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Paul
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(1/26/01 6:38:16 pm)
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What
obscure cello work do you dream about playing
There are lots (maybe not obscure to
everyone)
I'd love to play:
Miaskovsky's cello
concerto
Vlassov's cello concerto
Lev Knipper's
Concerto-Monologue for Cello, Wind Ensemble and Tympani in C
major
Hmmm....what about y'all?
Oh yeah! Suzuki's
"Twinkle Variations" on one string in 23.5 position! 
Paul Tseng
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M Stucka
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(1/26/01 6:49:47 pm)
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What obscure cello work do you dream about playing
Well, I've already played one dream
(Stock Concerto). Another is to have a chance to work up and
>TRY< to play the Reicha Concerto that Feuermann played with
Barzin and the National Orchestral Association. Also, once in my
life, I'd like to play the solo in Strauss' Don Quixote with an
orchestra. Chances to play the Walton and the Prokofieff Symphonie
Concertante are high on the list, too. I'm tired of practicing, tho.
Oh, well.
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ekifri
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(1/26/01 7:13:22 pm)
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Reicha
Concerto
Can you tell more about this?
I
know of Reicha cello and string quartet works, and also quite a bit
of chamber music for winds or winds and strings,
but is there a
cello concerto?
thanks
-eva
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M Stucka
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(1/26/01 7:16:23 pm)
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Reicha Concerto
The Reicha in question is the
better-known Anton's uncle, Joseph. Joseph Reicha wrote several
cello concertos. If memory serves, the one Feuermann played is in A
Major.
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TerryM
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(1/26/01 7:36:59 pm)
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What obscure cello work do you dream about playing
I would like to play the first cello
sonata in D minor by the Austrian composer Robert Fuchs (1847-1927).
His claim to fame is that of being the teacher of Gustav Mahler and
Sibelius. His cello sonata won the immediate approval of Brahms, who
was usually very critical of most of his contempary composers.
Terry
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Paul
Tseng ICS Staff
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(1/26/01 7:52:24 pm)
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What obscure cello work do you dream about playing
Sad that Walton's Cello Concerto and
Prokofiev's SYMPHONY-CONCERTO ( )
are begining to be considered obscure.
Chances too play are
high on the list? Does this mean we might get to hear you play
these? AWESOME!
I can understand being tired of practicing
these pieces though. I mean physically tired. whew! I know what that
is all about!
Paul Tseng
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Jon
Pegis
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(1/26/01 8:51:37 pm)
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Obscure
pieces
The Walton and Dutilleux rank high
on my lists. I also grew up with the Slava recording of the Vlassov
concerto, and I believe that my brother Chris actually tracked down
some music for it once. Does anyone know if that recording was ever
re-released on CD?
Jon Pegis
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Steve
Drake
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(1/26/01 11:16:55 pm)
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What obscure cello work do you dream about playing
I don't consider it obscure, but the
Walton concerto is on top of my list.
Maxwell Davies "Vesali
Icones" would be on there, but I've already done it. Would like to
do it again right sometime....
The Lutoslaski concerto.
The Carter sonata, which I could probably do if I could just
get some motivation (and gobs of time fatherhood has taken away).
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zambocello
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(1/27/01 1:28:05 am)
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What
obscure cello work do you dream about playing
I recently checked one off my list -
the Hindemith Kammermusik for cello and 10 instruments. Great piece
and great fun.
There are some lovely early classical
concertos that are rarely done: Monn, Porpora, CPE Bach. I've done
the A major CPE Bach and it seems to be the most often played. The
other two (are there more?) are also fine pieces.
Recital
pieces I can play when I want, but there are some good ones that
just never get off the shelf --the Martino "Parasonatina" (yes, I go
for that kind of stuff), Neikrug's solo sonata, Bernstein
Meditations, Takemitsu "Orion," etc.....
Of concertos that I
most likely will never play, Brahms Double, Pokofiev S-C, and Walton
are the ones I daydream most about. I also quite like the William
Schuman Song of Orpheus.
This list could go on
forever..........
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sarah
schenkman
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(1/27/01 8:19:14 am)
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What obscure cello work do you dream about pla
Miklos Rosza theme and variations
for violin, cello and orchestra.
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justinkagan1
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(1/27/01 9:49:28 am)
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What obscure cello work ...for Steve
Steve-o; don't dream the Carter, do
it, it's a great work; it has been the richest cello discovery
process for me preparing it for the April recital. Just make sure
you can find a super pianist, the part is heroic for sure. On my
list of "obscure" is the Penderecki concerto, one of my
faves...aside from the notes, the challenge is finding a percussion
section with roto-toms and a sense of fantasy and Hitchcockian
dread. Yeah, the Walton makes my list as well.
My best friend's
bro, John Jorgensen, just moved into Nashville, down on whatever the
main drag is there, some 100 year-old house, sounds great. Hope you
run into him...superb musician, has been one of Elton John's
guitarists for the last couple or four years, and founded the
Hellecasters and Desert Rose Band, among others...his eponymous solo
album is terrific, check it out.
