I think we’ve received all of the music planned for our next concert on May 16th, plus the prelude of the medical school graduation on May 2nd.
- Dvorak Slavonik Dance #1 (Op. 46) Presto
- Berlioz Roman Carnival Overture
- Selections from Les Miserables
- Medley from Camelot
- Mozart Overture to The Marriage of Figaro
- Bartok Rumanian Folk Dances
- Bach Double in c for violin and oboe
- Vivaldi Spring from The Four Seasons
Tonight we rehearsed the first five on the list, and my practice notes follow.
Dvorak
- Arpeggios
- scales at F
- broken thirds after F *** (impossible?)
Berlioz
- cello soli at 4
- syncopated motif as at 7 and 12, especially the end of it
- divisi part at 11
- arpeggio at 14
- new fingering at 6/8 after 14
- cello soli at 17 *** Deceptively difficult because of the G#. Fix the fingering.
- review fingering at 19
Les Mis
- run the whole thing once for fingering
Camelot
- once for fingering
- melody at 29 nice and legato
Mozart
- modulating section before D
2 responses so far ↓
cellodonna // April 27, 2008 at 11:27 am |
I’ve been browsing through your interesting practice log. How detailed and diligent you are!
What is the Mach book that you are using for piano? I Googled Mach and found a book by Elyse Mach, but it said it was 288 pages. I notice that the book you’re using has more pages than that.
While I was “woodshedding” for our recent concert I came up with a notebook method that seems to be helping me with my practicing. I’ll probably blog about it one of these days.
Happy practicing! (and happy blogging)
gottagopractice // April 28, 2008 at 10:50 am |
It is by Elyse Mach, entitled Contemporary Class Piano. The ISBN is 0-19-516688-4, published by Oxford Univ Press, (c) 2004, 6th edition (561 pages). Looks like we’re about halfway through!
I’m looking forward to reading about your notebook.