Anxiety nightmare comes true for pianist at competition
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#2The article initially makes it sound like the pianist was caught completely off-guard when the band started playing a different song to what he had rehearsed.
If you read further, however, you discover that the pianist had actually prepared to play both songs, but that their order had been switched, which is a significantly less dramatic story.
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#3The article initially makes it sound like the pianist was caught completely off-guard when the band started playing a different song to what he had rehearsed. If you read further, however, you discover that the pianist had actually prepared to play both songs, but that their order had been switched, which is a significantly less dramatic story.
True, how off-putting would you find that though? Well I would anyway, so hats off to the guy.
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#4The classical example of expecting another piece is when Maria Joao Pires performed in Amsterdam and only during the orchestra introduction figured out her mistake. See her reaction on Youtube [1]. As opposed to the article above, she hadn't performed this piece in over a year.
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#5The article initially makes it sound like the pianist was caught completely off-guard when the band started playing a different song to what he had rehearsed. If you read further, however, you discover that the pianist had actually prepared to play both songs, but that their order had been switched, which is a significantly less dramatic story.
And it seems the piece was announced (first incorrectly, then correctly – or the other way round depending on the view) while the pianist and conductor were waiting backstage. So the pianist was aware of the different piece even before he stepped on stage:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOUSFNgEy7c
Still an unpleasant situation, but not THAT bad.
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#6The article initially makes it sound like the pianist was caught completely off-guard when the band started playing a different song to what he had rehearsed. If you read further, however, you discover that the pianist had actually prepared to play both songs, but that their order had been switched, which is a significantly less dramatic story.
Agreed - the title of "Anxiety nightmare" also isn't accurate based on the actual story they outline.
I know that clickbait sells and all, but even "Wrong song played for pianist..." would be better and mostly accurate.
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#7The article initially makes it sound like the pianist was caught completely off-guard when the band started playing a different song to what he had rehearsed. If you read further, however, you discover that the pianist had actually prepared to play both songs, but that their order had been switched, which is a significantly less dramatic story.
Agreed - the title of "Anxiety nightmare" also isn't accurate based on the actual story they outline. I know that clickbait sells and all, but even "Wrong song played for pianist..." would be better and mostly accurate.
Without reading the article you would assume this is about a pianist that forgot their pants and only realized about it when in front of the audience.
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#8The article initially makes it sound like the pianist was caught completely off-guard when the band started playing a different song to what he had rehearsed. If you read further, however, you discover that the pianist had actually prepared to play both songs, but that their order had been switched, which is a significantly less dramatic story.
I met a guy once that told me that he never decided beforehand which song to play and that way would be less stressed. He was a pretty good pianist. More than 10 years later, I almost only perform original pieces or improvisational pieces and if I perform often enough, I find that I have way less anxiety with performing.
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#9Can’t have been that bad... At least he was wearing pants!
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#10I was expecting some kind of "has a stroke, suddenly forgets the connection of piano keys to music notes" story. Thankfully the real story was less anxiety-inducing :)