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Tracie
Price 
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(4/21/01 11:21:01 am)
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20th
Century Concerti
Hello all
Hey, I was
wondering. Does anyone ever play 20th Century Concertos for
auditions? Such as Shostakovich, Barber and Prokofiev? Are they not
considered appropriate audition material? And if so,
why?
Hum?
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zambocello
Registered User
(4/21/01 8:28:23 pm)
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Re:
20th Century Concerti
Elgar and Shostakovich #1 are done
sometimes. Walton or Prokofiev rarely. And I've never heard Barber,
Kabalevsky, Shostakovich #2, William Schuman, Milhaud, Honneger,
Martinu, Khatchaturian et al at auditions. Given that the point is
to impress the committee with our abilities, we must play something
familiar enough to them that they understand why they should be
impressed. Few violinists -- and not all cellists, even
professionals -- have heard the Barber Cello Concerto. (And it's a
sad thing, too, since it is such a great piece. Maybe my favorite
20th-century cello concerto.)
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Tracie
Price
Registered
User
(4/21/01 11:02:54 pm)
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Makes
sense
Yes, I see...
But it's
ridiculous I think. After all, SOOOO much great repertoire was
written for us during the 20th century. It's sad that everyone is
essentially (due to convention) restricted to Dvorak or Haydn D. How
long is it going to take for people to wake up and realize there are
more pieces than those two? I guess more interesting programming by
orchestras would help a great deal. If every guest cellist plays
Dvorak, Haydn, Elgar, or perhaps Shostakovich, then audiences and
even other musicians never become exposed to these other great
works. It all comes back to the bottom line, doesn't it. People will
pay to hear Yo-Yo play Dvorak anytime. How often does a hall sell
out for Lutoslawsky or Barber? 
I guess if one's future didn't rely on an audition, then
there would be more cellists brave enough to try something
different. But it's pretty risky, isn't it.
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zambocello
Registered User
(4/22/01 7:44:26 pm)
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Lutoslawski Concerto as audition piece
Wouldn't THAT be a hoot? Of course,
you might not get past the open Ds!
It is sad that a broader
repertoire of cello concertos doesn't make it onto symphony concert
programs. It is inevitable, I suppose. Few orchestras play more than
one cello concerto per year. If there are 8 or 9 canonized cello
concertos you don't repeat repertoire for about a decade, even
without ever playing the great 20th century pieces we mentioned.
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Tracie
Price
Registered
User
(4/22/01 9:03:55 pm)
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hahaha
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dennisw
Registered User
(4/25/01 12:51:53 pm)
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Re:
20th Century Concerti
Hi Tracie,
Many years ago,
just as a spoof (being the wiseguy I was), I actually auditioned
with the Capriccio for Siegfried Palm by Penderecki.
One
judge came up to me afterward and just said: "So where is the
Bach?"
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Paul
Tseng ICS Staff 
Administrator
(4/25/01 2:22:48 pm)
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Re:
20th Century Concerti
I played Prokofiev for an orch
audition once.
I thought Prok op. 125 was on the concerto
list for LA back in the mid 1990s?
Paul Tseng
My Website
Alexander's website
Free Cello Music!
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Tracie
Price
Registered
User
(4/25/01 11:14:46 pm)
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cooool
:)
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BA
Registered User
(4/26/01 3:01:15 am)
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Shostakovich
2nd and 3rd movements of the
Shostakovich #1 were mandatory for the LA principal audition (along
with Haydn Dm) a few years back.
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