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July 2009

Godard 2th vc+1th celloc. Vieuxtemps

July 19, 2009 04:15

Here the 2th violinconcerto of Benjamin Godard, a pupil of Henry Vieuxtemps. From the latter his 1th vcelloconcerto with musicnotes. Sometimes it is so high that it seems a violinconcerto with the violinkey's in the bar. I played it on 1-4-2006 with Stephanie Prenn.

Benjamin Godard (1849-1895) violinconcerto 2 opus 131 Movement 1 : Allegro moderato

Benjamin Godard (1849-1895) violinconcerto 2 opus 131 Movement 2 : Adagio quasi Andante

Benjamin Godard (1849-1895) violinconcerto 2 opus 131 Movement 3 : Allegro non troppo

Henry Vieuxtemps (1820-1881) Cello concerto 1 movement 1(begin) : Allegro moderato

Henry Vieuxtemps (1820-1881) Cello concerto 1 movement 1(end) : Allegro moderato movement 2 : Andante

Henry Vieuxtemps (1820-1881) Cello concerto 1 movement 3 : Allegro

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Holst Double-vc + Barber vc

July 16, 2009 02:50

This spring I played the doubleviolinconcerto opus 49 of Gustav Holst , who is more well known of The Planets. It is written in 1929, so quite modern. Here the sheetmusic of the doubbleviolin/piano reduction. Also modern is the violinconcerto of Barber of 1939, I played earlier in England. The last page half page in the 3th movement is played so fast that I have to count how much notes are played very second.

Holst, Gustav mvt1+2 doubleviolinconcerto

Holst, Gustav mvt3 doubleviolinconcerto

Barber, Samuel violinc. mvt1 Allegro

Barber, Samuel violinc. mvt2 Andante

Barber, Samuel violinc. mvt3 Presto in moto

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Happy 4 july + Foerster 1th vc

July 7, 2009 04:08

I read on our classial radio4 www.radio4.nl/page/artikel/9952 about a violinist Glenn Donnellan playing the national anthem on a baseball-"violin".

Apart of this do not forget to listen to the rare 1th violinconcerto of Josef Foerster, Czech composer (1859-1951) I gonna play this piece with an orchestra in the Czech republic this summer !