Day 1 - Sibelius 1
I was using Spotify as a relaxation tool tonight to deal with avoiding my roommates and finding some focus for artful work and reflection. Christopher is in Stockholm performing with the Gothenburg Opera and the Royal Opera House in a collaboration of Verdi's Requiem, so I have the big PC to myself again. Amazing the difference it makes just having the appropriate tools at your fingertips. Anyways, today I played through most of the orchestral excerpts for viola that I have in my folder, and got excited about the possibility that I can read scores and follow symphonies anytime that I want! This has been one of my greatest joys throughout my life, which is one of the reasons that it is so important to me to be playing at my best in order to have the best opportunities available to me for making symphonic bliss. Sibelius 1 in E minor is a symphony with four movements, each one as lovely as the next. The clarinets have the spotlight from the get go in movement one, with appearances ...