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"The best-selling CD in the U.S. is a blank, recordable one." - Anon

Long Live the Revolution!

Spring Again

New Season, New Concerts. Daniel and I started at the beautiful, ornate Caledonian Club in London, with an evening recital (followed by an extravaganza of fudge and whisky... I can assure you the legendary Scottish miserliness is a myth!).

This was the first outing for our new Mozart/Prokofiev/Dvorak programme; K454 Sonata, Cinq Melodies (originally for voice, without words), and Dvorak Sonatina.

The Dvorak Sonatina is an interesting one. It's more often than not found in grade books, and performed by young violinists with examinations to pass... it deserves far better concert-platform exposure, and I intend to make it so. Written in the same year as the American Quartet and the Hovis Symphony [or was it the New World?], it has a kind of folksy quality that must derive from its modal changes, native american motifs, and rustic simplicity. Fittingly, the piece is sometimes nicknamed Indian Lament. Worth checking out.

Time For Action

I'm going to put my neck on the line, as they say. It's time to turn ViolinMP3 from something 'with a lot of potential' into something amazing. Now's the time.

For the next thirty days, I'm going to release one new feature/page each day on ViolinMP3.com (it may not be exactly one per calendar day, but by the end of 30 days there should be 30 new pages). If the results at the end of the month have been worth it, I'll make it a permanent thing.

The only reason I'm posting this here is to put pressure on myself. If it's public, I can't back out!

Don't let me let me down ;)