December 30 - Walton Home Recital

My "iPod Shuffle" selection of repertoire for this recital was fun, but I found it very difficult to jump from genre to genre so quickly. Three minutes of Mozart, a couple minutes of Ligeti, a Joplin rag, a Bach Choral Prelude, a virtuoso Christmas tune, Ravel, etc. I found that by the time a reached the end of a piece, I was in the mood for more ... not necessarily something different! In the future, it will be helpful to practice transitioning between styles in order to solidify my execution, because I really like the concept.

Regardless, this was a tremendously enjoyable event, made all the better by the enthusiastic crowd (at least half of whom were members of the Minnesota Choral). I enjoyed accompanying the remarkably boisterous sing-a-long after the recital, and in the end, my audience serenaded me with a glorious rendition of the "Halleluia" chorus from Handel's Messiah. I can't say I expected that!