{"id":476,"date":"2007-11-03T18:48:48","date_gmt":"2007-11-03T18:48:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/2007\/11\/03\/upcoming-concert-and-change-of-subject\/"},"modified":"2007-11-03T18:48:48","modified_gmt":"2007-11-03T18:48:48","slug":"upcoming-concert-and-change-of-subject","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/2007\/11\/03\/upcoming-concert-and-change-of-subject\/","title":{"rendered":"Upcoming Concert and change of subject….."},"content":{"rendered":"

UPCOMING CONCERT <\/span><\/p>\n

Kenneth Woods, cello <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Sheila Zilar, piano <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

SYMPHONY Chamber Series <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

P<\/span><\/span><\/span>endleton<\/span> <\/span>Arts<\/span> <\/span>Center<\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Friday, November 9, 2007<\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

7<\/span>:30<\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Sergei Prokofiev- Sonata in C Major for Cello and Piano <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Dmitri Shostakovich- Sonata in D minor for Cello and Piano<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Sergei Rachmaninoff- Sonata in G minor for Cello and Piano <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Well, this is a bit of a change. No Haydn symphonies? <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

I\u2019ve written often here about how much I miss playing cello, especially chamber music. Over the last few years I\u2019ve found that the pressures of the conductor\u2019s life mean I rarely get the cello out of the case unless I\u2019ve got a performance coming up, so I try to fit things in where the schedule allows, but then I get these horrible moments when I realize I\u2019ve been resting a bad back for nearly two weeks and have recital in seven days. Yikes! <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

I was able to start work in earnest on Friday, and have through Tues to get my act together. Then Wednesday is a travel day, probably a washout as it\u2019s a painfully long trip from <\/span>Cardiff<\/span> to Pendleton. That means I have just Thursday and Friday to get used to my other cello (how I ended up with two cellos that are so totally unalike is beyond me!)\u00a0and put things together with Sheila. This isn\u2019t the way it used to be in school when you\u2019d work hours a day all year on a program then coach with your pianist for weeks before the hearing before the concert!<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Anyway, it occurred to me to just make this a week of immersion in cello, since it kinda has to be anyway, so I\u2019m putting my scores on the shelf till further notice (well, except for a rehearsal or two). I\u2019ll see if I can make this a cello blog for a week\u2026. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Meanwhile, if you\u2019re in Eastern Oregon\/Washington, ring the OES office to buy tix 541 276 0320. We\u2019re donating 100% of the ticket sales to player compensation in the orchestra. It\u2019s my way of at least putting my time and effort, and in a sense my money since I\u2019m not paying myself, where my mouth is. It\u2019s pretty easy to raise money for things like new chairs and stands or recorders for convicts, but it\u2019s the toughest thing in the world to get people to give money to actually pay the musicians who make music happen\u2026. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n