...and Day 3

Thursday, day 3 of our rehearsal -like day 2- did not go as planned. Half of the morning got waisted in driving around the city of Helsinki -for diverse reasons. Had to get some things from a drug store, plus to help a friend with Silver´s car. So, we started around 12pm.

Once again, the focus of the practicing was the new trio. Just before that, we went through the two smaller, and older, trios. One is on the program, the other is our encore. After a couple of hours, I think we had the new trio in a good condition. There was a small changed detail after the previous day, since we heard some live recordings of the trio, by the composer´s trio with his siblings. It somehow gave us some new ideas, plus the confidence that we could, and actually should, present it better. Could because we´re not related to each other - meaning that we have a less complicated connection, and should because, well, it was somebody else´s work...

At the end, we checked our cello/piano duo. Made sure a couple of tricky places are working, and around 3.30 pm, I let Silver go to Turku where his parents live. After that he should refresh 2 of Beethoven sonatas, learn the other 3 and the sets of variations for his four-concert series this week with a Finnish pianist. Yes, with three hours of practicing we did our job.

More rehearsals on the spot, Trieste on 12th and 13th of August -that is next Tuesday. But no panic. Most of the work is done, and I think we´ll enjoy ourselves in the sunny and warm south. Cheers!

PS: As I wrote before, you can find complete details of the works and some descriptions on the other blog.