My teacher told me yesterday he wants me to play either the Tableaux or the Ibert next. However, I REALLY want to play both pieces as I love both of them. I just played the first movement from the Creston Sonata and I'm not sure which to pick. What would any of you suggest?
Concertino da Camera or Tableaux?
1 - 10 of 10 Posts
Joined
·
28 Posts
i think this depends on where u are at as a player,
not to belittle the Tableaux: but
with the exception of the 5th movt, this piece is relatively normal, not easy, not hard. the 5th is hard up to speed.
so if you are intermediate player i would go with tableaux. i also don't know what year in school you are or if ur a sax major. but creston is a difficult piece
not to belittle the Tableaux: but
with the exception of the 5th movt, this piece is relatively normal, not easy, not hard. the 5th is hard up to speed.
so if you are intermediate player i would go with tableaux. i also don't know what year in school you are or if ur a sax major. but creston is a difficult piece
when I was a senior in high school, I started working on the Ibert for college auditions. I got so frustrated with the piece... it wasn't the notes that messed me up, it was the articulations. I ended up starting to not like the piece at all. Right after I started feeling this way, I told my teacher I didn't want to ruin the Ibert for myself, so I absolutely wasn't going to do it for an audition. I say hold off on the Ibert until college. It doesn't make you less of a player to not have done it in high school.
Joined
·
7,856 Posts
Tableaux. High school players (in general) shouldn't take on the Ibert unless they are prodigies or something. It's the most important piece in the saxophone repertoire, and you should be very well musically (not technically) developed before you try something like that. Playing it poorly or incorrectly can actually set you back as a player because it is a piece that you will have to know at some point, and you want to learn it correctly the first time.
Plus, it's MUCH more difficult than the Creston, and if that's the level that you're at, you'll probably be able to play the Tableaux well, and might only BARELY pull of the Ibert. The fifth movement of the Tableaux is difficult, but not as difficult as the first movement of the Ibert, and it definitely doesn't have ANYTHING as hard as the cadenza(s) in the second movement.
As a compromise, you might try the Glazunov. I played that in high school, and it's usually the first concerto that most people play...
Plus, it's MUCH more difficult than the Creston, and if that's the level that you're at, you'll probably be able to play the Tableaux well, and might only BARELY pull of the Ibert. The fifth movement of the Tableaux is difficult, but not as difficult as the first movement of the Ibert, and it definitely doesn't have ANYTHING as hard as the cadenza(s) in the second movement.
As a compromise, you might try the Glazunov. I played that in high school, and it's usually the first concerto that most people play...
Good comments --
I agree -- Tableaux.
Smaller chunks, less technically frustrating or slow-going. It'll allow you guys to really work on making MUSIC. And, Tableaux is a really well-written piece! ...frequently overlooked because it's not incredibly difficult.
I agree -- Tableaux.
Smaller chunks, less technically frustrating or slow-going. It'll allow you guys to really work on making MUSIC. And, Tableaux is a really well-written piece! ...frequently overlooked because it's not incredibly difficult.
1 - 10 of 10 Posts
