May 2005

Bram Heemskerk is from Waddinxveen, Netherlands.

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May. 17, 2005 at 7:03 AM

Delibor Karvay as 13th finalist of the Elisabeth violincompetition in Brussel?
I think the jury of the Elisabeth violin competition in Brussel made a mistake not letting the Slowakian 19 year old Delibor Karvay in the final of Elisabeth. Perhaps he can play on 22 may as 13 th finalists or at 17.00 one dag during the finals from 23 till 28 may, which are from 20.15 each day with 2 candidates, because his bowing is better than Mikhail Ovrutschy (who played some false notes in the semi’s) and Andreas Janke? In an athletic competition they have 9 lanes for the case 2 persons in the semi-finals have the same time, so that not 8 but 9 people can compete in the final. I was not the only persons with irritations about Dalibor, although I have not seen all the candidates, but many. Also Mark Janssens of KLARA-radio was irritated that Dalibor Karvay was not in the final (teletekstpage 836 of Belgian television Canvas) I have seen Delibar Karvay in the first round en twice in de semi-finals (for his Mozart-concerto and the rest of his semi-finals program) and he played very well both his left and right hand. I thought that Delibor Karvay and Sergei Khachatatryan were the favorites for the first and second place in the final.

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May. 17, 2005 at 8:14 AM

Hello. I am an amateurviolinist who is collecting violinconcerto’s on cd (now 85 cd’s). Who knows them all and who knows rare violinconconcerto’s I don’t have? Some violinconcerto’s are played too often in concerthalls, both with professional as amateurorchestra’s (with an professional violinsoloist), and are recorded too often on cd. For example Bruch (first one, I played it 3 times as second violin), Beethoven (2 times), Mendelssohn (in e, 3 times I played it, in re once), third Saint-Saens (3 times, 2 times as second and one time as first violin), Tjaikovsky (1 time), Brahms (2 times, one time in 1997 with Janine Jansen). I also played 2th Prokofiev, 2th Bartok, 2th Wieniawski, Dvorak. But there are MUCH MORE BEAUTIFUL VIOLONCONCERTO’S you seldom hear in concerthalls unfortunately. Some are never recorded, so perhaps a professional violinplayer can record them for me, so I can buy them in a shop. Sorry for the room it takes on this website, but here is my list of NEVER recorded cd’s and recorded cd’s:

