Object Lesson on What Happens When You Don't Practice Enough - Recital Horrors

The chamber music recital was moved up two weeks due to various scheduling issues.  I would have preferred to just have the Schubert Quintet deferred until next September but was outvoted.  The cellists didn't get a chance to practice the week before the recital nor warm-up beforehand.  Intonation was very very very bad.    Chamber music teacher said that it was a very ambitious piece for our skill set.  However, the piece was a lot of fun to practice and the moments where it comes together are nice -- too bad they only last a few phrases at a time.  For masochistic and morbid curiosity sake I will post the video.

WARNING: listening to this version of Schubert's Quintet in C will hurt your ears.  

My husband's piece, the Vivaldi Mandolin didn't fare much better.  He decided it was a horse race and took off running.  I did get to play the viola for this piece.

Interestingly enough, it must actually sound like a real musical piece as YouTube sent me this warning "Your video "2012-04-Mandolins.m4v", may have content that is owned or licensed by Music Publishing Rights Collecting Society and The Harry Fox Agency, Inc. (HFA), but it’s still available on YouTube! In some cases, ads may appear next to it."

The guitars memorized their piece.  It's sweet and short.

The Boccherini Sextet wasn't too bad.  I sat out on this one.  Three cellists would have been overkill.
It should have been faster.