I haven’t added anything for a while because there hasn’t really been much to add (now if that is not a circular argument I don’t know what is…). I’ve been working over much of the repertoire I’ve recorded and also added a couple more to the mix that I’ve picked up fairly recently, and I’m beginning to think that another extended recording session to produce the final product is beckoning.
But that won’t be for a while yet, because:
a) There are a number of performances I feel I can improve on, although obviously I have to draw a line somewhere.
b) I don’t know where I will record – either at home or else at the factory, and this will depend of course on Wayne’s good graces and which piano he and I think will be the ‘best’ at the time.
c) In two weeks time, I’m putting on another fundraising event for the Bo Children’s Hospital in Sierra Leone.
I put on the first of these in May last year, and, due to great assistance from many people, it was a great success not only in raising money but also for me personally in the sense that it was the first public recital I’d given for quite some time and naturally I was very nervous as to whether I could pull it off.
As it turns out, I did – even though I was in hospital for the first of my eye operations very, very soon afterwards – I hope that this next recital will not be a precursor to something similar.
I also plan to put on further events in early August and December, so I’m trying to structure the repertoire accordingly to try to have some consistency over the three recitals. I now have three students who are good enough to play in public, and so this will be good experience for them as well.
I’m probably going to look at the repertoire somewhat geographically this time – playing music from France, Spain, England, the Russian Federation and China. This should provide a great range of music to show off the capabilities of the piano, if not the performer.