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Originally Posted by Jimi Michiel  I guess it this point one of my biggest challenges is just trying to convince myself to just play as I normally would instead of over-thinking and playing for the committee. |
It is real easy to let our heads get in the way. Rather than worry about what rhythm the committee, conductor, audience want, the default style is to ask the question "What would Beethoven want?" In this case the answer is: "a fanfare announcing the arrival of the Governor." We then can put our heads in the head of the guy whose job it was to play fanfares for the Governor. For him, it was probably no big deal, 'cause he did it several times a day, and here we are at a prison, ho hum. It then becomes just a normal fanfare, but carrying a
huge message for some of the good people in the opera. This results in a "routine but exciting" interpretation. Approached this way, the rhythm takes care of itself.