So what are you reading right now...?

Me : Otherland by Tad Williams

MyDarlingWife : Whiteout by Ken Follett

Something pretty lowbrow.

"I Told You I Wasn't Perfect" by Denny McLain.

It's actually pretty interesting.

Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace.

(The Kindle version, FWIW, which I bring up only because the XYL is reading the same book via the Kindle app on her recently acquired iPad.)

I'm reading your posts....

The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich By William L. Shirer. Historical based on files and personal papers confiscated after World War II.

Music. Playing in a concert tomorrow. :)

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Originally Posted by n2ize

Music. Playing in a concert tomorrow. :)

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What are you playing? (music wise)

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Originally Posted by WU9G

What are you playing? (music wise)

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Here's our repertoire in concert order...

1) Dmitri Shostakovich "Waltz #2"
2) Mozart "Symphony 40, 1st movement"
3) Jay Ungar "Ashokan Farewell"
4) Beethoven "Symphony # 7 2nd movement"
5) Aaron Copland "At the River"
6) Mozart "Die Zauberflote (Magic Flute) Overture"
7) Schubert "Symphony # 8 1st movement"
9) Ravel "Mother Goose parts 1,2,5"
10) Handel "Hallelujah"

All parts as written by the original composers. Should keep the audience entertained for a while at least ;).
I will be playing all pieces 2nd violin section except for Mozart's 40th and Beethoven's 7th where I switch to 1st violin and confuse the heck out of the second violinists sitting next to me. LOL... All in all I think it will be a fun gig. Looking forward to it.

Reading a Michael Prescott mystery novel. In between my weed whacker service manuals.

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Originally Posted by n2ize

Here's our repertoire in concert order...

1) Dmitri Shostakovich "Waltz #2"
2) Mozart "Symphony 40, 1st movement"
3) Jay Ungar "Ashokan Farewell"
4) Beethoven "Symphony # 7 2nd movement"
5) Aaron Copland "At the River"
6) Mozart "Die Zauberflote (Magic Flute) Overture"
7) Schubert "Symphony # 8 1st movement"
9) Ravel "Mother Goose parts 1,2,5"
10) Handel "Hallelujah"

All parts as written by the original composers. Should keep the audience entertained for a while at least ;).
I will be playing all pieces 2nd violin section except for Mozart's 40th and Beethoven's 7th where I switch to 1st violin and confuse the heck out of the second violinists sitting next to me. LOL... All in all I think it will be a fun gig. Looking forward to it.

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Wow, that's a lot of charts.

It's all good though. Gotta keep the audience in the game.

I'm kind of partial to Dvorak. His stuff is all pretty cliche and frowned upon by "serious" musicians, but it's fun to play.

I can still do the entire second violin part from New World pretty much by memory.

My favorite is Dvorak's Symphony number 8, especially the third movement. I've played that entire piece a zillion times and I never get sick of it (unlike "Sound of Music" which makes me barf everytime I even see the score),