Organ Lesson

German, Work, Classical Symphony started the day. I don't usually work that shift, but Mary Rose had been swiftly called to Milan because of Greta's illness, so me and someone else (Merve?) and I covered her Thursday morning shift. Because I was working, I didn't get as much studying done for Classical Symphony as I usually do, but I still felt decently prepared. I didn't expect us to start to talk about the finale (since we've only covered the 1st, and occasionally 2nd movements, of all the symphonies we've covered) and I certainly didn't expect him to get all huffissimo about the fact that we weren't adequately prepared.....he really bitched at us. It was an interesting situation....I mean, I've had teachers do that to me before, and usually I can approach from the angle of sincere remorse, as in situations where I don't have an excuse not to have completed the task assigned, or respond with a justified complaint about an unclear presentation or some other fault of the instructor that made me unable to complete the task assigned.....albeit the latter hasn't happened since my Baur period (and before that, certainly the Mr. Sherrodd days were replete with those circumstances....) but still it struck me that I could not formulate a thesis for either side.....I felt as though as I was adequately prepared, but I couldn't answer the questions that he was posing.....I don't know. In any case, that was that, and after class Mike and I went to the Musikverein to buy tickets for Messiah, only to find out that (similar to the Opera) they only start selling tickets three weeks before the day of the concert. So, I'll have to go back on Monday the 29th to buy tickets.....oh I'm so excited! It's Harnoncourt conducting the Messiah, and that's almost dream come true right there....plus I hope to get a nice, expensive, good seat, which will also be fun! Oh! It's just so exciting!

After that I tooled around IES some more and then went home to get my organ stuff. I then went out to Marianum for my organ lesson, which was OK. I had made some improvement, so it wasn't pointless or anything, but it's still slow going. After Gottfried left I recorded myself using the iBook's internal mic, which didn't turn out that bad (see other blog entry for link, etc.) The strangest thing happened to me on the subway ride back home from Marianum.....the arrogant guy who had tried to steal my standing spot for Rheingold so many weeks ago was on the U2.....and not only that, but he sat right across from me. I don't think he remembered who I was, but I sure as hell remembered him.....it was kind of awkward, to tell you the truth. What a small city! Anyway, after getting home Becky and I watched South Park, and then I went to bed.