NEVER RECORDED VIOLINCONCERTO’S ON CD:
The first violinconcerto of Karol Josef Lipinski (1790-1861)
The first violinconcerto of Joseph Joachim (1831-1907)
The second violinconcerto of Karl Goldmark (1830-1915)
First part of the 8th violinconcerto of Henri Vieuxtemps (1820-1881)
www.classical-composers.org than V than Vieuxtemps (that is my source)
http://www.classical-composers.org/cgi-bin/ccd.cgi?comp=vieuxtem
The violinconcerto of Nikolaj Borisovitsj Yoessoepov (1827-1891) (a pupil of Vieuxtemps), also written as Youssoupov or Joessoepov
The 2 violinconcerto's of Ole Bull (1810-1880) (one slow part of these 2 has been recorded by Naxos on the cd "Norwegian violin favorites")
The 2 (unpublished) violinconcerto's of Camillo Sivori (1815-1894) (pupil of Paganini)
The 9 violinconcerto's of Pierre Baillot (1771-1842)
violinconcerto's 2-7,10 of Charles Auguste de Beriot (1802-1870) (I have the 7th from Naxos of Maud Powell violin/piano recorded in 1915, but there is no version of violin/orchestra)
The Dutch composer Willem Pijper has written a violinconcerto in 1939, which is never recorded on cd. On this Dutch site they mentioned this violinconcerto: http://www.klassiekemuziekgids.net/componisten/pijper.htm
My violinconcerto cd-list:
Cd 1) Joseph Joachim 3e violinconcerto in G major by Takako Nishizaki, Naxos 8.55473
Cd 2) Richard Strauss violinconcerto opus 8 in D minor by Sarah Chang, EMI 556870
cd 3) Goldmark violinconcerto no.1 in A minor op.28 en Korngold violinconcerto in D opus 35 by Itzhak Perlman, EMI CDC-747846 2
cd 4) Henri Vieuxtemps violinconcerto 2 opus 19, 4 opus 31, 5 opus 37 Gretry by Alexander Markov, Erato 0630-17878-2
cd 5) Sibelius, Elgar violinconcerto´s by Dong-Suk Kang, Naxos 8.553233
cd 6) Prokoviev violinconcerto 1,2, Stravinsky violinconcerto by Cho-Liang Lin, Naxos
cd 7) 2e violinconcerto Wieniawski, 4e violinconcerto Vieuxtemps by Heifetz 1935,1937
cd 8) Franz Berwald violinconcerto in C sharp minor, opus 2, Tor Aulin 3e violinconcerto opus 14 by Tobias Ringborg, Naxos 8.554287
cd 9) Karl Hartmann Concerto funebre by Isabelle Faust, ECM 465779-2
cd 10) Schoenberg violinconcerto opus 36 by Pierre Amoyal, Erato 3984-24241-2
cd 11) Second part Adagio in E minor from violinconcerto Ole Bull on cd ‘Norwegian Violin Favorites’ by Henning Kraggerud, Naxos 8.554497
cd 12) Violinconcerto´s Shostakowitz 1,2 by Ilja Kaler, Naxos 8.5850814
cd 13) Henri Dutilleux Lárbe des songes by Isabelle van Keulen, Koch 3-6491-2
cd 14) Carl Nielsen violinconcerto opus 33 by Nikolaj Znaider, EMI
cd 15) Bohuslav Martinu violinconcerto 1 by Bohuslav Matousek, Supraphon SU 3653-2 031
cd 16) Bohuslav Martinu violinconcerto 2, 1943, Duo concerttant for 2 violins and orchestra 1937, violinconcerto for 2 violins and orchestra, 1950 by Jan Pospichal, Florian Zwiauer, Arte Nova 74321 77635 2
cd 17) Nikolaj Rakov violinconcerto 1 (1944), D.Kabalevsky violinconcerto in C major (1948), Vissarion Shebalin violinconcerto opus 21 by Andrew Hardy, Olympia OCD 573
cd 18) John Adams & Philip Glass violinconcerto´s by Robert Mc Duffie, Telarc cd-80494
cd 19) double cd VoxBox CDX 5102 by Aaron Rosand
cd1 2e violinconcerto Joseph Joachim in D minor, opus 11, “Hungarian”, 3e violinconcerto Jeno Hubay, op.99
