I don't have much time, because something called sleep needs to happen.
However, this is extremely important.
About 4 Years ago, I discovered the existence of a Cello Concerto. This Cello concerto is a small one, written by a young 24 year old Dvorak. However, it's existence eluded even my former cello teacher, who was the authority on all things cello. (At least in the state of Utah.)
Apparently, Dvorak wrote the concerto for a friend. However, he didn't really bother to orchestrate it. He only wrote a piano score. Years later, in the 1920s, someone else found it, and orchestrated the piece for another friend. Even later, in the 70's Milos Sadlo rediscovered the concerto, and had a Dvorak expert perfect the orchestration. There are a few small recordings of it. And it's beautiful. It's actually really sad that the world doesn't know this concerto. It is one of those bright concertos that makes one incandescently happy.
At the time of the discovery, I searched the internet for any print of the sheet music I could possibly find.
All sources were extremely vague, and at length, I came to the conclusion that the piece was out of print, and sheet music was unavailable, as the piece didn't go to public domain until about 2025.
I didn't exactly give up hope, but I did shelve the entire idea.
However, Yesterday, I was extremely bored.
So, I was on the internet.
And this fell right into my lap.....
This 4 year search all ended one lazy college evening, in my tiny kitchen.
That Beautiful "A" Which opens a concerto in the same key is what sealed the deal. That's when I knew I had finally found it.
I sat, alone at my table, making cookies, and just yelled to the heavens, and tried to remember to breath. This concerto was my search, my destiny, and the one and only thing I wanted to find in college. So by the standards of myself four years ago, I have accomplished everything I wanted to in college. I can now graduate a happy girl.
In other news, I might join the opera's pit orchestra over the summer.
And in even other other news, I have a freezer full of burritos. Literally, I had to shove burritos in very random spots.
Life is good.
Obscure forgotten cello concertos and burritos.
I understate.
LIFE IS REALLY GOOD.
