Making Mozart

Viola Judy and I have received our chamber music assignment for BSO Academy:  Mozart’s Eine Kleine Nachtmusik.   We’ll be playing with Ivan Stefanovic, the Assistant Principal Second Violin with the Orchestra.  Joining us will be our friend Deborah on bass (she played in our quintet last year) and a new cellist we have yet to meet. Ivan will be playing the First Violin part with us.

The good news is that the Mozart piece is delightfully familiar (a sample below), and is really not all that difficult to learn.   Playing it well, on the other hand, is another issue!  Considering Ivan typically plays Second Violin parts — the part I’ve drawn — I better get this one nailed!