For several days in a row now, I keep saying to myself, “oh this is my favorite one.” Bravo, Gillock!
The Humming Bird isn’t mentioned in this title, because I’m still adapting to it, never having played it before yesterday. Yet by coincidence, I also yesterday typed up a story about Gillock’s Humming Bird written by another teacher’s student who submitted the piece for the”Music Tells the Story” festival that I chair.
One of our group here is also playing in this festival, and submitted Winter Scene. Maybe she’ll share her story with us?
CELIA 1/18: I have been loving how emotive these pieces are. Procession of the Mandarin has not been my favorite, but it was definitely an interesting contrast to many of the other pieces in terms of the harmonies and texture. I really enjoyed playing Winter Scene and Hummingbird, and Phantom Rider today was lots of fun! I think I may play it again and try to increase the tempo.
HELEN 1/18: You’re ahead of me! I’ll get to Phantom Rider this evening, and I’ll be prepared now to deal with tempo. 🙂