Fastest finger first

I'm currently spending a lot of time practising the Vivaldi Flautino (sopranino) Concerto in C major. Not entirely sure why - well, Andrew tells me to obviously but I don't know why. He did mention the possibility of playing it with ERO but that would never happen for oh so many reasons. Not least of which I wouldn't do it. But also I wouldn't be asked. Lucky escape all round, I say.

Still, I'm putting in the hours since I have the time right now it being summer. It's a beautiful piece. Sadly it's so iconic it's difficult to even attempt it without being assaulted by the ghosts of all the recordings and performances I have ever heard of the piece - all of which are faster than me. And just generally better. But I'm continuing to work because this is why I played in the first place, this was how I wanted to spend my life and luckily for me I still get the chance to noodle around as an amateur, with a great teacher, a decent group and a good orchestra to play with.

There are loads of recordings on the various music services but this one on the tube of you has a nice picture too....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-V87Vuc0Dbw