cd2 violinconcerto from Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst, Benjamin Godard 1e violinconcerto op.35
cd 20) Karol Szymanowski 1,2 by Thomas Zehetmair, EMI 7243 5 55607 2 8
cd 21) Alexander Arutiunian violinconcerto by Ilya Grubert, Chandos Chan 9566
cd 22) Samuel Barber violinconcerto opus 14 , Edgar Meyer violinconcerto by Hilary Hahn, Sony Classical SK 89029
cd 23) Frantisek Benda violinconcerto in D Major, Vaclav Pichl violinconcerto no1, opus 3 in D amjor, Antonin Vranicky violinconcerto in C major by Gabriela Demeterova, Supraphon SU 0002-2 031
cd 24) Bartok 1,2 by Kyang Wha Chung, Decca 425 015-2
cd 25) Leos Janacek violinconcerto (1926, reconstr. 1988) by Christiane Neumann, Arte Nova 74321 30481 2
cd 26) Vieuxtemps violinconcerto 2 opus 19 in F sharp minor, violinconcerto 3 in A major opus 25 by Misha Keylin, Naxos 8.554114
cd 27) Vieuxtemps violinconcerto 1 opus 10, Fanatsia Appassionata opus 35 (for violin and orchestra) by Paul Rosenthal, Bidulph LAW 011
cd 28) Wieniawski violinconcerto’s 1,2 by Marat Bisengaliev, Naxos 8.553517
cd 29 Faure violinconcerto, violinconcerto Lalo Fantasie Norvegienne (3 parts for violin and orchestra), Poeme from Canteloube by Philippe Graffin, Hyperion CDA 67294
cd 30) Max Bruch violinconcerto´s 1,3 by Isabelle van Keulen , Koch 3-6522-2
cd 31) Max Bruch violinconcerto 2 , Schottisch fantasie by Itzhak Perlman, EMI CDC 7 49071 2
cd 32 ) Britten violinconcerto by Theo Olof, EMI 7243 5 66053 2 9
cd 33) 7e violinconcerto of Charles Auguste de Beriot (violin/piano from 1915) by Maud Powell, Naxos 8.110980-81
cd34) 3 cd’s Paganini violinconcerto’s 1-6 with own kadenza’s by Alexandre Dubach, Brilliant Classics from druggist Kruidvat
cd 35) Karol Lipinski violinconcerto’s 2,3,4 by Albrecht Breuninger, CPO 999 787-2
cd 36) Ottorino Respighi (viool)concerto greogiano en concerto allántica door Andrea Cappelletti Koch Schwann 3-1124-2 H1
cd 37) Henri Vieuxtemps violinconcerto 6 opus 47, violinconcerto 7 opus 49 (postuum georchestrated by Jeno Hubay) Greeting to America (piece for violin and orchestre) by Gerard Poulet, Valois V 4797
cd 38) Camille Saint-Saens violinconcerto’s 1,2,3 by Philippe Graffin, Hyperion CDA 67074
cd 39) Ernst von Dohnanyi, violinconcerto 1 opus 27, violinconcerto 2 opus 43 by Vilmos Szabadi, Hungaroton Classic HCD 31759
cd 40) Violinconcerto Korngold, violinconcerto Miklos Rosza opus 24 by Jascha Heifetz, BMG classics 09026 61752 2
cd 41) Jeno Hubay violinconcerto’s 1-4 dubbelcd by Vilmos Szabadi, Hungaroton Classic HCD 31976-77
cd 42) violinconcerto Nikolay Myaskovsky in D minor opus 44, Mieczyslaw Vainberg violinconcerto in G minor opus 67 door Ilya Grubert, Naxos 8.557194
cd 43) Joaquin Rodrigo (violin)concierto de estio, Ivan Semenoff double concerto, Federico Elizalde violinconcerto by Christian Ferras, Testament SBT 1307
cd 44) Leo Weiner violinconcerto no1 opus 41 in D major and violinconcerto no 2 opus 45 in F sharp minor and the Variations for violin and orchestra from Joseph Joachim by Vilmos Szabadi, Hungaroton Classic HCD 32185
cd 45) Louis Spohr violinconcerto 4 in B minor opus 10, violinconcerto 11 in G major opus 70 by Ulf Hoelscher, CPO 999 196-2
cd 46) Myslivecek violinconcerto 4 in B falt major, Viotti violinconcerto 22, Louis Spohr violinconcerto 8 by Elisabeth Wallfish, Hyperion CDA66840
