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Sibelius at the Freo Eisteddfod

Posted in Daily Adventures, Violin, tagged , , , , , , on May 13, 2009 | 1 Comment »

All yesterday, I was just riddled with nerves.  I had that weird sick feeling in my stomach all day at work, knowing that my Freo Eisteddfod heat was later that day.  I did try to calm down, clear the worries out of my head.
As my Wifey told me, I shouldn’t need to have nerves.  I [...]

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Sibelius Concerto Practice

Posted in Violin, tagged , , , on May 6, 2009 | 2 Comments »

It’s less than 1 week to the Freo Eistedfodd where I’ll attempt to play the first movement of the Sibelius Violin Concerto!  
I’m starting to feel the nerves.  I don’t know why – I have nothing to lose really.  I keep telling myself over and over that it’s not for the competition or glory – but [...]

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Sibelius violin concerto

Posted in Violin, tagged , , on April 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Don’t know why, but I’ve decided to enter the Freo Eisteddfod and play the Sibelius violin concerto!
Wifey thinks I’m having a mid-life crisis.  But I told her – adults who play sports enter amateur sporting competitions, adult photographers enter amateur photography competitions, why can’t adults enter amateur music competitions?  Why do we think they should [...]

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Back to the Violin again!

Posted in Violin, tagged , , , on May 24, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

Well, the other weekend, I went with my Dad to watch the Open Concerto heats for the Freo Eisteddfod.  It’s been a while since I’ve seen what the local young musos are up to.  The last thing I saw was the WAYMA Concerto Competition where Alexandra won playing the 1st movement of [...]

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More Sibelius

Posted in Violin, tagged , , , on November 1, 2006 | Leave a Comment »

Well, Vadim Repin’s concert has got me all inspired again.  Ran into Semra earlier in the week and she said that on Friday night, Vadim played the Carnival of Venice as an encore.  How cool!  Luckily, I’ve got him playing this already on a DVD called “World Encores” that I picked up [...]

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Vadim Repin plays Sibelius!

Posted in Out and About, Violin, tagged , , , on October 22, 2006 | Leave a Comment »

Well, on Saturday night, had 2 tickets to go see WASO’s concert.  I had to go because Vadim Repin was the soloist, playing the Sibelius violin concerto – my favourite!  Su decided it wasn’t her cup of tea, so Dad came along instead.
It was amazing! Vadim is one of the best violinists to [...]

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