Six weeks till the Amherst workshop! Less than eight till IBIL! Here is a weekly plan to get in shape!
Disclaimer: please note that at Amherst, I will be teaching the Central Program and not giving a masterclass (Sandy Miller will be teaching the masterclass), so these are not official guidelines, just my suggestions.... At IBIL I will be teaching a masterclass, but you don't have to choose from the repertory on this blog, again, these are just suggestions!
Week 5: Key of A Major!
Warmup: Long notes in A Major, 2 octaves, looking for the most resonant and beautiful tone for each note.
Tuning: Major triads along the A Major scale, with your tuner providing a drone on the tonic of each chord. My favorite all-purpose temperament is currently 1/6 comma meantone. Valotti also work, and equalt temperament if you don't have other options.
Etude: Hotteterre, L’Art de Preluder Op. 7, p. 8 (at the bottom)-9. Warning: this is in French violin clef!
Here is a link:
http://imslp.org/wiki/L'art_de_pr%C3%A9luder,_Op.7_(Hotteterre,_Jacques)
Music:
Benda Concerto in A Major, First movement
http://imslp.org/wiki/Flute_Concerto_in_A_major,_L2.15_(Benda,_Franz)
Bach: Sonata in A Major, BWV 1032, 3rd movement, Allegro:
http://imslp.org/wiki/Flute_Sonata_in_A_major,_BWV_1032_(Bach,_Johann_Sebastian)
score: http://ks.imslp.info/files/imglnks/usimg/b/ba/IMSLP221094-WIMA.1ac8-BWV1032_3.pdf
Part: http://javanese.imslp.info/files/imglnks/usimg/6/6d/IMSLP221095-WIMA.2579-BWV1032_Fl_3.pdf
Week 4: blog on vacation. There was too much rep. in the last 2 weeks!
Week 3: The key of the week is G Major!
Long notes in G Major, 2 octaves, looking for the most resonant and beautiful tone for each note, all the way to the high G. The high G appears occasionally in the literature, nd while high, it is not impossible... besides, if you practice playing up to the G, the notes above high D are not that scary anymore...
Tuning: Major triads along the G Major scale, with your tuner providing a drone on the tonic of each chord. My favorite all-purpose temperament is currently 1/6 comma meantone. Valotti also work, and equal temperament if you don't have other options.
Etude: Quantz Capriccio: http://petrucci.mus.auth.gr/imglnks/usimg/a/a9/IMSLP407661-PMLP192003-capricio_4.pdf
or:
Dothel, G Major, p. 10 on the facsimilie here: http://imslp.org/wiki/Flute_Studies_(D%C3%B4thel,_Niccol%C3%B2)
Music:
Kirnberger, Sonata in G Major, the fourth one in this set: http://imslp.org/wiki/4_Flute_Sonatas_(Kirnberger,_Johann_Philipp)
Telemann, Fantasia No 11 (a good piece to practice the did'l articulation.)
Vivaldi: Concerto in G Major: http://imslp.org/wiki/Flute_Concerto_in_G_major,_RV_435_(Vivaldi,_Antonio)
(Vivaldi had strong connections with the court of Count Morzin in Bohemia, to whom he dedicated his Op. 8 which includes "The Four Seasons")
Week 2: Key of E minor
*Add this to your e-minor week:
http://ks.imslp.info/files/imglnks/usimg/d/d2/IMSLP407659-PMLP192003-capricio_2.pdf*
Warmup: Long notes in E minor (melodic up, natural down) 2 octaves, looking for the most resonant and beautiful tone for each note.
Tuning: Major triads along the E minor (natural) scale, with your tuner providing a drone on the tonic of each chord. My favorite all-purpose temperament is currently 1/6 comma meantone. Valotti also work, and equalt temperament if you don't have other options.
Etude: Frederick the Great, 100 Daily Exercises: No. 17, 20. This book is available in many libraries, or you can order from Flute world (search the title) or Amazon, search under "das flötenbuch". Von Huene carries it sometimes too.
Music:
Handel E minor sonata, Op 1a, the first one here:
Wagenseil, Sonata in E minor:
http://imslp.org/wiki/Special:ImagefromIndex/93471
and, for something French, just for fun:
Hotteterre: Suite no. 4, p. 31
http://conquest.imslp.info/files/imglnks/usimg/a/ae/IMSLP61713-PMLP126071-hotteterre_suites.pdf
Some chamber music, maybe?
Telemann: Paris quartet in E minor
Week 1: Key of D Major
Warmup: Long notes in D Major, 2 octaves, looking for the most resonant and beautiful tone for each note.
Tuning: Major triads along the D Major scale, with your tuner providing a drone on the tonic of each chord. My favorite all-purpose temperament is currently 1/6 comma meantone. Valotti also work, and equalt temperament if you don't have other options.
Etude: Frederick the Great, 100 Daily Exercises: No. 28, 34. This book is available in many libraries, or you can order from Flute world (search the title) or Amazon, search under "das flötenbuch". Von Huene carries it sometimes too.
Music: Telemann Fantasia in D Major
Benda sonata in D Major from this collection: http://imslp.org/wiki/4_Flute_Sonatas_(Benda,_Franz)
Note about the music choice: the theme for Amherst is German music. For IBIL, Bohemian music. The suggested repertory will be chosen mostly from these repertories, but not exclusively.
French music is some of my favorite music to play. I love the spicy French ornaments, the importance of how you say thing, as well as what you say. The sophistication, the elegance, the passion. The picture painting in sounds. Here is a picture of the cascade of St. Cloud park, built in the 17th century and still working today. It is described in sounds on the first piece that I play on the program. You can hear the water going over the steps of this amazing fountain, in the sunny tonality of G Major on a perfect summer day:
