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This post is for all of the pianists out there. These works are famous for how gnarly they are, technically. In them, pianists often discover how much bigger Liszt’s hands are than everyone else’s (save NBA stars and Sergei Rachmaninoff). I’ve put links to recordings of 2 and 13 below the fold. Here is what […] On Tuesday September First, the composer group Circles and Lines, will be performing at Le Poisson Rouge. What is great about this performance, other than the other four composers all being awesome, is that my piece, The Cure at Troy will be on the program. A description of the work and some of the logistics […] Here are recordings of the Brahms Sextets and the sheet music and parts to them. Note: I had to degrade the quality of Op. 36’s score a little bit because the original file from IMSLP was 27 megabytes. I turned it into a greyscale and lowered the ppi. Brahms Sextet Op. 18 Brahms Sextet […] The Pacifica Quartet has mastered playing as a unit. Last night I saw the Pacifica Quartet perform at NYU’s Frederick Loewe Theater. As a quartet on the younger side of the classical music business they showed why they are Musical America’s ensemble of the year and Grammy winners for best chamber music performance. Their […] The Clarinet Quintet was one of Brahms’ last works. It is incredibly rich and brooding. The first movement reminds me somewhat of his Eb Viola sonata, in that it is heavily nostalgic and longing. Here is Wikipedia’s description of the work: The piece consists of four movements. Allegro in B minor, in 6:8 time Adagio […] I’ll be moving tomorrow, so today and the next few days will be light on the posting as I unpack and recuperate. The big collection is here for all the pianists out there. I know that many of my friends tear there hair out over these pieces. I posted videos of Glenn Gould playing some of these works along with the scores. Listen to him singing if you’ve never heard him play. Thank goodness it doesn’t bleed […] This work is great. Some of it is a little drawn out, like the second movement. But this is characteristic of Schubert sometimes, reusing material in a sectional fashion as a means to produce length. This sectional way of writing, much like in the Trout, reminds me of the way lieder or songs are written, […] Here are the scores and parts to Beethoven’s String Quintets. Unfortunately IMSLP does not have the score to Beethoven’s last quintet. Enjoy. Beethoven String Quintet Op. 4 Beethoven String Quintet Op. 4 Score Beethoven String Quintet Op. 4 Violin I Part Beethoven String Quintet Op. 4 Violin II Part Beethoven String Quintet Op. 4 Viola […] During the summer many people hitch themselves to each other in what earthlings call a wedding. As a musician, this is a saving grace for our dogged, unemployed days when all of the classical organizations are usually on summer break and all of the positions teaching, or performing at festivals are taken by the same […] |
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