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Re: Floating line (Brahms Trio)

Author: Sylvain
Date: 2009-04-12 15:30

Thanks for the insight and recording recommendations.
My question I guess is two fold.

1- Technical: How does one achieve absolute legato without making dynamic changes. Or are subtle dynamic changes inherently part of a long legato line, that seemingly appears to be floating with every note connected to the previous one.

2- How do you interpret the first few bars of Brahms trio.
My current attempt, is to really make the first 2 bars as longitudinal as possible with as little dynamic (vertical) motion as possible so that the swell in bar three feels like deep "breath in/breath out" motion, rather than a dramatic "ocean wave". It feels like such an intimate moment that I want to try to make it work with no drama, hence little dynamic and tempo rubato, especially the first 2 bars.

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Sylvain Bouix <sbouix@gmail.com>

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