Just Finished Praeludium and Allegro what next? Well i'm putting the finishing touches on P&A and my teacher is letting me chose my next piece. I really like the bruch violin Concerto in G minor but I don't know if that would be to much of a jump? (recent piece I've learnt: Bach VC in a minor Accolay VC No.1 Handel Violin sonata No.1 Czardas by Monti Studies: Kreutzer No.9, 25 Fiorello No.1,3,9,14,16If you have any other suggestions that would be fabulous.
Downloadable sheet music: Allegro in A minor - Bach
I have an ASTA repertoire list that sorts pieces into levels. Of course that's a little artificial, and you could work on things from several levels at once, but it's a start. According to this list, P & A is in level 9, the Bruch is in level 10, and the Monti Czardas is back in level 7, and Accolay is 6.Here's the full list of level 8. If there's anything from it you haven't played, I'd do that.Bach: Concerto No. 2 in E (International)Bach: Solo Sonatas & Partitas (International)Beethoven: Romance in F (Fischer)De Beriot: Concerto in G, Op. 76, No. 7 (Fischer)De Beriot: Concerto in Am, Op. 104, No. 9 (Schirmer)De Falla: “Suite Populaire Espagnole,” Jota or two other movements (Chester)Drigo: Valse Bluette (found in “37 Pieces You Like to Play”) (Schirmer)Dvorak: 4 Romantic Pieces, Op. 75 (Simrock) Play at least two.Foss: Composer’s Holiday (Fischer)Gardner: From the Canebrake, Op. 5, No. 1 (Schirmer)Grieg: Sonata in F, Op. 8, No. 1 (Peters)Haydn: Concerto No. 1 in C (Henle)Hubay: Hejre Kati, Op. 32, No. 4 (Fischer)Kreisler: Sicilienne and Rigaudon (Foley)Kreutzer: Concerto No. 13 in D (Fischer)Mozart: Concerto #1 in Bb, K. 207 (Barenreiter)Mozart: Rondo in C, K. 373 (International)Mozart: Sonatas, K. 301 in G, K. 304 in Em, and K. 305 in A (Henle)Ravel: Piece en Forme de Habanera (Leduc)Rode: Violin Concerto No. 6 in Bb (Peters)Rode: Violin Concerto No. 7 in Am, Op. 9 (International)Rode: Violin Concerto No. 8 in Em (Peters)Sarasate: Playera, Op. 23, No. 1 (International)Schubert: Sonatinas in Am and Gm, Op. 137 (Fischer)Smetana: Aus der Heimat (Peters)Spohr: Concerto No. 2 in Dm, Op. 2 (Peters)Tartini: Concerto in Dm (International)Tschaikovsky: Canzonetta from Violin Concerto (from “37 Pieces You Like to Play”) (Schirmer)Tschaikovsky: Melodie (in “3 Pieces, Op. 42”) (International)Veracini: Sonata in A, Op. 2, No. 6 (International)Veracini: Sonata in Em (in “Suzuki Violin School Vol. 8”) (Summy Birchard)Vivaldi: Summer, from “Four Seasons” (Ricordi) first or third movementWieniawski: Legende, Op. 17 (Masters Music)Wieniawski: Romance from Violin Concerto in Dm, Op. 22 (International)Wieniawski: Two Mazurkas, Op. 19 (Obertass Dudiarz) Choose one (Masters Music)And here's level 9:Bach: Solo Sonatas and Partitas (International)Bartok: Roumanian Folk Dances (Boosey and Hawkes) Play four.Beethoven: Romance in G (Fischer)Beethoven: Sonata Op. 12, No. 1 in D (Henle)Beethoven: Sonata Op. 34, No. 5 “Spring” (Henle)Bloch: Nigun, from “Baal Shem Suite” (Fischer)Copland: Waltz and Celebration from “Billy the Kid” (Boosey & Hawkes)De Beriot: Scene de Ballet (Fischer)De Falla/Kochanski: The Pantomime from El Amor Brujo (Chester)Drdla: Fantasia on “Carmen” Op. 66 (Universal)Dvorak/Kreisler: Slavonic Dance No. 1 in Gm (Foley)Glazunov: Meditation (Nick Stanton Press)Grieg: Sonata in G, Op. 13, No. 2 (Peters)Joplin/Perlman: Elite Syncopations (from “Ragtime for Violin”) (Schirmer)Joplin/Perlman: The Entertainer (ibid.)Kabalevsky: Concerto in C, Op. 48 (MCA)Kreisler: Liebesfreud (Foley)Kreisler: Praeludium & Allegro (Foley)Kreisler: Schön Rosmarin (Foley)Mozart: Concerto No. 3 in G, K. 216 (Schirmer)Mozart: Adagio in E, K. 261 (International)Mozart/Kreisler: Rondo in G (Foley)Ries: Perpetuum Mobile, Op. 34, No. 5 (Fischer)Sarasate: Malaguena, Op. 21, No. 1 (Fischer)Spohr: Concerto No. 9 in Dm, Op. 55 (Peters)Stravinsky: Dance Russe from “Petrouchka” (Boosey & Hawkes)Viotti: Concerto No. 22 (International)Vitali: Chaconne (Fischer)Vivaldi: Autumn and Winter from “Four Seasons” (Ricordi)I should mention that when it lists the Bach Sonatas and Partitas, they're not all of the same difficulty. I'd start with the Allemanda and Giga from the D minor Partita, and then the E major.Some of the pieces on that list are pretty big deals. The Vitali Chaconne in particular would prepare you well for the Bruch, giving you some practice on octaves and even tenths.
hmm. that is kind of a big jump.. you should try playing Sarasate's Introduction and Tarantellaor Saint saen's Violin Concerto 3. both of them have the techniques learned from P&A
Andrew has a good list.maybe listen to some of those and see if you like any of them. Bruch might be a stretch, but if you are looking for a challenge, may as well add Mendelssohn to the list. Immediately after I studied P&A, I worked on the Dvorak Romance in F minor, the Kabalevsky violin concerto, Vivaldi's Winter, and some of the unaccompanied Bach movements. All were easier (in my opinion) than P&A, though. One way to choose is to decide what techniques you want to work on, and try to pick a piece that will force you to do it.
Antonin Dvorak, Bach, Tchaikovsky, Sarasate? What is your favorite compostion by these subsequent composersmine. A dvorak: Slavonic dance no. 2 in E minor opous. 72 or Humoresque No.7Bach. between harpsacord concerto in D minor, Contrapuctous 14 in the art of fugue, or his partitenstchaikovshy. violin concerto Allegro moderatosarasate. ziguenerwisenand the other question is do you prefer romantic over Baroque or Baroque over romantic. or 20th classical?
Dvorak- Slavonic Dances, Op 46, No.2Bach- 'V. Bourrée', Harpsichord music by the Young J.S. BachTchaicovsky- Nutcracker Suite (Russian Dance)Am not familiar with Sarasate's music. I prefer baroque music by far! Love the composers Bach, Handel, and Rameau the most! xxxx
Dvorak: Quintet in Eb (I'm playing it right now. it's amazing!)Bach: the cello suites. I'm partially to No. 2. I think I'm going to choose that to brush up on for auditions.Tchaikovsky: Definitely the Violin concerto in DSarasate- Zigeunerweisen as well.I prefer Romantic music most of the time. However, it depends on my mood. I'm really branching out into 20th and Modern and even delving backwards into Baroque and Renaissance.~Lisa
Dvorak: "New World Symphony." I was deeply moved by this piece in my teens.Tchaikovsky: "Swan Lake." I remember watching this ballet from the cheap seats when I was about 15. Couldn't see the stage, but it mattered not, for reasons obvious.Bach: "The Brandenburg Concertos" - all six. I cannot separate them; they are siblings and must always remain together.Sarasate: I'm not familiar with him or his music. Sorry.Yes, I admit, I'm a lover of romance.oops, I mean romantic music.
