Violinist.com - Because you can't say enough about the violin

News by E-mail
Violinist.com - Violin Blogs - Bram Heemskerk - Blog Entry
Printer-friendly version
Bram Heemskerk

July 10, 2005 at 1:22 PM

On the violin discussion site about repertoire “Repertoire suggestions for Sophomore year” I copied my long list of violinconcerto’s and never recorded violinconcerto’s, which is also on my blog http://www.violinist.com/blog/jenohubay down below and I got a reaction of Pieter Viljoen. But another violinconcertocollector Carlos Majlis wrote on another repertoire violin discussion “Myaskovsky’s violin concerto…thoughts?” also a list with beautiful rare violinconcerto’s. Also they write about Mahler violinconcerto and 2 never published violinconcerto’s of Wieniawski, next to the 2 well known violinconcerto’s.
Yesterday I was at a chamberconcert and I meet a violoncelloplayer Paul Uyterlinde in the public, now first violoncelloplayer from a regional Dutch professional orchestra Brabants Orkest http://www.brabantsorkest.nl who had played in 1991 in Oxford and Cambridge when we were touring with an amateurorchestra. He knew the violioncelloconcerto’s of Britten , Vieuxtemps 1,2 Shostakovitsj 1,2 and the violionconcerto of Gustaf Bengtsson, who also wrote a violinconcerto. I was astonished about his repertoireknowledge and specially that he know Bengtsson violoncelloconcerto, compared to many violinists. But O.K. there has been written much more violinconcerto’s than violoncelloconcerto’s, so violinists have more work to do.

"Repertoire Suggestions for Sophomore Year?"
What's next for this college student?
…….
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


From Pieter Viljoen
Posted on July 5, 2005 at 12:29 AM (MST)
Bram, your zealot like crusade in the realm of new repertoire is very heartening, but the manner in which you express is less than honourable. Stop being such a snob.
I'm sure his teacher knows plenty about music, and that their "poor" knowledge of repertoire is good enough for the people who respect his/her knowledge enough to entrust their violin learning process to them for 4 years.

"Myaskovsky's violin concerto ... thoughts?"
discussion about Myaskovsky's violin concerto, specifically, recordings, sheet music availability, and other background.

From Scott 68
Posted on July 8, 2005 at 9:25 AM (MST)
i think its an incredible concerto that should be more well known and played
i love repin and oistrakh recordings
repin really has a wonderful sound
[Flag?]
From carlos majlis
Posted on July 8, 2005 at 3:10 PM (MST)
Scott, my friend: there are dozens of great works that very few know or recorded ,and almost nobody plays live,besides Miaskowsky. Like:
Taktakishvili first v.c.
Hubay all 4
Lipinski any of them
Karlowicz
Rodrigo
Suk Fantasy
Taneyev suite
Arensky
Godard
Moszkowsky
Rakov first v.c
Joan Manen
Lalo the 2 concertos
Vieuxtems 2,3,6 and 7
Ysaye 8th
and many,many more
[Flag?]
From Julie C.
Posted on July 8, 2005 at 7:41 PM (MST)
Speaking of rare concertos, do any of you have information on the Gustav Mahler violin concerto?

This entry has been archived and is no longer accepting comments.

Music Giveaway

Mark O'Connor Mark O'Connor's method books -- released this week -- teach students using many styles of American music. Enter to win a set of the books this week, on Violinist.com. Photo: Deanna Rose

Search

About Bram

Bram Heemskerk is from Waddinxveen, Netherlands. Biography

E-mail to Bram Heemskerk

RSS Subscribe in a reader

Blog Archive

2009: Nov. Oct. Sep. Aug. Jul. Jun. May Apr. Mar. Feb. Jan.

2008: Dec. Nov. Oct. Sep. Aug. Jul. Jun. May Apr. Mar. Feb. Jan.

2007: Dec. Nov. Oct. Sep. Aug. Jul. Jun. May Apr. Mar. Feb. Jan.

2006: Dec. Nov. Oct. Sep. Aug. Jul. Jun. May Apr. Mar. Feb. Jan.

2005: Dec. Nov. Oct. Sep. Aug. Jul. Jun. May