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Nico67
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(8/10/00 11:27:51 am)
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Mork,
endpins, Haydn Concertos, Prokofiev Sonata
One posts, several
topics.
Last night I went to hear Truls Mork in concert at
the Mostly Mozart Festival in NYC. He played the Prokofiev sonata in
the pre-concert performance, and then the Haydn concerto in C for
the "real" concert.
His cello (a gorgeous and HUGE
Montagnana) featured a "bent" endpin which I had never seen before.
Is this the "Tortelier" endpin? What's the advantage of having a
bent endpin?
As a matter of fact I listened to my Tortelier
recording of the Haydn to prepare for the concert. Does anybody have
other recommendations? I think I also have Bylsma and Rostropovich
(I have to check, I collect too many cello CDs)
Similar
question for the Prokofiev Sonata. I have Mork's recording, but it's
the only one so I am in need of comparisons.
The concert was
fantastic (it also included the Shahams siblings in the Mendhelsson
Concerto for Violin and Piano). Take these comments for what they
are (incompetent CBN, with barely one year of lessons), but Mork
displayed an impressive left hand technique. And a really sweet
mellow sound (if at times a little "small").
---Rosario
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Laura
Wichers
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(8/10/00 1:21:12 pm)
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Re:
Mork, endpins, Haydn Concertos, Prokofiev Sonata
"I collect too many cello
CDs"
Not possible!!! Just ask our own Gary
Stucka.
Sorry I don't have more to
add.
-Laura
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42
Registered User
(8/10/00 2:10:20 pm)
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Re:
Mork, endpins, Haydn Concertos, Prokofiev Sonata
I really really really wish I could
have gone to that concert..... I've wanted to see Mork play since I
first heard one of his recordings. as for the bent endpin, I used
one for a while because of my (very) long legs (now I use a very
long straight endpin). One advantage is bieng able to sit all the
way back in your chair for your back's sake. The disadvantage is
that to play on the a string your right arm is very high in the
air(tiring)
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Paul
Tseng ICS Staff 
Administrator
(8/10/00 2:29:01 pm)
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Re:
Mork, endpins, Haydn Concertos, Prokofiev Sonata
I use a bent endpin and if used
correctly it will not cause your arm to raise higher, instead, it
will allow you to hang both hands/arms on the cello. This is
actually much less tiring.
The disadvantage of using a VERY
long straigh endpin (as I've experienced it) is that the angle of
the point of the endpin to the ground is so accute that the endpin
keeps slipping. The endpin is SO long that it wobbles and shakes the
entire cello upon the slightest motion.
Ideally, the idea is
to get the cello (whether on a bent endpin or a very long striaght
one) closer to a horizontal angle. Not exactly horizontal, that
would be impossible. But almost. The idea is NOT to raise the cello
and scroll higher, but to push out the bottom of the cello and
actually lower the scroll and body of the cello.
Of course,
if you have very long legs, this will feel more comfortable. But if
you have really short arms you might find it uncomfrotable and
difficult to reach your bow hand out so far in front of
you.
Ulitmately, you want your shoulders to relax and stay
down. Never let them shrug or raise up. The angle facilitated by the
bent endpin helps with this.
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