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Post by anacrusis on May 20, 2006 18:12:55 GMT
Anacrusis - ever played any Norman Fulton? No - haven't seen any in the shops... has he done some good stuff? I've moaned before about learning avant-garde things, but my guess is that his music is not like that? I did enjoy the Malcolm Arnold I played a couple of years ago...
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Post by YetAnotherKlavierist on May 20, 2006 18:41:13 GMT
No - haven't seen any in the shops... has he done some good stuff? I've moaned before about learning avant-garde things, but my guess is that his music is not like that? I did enjoy the Malcolm Arnold I played a couple of years ago... It's 20th century, but the piece I'm working on with a recorder player at the moment for their DipABRSM is his 'Scottish Suite' for treble recorder (or flute) and piano (or harpsichord). It's inspired by folk tune styles - the final movement, for instance, is a Reel which is marvellous fun to play. As a whole, the suite is broadly tonal, with some modal sections betraying its folk roots. In terms of the accompaniment, it can be quite wild in places and isn't terribly well suited to the harpsichord: we've tried it with both piano and harpsichord, and even with the lid down the harpsichord drowed out the recorder. That said, the second movement was great fun with the lute stop on .
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Post by anacrusis on May 20, 2006 19:48:26 GMT
My teacher hasn't got a harpsichord, but sometimes uses the harpsi setting on an electronic keyboard, and turns the volume down so he can hear what I'm doing. The lute stop is great on our harpsichord - my tenor whistle is very quiet.
I've heard a Xenakis harpsichord piece - need a smiley with hands over ears - and Trevor Pinnock played a couple of interesting modern pieces by a Japanese composer when he last was up - Takemitsu, I think. Have you come across any other 20th Century harpischord music?
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Post by YetAnotherKlavierist on May 20, 2006 19:53:04 GMT
My teacher hasn't got a harpsichord, but sometimes uses the harpsi setting on an electronic keyboard, and turns the volume down so he can hear what I'm doing. The lute stop is great on our harpsichord - my tenor whistle is very quiet. Ahh, if only acoustic harpsichords had a volume setting . I think the the size of room in which it is kept is partly to blame though; in larger spaces both manuals have to be coupled for it to be heard over recorders.... . I haven't actually; the modern piece on my g8 is Scarlatti. One day I might dare to listen to some of Ligeti's harpsichord works, but at the moment I have an endless supply of Byrd and Bach .
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Post by Steve Hopwood on May 21, 2006 14:38:52 GMT
Romantic for me, definitely. Give me a jocking great romantic piano concerto anyday ;D Steve
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Post by princessmoose on May 21, 2006 14:42:00 GMT
Can you play Rach 2 Steve? You can play it to me .
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Post by Steve Hopwood on May 21, 2006 15:31:28 GMT
Can you play Rach 2 Steve? You can play it to me . No. Learned it once, a long time ago but wouldn't remember it now. I don't want to play these huge concerti anymore - they just take too much work. Trouble is, if an orchestra asked me to play one with them: My brain would say, "No. Stop right there. You know you don't want to. You know how stupidly difficult it is. You know you won't master it and have to resort to bluffing and blagging. As usual. Say no. Say No. SAY NO NO NO" My gob would say "Yes" and drop me right in it yet again ;D Hey ho Steve
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Post by princessmoose on May 21, 2006 16:12:19 GMT
Hehe!! Well you're ace whether you do concerti or not .
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Post by digby on May 21, 2006 18:39:46 GMT
I probably prefer romantic as a general rule but I'm going through a 20C russian phase at the moment, Prokofiev and Kablevsky sonatas.
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Post by princessmoose on May 21, 2006 19:04:33 GMT
Ooooooooooooh Prokofiev Sonata no.5 in C major...fab .
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Post by jod on May 25, 2006 11:29:02 GMT
I love baroque music, but am really into Late 19th Century/ Early 20th Century English stuff at the moment. Parry, Elgar, Warlock, John Ireland, Ivor Gurney and especially Vaughan Williams. Anyone who thinks Vaughan Williams is from the "cow pat" school of composition has not listened to his symphonies.
My tastes are fairly eclectic though. Hildegard von Bingen through to Abba definately. Russian Orthodox Church music. British Folk Music through to Steeleye Span and Fairport Convention.
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Post by Steve Hopwood on May 25, 2006 11:37:05 GMT
Anyone who thinks Vaughan Williams is from the "cow pat" school of composition has not listened to his symphonies. Hehe. I have a different description. Mine is the 'English Wet' school of composition - sugary sickly and confused as to whether to retreat into the safety of true Romanticism or to try to carry out some real harmonic innovation, but lacking the courage\ability to do so. There are a few English composers I lump in here with VW. By the by, have you got a reliable accompanist for your diploma? Steve
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Post by jod on May 25, 2006 11:57:33 GMT
My usual accompanist is going on holiday during November, so I'll have to check with him about that. If your in Scunnthorpe, where would your best location be?
Under normal circumstances I'd use Cambridge. But I always wonder where the Huddersfield Centre is? If exams take place in St Paul's Hall, then I know the acoustics very well as it was where I was an undergraduate, and I took most of my singing exams there.
Scunnthorpe is vaguley enroute to Huddersfield from Cambridge (if I take the pretty route)
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Post by Steve Hopwood on May 25, 2006 12:21:13 GMT
My usual accompanist is going on holiday during November, so I'll have to check with him about that. If your in Sthingyhorpe, where would your best location be? Under normal circumstances I'd use Cambridge. But I always wonder where the Huddersfield Centre is? If exams take place in St Paul's Hall, then I know the acoustics very well as it was where I was an undergraduate, and I took most of my singing exams there. Sthingyhorpe is vaguley enroute to Huddersfield from Cambridge (if I take the pretty route) Last time I accompanied an AB diploma was a couple of years ago. The nearest venue was Huddersfield (nothing in Stingythorpe), about 60 miles or so from here. The exam took place in St Paul's and was a most pleasant experience - for me, at least. I did a year at Huddersfield back in the early 90's, on the performance masters, so I too played in St Paul's. I never finished the course because I was too busy to return for the second year. Steve
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Post by YetAnotherKlavierist on May 25, 2006 12:53:16 GMT
You may be glad to hear that I've uncensored Scunnthorpe whilst still censoring the component offending word .
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