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JanJan2
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(7/13/01 7:56:19 am)
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Recital
Inspired by a recent Strings article, I've decided to give a little
recital for family and friends sometime next spring. (Giving myself
plenty of time to prepare!). So far I've decided on the following
program:
Vivaldi Sonata #5
Bach Prelude #2
Rachmaninoff
Vocalise
Faure Elegie
As you can see, I favor pieces with
a dreamy, soulful quality. Any suggestions for a more upbeat piece
to balance it out? I'm also considering adding a duet, either with
my current cello teacher, or my former viola teacher.
Now to
the main question of this post. I've already worked on (to some
degree) all the above mentioned pieces, though they are all FAR from
any sort of performance standard. How should one go about preparing
several pieces for one event? Do you work on all simultaneously,
making gradual progress; or do you really learn one, put it aside,
go on to the next, and so forth, and then polish them all in the
month or two before the recital?
Any suggestions, tips,
hints greatly appreciated - repetoire and practice. TIA.
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Kelzane
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(7/13/01 12:01:39 pm)
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Re: interesting
question. . . thoughts?
Great Questions. I saw that Strings article too. I wish you great
luck. I'm sure your friends and family are in for a treat. At some
point in the future I look forward to doing a recital. I am too new
to the cello to really do a recital yet, so keep that in mind when
your reading my two cents on your questions about
preparation.
My first thoughts revolve around your working
style in general, my sense is that I would primarily concentrate on
one piece, being very focused (maybe even writing out) the aspects
that I wanted to improve. ie) intonation in measures 34, smooth
shift to fourth position in measure x, phrasing and expression --
whatever you need/want to improve, (Do you keep a practice log?)
(Strings had an article on this a while back too) but I would also
need to work on the other pieces simultaneously even if my primary
goal in a given practice or week of practicing was to improve a
particular piece. For my own learning I would be too afraid that if
I put the other pieces down for "too" long a time, I would lose the
progress I had made on it. For some people though, I can see the
opposite being true -- once they have it, its down pat. Of course
"putting one piece down" means different amounts of time to
different people. You might want to answer for yourself how long you
can step away from a piece and not lose ground on it? Hope I'm not
making this more convoluted than it is? What are your own first
thoughts?
I would love to hear how other, experienced
cellists approach preparation.
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sarah
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(7/14/01 11:15:41
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Recital
I practise everything at once. Of course you've got lots of time,
planning so far ahead, so you could do it either way, but you
probably would want to be practising them all at the same time close
to concert time.
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