This is the second post about performing… I had the pleasure of performing with one of my children. A couple of weeks ago I said to my daughter, ‘wouldn’t it be great if you learned the accompaniment for The Swan? -and you could play it with me?’ -my daughter plays the harp. Much to my surprise she said yes!!
This was something new for her to accompany someone, and I didn’t give her very long to learn the piece, and psychologically I was far more worried about making sure she was ok in the performance than I was. I said that no matter what I would follow her – catch her if anything went wrong. I was the one who slipped, and it was when I was worrying that she was ok. I never anticipated the added factor of the psychological impact of playing with one of your children – I learned something new for sure. She did great. I think every cellist should have an in-house harpist.
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