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Topic: Pick for me a Partita?  (Read 1271 times)

Offline izanagi

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Pick for me a Partita?
on: September 20, 2010, 10:44:18 AM
I'm taking part in a national competition here in my country. So the first round allows 15minutes.

I've chosen Bach's Partita No.1 in Bb initially. I've worked at it for a couple of months now and I am quite happy with the sound I'm getting.

However as I browsed through the Diploma repertoire list for fun, it turns out the Partita no.1 is the easiest(technically) of all.

Seeing that I'm entering in the open category, should I switch over to play Partita No.2 which is technically more demanding?

I have about 1 year and 2 or 3 months left on the clock.

Bearing in mind I am still working on other pieces as well which are no lightweights, I'm in a super dilemma.

Would you recommend me that I change?
Or would you think that the first partita is enough to bring me through to the next round.

Offline birba

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Re: Pick for me a Partita?
Reply #1 on: September 20, 2010, 05:27:20 PM
If it's played well, it can stand up to the other 5.  Those classifications for the bach partitas are quite arbitrary.
 

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