cd 47) William Walton violinconcerto by Tasmin Little, 470 510- 2 (Set 470 508-2)
cd 48) Locatelli, Leclair violinconcerto en fa majeur opus 7 no 4, Mendelssohn in re, Tartini duivelstriller door Jean-Jacques Kantorow, FNAC music 592317
cd 49) Leonard Bernstein West Side Story, Canide by Joshua Bell, Sony Classical SK 89358
cd 50) violinconcerto Alban Berg , Wolfgang Rihm by Anne-Sophie Mutter, DG 437 093-2
cd 51) Anton Arensky violinconcerto opus 54, Rimsky Korsakov violinconcerto (3 parts for violin and orchestra) Concert Phantasy Russian themes in b minor, Tsjaikovsky by Mark Lubotsky, Globe GLO 5174
cd 52) Havergal Brian violinconcerto by Marat Bisengaliev, Marco Polo 8.223479
cd 53) Benjamin Godard violinconcerto no. 2 in G minor opus 131, Moritz Moszkowski violinconcerto in C., opus 30 by Thomas Christian, Koch classics Schwann 3-1367-2
cd 54)Anton Rubinstein violinconcerto in G major opus 46,
Cesar Cui Suite concertante for violin and orchestra opus 25 by Takako Nishizaki, Naxos 8.555244
Cd 55) Charles Auguste de Beriot vioolconcert 1 opus 16 “Military”, violinconcerto 8 op 99, violinconcerto 9 opus 104 by Takako Nishizaki, Marco Polo 8.220440
Cd 56) Edouard Lalo violinconcerto in F major opus 20, (violin)Concerte Russe opus 29 by Olivier Charlier, Chandos Chan 9758
Cd 57) Schumann violinconcerto in D minor, violinconcerto in A minor opus 129
CD 58) Aram Khatchaturian violinconcerto + all other works for violin and orchestra, like Konzertrhapsodie and Nocturne “Musik fur Lermontov” by Michael Jelden, M & V (Music&Video-Verlag) HERA 02104
Cd 59) Louis Grunberg violinconcerto opus 47 by Jascha Heifetz
Cd 60) Mario Caslenuovo-Tedesco 2e violinconcerto by Jascha Heifetz, BMG Music GD87872
Cd 61) Violinconcert “Hung Hu”van A Ke Jian, by Takako Nishizaki, Marco Polo 8.223902
Cd 62) The Butterfly lovers violinconcerto of Chen Gang by Takako Nishizaki, Naxos 8.557348
Cd 63) Samuel Coleridge-Taylor violinconcerto op.80 Dvorak vioolconcert by Philippe Graffin, Avie AV0044
Cd 64) Kamillo Lendvay violinconcerto no. 2 by Vilmos Szabadi, Hungaroton HCD 317787
Cd 65) 2e violinconcerto of Joseph Joachim “in the Hungarian style” op.11 by Rachel Barton, CDR 90000 068
Cd 66) Hans Pfitzner violinconcerto op.34 by Saschko Gawriloff, CPO 999 079-2
Cd 67) Frederick Delius violinconcerto by Ralph Holmes, Unicorn-Kanchana UKCD 2072
Cd 68) Joseph Joachim Raff violinconcerto’s 1,2 by Michaela Paetsch Neftel, Tudor 7086
Cd 69) CHEN Gang violinconcerto “Wang Zhaojun” by Takako Nishizaki, Macro Polo 8.223908
Cd 70) Mieczyslav Karlowicz violinconcerto in A/Dur op.8 (1902) by Edward Zienkowski, Thorofon CTH 2046
Cd 71) György Ligeti violinconcerto (1989-92), Per Nørgård violinconcerto Helle Nacht (1986-7), by Christana Åstrand, Chandos CHAN 9830
Cd 72) Josef Otto af Sillen violinconcerto in E minor (1920) by Christian Bergquist, Sterling CDS-1044-2
Cd 73) Charles Villiers Stanford Suite for violin and orchestra op.32, violinconcerto in D major op.74 by Anthony Marwood, Hyperion CDA67208
Cd 74) Violinconcertos by black composers of the 18th and 19th centuries by Rachel Barton, violinconcerto no.4 of Chevalier J.J.O. de Meude-Monpas, violinconcerto op.5 no.2 of Joseph Boulogne Chevalier de Saint-Georges, Violinconcerto of Joseph White, Romance of Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
