| My vote is Brahms 3 also. Let me go further as to say that's it's not the actual hitting of the note as much as it is the timing with the usual melifluous beat that you have come in with! This is why you'll sit in your chair before the concert and play it over and over without problem. Then, you get to the show and the conductor hesitates, you have breathed nicely, have to hold your breath, tighten up and bingo... squeezed out note is forthcoming if at all. Oh, and now it's sharp, too, because your throat is closed off from your abs tightening up.
The cure? Knowing all of that and preparing your breath as a nice long one that you can produce when YOU are ready. That takes practice if you want to have something to work on.
It's also very odd how a conductor will suddenly become a lot clearer when, in rehearsal, the downbeats are ragged as a result of his soulful moments of interpretation and every eye was on him. Arturo, where are you when we need you?
ML |