This is an excerpt from a particularly tricky Rondo Capriccioso by Felix Mendelssohn, which I used to be able to play when I was much younger... however, the skill has left my fingers since those times... but I would really like to relearn it.
In this video, I am trying to have a go at running a section that I was practicing... it's only a page and half, but it is pretty virtuosic, and as every performer knows... things that go well in practice can go completely pear shaped in a running performance. So, just to put a little bit of running performance stress on myself, I recorded these three attempts at the section. A page and half out of about 10 or so pages, I'll be pretty chuffed if I can get it all together. I'm about half way into learning the piece... but I might just stick to my day job!
Next time, I'll try to have a shot that sees my hands a bit better....
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