Courses & Workshops 2010

CSSM: The Art of Accompanying
24 - 31 July , 2010

This summer CSSM (formerly at Charterhouse) takes place in Millfield School, in the town of Street, close to Glastonbury (Somerset). The School has wonderful facilities and is set in beautiful and peaceful countryside. Courses take part in the new Concert Hall, Music School (with lots of new practice rooms), Meyer Theatre complex and Fine Arts Centre. For further information about the many courses on offer, application form and all other details, click on the link here: CSSM 2010.

The Art of Accompanying course at CSSM 2010

With Richard Shaw (piano)

contact: cssm@richardshawpiano.com

This course is perfect for anyone who wants to develop their accompanying and duo playing skills. Students are helped with advice on all aspects of performance and preparation and are given concert experience (if wished). Pianists may bring along their own repertoire, although they should also prepare one or two movements or songs from the repertoire below.

Instrumentalists, singers and teachers (not necessarily first-study pianists) who wish to gain confidence and proficiency playing piano accompaniments will also find the course particularly helpful and are welcome to select their repertoire from the any of the current ABRSM and Guildhall/Trinity exam syllabuses. Students are also very welcome to attend as a duo or chamber group.

The class will work closely with some fine and enthusiastic musicians, including the Canadian cellist Valerie Wellbanks, the Latvian violinist Zanete Uskane and British clarinettist Paul Vowles.

Richard Shaw enjoys an active career as a pianist, specialising in chamber music and accompaniment and performing extensively both in Britain and abroad. He is also Staff Accompanist at the Royal Academy of Music and is frequently heard on BBC Radio 3.

INSTRUMENTAL REPERTOIRE (2010)

VIOLIN

AB5 = Associated Board Exam Syllabus (2008-2011), Grade 5
AB6 VEP = in Violin Exam Pieces Grade 6 (2008-2011) published by ABRSM
TG = Trinity Guildhall (2010-2012)

Abreu            Tico-Tico Bird in the Cornmeal [AB6 VEP]
J. S. Bach       Sonata No. 2 in A, BWV 1015. i Dolce [AB6], iv Presto [AB7 VEP]
Bartók            Roumanian Folk Dances, trans. Székely, 1 & 2 [TG8], 4 [AB7], 5 [AB7, TG8], 6 [TG8]
Lili Boulanger Nocturne [AB6 VEP, TG6]
Donizetti        Non giova il sospirar arr. de Bériot [AB6 VEP]
Elgar              Chanson de nuit, Op. 15 No. 1 [AB6 VEP]
Glier               Romance 12 Easy Pieces Op.45 no.3 [AB5 VEP]
Granados       Andaluza 12 danzas españolas no.5, arr. Forbes [AB5 VEP]
Handel           Sonata in D HWV 371, Op.1/13 iv Allegro: [AB VEP 6 AB6]
Janácek          Romance [AB6]
Korngold        Gartenscene from Much Ado About Nothing, Op. 11 [AB7 VEP]
Kreisler          Tempo di minuetto (in the style of Gaetano Pugnani) [AB6 VEP]
Monti              Czardas [AB8]
Muldowney     Lear’s Fool [TG5] (Unbeaten Tracks, pub Faber)
Paradis attrib  Sicilienne (probably by Dushkin!) [AB5 VEP]
Rachmaninov  Morceaux de Salon, Op. 6 no.1 Romance; no.2 Danse hongroise [AB8]
Schumann      Sonata in a Op.105, i Mit leidenschaftlichem Ausdruck [AB8]
Sibelius           Five Pieces, Op. 81 i Mazurka [TG8], ii Rondino [AB7 VEP, TG7]
Stenhammar   2 Sentimental Romances Op.28, no.1 [AB8]
Vivaldi             Sonata in C minor, Op. 2 No. 7, RV 8 ii Allemanda: [AB5 VEP]
John Woolrich  Midnight Song [TG5] (Unbeaten Tracks, pub Faber)

CELLO

AB = Associated Board Exam Syllabus (2010-2015)
TG = Trinity Guildhall (2010-2012)

Jehan Alain    Intermède (Leduc)
Beethoven     Sonata no. 2 in G minor Op.5 no.2 (i Allegro molto [AB7])
Bloch              Jewish Life (i Prayer [TG8], ii Supplication [TG6], iii Jewish Song [AB8]) (Bloch Music for
Cello and Piano - Carl Fischer/MDS)
Brahms          Sonata in E minor Op.38 (ii Allegretto quasi Menuetto [AB8, TG8]
Bridge            4 Pieces (i Berceuse, ii Serenade [TG7], ii Elegie [TG8], iv Cradle Song [TG5]) (Faber)
Dvorak           Klid (Silent woods) [TG8]
Enescu           Nocturne et Saltarello [Saltarello - TG7] (Schott)
Faure             Romance in A Op.69 [AB8]
Firsova           Album Leaf Op.67 (contact Meladina Music)
Firsova           The enchanted island Op.66 (contact Meladina Music)
Janacek          Pohadka (iii Allegro: No. 3: AB7) (Janacek Works for Violoncello and Piano: Bärenreiter BA 9509)
Macmillan       Northern Skies (vi Sabre Dance [AB5, TG5], vii Northern Skies [TG5] (Boosey & Hawkes)
Mendelssohn  Sonata No. 2 in D Op.58 [ii Allegretto scherzando - AB7]
Prokofiev         Sonata in C Op.119 [ii Moderato - AB8]
Rachmaninov  Lied (from Steven Isserlis’s Cello World) [TG6] Faber
Ravel               Pièce en forme de Habanera [AB7, TG7] (Leduc)
Saint-Saens    Allegro appassionato Op.43 [AB8, TG8]
Sibelius           3 Early Pieces (iii Andantino in C [AB5]) (Fennica Gehrman/MDS)
Webern           3 kleine Stűcke (UE)
 

