Mar 17 (Var 6)

Happy beautiful Spring Saturday! I've been out and about and the sunshine has really lifted my spirits after a week that was difficult in several ways. I just love being able to play the piano, because no matter what else is going on I know I can focus on the music and leave it behind for a while. When a doctor asks me how I deal with stress, I say the piano and they usually seem to get it.

As for Variation 6, we're very near the end. I've got the tempo I want (in fact I can play it faster than this but don't want to). I'm nearly error free, although the three parallel sections all have very different fingerings and accidental patterns, making it very tough to keep all three in working memory at the same time. I believe tomorrow will be the last day for this one.

I also wanted to include the sections that are calling back to earlier sections -- Variation 2. Here are two spots in Var 6:

And here are two similar spots in Var 2:

And here is a recording of Var 6: