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Re: Kegelstatt Trio Questions

Author: Ken Shaw ★2017
Date: 2010-01-26 14:37

Sherman Friedland has a short but interesting take on the first movement tempo at http://clarinetcorner.wordpress.com/?s=kegelstatt. I'm not sure I agree with his quite slow tempo, but I do agree that the written-out turns should be played in tempo, twice as fast as they would be with a turn sign.

Rosario Mazzeo discusses the trio in his book, but I haven't read that section recently enough to say anything. See http://test.woodwind.org/Databases/Klarinet/1994/09/000124.txt

For me, the great hazard is letting the second movement become ponderous. Particularly if you make the first movement stately, as Sherman advises, the second should have some movement. I try to think of it as flowing, one beat to the bar.

In the trio, you lay out the lyrical figure and the violist has strongly contrasting, gruff responses. If you like, you're the toreador and the viola is the bull. If you do something unusual (such as quarter-tones), it reduces the contrast.

The third movement smiles all the way, with you and the violist cooperating rather than fighting, working off one another's figures.

Ken Shaw

Post Edited (2010-01-26 14:39)

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