tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2022615131472916654.post3468722126623534850..comments2023-10-07T14:34:06.703+01:00Comments on Horn Thoughts: Gulda Cello concertoJonathan Westhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00527063732905729010noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2022615131472916654.post-32008208367520474602013-04-08T22:09:25.380+01:002013-04-08T22:09:25.380+01:00Hi masha
Sorry it has take a while to get back to...Hi masha<br /><br />Sorry it has take a while to get back to you, been very busy with other stuff.<br /><br />Nobody told me about any of the points I've made in the article, it is all based on my own impressions from hearing it.<br /><br />The train passage just so obviously sounded like a train, I assumed that it must have been deliberately written with that in mind, with the repeated rhythm and the percussion, and the "whistle" of the muted fluttertongue brass falling in pitch as if a steam train is passing.<br /><br />The mariachi section is the trumpet duet just after the stream train section. I've heard it done with an extremely exaggerated vibrato in the trumpets.<br /><br />The mariachi Jonathan Westhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00527063732905729010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2022615131472916654.post-2150163017602859332013-03-20T14:06:03.984+00:002013-03-20T14:06:03.984+00:00Hello !
I'm analysing the last movement of th...Hello ! <br />I'm analysing the last movement of the Gulda cello concerto for class and looking it up on internet I fell on your article. I'm very curious as to where you found your information (about the train, the mariachi style...) : was it your conductor who explained it to you ? Because the train passage especially, I hadn't heard it by myself at all, but I loved finding out about it ! Does the mariachi style refer to the passage right before what I find to be yodling which is just before the train passage ?<br />I would love it if you answered m, thank you for your help !mashanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2022615131472916654.post-6184703409460521582011-09-03T20:48:31.559+01:002011-09-03T20:48:31.559+01:00Great description - Thanks. Makes me wish even mor...Great description - Thanks. Makes me wish even more I could have been there. Congratulations on taking a chance with the program and ending up making such a great connection with each other and the audience.Lyle Sanford, RMThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312150272934828223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2022615131472916654.post-67667410872651544432011-09-03T19:39:38.760+01:002011-09-03T19:39:38.760+01:00Oh that! That's "flow" in part, the ...Oh that! That's "flow" in part, the pleasure of having played a difficult piece well and for the audience to have clearly appreciated it.<br /><br />But in addition, the Gulda was such fun to play. The music had wit and humour to it, it doubled the pleasure of the performance. <br /><br />And also there was the joy of seeing Thomas Carroll absolutely throw himself into the solo cello part and produce sounds I didn't think were possible from a cello.<br /><br />And lastly, the music was very different from anything I have played before. I've never played in a big band, jazz band or similar (they tend not to need French horns) and so in playing terms I haven't often come across pieces with a jazz element, and when they have come along, classically trained musicians in their panic at an unfamiliar genre tend to play very stiffly. But some of our players did have some jazz experience - our drummer for instance was primarily a jazz rather than a classical musician, and so we all gor into the spirit of it.<br /><br />On youtube, there is a video of the piece being played by the New Japan Symphony orchestra. And they are <i>so</i> stiff!Jonathan Westhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00527063732905729010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2022615131472916654.post-73088874462833758932011-09-03T01:55:17.650+01:002011-09-03T01:55:17.650+01:00Bravo!
Would absolutely loved to have been there...Bravo! <br /><br />Would absolutely loved to have been there. That program sounded great from the get go - really wonderful it came off so well. <br /><br />That involuntary grin you mention at the end is something I've experienced to some degree, but only reading this brought it into conscious awareness.Lyle Sanford, RMThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312150272934828223noreply@blogger.com