Today was quite a productive day. Too bad it's coming to an end, lucky days like this only occur once in a long time. Maybe it was the mostly breezy weather after the storm early in the morning, but I felt in the mood to sit down patiently to figure out Messiaen's Prelude No.8. I've been putting off practising this for quite a while because I just couldn't match the notes on the page to the noise I'm creating. Haha it sounded really horrible! But after some patience this morning I finally got it to sound like how it should sound, although I'm now playing it at about a hundred times slower than it should be. Maybe not a hundred times, but it's marked 'modere' and most of the bars have demisemiquavers (is it supposed to be spelt joined together??!) so it's supposed to be much faster than how I'm playing it at 'quaver = 30'. I was still glad for the improvement from stumbling around. Also sorted out some parts of Beethoven's Sonata Op.78, although it's far from ready. Too bad, I just have to cross my fingers and play it on Thursday because it's the only piece that's most ready for lesson. Maybe I'll try to rush out the Messiaen if I can. Quite a challenge, only three days left! But playing only one piece just screams, 'Slacker!' Fortunately last week was fifth week! Fifth weeks right after class lesson is good, it gives me more time to learn new pieces. =)

Was listening to the compilation of all the concertos we studied... falling for Dvorak's Cello Concerto!