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Elgar violinconcerto

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 22:40:00 GMT

Some years ago I heard the & nbsp;violin concerto of Sir Edward William Elgar (1857-1934) & nbsp;by Hilary Hahn. This year agian by Vineta Sareika & nbsp;from Letland during 1th finalevening of the Elisabethviolincompetition..

Delius violinconcerto

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:39:58 GMT

Here the violinconcerto of the English composer Frederick Delius:

I see that another uploader Bartje11 (with 1000!!! movies) has also uiploaded the sheetmusic & nbsp; (violin+ piano) of the & nbsp;Delius-violinconcerto

Foerster violin concerto life with Petr Bern�ek

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 13:39:00 GMT

Converting�this movie gave problems, but finally I manage to upload it on Youtube:

Converting�this movie from .mp4�with my new camera to .wmv gave problems but after converting it to .avi� with Free video converter I could make a Windows movie maker-movie and�upload it on Youtube.� Somebody made�this video on MP4 with my new camera on 4 -10-09 in Amsterdam in the repeatconcert of our summercourse in Bechyne, Czech Republic. Sometimes� she forgets to film the violinist Petr Bern�ek from the Czech Republik with this afterconcert in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, because she made close ups of the public and from members of the orchestra, so next time I have to give better instructions. But it is much better than a standstill cameraposition and with my old camera I only could made a movie of 10 minutes on .avi, not long enough to record this concerto. This summer�we played this piece also with�Petr in Bechyne, Czech Peblubik with our summercourse in july 2009. I specially like like the part at 6.24 in the 1th movie when the horns began to play with the soloist.

I think this is the last time in my life that I play this wondeful unknown, but beautiful concerto, I think a Dutch premiere in the Netherlands. But I am very happy I ever play this beautiful romantic violin concerto in an orchestra.

Here some impressions of our musicsummercourse in Bechyne, Czech Republic:

Standard violincompetition in Argentinia+ Stravinsky vc score

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 13:55:12 GMT

Again a violincompetition till 27 year with Paganini, Ysaye and Bach in first 2 rounds and�well known pieces in the final:

-Bart�k: Violin Concerto No.1+2
-Beethoven: D major, Op. 61
-Brahms: D major, Op. 77
-Prokofiev: D major, op. 19+ Tsigane Ravel
-Prokofiev: G minor, op. 63

-Paganini 1
-Schostakovich: A minor, op. 99
-Sibelius: D minor, op. 47
-Tchaikovsky: D major, op. 35

In Hannover they could choose: �http://www.violin-competi...m_service/repertoire.html
Final Round, 6 Competitors 8-9 October
One of the following concertos for violin and orchestra:
-Bart�k: Violin Concerto No. 2
-Beethoven: D major, Op. 61
-Brahms: D major, Op. 77
-Bruch: G minor, Op. 26
-Dvor�k: A minor, Op. 53
-Lalo: Symphonie espagnole, Op. 21
-Mendelssohn: E minor, op. 64
-Prokofiev: D major, op. 19
-Prokofiev: G minor, op. 63
-Schostakovich: A minor, op. 99
-Schumann: D minor (1853)
-Sibelius: D minor, op. 47
-Stravinsky: D major (1931)
-Tchaikovsky: D major, op. 35

Ok most young violinists do not have enough time to study rarities, but why is there no competition till 40 years where people can choose to play non standard repertoire?, like:

BRUCH , Max (1838-1920) violinconcerto 2 or 3 or Scottish Fantasy
COLERIDGE-TAYLOR, Samuel (1875-1912)
CONUS (Konyus), Jules (Yuli) (1869-1942)
DOHNANYI, Ernst von violinconcerto 1,2 (1877-1960)
ERNST, Heinrich Wilhelm (1814-1865)
GODARD, Benjamin violinconcerto 1,2 (1849-1895)
GOLDMARK, Karl 1 (1830-1915)
HUBAY, Jeno violinconcerto 3 (1858-1937)
JOACHIM, JOSEPH violinconcerto 1,2,3 (1831-1907) (Suyoen Kim 2006-Hannoverwinner recorded the 1th and 2th for Naxos)
KARLOWICZ, Mieczyslaw (1876-1909)
LALO, Edouard (violin)Concerto Russe op.29 (1823-1892)
LIPINSKI, Karol violinconcerto 2 (1790-1861)
PAGANINI, Niccolo violinconcerto 3,4,5,6 (1782-1840)
SPOHR, Louis violinconcerto 8 (1784-1859) (Ulf Hoelscher from the jury played them all)
VIEUXTEMPS, Henry violinconcerto 1,2,3,6,7 (1820-1881)
VIOTTI, G.I. violinconcerto 22 (Antje Weithaas, 1991-Hannoverwinner played this piece in the Netherlands)
Of course noone played Stravinsky in the final (too rare, so let the candidates choose between only rarities) in Hannover so here the score:

