2nd movement on Saturday

I had better luck with the 2nd movement on Saturday, playing through it several times with the headphones - it's much easier to know where I am.

I worked more on the first movement, trying to understand what happens when the tempo changes - which of course will be different in rehearsal than the recording, and different with Todd conducting than with Kyle. It's literally exhausting paying so much attention to the music as it plays and reading it at the same time, tracking exactly where I am, trying to figure out where I come in - exhausting but exhilarating - this music is exhilarating, actually.

So I've been listening to the recordings a lot. The music is beginning to occupy my pores.

I have more to do today at the Shambhala Center, helping with the weekend program, but I'll be done there by mid-afternoon. My goal this afternoon is to work on the 4th movement. Working the tougher parts first. Then striving to play the whole movement with the recording.