Yesterday and today Satoshi, Conway, and I all met at John Wion's apartment on the upper west side for rehearsal. We had hoped to rehearse at Avery Fisher Hall this week, but when we discovered those rooms would no longer be available to us, John saved the day by offering to let us rehearse in his beautiful home! John is the former Principal Flute of the NYC Opera and one of my most special and influential teachers.
We really dug into the Schulhoff and the Li yesterday, spending three hours on only those two works. Today, we covered a lot of ground, running and rehearsing pieces by Palestrina, Pergolesi, Bartok, Bach, and Marlow, and putting the finishing touches to Schulhoff and Li. The heat has this Pacific Northwesterner pretty tired out. Not sure how everyone keeps focused and working hard when it is 90+ degrees. Needless to say, after a hard day of rehearsal, I am ready to rest!
I wanted to share a couple of pictures I have floating around from the past several weeks. Perhaps I can get them into the gallery as well. We work hard, but we also love to relax afterward and have a good time together. The photo on the left is the Bateira Trio following a planning meeting held at Carmine's Italian Restaurant. The photo on the right was taken after a recent performance at the NYC Composer's Circle with one of our favorite composers, Vivian Li!
We really dug into the Schulhoff and the Li yesterday, spending three hours on only those two works. Today, we covered a lot of ground, running and rehearsing pieces by Palestrina, Pergolesi, Bartok, Bach, and Marlow, and putting the finishing touches to Schulhoff and Li. The heat has this Pacific Northwesterner pretty tired out. Not sure how everyone keeps focused and working hard when it is 90+ degrees. Needless to say, after a hard day of rehearsal, I am ready to rest!
I wanted to share a couple of pictures I have floating around from the past several weeks. Perhaps I can get them into the gallery as well. We work hard, but we also love to relax afterward and have a good time together. The photo on the left is the Bateira Trio following a planning meeting held at Carmine's Italian Restaurant. The photo on the right was taken after a recent performance at the NYC Composer's Circle with one of our favorite composers, Vivian Li!
 Conway, Satoshi, and Sandy |  Vivian Li, Satoshi, and Conway |
Check back for my blog entry after our recording session, which is scheduled for tomorrow afternoon! Based on how things were sounding and feeling today, I am extremely optimistic about the results. Hopefully those will be up on the site as well very soon.
Ciao!
Ciao!