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What are the challenges of the following pieces?: Liszt Hungarian Rhapsody no.12 Liszt Tarantella from Venezia e Napoli Mendelssohn Variations Serieuses Schumann G minor Sonata Op.22 1st mvt
I like 'em all but I'm wondering which ones are gonna be a bit tricky for me.
Thanks.
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Well, I'm really familiar with the Variations Serieuses... Overall, I would say the main issues are focus and stamina: the focus to shift gears, sometimes drastically, for each variation, and the stamina to make it through the taxing final two variations and coda. In those last three, articulation is of the utmost importance, but is difficult to attain due to the 10ths... I could go on for a long time, but that's it in a nutshell! Feel free to ask me any more specific questions if you have them.
It is the stretched soul that makes music, and souls are stretched by the pull of opposites-opposite bents, tastes, yearnings, loyalty. Where there is not polarity-where energies flow smoothly in one direction-there will be much doing but no music.
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Originally posted by Arcadia: Well, I'm really familiar with the Variations Serieuses... Overall, I would say the main issues are focus and stamina: the focus to shift gears, sometimes drastically, for each variation, and the stamina to make it through the taxing final two variations and coda. In those last three, articulation is of the utmost importance, but is difficult to attain due to the 10ths... I could go on for a long time, but that's it in a nutshell! Feel free to ask me any more specific questions if you have them. post recording!i love this piece! especially the last 3. Sometime ago i think i heard a recording of a 11 year old boy play it. I think this is listed in the LRSM. to sidetrack alil, Arcadia, i get a little panic/heart attact whenever i see your screen name. It just reminds me too much of my teacher.
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That's so funny, skeletony. I promise I'm not your teacher! You're not in trouble!
I'm not sure how to post a recording... but I will have one to post after my competition in August, so I'll look into it then. Thanks for asking!
It is the stretched soul that makes music, and souls are stretched by the pull of opposites-opposite bents, tastes, yearnings, loyalty. Where there is not polarity-where energies flow smoothly in one direction-there will be much doing but no music.
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Do you think a judge would like HR 12 or Tarantella?
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HR #12 is gorgeous, I would definitely pick that over the other pieces! It's quite difficult though, theres some fast octave passages and tremelos, but IMO it's only of the more managable Rhapsodies.
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Originally posted by verywellmister: Do you think a judge would like HR 12 or Tarantella? Well I'm not a judge, but if I was I'd rather hear the Tarantella - so long as the performer has enough of a technique to pull it off.
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Would a judge like Rach Etude 39/5 or the above Liszt pieces?
Thanks for the replies guys.
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That Rach Etude isnt as impressive as the Liszt IMO. But musically I might put it at a higher caliber.
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