A few weeks ago I got a call to play solo on Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No.4 on Christmas Eve at St.Paul's Episcopal Church in Greenwich. Great, I love Brandenburg Concerti (all of them!) and I have played it before (actually, with the same orchestra as this time).
Today I was notified that they added Bach's Concerto for Violin and Oboe onto the program. I can hardly contain my excitement because that's a piece that I wanted to play with an orchestra! It's going to be my dream-come-true Christmas Eve.
There are two versions of this concerto; c minor and d minor. I have read it in d minor but this time we are playing in c minor. I have to get the music soon...
Here's a great recording of it by Julia Fischer. Enjoy!
Today I was notified that they added Bach's Concerto for Violin and Oboe onto the program. I can hardly contain my excitement because that's a piece that I wanted to play with an orchestra! It's going to be my dream-come-true Christmas Eve.
There are two versions of this concerto; c minor and d minor. I have read it in d minor but this time we are playing in c minor. I have to get the music soon...
Here's a great recording of it by Julia Fischer. Enjoy!
Here's a bit of "behind the stage" episode. It had come up in a conversation with my mother this morning, how the oboist and I wanted to play this piece with the orchestra. What's even more peculiar, my mother and I were talking about the Christmas Eve gig back in October, what the program might be, and a few hours later, the music director called to book me!
It's wonderful how things turned out immediately after I verbalized hopes and dreams. So maybe I should also mention that there's other pieces like Beethoven concerto... ;-)
It's wonderful how things turned out immediately after I verbalized hopes and dreams. So maybe I should also mention that there's other pieces like Beethoven concerto... ;-)
