Elogio de la Danza-Brouwer

[thraex]

One of Brouwer's early succeses, short, fun and not difficult.
This piece rules!
BTW, I played this on a 6 string guitar, long time no play them...

Thraex

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[Folio]

Thraex,

Very cool! I think this will work well as the encore piece, especially playing it as agressively as you do here.

I didn't know you had a soundclick page...interesting to see the Sor in there :shock:

I've gotta janky internet in ID, I look forward to checking out the other stuff when I get back to civilization...

[thraex]

Actually, I should have recorded and uploaded at least 3 more little Sor studies I did early this year, but now they are gone jaja, but my conclussion from those is that I will always come back to learn a few Sor studies to gain "ground" there is so much to learn in them, perfect pieces.

Thanks for listening, and glad you liked it.

[brian richardson]

thraex-
i liked it as well and also think
it will work fine as an encore. love the big finish.
i try to end with choros#1 by hvl.

[Guitar Slim]

One of Brouwer's early succeses, short, fun and not difficult.
This piece rules!

Either this piece sounds more difficult than it really is, or your definition of "not difficult" is very different from mine! Guess I'll need to look at the score one of these days and make my own determination.

Anyway, I've always liked this piece, and I really enjoyed your performance. Thanks.

[Great Googly Moogly]

Very, very good, Thraex.

[thraex]

thraex-
i liked it as well and also think
it will work fine as an encore. love the big finish.
i try to end with choros#1 by hvl.

Brian: it is a very effective piece. Thanks for listening.

thraex-
Either this piece sounds more difficult than it really is, or your definition of "not difficult" is very different from mine! Guess I'll need to look at the score one of these days and make my own determination.

Anyway, I've always liked this piece, and I really enjoyed your performance. Thanks.

Guitar Slim: Brouwer was a guitar virtuoso, and as composer he writes music that fits perfectly for your fingers, there is not much of a search there, that is why I consider it easy, ok somethings are not that easy, but overall his music sound far more virtuosic than it is. Glad you enjoyed it.

Locust777: I'm very happy that you thought it was very good. Thank you

[Great Googly Moogly]

I'll have to look further into this Brouwer fellow. This is the first time I've heard one of his pieces. Up until now, the only thing I knew about him was the controversy he was able to generate in past threads. It reminds me of The Rite of Spring. Now watch! Another Brouwer war? No!! :) :)

[thraex]

Locust777,
Yes, check Brouwer out, he has a lot of pieces for all mediums and levels. Personally I am not a big fan of his, I like his concerti "Toronto" and "Elegiaco", the former is probably the best concerto of the last 30 years IMO
Then I played one of his guitar quartets, and Elogio, nothing else.
I did a paper on La Espiral Eterna for XXth century music analisys, that piece together with La Parabola, are the ones I prefer of his production (70's avant garde period of his) of solo guitar.

But it is always fun, you can play fast and loud (you cannot get more superficial than that :) ) because the guitar-friendly fingerings his compositions require.

[Tomas-Lobos]

I don't care much for Brouwer but you're obviously a top notch player. Your technique comes though in spades.

[dap22]

While you all are checking out works by Brouwer, listen to his Sonata. It has three beautiful movements. They are all quite intesting. The first movement is quite tough to play though, and the third movement is really fun! Enjoy. Actually, just listen to Ricardo Cobo's recording and Graham Anthony Devine's recording of selected Brouwer works released on the Naxos label...some great stuff.
Thraex- Nice work, be careful in being accurate and in control with your tone though, and remember to count count count! Brouwers music (ESPECIALLY elogio de la DANZA) is ALL about rhythm...if the rhythm is innacurate, the mood of the piece is completely destroyed. This is highly influenced cuban music/rhythms we are talking about here...if you want to add tons of rubatto play some romantic music. Just cause the rhythm is extremely precise though doesn't mean you can't be extremely expressive, afterall, if we aren't expressive, why would we play music? but this music has strict rhythm markings, get out that metronome and make it happen. You da man!

DAP

[thraex]

I know what you mean dap22! true, I missed a few points there!!
But I am practicing very slowly the concerti and also Elogio right now, I am forcing myself to play at 40bps until 5 of august, then I'll meet my teacher in Italy for final lessons and september is ball game for my first true pro engagements.
I promise to be completely precise about rhythm :)

Tomas-Lobos :oops: your comment is too much, i have high level technique, but top? not yet! :)

[alter Ton]

What concerti are you playing? I read the whole thread but don't see it mentioned.

[thraex]

What concerti are you playing? I read the whole thread but don't see it mentioned.

Concertino for guitar and orchestra - Hans Haug
Concerto for guitar and orchestra #1 - Castelnuovo-Tedesco

[Great Googly Moogly]

Locust777,
Yes, check Brouwer out, he has a lot of pieces for all mediums and levels. Personally I am not a big fan of his, I like his concerti "Toronto" and "Elegiaco", the former is probably the best concerto of the last 30 years IMO
Then I played one of his guitar quartets, and Elogio, nothing else.
I did a paper on La Espiral Eterna for XXth century music analisys, that piece together with La Parabola, are the ones I prefer of his production (70's avant garde period of his) of solo guitar.

But it is always fun, you can play fast and loud (you cannot get more superficial than that :) ) because the guitar-friendly fingerings his compositions require.Thanks for that, Thraex! I'll definitely have to check those out.