Rossinis Intro Theme and Variations

    
Rossinis Intro Theme and Variations    21:34 on Monday, February 10, 2003          
(ALOMARvelous12)
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Has anyone ever played this piece. I think I`m gooing to give it try. People have told me that this is a easier piece than it looks and is pretty fun to play, but I can spot a few areas that look difficult.

Intro, Measure 43
uh oh - upper altissimo

Variation Number One, Measures 9-12.
some sudden high notes jumping out from a phrase set in the lower clarion

Variation Number Two, Measure 4
Same as the variation one, but this time its going into upper alt

Variation Number Three
the entire variation is filled with some tough arpeggios

Coda, Measure 35-40
Ouch! Is it possible to play that run at that tempo and make it actually sound good at the same time? Oh well at least my edition has an ossia passage.


Re: Rossinis Intro Theme and Variations    20:20 on Friday, February 20, 2004          
(Alyssa)
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Are you playing on the ARS Instrumentalis edition? I always feel like I`m cheating myself when I play the ossia. Variation 3 isn`t that hard cause the key is simple. The articulation is relatively straight forward. That one is the least of my worries.

Section B of the first variation is hard and I`m having trouble getting to the G quickly. I`ve tried going to the left hand C (3rd space) before it and trying short Gs (ie. like overblown clarino Bb but without first finger) but nothing seems to work. Slowly, I can but the moment I speed it up, its a mess.

As for the run in the coda, it`s truly evil. I can`t get it smoothly and if I do, my tone is atrocious and the altissimo notes like the G# are so pinched and sound unsupported. I don`t know whether its just me getting tense cause I know it`s coming up and so my breath support falters. Do you have the same problems?


   




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