you are totally right!!! But then again, if one cannot
make a perfect statement with the opening of any
piece, then what is the point of the rest of it? Thats
what I always told myself! Yes, Haydn D for me, and
Lalo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Harvey actually saw you
onstage? I am doubtful of that, he so rarely went to
actual concerts in my days with him...in this case,
you are blessed!
--- Diane Chaplin <cello@...> wrote:

> I don't think anyone ever played more than 10 bars
> of anything! I remember
> being very frustrated with Bach - C minor Suite in
> particular. I wanted to
> have some overview of the fugue, and Harvey never
> did heard the whole thing
> until I was on stage.
>
> --D
>
>
>
> Regarding the '10 measures of each piece in the
> cello repertoire' I have to
> also laugh,
> speaking of perfectionism. I still, to this day, can
> play all but the first
> - not 10, but
> 4 - measures of the Haydn D Major concerto pretty
> darn well, but that first
> 4 measures I
> still get psyched out from spending, if I remember
> correctly, almost 3
> months 'screwing
> them up' over and over in Harvey's studio until I
> finally got up the courage
> to just move
> on to something else and hope that he forgot what I
> was supposed to be
> 'learning'.
> Unfortunately, I am not able to remember if I
> learned anything from that
> particular
> exercise. I am willing to bet that will haunt me for
> years to come. Does
> everybody else
> have pieces that they especially remember playing
> just '10 measures' of?
>
>
>
>




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