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My favorite memory of performing for an audience would have been on Thanksgiving Day in 2017. In the evening I gave my first performance of Bach's Goldberg Variations for a very small and intimate audience, maybe 5 people! Despite the small audience, I remember enjoying the experience so much, and satisfaction from finally performing one of my absolute desert island pieces!
I would play it again a few weeks later in this video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ypv4oO6Vz30&t=538s
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Until I discovered Tonebase, nearly ALL my performances were always with amateur orchestras and chamber groups.
Many years ago, as a teenager, I played both cello and piano with our All-State orchestra. During our final performance of the Bloch Concerto Grosso for piano & strings, I was playing the piano part on a VERY old piano with several broken ivory keys.
Unbeknownst to me, I sliced my finger on a broken key and there was blood all over the keyboard...it was truly horrifying to look at but I didn't even notice until the piece was over!
Interestingly, I had totally forgotten about the incident until I played the piece again last summer with an amateur chamber orchestra, and this memory came flooding back to me.