October Recital 2007

Tada! I know it's been a while since I uploaded a recital. I was too lazy to upload the ones last semester. Anyway...

Yes, there are some mistakes and tuning issues. Just wanted to get that out of the way before I get comments that say "you made mistakes and were out of tune." I know.

So yeah...I'm a sophomore in college, been playing since fifth grade, been taking private lessons since tenth grade, and playing Griffes. Gawd I love this piece!

Once again this upload is mostly for the people who were unable to make it to the recital...like my parents and such. But I welcome any CONSTRUCTIVE criticism. :-)

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Griffes
• Poem
• flute
• recital

[luckyrob7]

I currently go to a Junior College and I'm transferring to one of the University of California, either LA or Berkley, I'm rooting for Berkeley as an English Major and an emphasis in Pre-Med.

[onln4jesus]

I love your comments and can identify! Loevely. Where do you go to college?

[luckyrob7]

i love this song as well. If you really listen to this piece you really get to appreciate the piano in the begining. Very ominous, gloomy, very ghost like, with the flute being very lyrical. I guess that's where Griffes is trying to go with this piece, how do you combine a lyrical melody with ominous music? My suggestion, and my only suggestion, is to really listen to the piano. However, you have a beautiful tone, fingering I believe will get there if you practice a little more. But Bravo!!!!!

[dldms9622]

I really love this piece. I love that evil, mysterious feeling of the song, i just love it. It's not an easy piece to play though, because there's so much to this song than just notes and rhythms. You were excellent with technique and sound quality. I couldn't have played it with the same qualities as you. However, yours was like a gorgeous gift box with nothing in it. Show what the song really means. give us more dimensions. a lot of dynamic change will help.

[happyone1111]

I love this solo.

Critique:

-make sure to breathe in appropriate places, mark them in the part

-Don't rush! The 16th notes were especially rushed. Cadenzas need lots of shape, some parts(the beginning of the cadenza) need to be slower so that you can work up into the fast speed at the end.

-More dynamics, more feeling. Do much more than what is printed on the page.

[luckie885]

my favorite flute solo. hands down. you did a really fantastic job :)

small tip: when you play those major runs, like the middle of page three and the thirty second note run on the top of page four (i may be incorrect), because the piano stops out make sure each notes is really emphasized. the accompianist is waiting for you so don't worry too much about time. take an extra millisecond to really fill in those runs to their greatest potential. think horizontally, not vertically

[DOAer]

7:17 is one of my favorite spots in this piece.

[IneedtoknowX]

Be JUST as mean to Poem as it is to you. Play it with a vengeance. All you need is the intensity.

This piece is definitely sanity-challenged, but you can work with it. The accompaniment could work on that too... it's sort of... blah in the recording.

But I still love the little demonic gaelic part.

Overall: great, just mood.

[IneedtoknowX]

SCSBOA or CBDA?

The song of the devil, no? : )

[sisterfister55]

Great job! I played this piece during my sophomore year as well. I really like your sound and interpretation. The only thing I'd say is that I'd like to hear more contrast between the different sections (the mystery of the p/pp at the beginning/end, the drama in the first piu mosso and even more in the con fuoco, the playful lilt at H), but really a very nice performance!

...and this has nothing to do with you, but could the audience make MORE noise during the performance??? How obnoxious.