@@PentameronSV I was lucky and got Distinction passing by 5 marks. For once I'm glad I tortured myself for the aural and sightreading sections. I played slower than this _or I would've been dead and butcher the entire thing_ I could play and I didn't really have too much shaky bow in front of that strict as hell adjudicator and my intonation wavered only a bit.
@@aperson5294 Congratulations, you conquered your nerves - and I agree that aural is horrible! One day you will enjoy the Kabalevsky a lot again, and it will still be in your fingers for decades because of all that hard work.
@@aperson5294 Ik im 7 months late but I'm doing this for my DIPABRSM. It got moved up to the diplomacy levels and I'm playing it along with the Mozart Concerto
The international edition has the recommended bpm for this 1st mvmt at 112!!!! Its absolute insanity. This performance is averaging 98-102 for reference. If you set the video's playback to 1.25x you get 118-122 so the recommended speed is in between 1x speed and 1.25x. At that point, it loses all musical character
I'm playing violin for 9 years, haven't heard it and now I really wanna play. Hope, my skills will be enough, coz I haven't really practiced for last few years(
January of 2023? No, it’s challenging but with reactive it’s very doable (also considering it’s short length) but I do have to inquire about your prior pieces to truly gauge if it’s “out of your league”. If you got assigned to it b your teacher, then probably no, they know your playing probably better than yourself so just listen to them for now.
I have to do this solo for competition and I was wondering, it is necessary to play this at dotted half note = 112? because this recording sounds really under tempo if that is the case
Your Average Young Composer oistrakh plays this at a higher speed than usual, but this recording is i think on tempo. I personally played it a bit faster
The concert was written in 1948, i.e., many years before computer games were invented (if fact, even before computers became public knowledge). It was part of a series of concertos for young players, e.g., Violin 1948, Cello 1949, and the Third Piano Concerto of 1952. So, if you say that it was sound like music for young people, you'd be right. And you'd be again right if you assert that computer games jingle writers shamelessly copied some of the best classical music pieces.
I would like to say that I respectfully disagree with what seems like to be the majority of the comments here. I do not like this piece. I personally think that it’s too simple for its time. Also, I feel like the structure is odd. Particularly referring to the long dragging pizz section in the first movement. I do not think this compares well to other concertos written around this time, such as Prokofiev. I will not squander anyone else’s opinion on this piece though. Everyone has the right to speak their opinion, as I just did. I only intend to add to the discussion of this piece. I, personally, do not like it. It’s just not my taste unfortunately.
A respectful negative comment that is not derogative and actually acknowledges subjectivity and difference in opinions that is unavoidable in music? IT'S THE SIGN OF THE APOCALYPSE! RUN! Jokes aside, you don't put down or personally attack anyone who loves this music (differing opinions, like you said), and I find this refreshing. Slightly not-so-related, what's your favourite musical work, if you have one? Not for personal judgement for anything, just looking to expand my musical horizons and perhaps have some civilised discussion in general. Cheers from Malaysia!
Pentameron I’m glad you find this refreshing! I was only trying to state my opinions without putting anyone else down, and I feel like it worked. I don’t mean to tell anyone that they shouldn’t like this piece because I don’t like it or something. I’m not about to tell anyone what music they should or should not like. My only intention was to put out my opinion respectfully and contribute to the discussion. There’s plenty of pieces I love that other people don’t like (being classical musician, that’s pretty much how one’s life goes). My favorite musical work varies as time progresses, but some pieces that I have loves consistently are the Firebird by Stravinsky, Beethoven 9, Mahler 6, Bruch violin concerto no. 1 (although no. 2 and 3 are underrated, they are worth listening to), And Shostakovich piano trio no. 2.
@@rajaorr And you are completely entitled to that opinion. I can easily see how many would like this. It just doesn’t fit my personal taste, and I just wanted to see if I could add to the conversation. :)
I personally really like this piece, but I kind of agree that the pizz section is a bit... awkward, and not exactly ideal instrumentation either considering that it's a solo violin vs an orchestra, but I'm happy to see that you have your own tastes and more importantly, tactfulness and respect! I hope you have a wonderful day!
As this is going to be the first concerto I’ve ever learned I don’t know much about awkward pizzicato sections. In my limited knowledge I like how it changes up the piece.
_I assume you want a similar mood to this violin concerto:_ Check out Kabalevsky's other works, such as The Comedians Suite: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-9spWZzgii00.html A light-hearted one, Chabrier's Overture to 'L'etoile': ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-C07PiefGZHg.html Khachaturian's Sabre Dance is a bop: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-mUQHGpxrz-8.html His Violin Concerto: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-pJCqWSLKcGA.html Schnittke's Clowns und Kinder: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-AuAmQbu4Zqk.html Finale from Rossini's Overture to 'William Tell': ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-j3T8-aeOrbg.html _If you don't mind getting more dissonant:_ Shostakovich's Cello Concerto No.1: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-i6rU9AYzCws.html Some parts of Messiaen's Turangalîla-Symphonie: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-7-Qh9Tttngk.html Schnittke's Gogol Suite: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-WDRf7136nvk.html
This concert is a thousand times better if we compare it with the 2 by Bartok, Ligeti, the 2 by Shostakovich, Berg, Szymanowsky that people praise and I really don't know why. But such concerts are a mix of meat and wood.
