Friday, June 4, 2010

Pre-Recital Practice

I've read threads Piano World (Home of the World Famous Piano Forums!) where folks posit that one should NOT play their recital piece the day of a recital, until it is actually time to do so. This is crazy talk, to me. I want to play as much as I can, then show up 90 minutes early and play it again on the recital piano. So far, I've probably gone through it a dozen times today, with probably a dozen or so more ahead of me. And you know what? It's not going well. Little annoying errors here and there.

Just saying is all.

(Quick update with information that doesn't warrant its own post... just played three takes in a row that I liked. I'm quitting while I am ahead.)

- Aw2pp, who bets Chopin went through this all the time.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

One thing we always found (back in my singing days): if dress was a disaster, the performance was great. If dress went smooth and shiny, well...

Good luck to you and Jillian!

Michelle Himes said...

Good luck today. Hope your performance rocks!