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Post by petite joueuse on Mar 20, 2007 13:29:11 GMT
Has anyone played these? Steve? Is the piano part fiendish? A mad clarinettist has suggested I work with him on these....but I don't know them at all!
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Post by cadiarte on Mar 20, 2007 17:13:26 GMT
Hi
I played these with a Viola player many years ago - the piano parts are "easy" when compared with the violin sonatas or Fsharp minor cello sonata.
However, they are absolutely duo pieces - nowhere for the pianist to hide and the piano always leads when it comes to rhythm.
They are fun to play.
Andrew
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Post by Steve Hopwood on Mar 20, 2007 22:48:31 GMT
Has anyone played these? Steve? Is the piano part fiendish? A mad clarinettist has suggested I work with him on these....but I don't know them at all! The Eb is okay, although it has its moments. The F minor is much harder, so start with the Eb one. Remind the clarinettist that the piano part has a bucket-load of huge chords and that the works need to be played at a manageable speed. To quote Nat when we rehearsed the first movement of the Eb for her grade 8 just before Christmas, "I take this at a very moderate speed." After which, she took off like a rocket. ;D 'Soloists' do this. ;D
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Post by petite joueuse on Mar 21, 2007 21:04:28 GMT
Well I've ordered them! I actually have TWO clarinettists who have both (independently!) suggested to me that I learn the piano part, so it looks like it will be my next "project". So I'll need to change my signature........
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Post by Steve Hopwood on Mar 21, 2007 22:48:39 GMT
Well I've ordered them! I actually have TWO clarinettists who have both (independently!) suggested to me that I learn the piano part, so it looks like it will be my next "project". So I'll need to change my signature........ I love it when new chamber music repertoire is to be played with more than one individual - makes all the work that much more worth while.
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Post by petite joueuse on Mar 21, 2007 22:50:55 GMT
My feelings exactly, Steve! I reckon if I'm going to invest time and energy into learning this stuff, then I might as well try it out with several players! In fact, having "learnt" the Shostakovich Cello & Piano sonata, I'd be happy to play through it again with any cellists who are itching to play it..................... Any offers??
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Post by cadiarte on Mar 23, 2007 7:59:41 GMT
Well, I have two professional cellists and a viola player (LRSM level) coming to my course in Spain in October. I'm sure they would be more than willing to play the Shosta and Brahms with you. We could really do with another pianist Andrew
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Post by petite joueuse on Mar 23, 2007 10:24:32 GMT
Oh, I wish!! Don't tempt me! If you've read my other threads you'll know I'm starting a new job in September, teaching full-time in an award-winning grammar school.....so by October I will be on my knees and ready for a holiday...... Let me see if I can work on my husband and kids.....
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Post by petite joueuse on Mar 23, 2007 10:26:52 GMT
Have just checked the holiday dates.....and it fits with half-term!!
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Post by petite joueuse on Mar 23, 2007 21:37:03 GMT
Brahms arrived in the post today. I've had a skim through. Definitely looks worth the effort! (Hope my 2 clarinettists aren't in a hurry....this is going to take some time).
Also in the post was a CD of Raphael Wallfisch playing the Shostakovich Cello & Piano sonata - truly divine!! It prompted me to dig out my Shosta Preludes & Fugues and play through all of them (there goes another afternoon when I could have been ironing................)
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Post by Steve Hopwood on Mar 23, 2007 21:43:27 GMT
Have just checked the holiday dates.....and it fits with half-term!! Of course it does. cardiarte is not an idiot. ;D Go for it - you would have a great time.
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Post by petite joueuse on Mar 23, 2007 21:46:58 GMT
I'll struggle to persuade Hub. We normally spend half-term October in Calais on a serious shopping trip so that he can survive the winter (he's from the South of France and the Lancashire climate doesn't suit him very well!). Also, as he works at Uni he doesn't really have a half-term at the same time as me and the kids - so we normally manage a long weekend, but not a whole week............
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Post by Steve Hopwood on Mar 23, 2007 21:48:32 GMT
I'll struggle to persuade Hub. We normally spend half-term October in Calais on a serious shopping trip so that he can survive the winter (he's from the South of France and the Lancashire climate doesn't suit him very well!). Also, as he works at Uni he doesn't really have a half-term at the same time as me and the kids - so we normally manage a long weekend, but not a whole week............ That's easy. Diplomatic flu.
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Post by petite joueuse on Mar 23, 2007 21:50:27 GMT
No that's what he gets EVERY holiday when we are just due to come back to England! I've lost count of how many times I've had to phone P&O to postpone our return crossing by 48 hours. Its like homesickness but the wrong way round!
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Post by Steve Hopwood on Mar 23, 2007 22:21:19 GMT
No that's what he gets EVERY holiday when we are just due to come back to England! I've lost count of how many times I've had to phone P&O to postpone our return crossing by 48 hours. Its like homesickness but the wrong way round! Ok, so we are talking desperation measure here? Here is one from my feckless youth. Never mind why, but I was once employed the the BPO (British Telephone Office - the precursor to BT) as a telephonist. Chris and I wanted the day off, so we cooked up this. Chris phoned The Exchange (as it was known in pre-historic times) and said, "Sorry, but we were horsing around and I accidentally kneed him in the privates. Right now, he is writhing around promising to murder everyone he catches eyes on. He might not make it into work today." Any possibilities along these lines? Any more suggestions, guys. PJ's hubby needs reasons to take a full week off at the October half-term.
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