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That feels like it’d be a real life version of the dream where you’re suddenly aware you haven’t been to class all semester, and/or you’ve missed all your final exams, except worse.
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Conductor took it better than this guy
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i can imagine in that moment that one’s life would flash before one’s eyes.
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Perfect conductor for that situation. Such an easy-going guy. Orchestras find him pleasant and easy to work with – a perfect choice for the Lucerne Festival following the death of the great Claudio Abbado some years back.
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New nightmare unlocked. Thanks! 
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Twenty-five years ago, during a lunchtime concert in Amsterdam, top pianist Maria João Pires was caught off guard, expecting to play a different Mozart concerto than the one she’d been practicing.
She caught off guard by expecting to play something she had not practised?
No, she was caught off guard by being expected to play a different concerto, which she had not practiced.
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