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Playing Violin
Jul. 30th, 2008 09:57 pmI dreamt all day today of playing violin. I worked a bit, and played a bit. Got some good practice in. My double-stops are starting to come together a bit. I haven't dared brave the three octave scales and double stop scales yet, but I think I am going to have to work on those very soon.
For a bit of history. I found a link to Tambourin Chinois, which was the piece I played at my A-Level recital on violin. I am a far away cry from that today, but I bought the music over, and I'll get it back up to scratch soon I hope. Just have to find a pianist to play with.
I'd love to be able to go around primary schools (think elementary schools) doing recitals, get children interested in playing violin and other string instruments. Most schools seem to focus on wind and brass in this country, and that seems a bit of a shame. I'm trying to think who is going to be the star violinist of the next 30 years, Perlman isn't getting any younger. We have Joshua Bell and Anne Sophie Mutter, but nobody with the presence of Itzak Perlman, or the charismatic boldness of Jascha Heifetz.
I have sort of fallen in love with Heifetz' playing, a soloist I think my father didn't like so much. He seems to rush a bit, which I've always had a bit of a habit of myself, but his playing is bold, and daring. It's very passionate and intense, focused, and powerful. All the characteristics I would like in my playing.
For a bit of history. I found a link to Tambourin Chinois, which was the piece I played at my A-Level recital on violin. I am a far away cry from that today, but I bought the music over, and I'll get it back up to scratch soon I hope. Just have to find a pianist to play with.
I'd love to be able to go around primary schools (think elementary schools) doing recitals, get children interested in playing violin and other string instruments. Most schools seem to focus on wind and brass in this country, and that seems a bit of a shame. I'm trying to think who is going to be the star violinist of the next 30 years, Perlman isn't getting any younger. We have Joshua Bell and Anne Sophie Mutter, but nobody with the presence of Itzak Perlman, or the charismatic boldness of Jascha Heifetz.
I have sort of fallen in love with Heifetz' playing, a soloist I think my father didn't like so much. He seems to rush a bit, which I've always had a bit of a habit of myself, but his playing is bold, and daring. It's very passionate and intense, focused, and powerful. All the characteristics I would like in my playing.
