Tonight I played the Vivaldi Gloria over at Breakwater School in a concert for the Church of Christ the Redeemer. String quartet plus oboe, trumpet and continuo, and a chorus of about 8 women. The performance went fine, but the other violinist and I agreed that the second movement, Et In Terra Pax, was the highlight for both of us. Something magical happened during that movement. I felt like we weren't even playing the music; it was just flowing through us. It's during those moments, when I'm helping to create a thing of beauty, that my ongoing struggles to improve as a violinist are all worth it.
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