anyone played the 1st of his Folk dances

Joc du bata or something its called!!

Yes. Its currently a grade 6 Trinity exam piece. Why?

ive just been given it to play. wondered if anyone else had played it

Oh! Do you like it?

its ok, a bit weird!

True, but a bit less weird than some of Bartoks other pieces!

ive only played one of his other pieces, the Bossa Nova that was on last years grade 5 syllabus

I love Bartók, he is one my favourite composers. His Viola and Piano concertos are fantastic.

QUOTE (clarinetlover @ Mar 19 2005, 11:06 PM)

ive only played one of his other pieces, the Bossa Nova that was on last years grade 5 syllabus

Bartok wrote that? Are you sure it wasn't Mike Cornick?

oops ###### your right!!

i meant the other grade 5 piece - Evennig in the villagge

Thats right! I'd forgotten about that piece.

deary me, time for bed soon i think!

Good point! I can't believe its 11.47 already!

has anyone got a link to a recording of this piece so i can hear what it's supposed to sound like, because what im playing sounds a load of garbage!

Sorry! I don't think I have ever heard a recording of Joc cu bata.

ah ok, i'll have to get someone to play it for me then!

There will be a recording of it on the Trinity Grade 6cd if you know anyone who has a copy or maybe your teacher might.

You can download an orchestral version of the romanian dances on the classical music archive. You can register for free and then download 5 files a day.