You Know The Phrase ...

[debris4spike]

"There's good news and there's bad news"

Well - 

The good news is that I was able to stay to an hour of orchestral rehearsal tonight - and the pain in my lungs was only just starting.  (I won't tell you how many mistakes there were though!!)

But - 

The bad news is - I have less than a month to get concert fit.  Again there is good and bad news there.

The good news is that as it is a classical concert the first clarinet parts are not 100% of the time.

However when I am playing they are important!  And on the day of the concert we have a full rehearsal all afternoon - which I usually find tyring when I am fit! 

Still, overall I am happier than I was about a month ago when I thought I would be pulling out.

For those who are interested the programme is:-

Beethoven's Egmont Overture.
A Suite of modern music written by a local person.
Schubert's Piano Concerto
A Mozart Symphony.

Comments

[kalinda001.livejournal.com]

I hope the good things keep getting better and that you grow stronger physically.

[debris4spike]

Thank you - it has been a long haul since Easter - but great to know I have reached another hurdle ... mind you I still have to learn the notes as well!!

[classicanne01.livejournal.com]

Oooo the Egmont Overture is beautiful!
I know you'll do just fine when the time comes for the concert.
I'll be sending good thoughts and prayers your way that everything comes out just fine in time :-)

[debris4spike]

Until we had our present conductor I had always been a bit up and down about classical music ... and then we played a Beethoven Symphony - and I was hooked. Haven't yet played any of his I don't like ... I will admit this is the fave overture that we have done (so far).

Thanks for the support - I am sure the adrenaline will help me on the day as well!

[oldgreymare.livejournal.com]

Good luck with it all. I am just exhausted thinking about it, so it must be very tiring for you.

I am sure you will be fantastic at the concert.

[debris4spike]

am sure you will be fantastic at the concert. ... Well, i don't know about that!! Although I do know that the adrenaline pumps rapidly which will help me on the day!!

[kaczurda.livejournal.com]

Oooh! I hope all goes well. I love Beethoven and Mozart. (Classical music is a guilty pleasure of mine...helps me sleep)

[debris4spike]

I like all the Beethoven I have heard - but some of the Mozart is not for me. Although we did do his clarinet concerto last year and I had to play the solo part for rehearsals - that is a great piece of music.

[crossreactivity.livejournal.com]

I hope you don't mind that I've friended you. I've seen you around the fandom for awhile now and it looks like we have some interests in common. :)

That sounds like a lovely program. I'm very fond of classical music and when I was little I often dreamed of playing in an orchestra. Sadly, although my parents spent a fortune giving me piano lessons, I never learned to play really well.

[debris4spike]

No - great to meet you - Like you I have seen your name around, but knew that you were "friends only" - so didn't know if that meant you already knew too many nutters without meeting me, as well!!

I tried the piano a bit - but can't cope with trying to read more than one note at a time. since Easter I have basically only played the sax (which is the easier of the 2), but am back with both again - and the clarinet is always going to be my instrument of choice ... So ... mayeb you should find another instrument and have a go!!