I think the first Partita that I heard was adapted for viola. It was beautiful. I tried to find a channel for this on Pandora, but they only had Bach's Partitas (and Sonatas) for violin. Still beautiful, but not the same.
I was so moved by this music that I was inspired to buy the sheet music (again adapted for viola). However, it turned out that years without practice had created too much of a disparity between the beauty I had heard and what I was capable of playing.
The idea is to practice practice and practice again until I am not ashamed of the sound I make, but I pick up my viola once every year or couple of years, only to forget that I have such a luxury.
I think that I need to cut down on my hobbies. Keep the one or two and jettison the rest. Keep things simple so that I can breathe and enjoy the simplicity that life without clutter can be.
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