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Brahms: Symphony No.4, Op.98
Remarks by Jorma Panula on 13.1. 2009
bar nr.
17 sometimes you don’t hear hb
76 4 beats
86 missing mf on fourth beat in strings
95 fl, cl, hrn long
107 trp pp and long notes long enough
153 vl II mostly timid, right rythm, also next bars, every time different
157 fl, fg last notes always long enough
169 give attention to vc, cb for accents
170-172 accents on all notes in vl I, II, last note no accent
173-178 no accents in vl I, II
170-178 vla I missing all accents
173-178 vla II accents missing
170-172 no accents in vc cb, only from last note
173-178 from last quarter all accents missing in vc, cb
176 first here ff in ww
178 first here ff in strings
183 long tenuto notes
188 keep long notes till barline
from
K
envelopes in hrn’s not too big, often too loud
from 239 no more envelopes
243 give cb
L
really break and after extra long
N
upbeat should be mf in strings, wrong, compare with D, also mf in hrn, cresc.is missing
358 here hrn’s instead of trp. (bar107)
from 381 I don’t like accents. in strings here, it covers the entrance of the new voice, they should be heard to make the structure clear
from 397 long notes
R
vl I, II, fl answer in vla, hb, cl in 415. in 419 no answer
436 div in vl II
438 vl I div, next bar vla too
1 fluente, legato
31 vl I always too loud with 8 va, keep line
45 show theme in vl II
52 don’t beat, otherwise cresc.
59 show vc, cb
74 long legato, short notes too on the string (Bach bow)
92 vl II
98 long in strings
F
vla
106 who is hearing the pizz. in vlI?
118 cut off winds second beat, pizz. long
2 play accents
B beginning of the bar in vla, vc, cb is still ff, then f on second beat
107 not too early on second beat, tenuto
F pp, but with accents
174 dyn is missing in ww, mf
249 picc. is nice
276 extra short
298 real fp, keep p for next two bars
I
like in one
Passacaglia fl’s, hb I, trb I melody
7 trb I mf not in melody
9 theme in vl I, vc should be clear
from 9 chords vla, vc div.
17 theme in vla,vc, conclusion also in hrn, trp
A
theme in vl I, vla and more
33 theme in fg, vc, cb
B
theme vc, cb, long first notes in vc
B
mf
47 with 5 stringed cb, possible octave down
49 theme vc, cb
C
theme cb
65 theme cb
D
theme: vc-fg-vc-fg-vlI-fl, cl-vc-str.
89 theme vla, vc
97 hrns too loud, pp half gestopft
E
theme fg II, trb III
120 remark low c(sounding e) in hrn II
121 dissonance between hb ´s and hrn I
129 theme fl, hb, hrn I, III, trb I
128 keep celli long
137 theme vc
F
theme everywhere
177 listen triplets, always difficult spot, 181 pp
193 theme vl I, II
201 theme trb I
209 theme hrn, afterwards hb
263 start less, mf
285 why not avanti?
297 theme in 4 bars
305 no more sfz
310 last chord tenuto
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