… but that doesn’t mean I’ve been idle – far from it in fact. I’ve been continuing the practice of the pieces I’ve recorded previously, and will start to rerecord them next week, all going well.
I’ve also got back into some ‘mainstream’ repertoire, and the Schubert Sonata in B Flat, D960 is beginning to take on some serious shape – although with a work of this magnitude and complexity it will be a while before I’m even remotely satisfied with what I’m doing. But at least I’ve made a start and there is no doubt that the piano suits the music (and vice versa!) to a tee. The piece covers a magnitude of emotions and moods but I’m finding, as I would expect, that I’m able to use the full dynamic and tonal range of the Stuart to its best advantage here.
Once again, a poke in the eye for all those people say ‘You can’t play such and such on the Stuart’ etc etc.
I’m also doing a one-off show with my brother-in-law’s band to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the death of Buddy Holly. I wouldn’t consider myself a rock musician by any stretch of the imagination and the majority of ‘pop’ music in general leaves me cold, but the music is not complex and being very experienced as I am in playing in bands and accompanying singers and other musicians, fitting in is not a problem.
Anyhow, it’s fun.
Unfortunately I can’t take the Stuart piano with me, so I’m stuck with the Kurzweil keyboard. You can’t have everything, I suppose.