I will be performing the following piece in an orchestra concert next month. We've had four rehearsals so far and have practiced this piece three times. I'm playing second violin, which has the exact same measure repeated over and over again for 90% of the total run time. It sounds dull when I say it like that, but the music is (eventually going to be) very fast-paced and has a manic but controlled energy. It's a challenge to bring the same amount of intensity to every measure every time I play those notes. I'm excited to perform this, to see hear how it all comes together in the end.
The Foundry: Machine-Music, Op. 19 was written by Alexander Vasilievich Mosolov. Wikipedia refers to the piece as "a prime example of Soviet futurist music" and really I couldn't have said it better myself. Without further ado, I give you:
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