cd 75) Joseph Boulogne called Chevalier de Siant-Georges violinconcerto’s 3 no1, 8 no1, 2 no 2 by Miroslav Vilimec, Avenira.
Cd 76) Ignace Pleyel violin concerto in D major by Vilmos Szabadi, Hungaroton HCD 32241
Cd 77) Tor Aulin violin concerto 1? and 2 op.11 a-moll by Tobias Ringborg, Sterling CDS-1050-2
Cd78) Gustaf Bengtsson violinconcerto in B minor by Tobias Ringborg, Sterling CDS-1063-2
Cd79) In memory of Willem Noske piece for violin and orchestra in d minor of Henriette Bosmans (1895-1952) by Willem Noske JENCD 0012
Cd 80) Joseph Achron 1e violinconcerto by Elmar Oliveira, Naxos8.559408
Cd 81) Nikolaj Roslavets, violinconcerto no.1
Cd 82) K.Penderecki violinconcerto1 by Konstanty Kulka, violinconcerto no.2 “Metamorphosen” by Chee-Yun, Naxos 8.555265
Cd83) Max Reger violinconcerto op.101 by Walter Forchert, Koch Schwann 311 186
Cd 84) F.Kreisler violinconcerto by Fritz Kreisler MG Music, disc 11, 09026 61649 2
Cd 85) Ernest Bloch violinconcerto by Oleh Krysa, BIS-CD-639
Cd 86) Frank Martin v.c, Darius Milhaud v.c. no.2, Samuel Barber v.c by Dene Olding, ABC Classics 8.770004
Cd 87) Niels W. Gade v.c., Carl Nielsen v.c by Kai Laursen, Danacord DACOCD 467
Cd 88) Otto Malling Fantasia for violin + orchestra, Axel Gade v.c no.1, Knudaagse Riisanger v.c by Kai Laursen, Danacord DACOCD 468
Cd 89) Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari v.c. by Ulf Hoelscher, CPO 999 271-2
Cd 90) Josef Suk Fantasy by Pamela Frank, Decca 460 316-2
Cd 91) Sergei Barsukov v.c no.2, Samuel Barber, Revol Samuilovich Bunin v.c by Leonid Kogan, Relavation RV 10058
Cd 92) Israeli violin concerto’s Paul Ben-Haim v.c, Noam Sheriff v.c, Oded Zehavi v.c by Michael Guttman, ASV CD DCA 1038
Cd 93) Alban Berg v.c (Leonid Kogan), Paul Hindemith v.c (David Oistrakh), Igor Stravinsky (David Oistrackh) Relevation RV10075
Cd 94) Lev Knipper little concerto for violin + stringorchestra (Arkady Futer), Tikhon Khrennikov v.c. (Yako Sato), Kara Karayev v.c (Gidon Kremer), Nikolay Rakov v.c.1 (David Oistrakh) Revelation RV10104
Cd 95) Hilding Rosenberg v.c no. 2 (Leon Spierer), Lille Bror Söderlundh (Leo Berlin) Caprice CAP 21367
Cd 96) Lars-Erik Larsson v.c, violinconcertino by Leo Berlin SCD 1056
Cd 97) Barber, Khatch, Walter Piston v.c. by Louis Kaufman cd2 Dantecd LYS 533-537
Cd 98) Hermann Goetz, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Dag Wiren by Louis Kaufman cd3 Dantecd LYS 533-537
Cd 99) Dirk Brossé , violinconcerto Sophia by Liza Ferschtman, Maestro Music Productions, MMP 026
Cd 100) Julius/Jules/Yuly Konyus/Conus (1869-1942) violinconcerto by L.Edvin Csüry, Chandos, CHAN 9622
Cd 101) Paul Juon v.c. no.2, Willy Burkhard v.c., Raffaele d’Alessandro v.c. by Sibylle Tschopp
Cd 102) William Schumann v.c., Leonard Bernstein Plato’s Symposium v.c. by Robbert McDuffie
Cd 103) Leroy Robertson v.c. by Tossy Spivakovsky
Cd 104) Otar Taktakishvili v.c., Nicolai Rakov 2 by Liana Isakadze
Cd 105) Paul Constantinescu v.c. by Stefan Ruha, Olympia OCD 417
Cd 106) Godfried Devreese v.c. by Guido de Neve Naxos 8.553605
Cd 107) Witold Lutoslawski v.c-‘s Partita, Chain 2 by Anne-Sophie Mutter, Deutsche Grammaphon 423 696-2
Cd 108) Othmar Schoeck v.c. by Hansheinz Schneeberger, Swiss Pan SP 51.704

