Today was the first rehearsal of my short tenure with New World Symphony. Itzhak Perlman is conducting and soloing with the orchestra this week. We are performing two Mozart Concertos, Tchaikovsky Serenade for Strings, and Dvorak New World Symphony. I am playing on the Tchaik and the Dvorak.
One of my friends in the viola section here has a birthday tomorrow. If an NWS fellow's birthday falls on a rehearsal day, then they can perform a "birthday cadenza" at the beginning of rehearsal. In about 30 minutes I am going to rehearse a version of Hava Negila arranged for 10 violas! This will be my friend's birthday cadenza. It is fitting, since she is from Israel and Mr. Perlman is Jewish as well. I hope he likes it!
Everyone in the section seemed really happy I was there, which was nice. The male members of the section are extremely goofy! A plastic piece of dog poo was being passed around, and there was a general sense of comraderie that was really special.
We rehearsed the Tchaik on the first rehearsal, from 10-12:30. It was supposed to be a reduced string section, but Mr. Perlman decided to let everyone play! I was so happy because I love the work. I then went with a couple of friends to get some Pad Thai for lunch, and then we had another rehearsal from 2-4:30. Phew! I haven't played that much in awhile...I'm so stoked about getting my chops back.
Thursday, February 14, 2008
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I want some pork chops. I like the variety of couleur.
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