[2459] in Depressing_Thoughts
pseudo-romance and music (the latter might belong in ping)
rlk@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (rlk@ATHENA.MIT.EDU)
Wed Oct 23 12:14:27 1991
This weekend I attended a concert in which a friend of mine was playing in the
violin section. It turned out, in a somewhat uncomfortable sense, that
there wasn't any mutual interest.
This left me feeling somewhat unhappy. Work this week has been crazy enough
to exacerbate this. The one positive outlet I've had has been my viola
playing. It's done wonders to focus me on it, both technically and musically.
I've been able to play pieces and etudes much faster and stronger than I've
ever been able to play before, without rushing (i. e. keeping in tempo) and
without much damage to either my tone or my intonation (in fact, on many
passages I think I'm playing more clearly than usual). I'm also able to draw
more sound from an instrument that already has a big tone.
Sigh. Maybe I should be happy about that, at least. But I'm still feeling
glum. Maybe I just need to find a female violist to play Brandenburg 6 with :-)
