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Author: Dan Oberlin ★2017
Date: 2017-10-09 22:46
What do you think is the minimum musically acceptable audition tempo for the excerpt from the first movement of Beethoven's sixth symphony starting two before K?
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Author: rmk54
Date: 2017-10-09 22:51
126 to the quarter note.
IIRC Beethoven has a MM of 66 to the half note. Some conductors take it a bit faster than that.
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Author: brycon
Date: 2017-10-10 01:11
No orchestras play it at half note equals 66 tempo. Even historically-informed conductors, like Harnoncourt and Gardiner, go slower (it's a point of contention in Taruskin's Text and Act, though he looks at the numerous recordings of the 9th).
Who takes it a bit faster than 66???
The standard audition tempo in the U.S. seems to hover around quarter note equals 120. Some people play a few clicks faster, others a few clicks slower. Above 126 is outside the mainstream, I think.
Post Edited (2017-10-10 01:21)
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Author: Bob Bernardo
Date: 2017-10-10 01:43
The key word is audition. So I am assuming no orchestra is playing. You are playing alone. To take advantage of expression, sound, all of that - 60. I do not think any audition committee will stop you at 60 and ask you to play it faster.
George Szell with the Cleveland Orchestra has a youtube recording that is so beautiful, with Marcellus. Maybe zero in on that tempo. Georg Solti with Chicago also recorded it. I kind of favor the Cleveland recording, but both are excellent.
I played this last winter. Lots of beautiful clarinet solos. Maybe my favorite Beethoven symphony to play. Wish I could play it every year! I'd be happy so happy! I like the 9th too, but the 6th has those really delicate solos. Often the orchestra is at forte and suddenly the clarinet pops in at P. It's actually scary. lol
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