My first thought while coming off stage: It’s over! I can get my life back! But it was very good. Only made two really shocking mistakes, which is not bad. Not sure how many people got the joke in the Greetings Prelude, but hey, the orchestra enjoyed it. And the symphony went very well, as did the Moods. Firebird felt even more awesome than it did yesterday. <3 And ty muchly to Chris (and family) for coming to support, it made it that much nicer.
The best part was so the end. When it started so soft and gentle and it built and built and built. Sakari is such a powerful, powerful conductor. He somehow got to the heart of it all, every emotion. You feel invincible after playing like that, and I think that feeling’s perhaps the reason we all keep going, through every time this week that we didn’t think we could. Somehow it’s been worth it.
School tomorrow. Ahahahah. *thud*
Oh, and also, thank you for the batteries.
