Performing with pianist Huw Watkins
Because Ive just finished studying, Im spending a lot of time thinking about how I want my musical life to pan out. The really exciting thing about that is that there are so many avenues to choose from. My life so far has already been filled with lots of different kinds of music making and thats the way I want to keep it.
I recently tried continuo playing for the first time, performing on a Baroque cello and with a Baroque bow. The experience drummed into me the importance of pulse and harmonic rhythm and changed the way I approached a performance of a Haydn concerto a couple of weeks later. Playing the bass-line means you dont have much melodic material to overcomplicate things with it reminded me to keep my playing simple and to always have a visceral sense of direction.