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May. 18, 2005 at 10:06 PM

WHY ALWAYS THE SAME VIOLINCONCERTO’S ON VIOLINISTS REPERTORELISTS? Why is on this website the violinconcertolist ("violin repertoire", at the right side next to violin discussion") so short, while the violinconcertorepertoire is so rich? Why is the violinconcertorepertoireknowledge of professionals so poor? Why does I, as a simple amateurviolinist (and violinconcertocollector), playing at a much lower level than most of you professional violinplayers visiting this website, knows much more violinconcerto’s than profesional players. Why does nearly no professional player knows that a well known violinplayer Jascha Heifetz has recorded the 2th violinconcerto of Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco? Why does a professional violinist Tjeerd Top from the Netherlands says about this violinconcerto that it is quality in an unknown area (for him, not for me)? Why do you always hear the same silly violinconcerto’s in concerthalls? Why does a Dutch violinist, also from an professional orchestra in the Neherlands, who played the too much played 3th Siant-Saens (why never the first or 2th Saint-Saens, apart from Philippe Graffin?) with one of the many amateurorchestra’s I played in, says: The 2 concertos of Von Dohnanyi played by Szabadi impressed me even more, It was breathtaking! The second concerto in C minor is such a great work. It's a little bit Bartokian but much more lyrical than Bartok. The Hungarian violinist Vilmos Szabadi, has recorded a lot of World Premiere Recordings like this second Dohnanyi violinconcerto,. I also like his first violinconcerto, but the chance I will ever hear it in a concerthall is nearly zero. . He has recorded the 4 violinconcerto’s of Jeno Hubay and 2 violinconcerto’s of Leo Weiner. Do you know the 3th Jeno Hubay op.99? Aaron Rosand has recorded it also. Dutch professional Tjeerd Top says about this 3th Jno Hubay: This is really a very good concert!!!(which of course he didn’t know. Hey guy: what did you do at the conservatory all those years? Oh, you listen only to 10 different versions of the Brahms concerto and you never go to the cdmusic library listening to Takako Nishizaki, who made a lot of world premier recordings for Naxos, so for that reason Takako Nishizkai is for me the biggist violinist of the world) Pei Pei Zhu agree with me: “I wish I could do more to bring some FRESH AIR into violin concerto's repertoire, but how??? This is my big frustration. You are absolutely right about violinists and their repertoire. But in the other hand you should know that a violinist like me, which hasn't a BIG NAME, it's very difficult to impose his own choice of program. It's already so rare to be asked to play a concerto with an orchestra. I'm in Het Residentie since almost 9 years, but never had chance to play with the orchestra.” That is also a fact for professionals. Most of them will become teachers or chambermusicviolinists or tutti-players as second or first violinist in professional orchestra’s and will seldom play violinconcerto’s. If they play them it will be with amateurorchestra’s and seldom with professional orchestra’s. Why is always the violinconcerto ‘symfonie Espagnole’ from Eduard Lalo played so often and does nobody knows his (violin)Concerto Russe op.29 or his violinconcerto op.20 in F or his Norwegian Fantasy ( a piece of 3 parts for violin and orchestra), which are also great pieces and not minor to his ‘symfonie Espagnole’. And why always these silly Mozartviolinconcerto’s Ever heard of the ‘Black Mozart’ Joseph Boulogne, called Chevalier de Siant-Georges, one of them recorded by Rachel Barton on her cd “black violinconcerto’s of the 18th and 19th century”? Ever heard of the beautiful romantic violinconcerto of the black composer Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, recorded by Philippe Graffin?Be ashamed of your poor violinconcertrepertoireknowledge. When will I ever hear in concerthalls the 6th Nicolo Paganini or the 7th Henri Vieuxtemps or the 2th of Ernst von Dohnanyi or the 4th Jeno Hubay or the 4th Karol Josef Lipinski, the last one recorded only by Albrecht Breuninger or the 2th Joseph Joachim, recorded only by Aaron Rosand, Rachel Barton and Elmar Oliveira (Takako Nishizaki recorded his 3th for Naxos, Joseph Joachim fist violinconcert has never been recorded!!!) Please give me answers on this website, because I am very frustrated a lot of professionals are too lazy to choose original beautiful violinconcerto’s, because they never buy unknown beautiful violinconcerto’s or go to a cdmusiclibrary and don’t know about the richness of the violinconcertorepertoire. I have helped you by putting my violinconcertorepertoirelist of cd’s on this website, yesterday 17 may. So good luck with it.

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May. 19, 2005 at 9:33 AM

Hello. I have a screensaver of André Rieu and a (soccer-)Rieuconcertshawl, because I am a fan and will go for the 3th time to his concerts. Why? Because he earns his own money, as a former second violinist of a professional orchestra, with walses and polka’s older people like and doesn’t need moneysupport of the government like all serious professional orchestra’s. Do you think I am crazy, because I have also visit the Elisabethcompetition in Brussel this year several times, or do you hate me for his reason?

