We finished yesterday's Wakuwaku concerts and a few hours later were cradled in the sound of falling rain. A sound that condones the cessation of all activity. I listened. Tea and soup and quiet time away from the Radetzky March.
Tomorrow we have a rehearsal for an all-Tchaikovsky program that we will be playing on Saturday with the Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra, a Russian orchestra founded in 1930. It's a side-by-side concert, which means I'll be one of 15 cellos and share a stand with one of the cellists from the TSO. Additionally I think there are about 40 violins and probably 15-20 violas. This is extremely large for a string section, maybe twice the normal size. Their conductor, Vladimir Fedoseyev has been with them since 1974, nearly four decades, including the break-up of the USSR. I don't know that I've ever worked with a Russian conductor that close to older traditions, nor can I call to mind the last time I played with an entire Russian cello section. I'm looking forward to a unique musical experience.
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