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Re: Must shorten Brahms Sonata in Eb+

Author: Phat Cat
Date: 2003-05-07 23:42

Don't be too sure that you won't be cut off. Many years ago (shortly after the clarinet supplanted the chalumeau) while performing the final movement of the Weber 2nd in a State high school contest, I was cut off before the end due to time limit. A very jarring experience. To add insult to injury, I was dinged for not observing the time limit. And, no, I wasn't butchering the piece, since I got a good rating

Prudence suggests that you enquire in advance about how strict the schedule will be. If there is no flexibility and you are intent on playing the piece, you can resort to guerilla tactics. If your technique is up to it, you could act the virtuoso and increase the tempo so that it fits in 5 minutes…easy enough for your MIDI accompanist. Or more radically, you could delete 1 of every 3 notes randomly and present Brahms as might have been arranged by Cage. Of course, they might delete 1/3 of your grade.

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