Symphony X - Savage Curtains

The program begins with an overture, which is performed only by the orchestra. And only then comes my turn: I play Beethoven’s violin concerto. So I have some more time. As a soloist, I’m supposed to have a separate dressing room (the conductor also enjoys the same advantage), so I almost don’t feel the anxiety reigning in the general room. Apart from the cases when someone knocks on the door to say hello. This is a bit in the way, because I want to tune in to the game, but there's nothing to be done. Some incidents also interfere slightly, for example, when a particular violinist from an orchestra, as if by accident, loses several passages from Beethoven’s concert in front of my door to show that he knows how to do it no worse than me.