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Stefan79
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(2/6/01 9:23:52 am)
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Recital
and Piazzolla Tango
I was just rehearsing the
Saint-Saëns sonata #1 with a pianist. We're doing two recitals in
April/May and we need to come up with something to play. We have
decided on doing Saint-Saëns sonata #1, Le Grand Tango and Brahms e
minor. I feel that I would like to have a brake in the middle of the
concert and then we would have to add something. The piece we're
thinking of are the sonatas of Rachmaninoff, Strauss, Grieg, Barber
or Chopin, but we can't decide what to play. What would you
play?
And, in the Piazzolla, I know that some of you have
played it. What spots do you think was the hardest ones? I think
it's the doulbe stops at 25 (Edizioni Bèrben), the doulbe stops at
54 and before 95. The Giocoso part at 217 and pretty much from the
third bar after 255 to the end. I haven't had a chance to have a
look at it with my cello yet.
Thanks!
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Stefan
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zambocello
Registered User
(2/6/01 1:03:00 pm)
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sonatas
and tango
Are you thinking of doing 3 big
sonatas plus the tango? That would be a big program.
For me,
the hardest things about the tango are balance and the octaves in
the last section, especially to jump up the 4th at the beginning of
each phrase. Slippery intonation! Balance is also a tricky thing in
this piece. IMHO, the character of the piece needs a sultry, suave
cello sound, something I lose if I push the sound much. But the
piano part is so thick that balance is difficult. Your pianist
really has to be good at voicing down the less important layers of
the piano part.
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Paul
Tseng ICS Staff 
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(2/7/01 6:05:36 pm)
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Recital and Piazzolla Tango
Stefan,
This is a HUGE
program you are going to play. If you have the strength to do it,
great! More power to you!
Rachmaninoff is pretty easy for the
cello, but considering all that your poor pianist will have to play,
this will be the 2X4 that breaks the camel's back! You should
definitely consult with your pianist or get a second pianist. Rach,
Strauss, Grieg, Chopin and Barber all have very heavy piano parts.
Saint Saens Sonata #1 and Brahms E minor aren't simply playing
alberti bass accompaniment either.
I really love the Saint
Saens Cello Sonatas. I ahve the music for them both. Somehow the 1st
sonata reminds me of Beethoven.
If you must pick another
sonata to fill up this program, I'd go with Rachmaninoff (if your
pianist is up to it). It's really rewarding (easy on the cellist)
with all those beautiful themes you get to play while the pianist is
playing like a madman!
But like the Chopin, it's a very long
sonata (if you take the repeats). BTW, Kates showed me a neat page
turning trick for the Scherzo. If you get to play it, let me know
and I'll tell you about it.
Paul Tseng
My Website
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Stefan79
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(2/8/01 2:54:29 am)
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Rachmaninoff
The pianist has played Brahms e
minor for like...15 years or
so... He works as
an accompanist at my school. We did Saint-Saëns before Christmas,
but just for a couple of master classes (we have lessons in master
class form with my teacher every week).
We're playing Rach
next week, on Tuesday, just to see if we can handle it. I know he
played it in some lessons and master classes before Christmas, so he
probably knows what he's
doing... Isn't it like
50 minutes or so, it's very big - in every way.
I really
don't like the Chopin sonata, maybe I haven't had the time to sit
down and really listen to it yet, but I just don't understand
it...
I'm a bit curious about Barber, I've only heard it
once. Last year, a cellist at my school played it, I heard a tape of
it and I really, really liked it! I'll probably go to the library
today and see if they have any recordings of it.
I thought we
could start with Saint-Saëns and then do Brahms before the break.
After the break we would do a sonata and then the Piazzolla. If I
get to do an encore I'll probably play Piatti No. 2.
You
don't know any neat page turning tricks for Schostakovich, Quartet
No. 8 in C minor, the second movement? It's hopeless, you have to
turn the page and be ready to play again in like 1-2 seconds...
I went
to a recital with my teacher and one of the piano teachers from the
school this Tuesday. They played Beethoven C major, Britten sonata
and Strauss. It was sooo great! I'm
really impressed by them! They played on Monday and Tuesday, five
sonatas in two days...wow...on Monday they did Mendelssohn D major,
Britten and Rachmaninoff and on Tuesday they played Beetoven,
Britten and Strauss...
- Stefan
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