gazman Posted November 5, 2007 Share Posted November 5, 2007 Yep, I'll stand up and be counted and say that I play transcriptions (hopefully not odd transcriptions!) and see them as perfectly valid for inclusion in a recital. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Carr Posted November 5, 2007 Share Posted November 5, 2007 Yep, I'll stand up and be counted and say that I play transcriptions (hopefully not odd transcriptions!) and see them as perfectly valid for inclusion in a recital. Me too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJJ Posted November 5, 2007 Share Posted November 5, 2007 Me too! I do too - 'even semi transcribe bits myself. Some of the easy orchestra stuff from school works quite well played straight from the score/piano reduction. They've had chunks of Star Wars done this way - Peter and the Wolf is a possibility, I've got Elizabethan Serenade ready and does anyone know The Procession of the Sardar by Ipolitov Ivanov?- 'fantastic piece - I'm surprised there isn't a 'proper' organ version already!! AJJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Barry Williams Posted November 5, 2007 Share Posted November 5, 2007 I do too - 'even semi transcribe bits myself. Some of the easy orchestra stuff from school works quite well played straight from the score/piano reduction. They've had chunks of Star Wars done this way - Peter and the Wolf is a possibility, I've got Elizabethan Serenade ready and does anyone know The Procession of the Sardar by Ipolitov Ivanov?- 'fantastic piece - I'm surprised there isn't a 'proper' organ version already!! AJJ If the Elizabethan Serenade is the one by Ronald Binge, try the fine arrangement by Lloyd Webber, published by Ascherberg, Hopwood & Crew Ltd in 1962. It works well even on small instruments. Barry Williams Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
contrabordun Posted November 5, 2007 Share Posted November 5, 2007 I've been to a few recitals where they had cameras on the console, projectors and screens. I think these help a lot. I was really disappointed that Bham didn't put one up for TT's recital - for sure I wanted to watch the GTB Paganini Variations as much as I wanted to hear them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJJ Posted November 5, 2007 Share Posted November 5, 2007 If the Elizabethan Serenade is the one by Ronald Binge, try the fine arrangement by Lloyd Webber, published by Ascherberg, Hopwood & Crew Ltd in 1962. It works well even on small instruments. Barry Williams Thanks - I will. AJJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willy Posted November 6, 2007 Author Share Posted November 6, 2007 Yep, I'll stand up and be counted and say that I play transcriptions (hopefully not odd transcriptions!) and see them as perfectly valid for inclusion in a recital. Top Man!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bombarde32 Posted November 6, 2007 Share Posted November 6, 2007 Top Man!! Indeed, even JSB was not averse to the odd transcription........... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vox Humana Posted November 6, 2007 Share Posted November 6, 2007 They don't really work, though, do they? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gazman Posted November 6, 2007 Share Posted November 6, 2007 They don't really work, though, do they? Bah! :angry: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonadkins Posted November 7, 2007 Share Posted November 7, 2007 Indeed, even JSB was not averse to the odd transcription........... Yes - and I trust that they who are snooty about transcriptions avoid the Schubler chorales! By all means avoid something if you believe it to be poor music, but don't write it off just because it's a transcription. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vox Humana Posted November 7, 2007 Share Posted November 7, 2007 Yes - and I trust that they who are snooty about transcriptions avoid the Schubler chorales! I've not done a note-by-note comparison, so I could be wrong, but I believe it would be fair to say that these are not so much transcriptions as transliterations (i.e. there is little or no arrangement involved), which puts them in a rather different category. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vox Humana Posted November 7, 2007 Share Posted November 7, 2007 Actually, on the subject of Bach transcriptions, does anyone know the ins and outs of the orchestral version of the first movement of the E minor Trio Sonata? It's a Sinfonia to one of the cantatas - can't remember which one. I don't know what the dating arguments are, but I think the general wisdom is the opposite of what you would intuitively expect from listening to the music, i.e. the cantata pre-dated the sonata. Now if Bach really did write the orchestral version first, this is definitely a case where the arrangement is superior to the original. Perhaps it's because I got to know the sonata first, but the orchestral version strikes me as over-inflated and laborious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolsey Posted November 7, 2007 Share Posted November 7, 2007 Yes - and I trust that they who are snooty about transcriptions avoid the Schubler chorales! By all means avoid something if you believe it to be poor music, but don't write it off just because it's a transcription. I imagine that some people would regard Bach's arrangements of concerti by Ernst and Vivaldi, and trios by Fasch and Couperin as beyond the pale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Cynic Posted November 7, 2007 Share Posted November 7, 2007 I imagine that some people would regard Bach's arrangements of concerti by Ernst and Vivaldi, and trios by Fasch and Couperin as beyond the pale. ... Only if they were twits! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vox Humana Posted November 9, 2007 Share Posted November 9, 2007 I imagine that some people would regard Bach's arrangements of concerti by Ernst and Vivaldi, and trios by Fasch and Couperin as beyond the pale. ... Only if they were twits! My wife knows where you live. Be afraid. Be very afraid. (She scares the hell out of me...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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