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Author: Jobro97
Date: 2014-07-30 08:38
Hello, I'm am entering my junior year in high school and decided to play the 3rd movement of Weber's 2nd Clarinet Concerto. I'm asking if anyone has any tips or suggestion of learning/performing the piece, thank you.
Joseph Rojass
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Author: ErezK
Date: 2014-07-30 12:26
Listen to as many recordings as possible, so you can appreciate different approaches (youtube is your friend here).
To note my top picks:
You can find Shirley Brill's outstanding performance on youtube.
I also highly recommend Ernst Ottensamer's with the Vienna Philharmonic conducted by Sir Colin Davis. That one I'd say is more in line with the traditional school of thought, but at it's finest, IMO. Not sure if is on youtube but it has been re-issued by Phillips.
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Author: Ken Shaw ★2017
Date: 2014-07-30 17:49
You enter off the beat, not on it. Make the syncopation clear. Pull up a metronome application, turn the volume up high and work off of it. It's a hip bumped to the side, not "Forward March."
The tempo is not fast -- around 100. It's a lighthearted dance, not a runaway virtuoso display. You have plenty of chances to show your finger speed at the end.
The short passage that moves up to F# major must not sound difficult. It's a raised eyebrow, not clenched teeth. Work on F# major in Baermann III to get it smooth and even.
Practice from the piano part so that you know everything that's going on. There are several spots where the orchestra/piano is the soloist and you're the accompaniment, noodling around in the low register.
My favorite performance is by De Peyer http://www.amazon.com/Mozart-Clar-Cto-K622-Weber/dp/B000AL8ZDS/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1406726678&sr=8-1&keywords=peyer+weber+concerto.
Ken Shaw
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