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2004年11月12日
England is getting cold
Hello everybody. I am sorry again that it's been a while. Same excuse - just haven't had much time. I have had a very funny time lately mainly due to cancellations. I haven't done any for a couple of years and have 2 suddenly happen together.
The first one happened just after my last post to the website. I was sitting at home actually infront of this computer (!) and my manager called saying, "Can you play Schumann concerto tomorrow night?". I said, "I'll call you back in 5 minutes"; moved to my piano to try it and... played it the next day! It was actually really nice as the conductor was an old friend of mine - it was lovely to see him.
And now, 2 days ago (on Tuesday), I was having pizza in London with friends as I was meant to have some free time. Again my manager called and asked this time if I could play Rachmaninov 3rd the next day. This time however the rehearsal was going to be in 2 hours - I had to leave my pizza and just rush to the rehearsal...
I played it last night in Bedford (about 80km from London going north) and it went fine. Tonight - it is now 16.22 here - so at 19.30 I will play it in the Festival Hall of London in front of 3000 people.
THEN finally tomorrow I can have a day off. I am trying to get fit to take part in a mini - indoor - gym - triathlon. We have to do in the gym 3km Running - 5km cycle - 2km rowing, in that order, the time includes breaks. Luckily we can try it any time before Christmas - we just have to ask a trainer to record our time. We can also try it as many times we want - so this time I really hope to win something (maybe not 1st prize).
投稿者 Freddy : 01:18 | コメント (199) | トラックバック