A New Week

This week, I did not practice very much. I did spend quite a bit of time reading Joel Lester's Bach's Works for Solo Violin: Style, Structure, Performance. I realized that I needed to brush up on my music theory in order to understand his comments. On the other hand, I have had some music theory, and it will be good for me to think about the chord structures of the movements as I play them. Besides, the writing isn't too opaque; compared to literary criticism, Lester's book is crystal clear.

I did not finish practicing the Siciliano, or even finish reading about it. I'm sure that will be the case many weeks. That's the nature of my project. The movement for this week is much is easier than the others, since there are hardly any double stops. I may be able to spend some time reviewing the entire Sonata in addition to practicing its last movement.