HAYDN, Franz Joseph
Concerto No. 17 for trumpet and orchestra in E-flat major H VIIe: 1 (reduction for trumpet and piano)
II. Andante
Mark David, guest professor
Andrés Felipe Estrada Casanova, student
Marharyta Kozlovska, collaborative pianist
Professor David congratulates the student on his performance because he has played it very much in accordance with how he himself plays and feels it when performing with orchestra. They return to the 2nd movement and then David mentions the cellist Pedro de Alcántara and what he explains in his books about agogics, searching for words whose accents coincide with the agogics of the first phrase to better distinguish the accented notes from the “unstressed” ones when playing this melody. He then points out that, in the 2nd phrase, according to the original edition there would be no slur, so he proposes playing it using more tongue so that it does not sound so legato.
Later they continue with comments regarding articulation, the direction of the music in the repeated notes, the color and quality of sound in a certain ascending chromatic line, and expressiveness. David recommends listening to Niklas Eklund’s recording, and regarding the preparation of the work for an audition, although Haydn does not leave much room for interpretation, it is advisable to show a bit more of his personality when playing the concerto in an audition, so that it is somewhat different from the many others that will be heard.
Language: English
