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Autograph on cd (part3) Hilary Hahn

November 18, 2005 at 6:59 PM

I heard Hilary Hahn in Rotterdam where she played Elgar. After the concert I gave her some rare of violinconcerto’s, which I also gave to Maxim Vengerov after a concert and the same letter as for Vengerov with never recorded rare violinconcerto’s. She is a good professional, but I am not a specialist or critical of a newpaper about different professional styles and schools, but the reason for my visit to the concerthall was that ‘someone’ played the relatively rare violinconcerto of Elgar. If Hilary would have played Tjaikovsky, 1th Bruch or Beethoven violinconcerto’s there would be no reason for my concertvisit and I would stay at home listening to her recording of the relatively rare v.c.’s of Barber and world premiere recording of the obscure Meyer violinconcerto. It is great that she dare to record such obscurities, which will sell of course less better than the 100th recording of the violinconcerto’s of Brahms and Beethoven, together on one cd. Another terrible combination is 1th Bruch and Mendelssohn in e. Much better is to play next to 1th Bruch the 2th,3th Bruch or Scottisch Fantasy or Mendelssohn in e combined with Mendelssohn in re, the less well known v.c. of Mendelssohn.



Meyer isn't such an obscure person, at least not in the U.S., because of the good popular musicans he's associated with here. I think it's a brilliant move.
No, Meyer isn't obscure, nor is Elgar. I think Bram was referring to their violin concerti, which are comparatively less well-known than the Bruch, Mendelssohn, etc.
What I meant to say was I think many will be interested in Meyer who wouldn't be interested in Brahms so it might not be so "daring." Maybe even bluegrass fans.