Rachmaninoff - "Corelli Variations" - Enzo

[emill]

EDIT : Posting a video taken yesterday (8-12-13)... still raw but seems to be coming along fine.  Need advice.  Perhaps it seems the Corelli variations is too long to comment as a whole .... maybe observations on particular or specific variations?   Would appreciate, THANKS and more THANKS!

Hello again!  

Lorenzo will soon be in a new school and environment and I was so surprised by the quality and number of assignments his future teacher has given him. ... among others the "Corelli Variations". He tells me that the score is extremely difficult for him as he finds the interpretive and expressive aspects very challenging. Since he will be starting school soon, he would really like your opinion and suggestions.  THANK you.


 

[emill]

Perhaps it seems the Corelli variations is too long to comment as a whole .... maybe observations on particular or specific variations?   Would appreciate, THANKS.

[pianoman53]

Try to play all notes at the same time, in the theme. Some pieces can handle the breaking, but this isn't one of them.
And why do you make an accent on the second note? I don't have the score here, so maybe I'm wrong. But is there really an accent there? In any case, the rhythm becomes disoriented, since you somewhat ignore the first beat. The second note is longer, but the first beat is still the first beat.
I wouldn't do so much of diminuendo in the end of phrases, it makes the whole theme much less singing.
And try to make it into a few long phrases. You start a new phrase after every cadence, which makes it feel very long...

I'll try to write for some variations later, but now I have to go to school! Good job so far

[emill]

Hello!!

Thanks for the response . .  will be looking forward to the specifics on some variations. Enzo really looks forward to other "viewpoints" aside from his teacher's.  He will be leaving in a few days for his new school and new environment. This piece was assigned to him among others by his new teacher to be and it would really help expand his outlook whether he agrees with or not with the observations.  It has helped him grow musically over the years.  I just hope that after spending a year in this new environment he will open up and engage those who have generously commented on his posts through the years. THANKS AND MORE THANKS!!

[awesom_o]

Bravo! I enjoyed his rendition and thought he had a good grasp of the style for one his age.

Continue to sculpt the core of the sound so that the core of the sound can contain more life, and less sound.


 

[pianoman53]

It's like a_o says. The thing that needs to improve is the tone. Enzo mostly get the character of the variations and the technique is good too. But the parts doesn't sing enough, and there is not enough difference in the voices.