Chamber music! (with piano)

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Chamber music! (with piano)

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lilly763	Apr 23 2011, 12:40 AM Post #1
Unregistered	I would really like to extend my chamber music repertoire to the piano... but I'm not sure where to start, since the piano parts in most quartets/quintets tend to be very difficult. Do any of you have ideas for piano quartets or quintets (preferably not trios, since I have a violist friend (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)) which are doable for someone around DipABRSM/aspiring LRSM level? I like Mozart (but nobody would want to play it with me), Brahms op. 25, both Dvorak quintets, Schumann, etc., just to give a sense of my taste (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) Any suggestions would be appreciated!

bobifier	Apr 23 2011, 01:55 AM Post #2
Virtuoso Group: Members Posts: 4468 Joined: 28-October 05 Member No.: 5119	I successfully learned the first movement of Schumann's piano quartet whilst between G8 and diploma level somewhere. The middle two movements looked easier than the first, though I didnt' actually learn them, but I would certainly think the final would be harder, I don't know how much by. I also reckoned I probably could have had a go at Dvorak's piano quartet, though I only ever glanced briefly at the music.

wurlitzer	Apr 23 2011, 05:56 AM Post #3
Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 370 Joined: 21-July 09 Member No.: 71077	Josef Hoffman did a very beautiful arrangement of Chopin's piano concerto No 1 for piano and string quartet. Perhaps this would be good to try, although maybe a little on the difficult side for your level. It can be seen here (on the same model of piano as I own (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QM3HHhqwNv8 Regards, Wurlz

kenm	Apr 23 2011, 08:59 AM Post #4
Virtuoso Group: Members Posts: 2794 Joined: 9-September 04 Member No.: 2075	Faure, Op 15. Slightly easier than most Brahms; very attractive, more red-blooded than much of his output and with a clearer structure than his later works.

linda.ff	Apr 23 2011, 09:18 PM Post #5
Virtuoso Group: Members Posts: 3002 Joined: 4-January 11 Member No.: 183500	QUOTE(lilly763 @ Apr 23 2011, 01:40 AM) (preferably not trios, since I have a violist friend (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)) which are doable for someone around DipABRSM/aspiring LRSM level? I like Mozart (but nobody would want to play it with me), Mozart K498 - Kegelstatt Trio - find yourself a tame clarinet player!

sbhoa	Apr 23 2011, 09:24 PM Post #6
Maestro Group: Members Posts: 18997 Joined: 31-October 03 From: Tameside Member No.: 24	QUOTE(linda.ff @ Apr 23 2011, 10:18 PM) QUOTE(lilly763 @ Apr 23 2011, 01:40 AM) (preferably not trios, since I have a violist friend (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)) which are doable for someone around DipABRSM/aspiring LRSM level? I like Mozart (but nobody would want to play it with me), Mozart K498 - Kegelstatt Trio - find yourself a tame clarinet player! Or Violist?

linda.ff	Apr 23 2011, 09:27 PM Post #7
Virtuoso Group: Members Posts: 3002 Joined: 4-January 11 Member No.: 183500	QUOTE(sbhoa @ Apr 23 2011, 10:24 PM) QUOTE(linda.ff @ Apr 23 2011, 10:18 PM) QUOTE(lilly763 @ Apr 23 2011, 01:40 AM) (preferably not trios, since I have a violist friend (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)) which are doable for someone around DipABRSM/aspiring LRSM level? I like Mozart (but nobody would want to play it with me), Mozart K498 - Kegelstatt Trio - find yourself a tame clarinet player! Or Violist? She already has one of those, that's why I suggested it (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

lilly763	Apr 24 2011, 12:34 AM Post #8
Unregistered	QUOTE(linda.ff @ Apr 23 2011, 05:18 PM) QUOTE(lilly763 @ Apr 23 2011, 01:40 AM) (preferably not trios, since I have a violist friend (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)) which are doable for someone around DipABRSM/aspiring LRSM level? I like Mozart (but nobody would want to play it with me), Mozart K498 - Kegelstatt Trio - find yourself a tame clarinet player! I would love to play Kegelstatt, or either of the piano quartets, for that matter, but somehow nobody else my age wants to play Mozart (IMG:style_emoticons/default/dry.gif) I will take a look at Faure op. 15 (and a closer look at Schumann/Dvorak to see if I might be able to get my fingers around them more than I had thought) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) I'm almost afraid to ask, but is Shostakovich op. 57 playable? Aforementioned violist friend wants to play it and suggested it to me - I nixed it because a) I usually don't like Shostakovich, and b) I uniformly associate Shostakovich with insane difficulty (IMG:style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif) But after giving it a listen, I found that I enjoyed it, and even more surprisingly that the piano part seems somewhat doable - lots of unison playing. Do you folks think it would be manageable (at sub-Argerich tempos, of course! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif)), or am I deluding myself?

kenm	Apr 24 2011, 08:15 AM Post #9
Virtuoso Group: Members Posts: 2794 Joined: 9-September 04 Member No.: 2075	Most of the Shostakovich Piano Quintet is easier than the Faure. The exception is the scherzo, which has two pages of a repeated two bar riff and several high-speed page turns.

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