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Brahms: Symphony No.2, Op.73
Remarks by Jorma Panula on 12.1.2009
Bar nr.
13 CB plays D sharp too
20 imitation in woodwinds of bar 18
1 before A don’t forget corni
A
poco avanti
from 9 after
A
remark sequence vlI, vl2, fl+hb, vc+cb
73 remark relation cl with vla+vc in 75
78 strings, cl, fg staccato
78 legato missing in vl I and vc.
84 I hear many times legato in vla+vc!
91 hr and pk short
94 vl2 !
98 hb very important
108 long notes in vl1+vl2 back for ww
109 long notes in ww back for vl1+vl2
112 same
E
rythm very clear between upper and lower strings
136 poco f seldom
144 show changes in harmony
148 imitation vl I, fl.149 vl I 150
152 really big break between first and second quarter
170 fg
180 remark no hairpins in vla+vc
190 vc tie missing
194 stacc. starts in vla
195 articulation missing in vl.II
196 articulation missing in vl.II+vla
from 197 vl I, vl II, vla short
from 197 vc+cb usually too early too loud, f in 204
212 theme in vc+cb should not be disturbed by too loud vl1, specially bar 214, take mf for vl I
G
trb III less on 3rd quarter, space for trb II, same next bar trb II
215 vl I dot missing
238 no accent on 1
239 new downbow on second quarter
244 vl II vla div.
254 vc stacc continue in other strings
263 vl I vc upbow second quarter
269 vl II start upbow for sub p
277 vla upbow
349 hrn’s sounds longer therefore written quarternote
359 hrn III, IV !
477 not too slow
509 arpeggio vl I,II, vla usually not! also remark dissonance vl I,II cl second quarternote
510 continue arpeggio’s
513 no more arpeggio’s, div.
3 vc non legato
18 fluente
27 pk
36 cl also sub.pp, like hb, adjust fg too.
44 hrn’s stacc
55 fp missing in vl I II
61 continue dim in cl.
62 vc cb p on fourth beat
67 pizz. in vla vc piu forte
73 vl I II sub. p
80 long break
86 cut between first and second beat
86 trp’s only two accents
F
p missing in strings
96 dim. not too early
103 last chords separé
1 third quarter longer in hb, tie is missing
23 articulation missing in winds
from
B
sempre p, no cresc.
107 different articulation
130-131 no accents.
198 very seldom right dynamic
206 cresc al p
225 poco sostenuto
228 hb, then fl, next bar cl.
235 show hrn III, IV
236 dim in winds, make sure they stop
237 sub.p
1 take care of trp.
9 dot missing in vl I, II, vla
11 same
76-77 poccissimo rall. al largamente
F
separé
from 158 hrn’s too loud
160 even more pp in hrn’s
175 vc have page turn
188 seldom you hear vl II, vla
I
quarter equals triplet, not too slow
3 after
K
vla high voice
234 cb 8va
240 trp again
252 cb too loud, no cresc.
326 stacc. in fl, cl. seldom heard
362 cresc. from pp to ff in one bar!
375 tempo
from 5 before
P
legatissimo
385 last quarternote non. leg.
5 after
P
start mf
397 trb, 399 even more, 401 even more, very high, seldom you can hear this, alto tombone better, if not take 2nd trumpet too.
405 make space in long notes for the eight’s notes
416 vl I play second half of the bar with vl II
419 missing dots in fl
421 hrn II and trp.II difficult if too fast
423 faster from here
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