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May. 31, 2005 at 7:15 PM

Some impressions of an amateurviolinist and regular concerthallvisitor of The ELISABETH-COMPETITION.
I listened two days -5,6 may-,the first round of the Elisabeth competition, specially to hear in the concerthall the sonates of Bach and the 24 different choosen caprices of Paganini. The difference between the candidates was not so important for me -most of them were good or very good-, but I hate the bell because a Japanese guy and a Greec one couldn’t play their whole first round. 5 may is the national Dutch liberationday from the second World War, so I had a free day and I could not work on 6 may, because our Machinefactory was closed between 5 may and the weekend of 7,8 may. On 9,10,12 may I heard the semi’s in the evening, specially to hear Ysaye in the concerthall (at home I have a cd of Frank Peter Zimmermann of Ysaye). The 11th and 13th may I must play 2 concerts with an amateurorchestra and on the 12th I had an appointment, so I missed on those days the semi’s. After my work I immediately drove with my car from a village near Rotterdam to Antwerpen and then over the A12 to Brussel, where I parked my car just outside the cityring without parking money and took my folding bike out of the back of my car and biked to the conservatory in Brussel. After the semi’s again back on the bike to my car and driving back home in Holland because I had to work the next day. In the conservatory in Brussel I saw statues of my idols Henri Vieuxtemps (I have his 7 violinconcerto’s on cd) and Jeno Hubay (I have his 4 violinconcerto’s on cd from the Hungarian Vilmos Szabadi www.szabadi.com ) and a foto of Eugene Ysaye ( Albrecht Breuninger, 2th price Elisabeth will soon record all pieces of 9 minutes for violin and orchestra of Ysaye like Chant dhiver’op. 15).One our after my arrival from a holiday I drove with my car again to Brussel to the last evening of the finals and I heard two times 1th Shos. 1 time Shos that goes, because I heard the piece for the first time in the concerthall (and I know it from a cd), but 2 times is a bit much. It has even 6!! times been played. Why not his second violinconcerto? Why always this first one, which isn’t very special. I have played the 13th symfony of Shos, Babi Yar, this year with an amateurorchestra. THAT was a great piece. Why always this non-critical herd-animal behaviour. For the public (like me as amateurviolinist) it is boring to hear the same concerto’s all the time. But we know the process and the vicious circles and often the false arguments and laziness to play something original (and often beautiful, but unknown) violinconcerto’s. The violinconcertorepertoirelist, “Violin repertoire”, is also much to short on the right side of the homepage of this website. So please make it larger.On this “Violin repertoire”, where of course the second violinconcerto of Shostakovitch IS MISSING!! Why in godsname???? I have both violinconcerto’s of Shostakovitch on a Naxos-cd, played by Ilya Kaler. When I turn this cd I don’t hear quality differences between these two. A lot of violinteachers have a poor violinconcertorepertoireknowledge and teach their pupils the same pieces. I rather hear a bad violinist with a bad intonation and a bad strike like the Greec guy on 5 may and the Japanese guy op 6 may, who get after one or two pieces the bell, who play an unknown violinconcerto in the concerthall, than a very good finalist playing the evergreenviolinconcerto’s.I hope that the violinconcertoreperoirechoice of the finalists in 2009 will be more original and that the jury will give more points for orginal repertoirechoice in their judgement. And please stop ringing the bell in the first round. It is good for the public to hear a bad candidate to understand how good other candidates are and how difficult the pieces of the first round are.
And I think after the fell down of 800 meter runner Dalibor Karvay at this Olympics in the semi’s, by the jury (just like in Olympic gymnastics) he will reach the finals in the next ElisabethOlympic800-final of 2009 and perhaps he will take the gold medal and will hear the national anthem. And why agediscrimination till 27 if you want to compete when you are 40, which is also possible at the Olympic games? Ok in 800 mter running there are differences, because of the physical differences of man and woman, which disappear when both sexes play the violin. I also missed big names in the jury. Ok, enough emotions, impressions, criticism and double Dutch for you professionals and violinstudents of me, fiddler on the roof.
But nevertheless it was a special happening to be part of the public in this competition compared with a normal concert in the concerthall.

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