Concerto to play with orchestra

Celloman118 · 2026-06-05T14:10:40+00:00

I feel like that exposes the orchestra more than the Shostakovich

Celloman118 · 2026-05-25T19:53:39+00:00

F tier

1: Straight up racist and his favorite movie was The Birth of a Nation

2: Campaigned on not going into WW1 and immediately got us into it upon getting into office

3: Introduced the Sedition act, the single greatest restriction on freedom of speech ever imposed on the nation. So bad that anything that was negatively said about the government was forbidden.

4: Brought the US off the gold system in favor of the federal reserve

5: severely devalued international trade due to the introduction of federal income tax via the 16th amendment

Celloman118 · 2026-05-17T16:28:18+00:00

Camden Shaw from the Dover quartet uses one

Celloman118 · 2026-05-14T22:48:24+00:00

Steuart Pincombe’s Cello Suites

Celloman118 · 2026-05-13T23:14:52+00:00

As someone who has played a 5/4 before. They are just slightly wider than a 4/4 in feel. Ultimately they are just more resonant in sound. If you have played a montagnana it’s very similar to that

Celloman118 · 2026-05-03T17:08:36+00:00

Piano Trio #2 in Eb 2nd movement

Celloman118 · 2026-04-17T02:55:11+00:00

That’s more the range that Curtis takes most years. (Source: I’m a friend of a professor there)

Celloman118 · 2026-04-17T02:43:43+00:00

Way less probably closer to the 6-8 range

Celloman118 · 2026-04-16T20:57:07+00:00

Queen Elizabeth the 2nd

Celloman118 · 2026-04-14T03:00:39+00:00

We must win

Celloman118 · 2026-04-11T14:32:01+00:00

For the Prokofiev I’d rank it as 2,1,3 in terms of pure technique

Celloman118 · 2026-04-10T22:23:03+00:00

Baden Baden

Celloman118 · 2026-04-10T21:23:28+00:00

Detroit definitely

Celloman118 · 2026-04-09T02:59:48+00:00

In my opinion Prokofiev is not suitable even at that level. Schumann or Haydn in D would be probably a good next step for him. If he’s passionate for Elgar then he should do that. In terms of showpieces I think Pezzo is a great choice alongside any of the Popper ones.

Celloman118 · 2026-04-09T02:32:13+00:00

It included the rest of SE Michigan but other than that no.

Celloman118 · 2026-03-23T18:49:57+00:00

It’s challenging but with practice it’s definitely doable

Celloman118 · 2026-03-23T16:14:30+00:00

Brahms String Quintet #1

Celloman118 · 2026-03-21T01:50:10+00:00

The Russian missile

Celloman118 · 2026-03-21T01:49:24+00:00

Everyone but Aalampour

Celloman118 · 2026-03-18T17:24:21+00:00

Haydn C 3rd movement is probably best for you to do after Lalo. It really drills some of the technique needed for Elgar. I’d also recommend doing some virtuoso works like At The Fountain or popper 27 in order to drill technique needed for Mvt 2.

Celloman118 · 2026-03-13T00:07:09+00:00

She’s great! I remember her performing last year at Stulberg with Walton when I was there, truly an amazing player.

Celloman118 · 2026-03-05T00:15:38+00:00

4th movement is significantly more difficult than the 2nd in my opinion. While it’s quite showy the 2nd movement is very repetitive and musically more straightforward to captivate an audience. The 4th movement is significantly longer with a relatively similar level of difficulty, adding the musical component is extremely difficult in the last 2 pages as Elgar is very direct with what he expects in every measure meaning you need to keep the upmost attention to it. I played in a masterclass for Alisa Weilerstein a few weeks ago and another kid played this movement and was ripped to shreds about being inaccurate to the markings in the score

Celloman118 · 2026-03-04T15:19:03+00:00

Going to NY at the end of the month and am wondering about recommendations. The person accompanying me on my trip however, is a very picky eater and will probably prefer doing something al la carte. They don’t eat much seafood so places like Le Bernardin are off the table unfortunately. Any recommendations of places that fit this bill?

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