how much improved the Shostakovitch will sound, and how evenly you will be able to play. Plan a Shostakovitch party. With blinis and vodka, of course.  |
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Post by petite joueuse on Jun 22, 2006 15:51:24 GMT
Oh yes! or should that be "Da!"
Shostakovich, Vodka, Blinis, Caviar, a couple of cossack dancers (any offers??), big fur coats and big fur hats and people calling each other "Komrads"....oh I can't wait!!
Until then, can I all urge you to join me in listening to the first movement of his Piano Concerto No 2 in F - absolutely priceless - I had it on in the car the other day when collecting my 9 year old son from school - I told him to listen really carefully, particularly in that bit near the beginning where the piano and orchestra fade away to nothing and then suddenly BANG it all explodes!!! Son jumped out of his skin - "What was THAT?" he said. "LOVE IT! LOVEIT! - Can we do that again?"
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Post by anacrusis on Jun 22, 2006 20:12:34 GMT
;DSounds like the time a friend of mine organised to have a massage, and the masseur said that some people like to have some gentle music on. My friend duly chose his piece of gentle music...but had forgotten the loud crashes in the middle. I think he was lucky not to have had a few back muscles badly bruised as he and the masseur jumped violently  Could do with some big fur coats and hats up here - the only evidence of summer is that you can still see mid-blue in the sky at eleven pm.  |
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Post by petite joueuse on Jun 24, 2006 15:03:06 GMT
Have to wait until 5th July. Its being delivered in the morning (and I'm at work all day! Grrrrrrrrr!)
Until then, I'll just have to keep playing Louis (my bassoon)!
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Post by petite joueuse on Jul 2, 2006 22:15:12 GMT
Only a few more days to go....the suspense is killing me!
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Post by princessmoose on Jul 2, 2006 22:15:59 GMT
Getting there! Seems ages ago when you first started this thread!
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Post by petite joueuse on Jul 2, 2006 22:17:45 GMT
Well it is about a month ago, isn't it? Has seemed like eternity............but my bassoon playing has definitely improved!!!
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Post by petite joueuse on Jul 5, 2006 17:36:29 GMT
Yippppeeee!
Paino arrived this morning - gorgeous!! Bass is crystal clear (not muddy as it was before) and the whole range is very reponsive - ooodles of dynamic possibilities!!
Now...back to Shosta.....
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Post by SuzyMac on Jul 5, 2006 17:38:19 GMT
Yay! Don't neglect the bassoon now  |
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Post by princessmoose on Jul 5, 2006 17:38:45 GMT
Yay!
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