Which cadenza is this?

May 2, 2012 at 05:07 PM · Lol, while I have to admit that I havn't listened to it, but did you read the text?

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791)

"Violin Concerto No. 3 in G major, K. 216"

(Cadenzas by Hilary Hahn)

:)

May 2, 2012 at 05:13 PM · If you like it, why not write to her and see if you can get a copy? I did that for the Haydn G with another soloist and they were happy to share as long as I gave credit.

May 3, 2012 at 06:37 AM · Oh - I feel quite silly now, I didn't realize when it said "by Hilary Hahn" that she actually composed(?) them (or whatever one calls it) - I thought it just meant she played it.

Great idea Elise

May 3, 2012 at 12:55 PM · I've wanted to contact HH for other professional reasons. I've seen no contact on her site. Does anyone know how I could contact her?

BTW, I've composed my own cadenzas to Mozart 3,4,5 and a number of other works!

May 3, 2012 at 01:01 PM · Can we hear them Raphael? I'm currently working on Moz3 - though I must admit it will take a mozartian effort to drag me away from the Franko cadenza. Surely this one is near the epitomy of the art?

[Said by one who actually doesn't really know what is supposed to go into a Cadenza. I'm working on the assumptions of: consistency with the piece being 'cadenza'd' (don't you love my language!) musically interesting and exciting and a showcase for the violinists playing ability]

May 3, 2012 at 04:33 PM · I loved the Franko cadenza too for the M3G but I confess that I think Joshua Bell's is better.

Regarding contacting Hilary Hahn, I bet she has made that quite difficult intentionally. I really don't understand why folks who write cadenzas don't just publish them or put them into the public domain. Transcribing a violin cadenza is really not that hard.

May 3, 2012 at 06:19 PM · Augustin Hadelich puts his cadenzas on his website as PDFs for anyone to download and use. He has one for the Mozart #3 as well as some nice ones for the Haydn concertos.

http://augustin-hadelich.com/

May 3, 2012 at 06:34 PM · Elise - I have a limited understanding of cadenzas, but a cadenza is generally supposed to be the soloist's riff or improvisation on the movement s/he just played. It is designed to show off creativity and virtuosity. So, it has to bear some relationship to the themes of the movement, but beyond that, it relies on the imagination and talent of the person playing it.

Good luck with Mozart #3. I studied it many, many years ago, and I still have the sheet music in a very good edition edited by my then-teacher, Rene Benedetti (but no cadenzas). Benedetti was a fabulous teacher, especially for an amateur nobody like me, and I keep the music as sort of a memento of a wonderful year spent as the student of a star. The sheet music also amuses me because, in teaching me, he thought better of some of his edits, and so it could be described as "M. Benedetti's edits of his edits." I am willing to share it with anyone who provides an email address.

May 3, 2012 at 10:21 PM · I think you can send HH a message via her youtube link. And her violin case tweets, maybe you could ask it for a copy?

May 3, 2012 at 10:53 PM · Paul - I think you're right. I know that HH is incredibly busy and popular, etc., but personal assistants are there for initial screening of contacts, etc. There are other top soloists who are more amenable to contact. Oh well, I must respect her implied wishes.

Elise - and to anyone else who may be interested - besides many cadenzas, I've composed 2 caprices, virtuoso variations on "twinkle" a duet for violin and viola, a system of technical practice, and have made many arrangements (just a few of which I recorded on my 1st CD).

I must admit that I have guarded all of these rather jealously till now. My "Twinkleiana" was inspired by HH's encore contest. Then at the last minute I realized that it was almost twice as long as the stipulated maximum length, and did not submit it. But it will have a life of its own. It's almost ready to be finalized in its printing. The next steps - and here I would appreciate advice - will be to copyright it and publish it. Once that is done, my idea would be to have it for sale both online and as a hard copy. Then little by little, my other works will follow. A discount will be offered to v.commers!

May 5, 2012 at 12:35 PM · Sorry, redundant post!