Aslan and Stephen gave their Book 1 viola recital on 24 November. Here are their thoughts.
by Aslan:
On the 24th of November 2018, Saturday I had my book 1 recital. The first song was Gossec Gavotte. Me and Stephen were playing good until Stephen forgot the repeat for the first part, but the rest of the song was good, The next song was me it was Etude it was good except the doubles, which was not that good. Then it was Stephen’s turn he played Minuet No. 2 it was good better than my Etude. Then after Minuet No. 2 it was my turn to play Go Tell Aunt Rhody. This song was the best one so far, because I had only slight mistakes not big ones. Then after Stephen’s next one it was me playing Minuet No. 3 it was not bad until I forgot a note which totally confused me. Again it was Stephen’s turn. Then it is more me again. I played May Song that wasn’t that bad. It was my second best one so far. The next was Allegro with Stephen. I first played the duet then normal. It was great because I never got something wrong, neither did him. Then it was my turn again. It was Andantino. It wasn’t all that bad. The next song I played was the Happy Farmer. I think it was the worst one of all because it had the most mistakes. In Long, Long Ago it was pretty good it wasn’t bad. Also French Folk Song was probably the best one out of all of them. And for Twinkles I played Melody for Variation C, E and Theme and that was the end of the recital.
by Stephen
I had been practicing for weeks then came the recital. I played Gossec Gavotte. I think I need a bit more work for remembering the repeats. I think Minuet 2 was my song that I played the best so far and my Twinkle song I was glad I remembered when I was playing the duet. In Allegro I think it was also quite good I just needed to remember the high 2s in Allegro. Allegretto I think I needed to make the bows a little more shorter. Minuet 1 I was glad I remembered to count 3 in the long bows.