Edited by: justinkagan1
at: 1/27/01 9:49:28 am
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KeithHall
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(1/27/01 1:29:58 pm)
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Obscure
Works
If I ever had the chance (and was
able to!) I would love to play a work by the Finnish composer Jonas
Kokkonen. His cello concerto is awesome. I have a recording with
Arto Noras. Try listening some day - highly recommended.
Funny
thing that just earlier today I was packing my case - (I'm having a
week in the sun next week in the Canary Islands). I have packed 10
cello CD's which I've been meaning to listen to for some
time.
Among the 10 CD's, there are 2 of the works mentioned in
this thread. The Reicha concerto performed by Feuermann (never
played the CD before) and the Lutoslowski (with Slava). I have never
really got into the Lutoslowski concerto before -and I am determined
to like it one way or another!!
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cellofreak2000
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(1/27/01 2:35:19 pm)
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obscure
works
"Songs of Weavers and Wayfarers" by
David Baker for cello and percussion.
Anyone knows this? .....I
am still looking for Starkers and Steve Gabor´s recording of this
jazzy piece. As far as I know it has been released by Laurel
records......
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String4tetCellist
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(1/27/01 5:27:44 pm)
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obscure works
I was in Frank Music the other day,
looking through a pile of cello music they have out in front (lots
and lots of obscure stuff) and I came across a cello concerto by
Anton Rubinstein. I looked through it and it seemed really beautiful
and all. I didn't end up buying it, but I've been thinking about it
ever since....I LOVE Melody in F.
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David
Sanders
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(1/28/01 10:15:48 pm)
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What obscure cello work...NONE!
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AaronReeves
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(1/28/01 11:57:41 pm)
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Obscure?
While I'm not sure that ANYONE would
call this piece "obscure" it is my dream and goal in cello playing:
Kodaly's Sonata for Cello, Opus 8.
Gosh, I LOVE that piece. I
have a recording of Yo-Yo Ma playing it (no debate regarding Ma,
please. Thank you! ) and I
just love it so much.
I would also like to play the Carter
Sonata. Everytime I go music shopping, I see a copy of it sitting
there, and I think, "Let's look at that again" but every time I pick
it up and look, I immediately set it back down. It's already way too
difficult for me in the very first measure of the piece!! I'm just
overwhelmed every time. Never even
heard a recording of it, and not exactly sure that I want to know
what it sounds like. I WILL attempt it someday long from now, and I
would rather put my own expression into it rather than always
remembering how someone else played it. Anyone share this
opinion?
Aaron
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Ryan
Selberg
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(1/29/01 2:30:27 pm)
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What obscure cello work do you dream about playing
For starters, the David Ott Concerto
for 2 cellos and orchestra (it was commissioned by the National
Symphony, under Rostropovich, and premiered by two of the
outstanding section players). I have always liked the Dohnanyi
Concertstuck, too. And there are several orchestral works featuring
huge cello solos that I am constantly campaigning for (although
unsucessfully so far): Tchaikovsky's 2nd Piano Concerto, whose
second movement is a virtual piano trio; the Prelude to "I
Masnadieri" by Verdi, whose cello solo was written for Piatti, who
was the principal cellist of the English opera house (Covent
Garden?) where it was premiered; the Adagio, from the 2nd I (think)
Ballet Suite by Shostakovich, (I do play the cello/piano version);
and Franz Schmidt Symphony #4. And like Sarah, I would love to play
the Rozsa Sinfonia Concertante for Violin and Cello, from which the
Theme and Variations is the middle movement (the work was
commissioned by Heifetz and Piatigorsky, but they only performed and
recorded the second movement, with a revised orchestration for
chamber orchestra. The full work was actually premiered by the
Chicago Symphony and its principals, Victor Atai(?) and Frank
Miller.)
Ryan
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ekifri
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(1/29/01 4:13:45 pm)
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What obscure cello work do you dream about playing
Well, not necessarily obscure
but,...
Bartok rhapsodies - originally for violin.
And I'm
tempted to look up everything else mentioned
here.
--eva
Is there a cd available with Feuermann
playing the aforementioned Reicha Concerto? Which one is that? I did
a bit of searching without luck.
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String4tetCellist
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(1/29/01 4:41:39 pm)
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Carter
Sonata
Aaron, I LOVE the Carter. I have a
recording of Joel Krosnick and Gilbert Kalish playing it (just in
case you do in fact decide to get a recording... it's
WONDERFUL!). Anyway, it's really a fantastic piece and I, too, hope
to play it one day (also probably long from now...when I learn to
COUNT!  )
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danielemanuel
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(1/30/01 5:21:31 am)
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How
about..
How about the Concertante for Violin
and Cello by the neglected Louis Spohr?
I have been listening a
lot to Spohr (well, those few recordings I have been able to find)
lately and he is pretty neat
\Daniel
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emerald
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(1/30/01 8:46:11 am)
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Gulda
How about the cello concerto by
Gulda..is that considered obscure? I think it's a great
piece..
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