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Offline matt haley

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difficulty of Glinka the lark
on: May 31, 2006, 05:06:46 PM

  How difficult is this piece,or what grade would you say its around...

     ive played half of it with relative ease but it does have some awkward runs,im gona learn it all as i think its a masterpiece...

   if anyone played it or knows about it,what do you think....   
 
       what pieces could you compare it with of similar difficulty....

        Thanks


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Re: difficulty of Glinka the lark
Reply #1 on: May 31, 2006, 06:33:17 PM
I agree - this is a beautiful piece! I would say it's not too difficult. The tricky section is the rapidly flowing right hand in the elaborated theme section (where the melody alternates between the hands). Always a challenge to keep it flowing evenly...

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Re: difficulty of Glinka the lark
Reply #2 on: May 31, 2006, 06:52:35 PM
Yes this is a beautiful piece. And the challange is the melody when it is split between the hands. The cadenzas fall easily under the hands. Makes a nice change from the Chopin Nocturnes. Kissen has recorded the piece.


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Re: difficulty of Glinka the lark
Reply #3 on: May 31, 2006, 07:17:09 PM
can someone post the sheets here?

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Re: difficulty of Glinka the lark
Reply #4 on: May 31, 2006, 07:36:44 PM
I second the request.
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Re: difficulty of Glinka the lark
Reply #5 on: May 31, 2006, 07:43:53 PM
It is available here on pianostreets, so it is not allowed to post the sheets.

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Re: difficulty of Glinka the lark
Reply #6 on: May 31, 2006, 07:49:27 PM
It is available here on pianostreets, so it is not allowed to post the sheets.

You need to become a gold member.

Thal

this is public domain material
glinka died like 149 years ago
i would never pay a penny for such stuff.
can you email it to me please?
also, tomrrow is glinka's birthday! 1st of june!

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Re: difficulty of Glinka the lark
Reply #7 on: May 31, 2006, 11:31:28 PM
Yes this is a beautiful piece. And the challange is the melody when it is split between the hands. The cadenzas fall easily under the hands. Makes a nice change from the Chopin Nocturnes. Kissen has recorded the piece.


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Yep, I have the Kissin recording, along with the Pictures at an exhibition and Bach pieces. Very beautifull.

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Re: difficulty of Glinka the lark
Reply #8 on: June 01, 2006, 03:31:58 AM
this is public domain material
glinka died like 149 years ago
i would never pay a penny for such stuff.

Yes, the public domain should have it.
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Re: difficulty of Glinka the lark
Reply #9 on: June 01, 2006, 03:40:44 AM
this is public domain material
glinka died like 149 years ago
i would never pay a penny for such stuff.
i wholeheartedly agree. i wouldnt pay a penny for anything available here. mostly cause you can get it all on other sites for nothing, or next to nothing. i like the community though.
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Offline matt haley

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Re: difficulty of Glinka the lark
Reply #10 on: June 01, 2006, 09:39:55 AM

  Yeah i saw kissin play it years ago with the pictures and the bach...

    it was amazing... but i would still like to know how difficult it is
 
        would you compare with chopin etudes for technical reasons..

         a lot of the theme is quite simple, but the hard runs and broken chords(2pages)section isnt that easy at all to keep it all even....

  what grade would you say this piece is...

   im guessing just above grade 8 ???

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Re: difficulty of Glinka the lark
Reply #11 on: June 01, 2006, 11:10:25 AM
  Yeah i saw kissin play it years ago with the pictures and the bach...

    it was amazing... but i would still like to know how difficult it is
 
        would you compare with chopin etudes for technical reasons..

         a lot of the theme is quite simple, but the hard runs and broken chords(2pages)section isnt that easy at all to keep it all even....

  what grade would you say this piece is...

   im guessing just above grade 8 ???


The passages are easily learned if you keep your arms relaxed, and move with the position changes as you work with the pedal, then they are easily played. This piece is not as difficult as the Chopin Etudes'.

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Re: difficulty of Glinka the lark
Reply #12 on: June 01, 2006, 01:17:19 PM
Sorry to go off topic but I felt a comment would be in place...

this is public domain material
glinka died like 149 years ago
i would never pay a penny for such stuff.

We do really not charge for puplic domain material here. We charge a small fee for unlimited access to our sheet music library with files of higher quality than what you usually find elsewhere on the Internet.

i wholeheartedly agree. i wouldnt pay a penny for anything available here. mostly cause you can get it all on other sites for nothing, or next to nothing. i like the community though.

If you like the community you should definately consider supporting it by becoming a Gold member. It costs next to nothing and will help ensure the future existence and development of the Piano Street service.

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Re: difficulty of Glinka the lark
Reply #13 on: August 11, 2007, 06:05:50 PM
here, someone sent it to me from another site.
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Re: difficulty of Glinka the lark
Reply #14 on: August 16, 2007, 08:01:34 AM
i would put the piece slightly above grade 8. maybe 1st level diploma.... Some of the runs are really awkward, as they are not what "normal" pianist fingers are used to.

I think another difficulty lies in shaping the seemingly simple tune and bringing it out to the foreground amidst all the demisemi runs.

I watched kissin play this 'live' at birmingham symphony hall, as an encore after doing pictures at exhibition... wonderful...

good luck with the piece

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Re: difficulty of Glinka the lark
Reply #15 on: August 19, 2007, 08:46:14 PM
The piece is a classic example of music that's fairly simple to play sort-of-OK, really very hard indeed to play well. Makes a good study in bel canto pianism!
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