Dear Friend,
Happy New Year...
I live in Seoul Korea since 2011...and below contains the 24 violin and viola(cello) concertos that I have performed in 2012 concert series.
I hope you enjoy them and please be free to advise what you think of the transcription of the cello concertos on viola!
Thank you.
Sincerely,
Dr. Eun Hwan Bai
www.violinstory.com
baieun@hotmail.com
8210 4079 3301
Dr.Eun Hwan Bai 2012 Concert Series
Elga violin concerto by Dr.Eun Hwan Bai 2012 Concert Series 01 31
Elga cello(viola) concerto by Dr.Eun Hwan Bai 2012 Concert Series 01 31
Brahms violin concerto by Dr.Eun Hwan Bai 2012 Concert Series 02 28
J.C BACH Viola Concerto by Dr.Eun Hwan Bai 2012 Concert Series 02 28
Dvorak violin concerto by Dr.Eun Hwan Bai 2012 Concert Series 03 27
Dvorak cello(viola) concerto by Dr.Eun Hwan Bai 2012 Concert Series 03 27
Bartok violin concerto No.2 by Dr.Eun Hwan Bai 2012 Concert Series 04 24
Bartok viola concerto by Dr.Eun Hwan Bai 2012 Concert Series 04 24
Lalo Symphonie Espagnole by Dr.Eun Hwan Bai 2012 Concert Series 05 29
Lalo cello(viola) by Dr.Eun Hwan Bai 2012 Concert Series 05 29
Glazunov violin concerto by Dr.Eun Hwan Bai 2012 Concert Series 06 26
Stamitz viola concerto by Dr.Eun Hwan Bai 2012 Concert Series 06 26
Wieniawsky concerto No.1 by Dr.Eun Hwan Bai 2012 Concert Series 07 31
Hindemith Schwanendreher viola concerto by Dr.Eun Hwan Bai 2012 Concert Series 07 31
Shostakovich violin concerto No.1 by Dr.Eun Hwan Bai 2012 Concert Series 08 28
Shostakovich cello(viola) concerto No.1 by Dr.Eun Hwan Bai 2012 Concert Series 08 28
Mendelsshon violin concerto by Dr.Eun Hwan Bai 2012 Concert Series 09 25
Hoffmeister viola concerto by Dr.Eun Hwan Bai 2012 Concert Series 09 25
Tchaikovsky violin concerto by Dr.Eun Hwan Bai 2012 Concert Series 10 30
Walton viola concerto by Dr.Eun Hwan Bai 2012 Concert Series 10 30
ibelius violin concerto by Dr.Eun Hwan Bai 2012 Concert Series 11 27
Schumann cello(viola) concerto by Dr.Eun Hwan Bai 2012 Concert Series 11 27
Prokofiev violin concerto No. 2 by Dr.Eun Hwan Bai 2012 Concert Series 12 28
Prokofiev Symphony cello(viola) concerto by Dr.Eun Hwan Bai 2012 Concert Series 12 28
Excellent! There should be more of this kind of thing. Bach did not think there was any problem with transcriptions of concertos for other instruments, so I don't know why we should. I especially like the Shostakovich.
Why not? If it works, it works. I've made many arrangements, myself. Bach indeed, was the 1st great arranger, and thought nothing of arranging Vivaldi's concerto for 4 violins in b to 4 keyboards in a, and arranged his E major violin prelude for organ and also to a different key. He was also aware of, critical of, but ultimately sold some of the early pianos. He did not object on the grounds that it wasn't what he wrote for years earlier.
Does anyone know if the Bloch "Schelomo" (for cello) has ever been arranged for viola? I love that piece so much I might almost be willing to learn alto cleff just to play it! ;-)
Lots of very tough pieces that you've done, btw, Eun - bravo! I especially liked the Elgar cello concerto on the viola. I found it convincing and moving. I think that the timbre of the viola is much closer to the cello than to the violin, generally.
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January 28, 2013 at 10:17 PM · Bravo! Those cello concertos are quite impressive... I'm sure purists will say it shouldn't be done, but you make quite a convincing case for them.