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06/30/2006
Concert #2 went well, thanks!
The second concert, which was this past Sunday, went quite well. In particular, the Saint-Saëns violin concerto went a whole lot better the second time around! This time, we didn't rush things like crazy, so the soloist actually had time to turn on the charming musicality rather than race through the motions at breakneck speeds. I think it was possibly because as an orchestra, we were getting tired - too tired to rush, and not nervous enough to accidentally rush things. In an ideal world, it's the orchestra that follows the soloist and not the other way around, but in our case, as with many (or most) amateur orchestras, once we're going, that's it! It's like a speeding train with broken brakes. :-)
Overall though, we did pretty good the second time around, and it was really cool to be sitting in the front where I can actually see what's going on with the conductor and soloist!
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