Comments | xobandgalox: add-on to my last entry

xobandgalox

add-on to my last entry

Jan 26, 2005 18:01

So i complained about the Bradenburg? well i got another chamber piece.. Beethoven Concerto No. 1 in C major for the Piano... its not AS hard.. but its got its moments.. so not only do i have the Bach, but now the Beethoven as well... but im officially determined to get both down.. Mish said if i couldnt we could bring someone in and just that ( Read more... )

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mineral2 January 26 2005, 23:13:10 UTC

Woah wait a minute... how are you doing the Beethoven piano concerto in chamber orchestra? Its written for a full orchestra of about 60 including full winds and brass (Which is small by today's standards, but not a chamber size).

I would suggest picking up the recordings by Fleischer with Szell and the Cleveland Symphony to listen to.

mineral2 January 26 2005, 23:36:58 UTC

also, one difference between the bach and the beethoven. The Beethoven piano concerto was written to feature the piano as the solo instrument.

In Baroque music, the harpsichord was part of the continuo. In other words, its not the feature, but rather an underlying part that sets up the harmonics. It may help you to learn the Bach if you do a harmonic analysis of the whole score and you can get an idea of where the chords are moving. You may make more sense of your part that way.

xobandgalox January 27 2005, 00:32:02 UTC

yeah.. well we do have winds n brass as well.. just not 60 of them.. but yeah I actulaly was able to download the bach and i could hear what you meant about the harpsicord, see when we played it in chamber (we've only done it now twice) but over half the people weren't there so there were actually a lot of spots not being covered so it seemed even more like a solo piece to me.. but yeah thanx for the suggestions.. i havent gotten to play it much at all yet, but I do think agree that once i get an idea of what the piece is about and where its headed it should really help.. and also some if it is fairly repetitive.. not note wise, but idea-wise... but yeah once i listened to it i got even more excited about it.. especially theres one part where the whole orchestra stops n its just harpsicord for about 60 some measures that whole "solo" is really neat.. ive never been much of a classical person but the more im experiencing it the more im liking it

mineral2 January 27 2005, 01:14:18 UTC

which movements of each are you playing?

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This is Gareth by the way salmon_gray January 27 2005, 02:23:48 UTC

Well Allyson, if it is truly that hard, you should be practicing and not complaining! :-P

Re: This is Gareth by the way xpeaches1632x February 5 2005, 02:14:19 UTC

haha Gareth is Jewish...
<3 Josh

Re: This is Gareth by the way xpeaches1632x February 5 2005, 02:20:24 UTC

that means he is the same religion as LIPITZ... need I say more?
ok now I'm finished...