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Janine Jansen new Britten-cd + score

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 09:43:12 GMT

Janine Jansen has recorded a rarity. In her opinion�Britten violin concerto�deserves a place between the top standard often played iron violinrepertoire, like Beethoven she also recorded:

If�you open her website��www.janinejansen.com��you hear the first 1.22 minutes the 2th movement of Britten.

I think Britten will be not been often played because it is quite modern like Stravinsky and Schoenberg violin concerto, so more difficult to understand this music for a more broader audience. So Romantic violinconcerto's will be more popular.

Here the score of Britten of another version:

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Bruch, Max Scottish Fantasy

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 22:27:04 GMT

After his 1th violinconcerto Bruch's Scottish Fanatsy is quite often played. I have heard the piece once.

Bruch, Max 3th violinconcerto

Fri, 16 Oct 2009 22:17:27 GMT

I think Bruch 3th is even better than his 2th (and 1th of course, because he is improving during his life, crescendo, no decrescendo)

Bruch, Max 2th violinconcerto

Wed, 07 Oct 2009 09:03:04 GMT

Most people have probably�heard the famous 1th�Bruch violin concerto�on the radio or in the concerthallconcert or even ever played as soloist or�as orchestramember. (I have 3 times as an amateur). But he wrote 3 more violinconcerto's, here the 2th:

Bruch wrote apart from the 2th, a 3th violin concerto and the Scottish fantasy for violin + orchestra. I recently heard the last piece in the concerthall. Max Bruch was annoyed during his life already that everybody always played his 1th and that the rest of his work was less appreciated.

Nevertheless it is strange that Bruch is not a forgotten composer and is still well known as composer nowadays because of 1 piece. He has�not written well known (or often played)�chamber music or famous�symphonies, like Beethoven or Mozart.
But what do you think of his 2nd violin concerto, for instance compared to his 1th?�

New orchestra: New Philharmonic Utrecht

Sun, 04 Oct 2009 18:24:37 GMT

In 1985 a regional orchestra in the middle of the Netherlands disappeared, because the government did not want to put public money in it

Now my former conductor of an amateurorchestra took the initiative to start a new orchestra in the centre city Utrecht, central place for all trianconnections, & nbsp;of the Netherlands. With that amateurorchestra we played with soloist Johannes Leertouwer (former Dutch National violincompetition winner) Zigeunerweise of the Sarasate and 3th Mozart. This violinist is now the new conductor of this orchestra who gave on 3 Oktober their first concert. The city Utrecht and the region Utrecht gave some money, but again the government refused to give money. In the orchestra & nbsp; everybody is professional with a conservatory-education. OK it is not the Concertgebouw Orchestra with big international ambitions, but it has a function in the region and they also plays at schools to promote classical music.

So we will see what it is gonna be financially.

The conductor explains in Dutch thinks about the piece before the concert, while the orchestra plays short pieces (Youtubesoundbites). The quality of the video is quite poor. Too much movement.

Semi-finalists Joachim-Hannover-violincompetition

Fri, 02 Oct 2009 18:20:27 GMT

The 12 semi-finalists have been selected of the Joachim Hannover violincompetition

Here the new Naxos cd of the last winner of 2006 Suyoen Kim. It is a pity that the 3 violinconcerto's (now all ! & nbsp;recorded by Naxos) can not be played in the final. During the opening concert Suyoen Kim had to play the 1th or the 2th, just recorded by her. The 2th is now 5 time recorded by Suyoen Kim, Aaron Rosand, Rachel Barton, Elmar Oliveira & nbsp;and Christian Tetzlaff.

The first and 2th session of the 1th round can be seen here:

www.violin-competition.de/en/violinwettbewerb/program_service/videos_2009/kuenstler.html

After announcing the 12 semi-finalists who climb on the stage, also the other 16 who stopped perfoming stepped on stage and got applause.

here the 12 semi-finalists:

Itamar Zorman

Clara-Jumi Kang,

Hyuk Joo Kwun

Yoo Jin Jang

Haik Kazazyan

Solenne Paidassi

Stephanie Jeong

Yura Lee

David Coucheron

Jung Yoon Yang

Yuseke Hayashi

Fumaiki Miura