Im taking grade 6 at the end of the year but i can play up to performers certificate standard. im looking for something to play thats fun and something to play for gcse performance, something wuite easy butt cool!
respect!

Hi

Maybe you could have a look at Five Bagatelles by Finzi - nos 1 and 2 are grade 6, 3 is grade 3 and 5 is grade 8 - all past exam pieces and they are really nice to play. 4 is grade 7 ish I think and the best of the lot (IMHO)

Cat

well, i am also looking for slow pieces without trills cos i find them easier to play, im not quick with me hands

how about Mozarts clarinet concerto k622. tyhe 2nd mvmt is grade 6 and slow. the other 2 mvmts are grade 8

Back to the finzi - not that I like it or anything - No 2 is slow and trill free!

Cat

QUOTE (Catrin @ Aug 31 2004, 03:59 PM)

Back to the finzi - not that I like it or anything - No 2 is slow and trill free! Cat

I played it for my AS as an ensemble. It's trill free, but still quite tricky to play, maybe not technically, but in terms of tone. I don't particularly like it either, but the first one's good to play!

Now I am confused.. in one post tyou say you play to performance certificate standard and in another that you can't play fast or ornamented things well....
What level of performance certificate were you thinking of, because the first post seems to suggest that it is higher than grade 6 by which time you would be coping with these technical demands ?

QUOTE (sbhoa @ Aug 31 2004, 06:36 PM)

Now I am confused.. in one post you say you play to performance certificate standard and in another that you can't play fast or ornamented things well....

Yes, I was wondering too.......................

Sorry, I don't think I got the right expression into my earlier post - what I meant was that I really love the whole set of bagatelles and think they're brilliant especially nos 4 and 2!

Cat