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Hello. Thought I'd pop in and say I'm glad you're a fan of Tchaikovsky! So am I

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KQ

Hey!

Do you have a favourite work ?

I'm a big fan of Rachmaninov too.

favourite work...

I quite like the Nutcracker. Rachmaninov's great. I played his second piano concerto with our school orchestra (I wasn't playing the piano, just the viola!)

Mine's gotta be the 1812!

I played Greig's Piano Concerto under similar circumstances. 2nd Violin.

slightly better than viola then

Actually, I prefer the Viola but could never get my head around the clef. If you'll pardon the expression.

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I agree. The viola's better than the violin. And the clef *does* get easier. Honest!

Sorry I'm still learning the lingo.

Most violin music is just Flute stuff. At least you get material written specifically for the Viola. Do you still play ?

yes. I'm gonna do grade 8 in the autumn I hope. Don't play the violin any more - gave that up about 5 years ago.

Good luck with that !

I did grade 8 on the violin a looong time ago.
Time I picked up where I left off.

well (letting you into a secret) I'm only 15 so grd. 8 is quite good, methinks

Thats pretty cool.

I was 17 before I got grade 8.
You're obviously a prodigy.

Have you tried any Wieniawski?
I think he was polish but he has written some really great stuff.

Any what??????? No.

Is Bach ok though?????

I like Bach alot. You should try Wieniawsky,if you like Tchaikovsky. He's pretty much a contempory

Oh ok then. If I find some music

I like Bach too, but some of his organ music's a bit hard

Alot of his keyboard stuff is best played on the Harpsichord.
Which is, I believe, where he wrote it.

yes, apart from his organ music was written for organ

For the organ but written on a harpsichord maybe ?

I dont know.

maybe he was leaning on his harpsichord when he wrote it?

That must have been it.