Reger Suite 1 - 4. Molto Vivace and a Mozart Trio!

Another long break between videos! I actually recorded this movement last week and was about to post it, but at the last minute I decided I could probably do better. I recorded it again today and listened to the two recordings back to back, and the one from today is in fact cleaner and and more controlled. It’s gratifying when practicing actually produces noticeable results!

There’s not actually a lot to say about this movement. It’s fast, there are a lot of notes. Instead I want to share another project I was working on this week. I have two students in Naperville who I have been teaching over Zoom. This summer will probably be the last lessons I will have with them, and I am going to miss them a lot! Since we can’t have a real recital this semester, I wanted to come up with a project we could do to fill that space. I found a little Mozart Trio that someone transcribed for three violas, and I had the two of them each record a part and I played the third. Then I edited the three of us together and came up with this video.

Just a little bit of information about the musicians. Ethan is playing viola 1, and despite being an extremely advanced violist, he will be starting a degree in science(?) or something (not music?!) in college in the fall. Lauren is going to start eighth grade in the fall, and has only been playing for about 3 years or so. She has been one of the hardest working students I have ever worked with, and she is using vibrato in this recording!