Afm list - Brahms 2, mvt 2

Rita

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Like I mentioned with the Shostakovich excerpt; you need to sustain, especially through the first four measures you play. Don't let up the tension after those third beats. Keep the line moving until you reach the half-note E before A. This passage needs to have rhythmic integrity throughout and much more dynamic contrast along with a defined musical line (direction). Very nicely played. I really have enjoyed listening to your excerpts.

Robert Schumitzky

I would like to hear more beautiful sound, a richer, rounder sound in general. In your opening phrase, the bowings should match, i.e. 2 beats per bow, 2 beats bow for the first 2 measures. Don't separate the last B...it chops up the end of the phrase. No crescendo at measure 5, and make more of the swell at measure 6. I would like more dynamic exaggeration before letter B, and more sostenuto 5 after letter B.

In general, I would love to hear longer phrases – for example, the whole first four and a half bars you play should feel like one musical unit. You can help this with more sustaining around bow changes, as well as a slightly longer portato stroke, I would suggest. In the phrase that starts after B, the vibrato needs to sound continuous, not beginning anew on each note. Also watch intonation in measure 43 and on the final chord.