Hi, I'm trying out a Cison, and while I enjoy the sound and playability of the instrument, I wonder about the long-term. How well do Cison's instruments do on...
Dear Leigh, Before I was a violist I played the clarinet and in the past have performed both Brahms Sonatas on the clarinet. Yes, they were both written for...
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Apr 1, 2006 12:45 pm
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Thank you all for your replies. I assume now the catalogue entries I've seen were not for both clarinet and viola but one or the other. I love hearing both...
One last comment. Notice that both sonatas carry the indication - Sonata for piano and clarinet or viola. Brahms felt that the piano was a more significant...
... I would describe the situation slightly differently. Brahms' reason for that calling them sonatas for piano and clarinet is partly historical. Going bach...
... Let's not forget the Clarinet Trio in A minor, Op. 114! These four works (the trio, quintet, and the two sonatas) were, of course, all written for Richard...
... And over and over and over. I may have LBT (Low Boredom Threshold), but I simply don't go to viola recitals or buy CD's any more that feature the ...
Alexander Harper
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Apr 1, 2006 6:26 pm
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... This reminds me, does anyone know anything about the Prokofiev 5 Pieces from Romeo and Juliet that are transcribed for viola by Vadim Borisovsky? There...
Cody Russell
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Apr 1, 2006 6:33 pm
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... Pieces ... If I remember correctly, viola-listers Michael Fernandez and Lucina Horner put on a great show with these last year (I wasn't there but heard...
In a message dated 4/1/2006 12:53:50 PM Eastern Standard Time, goodman156@... writes: I like my conductor pretty well DONE, too, with a bit of tabasco...
Cigarnose@...
Apr 1, 2006 7:18 pm
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In a message dated 4/1/2006 2:19:40 PM Eastern Standard Time, ... Since you brought it up, here's a recipe for cooking a conductor: How to Cook a Conductor ...
As to your enquiry, about Borisovsky transcriptions, there are russian editions with all of them - works by Ravel, Rimsky-K., Rachmaninov, Glazunov, 4...
At a master class taught this morning by the Pacifica Quartet, one of the student violists was playing a Doetsch. It (she) sounded lovely. I see from a Google...
... ought to learn about? ... There are so many wonderful compositions by York Bowen (b. 1884) that are so little played...I believe he is one of the greatest ...
I believe the "Doetsches" (not original Doetsch instruments -- just named after the deceased luthier) are factory-made/assembly-line student instruments made...
From a very good jazz primer, Jazz 101, by John Szwed, in a chapter about Louis Armstrong: "He was also one of the first popular musicians to use the vibrato...
Dear Zan et al, While I am with you with hearing the standard viola repertory too much, almost ad nauseum, still to hear a great artist do Brahms, Telemann, ...
Myron Rosenblum
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Apr 2, 2006 1:08 am
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An acquaintance from another list is looking for viola music that would be appropriate for Holocaust Day. Hindemith and Oeden Partosh "Yiskor" have been...
Hi I got my copy from di-arezzo.com.in France There are 12 pieces and no.3 Serenade matinale is arranged for 2 violas and piano thats why in the catalogue it...
Hi Re The Prokofieff I must have pressed the wrong thing 49Euros is $59 not 85. so not so expensive . It's worth it, but the music is not easy . Challenging...
Shostakovich viola sonata. Les ... From: Joel Epstein To: Viola Sent: Sunday, April 02, 2006 1:02 AM Subject: [viola] Viola music for holocaust day An...
A few good works which I've performed at the annual 27th January Estonian and all-European Holocaust Remembrance Day in Tallinn, Estonia include Hebrew...
Juhan Palm-Peipman
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Apr 2, 2006 2:15 pm
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Hello all colleagues. I am thrilled to see that there is interest in this great suite for viola and piano. I agree that too many pieces are played again and ...
In a message dated 4/1/2006 7:00:24 PM Eastern Standard Time, lesterjake@... writes: At a master class taught this morning by the Pacifica Quartet,...
Cigarnose@...
Apr 2, 2006 2:37 pm
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I have a viola that's labeled Rudolph Doetsch from 2000. I don't really know anything about it, but I'm very pleased with it. All I know is that I spent...
... Make that still of the Audubon Quartet, although they are not playing together full time as they once were. ... Doris has to be one of the best violists...
John Howell
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Apr 2, 2006 5:00 pm
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... The Audubon Quartet did a program of music from the concentration camps a few years ago, and I believe that Doris Lederer lost family in one of the camps....
John Howell
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Apr 2, 2006 5:06 pm
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... I was under the impression that these were early works written while he was on tour all over Europe with his father, and since he was the main attraction...