CLARINET

AB5 = Associated Board Exam Syllabus (2008-2013), Grade 5
AB7 SCEP = in Selected Clarinet Exam Pieces Grade 7 (2008-2013) published by ABRSM
TG = Trinity Guildhall (2008-2011)

William Lloyd Webber Frensham Pond: Aquarelle for Clarinet and Piano from Country Impressions [AB5 SCEP]
Saint-Saëns     Sonata in Eb Op.167, i Allegretto [AB7, TG7], ii Allegro animato [TG6] iv Molto allegro [AB8]
Schubert          Der Hirt auf dem Felsen (Shepherd on the Rock) & clarinet [High voice]
Tailleferre         Arabesque [AB7 SCEP]

VOCAL REPERTOIRE (2010)

Most of the songs chosen for this year's repertoire appear in the following volumes, whose commentary and accompanying CDs (with text very clearly spoken by language experts) are proving popular and invaluable for singers and pianists alike: The Language of Music (Intermediate and Advanced - with separate volumes for high, medium & low voices), published by Faber Music, and Mary King's Singing in English (high; medium/low), published by Boosey & Hawkes (in their The Boosey Voice Coach - learning through repertoire series). All this repertoire is much in demand, being on the current exam syllabuses.

The list below gives the publication and voice type, although these recommended voice types should be treated quite flexibly.

The Language of Song, edited Nicola-Jane Kemp & Heidi Pegler, published Faber Music, Advanced, High, Medium and Low voice volumes = LS adv H, M or L

The Language of Song, edited Nicola-Jane Kemp & Heidi Pegler, published Faber Music, Intermediate, High and Low voice volumes = LS int H,L

The Language of Song, edited Nicola-Jane Kemp & Heidi Pegler, published Faber Music, Elementary, High and Low voice volumes = LS int H,L

Singing in English (The Boosey Voice Coach - learning through repertoire series, selections and notes by Mary King), published Boosey & Hawkes, High and Medium/Low volumes = SE H,M/L.

Bellini              Il fervido desiderio [LS adv M,L]; Per pietà, bell'idol mio [LS adv H], Vaga luna [LS int H,M,L]
Berlioz            Les nuits d'été (Villanelle) [LS adv H]
Bizet               Chanson d'avril [LS adv M]
Britten            Folksongs [in SE H,M/L]: Oliver Cromwell ; The salley gardens; The trees they grow so high
Brahms           Dein blaues Auge [LS el H,L]; Immer leiser wird mein Schlummer [LS adv  ]; Die Mainacht; [LS adv M,L]; Vergebliches Ständchen [LS int H,L],  Von ewiger Liebe [LS adv L]; Wir wandelten [LS adv H]
Caccini             Amarilli, mia bella [LS int H,M,L]
Chausson        Le charme [LS int H,L]; Le colibri [LS adv H]
Copland           Why do they shut me out of heaven? (12 Poems of Emily Dickinson iii) [SE H,M/L]; Heart we will forget him (12 Poems of Emily Dickinson v) [SE H,M/L].
Debussy          La grotte [LS adv L]; Mandoline [LS adv H,M]
Donizetti         La conocchia [LS adv H], La lontananza [LS adv ,L]; Sovra il campo della vita [LS adv M,L]
Duparc            Chanson triste [LS adv H,M], Testament [LS adv L]
Fauré              Après un rêve [LS adv H, M]; Aurore [LS int H,L]; Les berceaux [LS adv M,L]; Clair de lune [LS int H,L]; En prière [LS el H,L]; Notre amour [LS adv H, M]; Prison [LS adv L]; Les roses d'Ispahan [LS adv H,M]; Le secret [LS int H,L].
Finzi                Rollicum rorum (Earth and Air and Rain vi) [SE H,M/L]; Fear no more the heat o' the sun (Let us garlands bring iii) [SE H,M/L].
Gluck               O del mio dolce ardor [LS adv H,M,L]
Granados        El majo discreto [LS int H,L].
Handel            O sleep, why dost thou leave me? [SE H,M/L]; Where'er you walk [SE H,M/L].
Haydn             My mother bids me bind my hair (Pastoral Song) [SE H,M/L]; The mermaid's song [SE H,M/L]; The spirit's song [SE H,M/L].
Leoncavallo    Mattinata [LS adv H,M,L]]
Lotti                Pur ducesti [LS adv H,M,L]
Mahler            Wer hat dies Liedlein erdacht? [LS adv M]
Montsalvatge  Canción de cuna para dormir a un negrito [LS int H,L].
Mozart            Als Luise [LS adv H]; An Chloë [LS int H,L].
Parisotti          Se tu m'ami [LS int H,L]
Poulenc           C [LS adv H]
Purcell/Britten  Music for a while [SE H,M/L]; Man is for the woman made [SE H,M/L]; Sweeter than roses [SE H,M/L].
Rachmaninov   Oh stay, my love, do not leave me [LS adv M]; The soldier's wife [LS adv M]; Spring Waters [LS adv H]
Ravel              Chanson romanesque (Don Quichotte i) [LS adv L]
Rodrigo           En Jerez de la Frontera (Doce canciones españolas x) [LS int H,L].
Rossini            La pastorella [LS adv H]
Schubert         Die Forelle [LS int H,L], Du bist die Ruh [LS adv H,M,L]; Der Hirt auf dem Felsen (Shepherd on the Rock) & clarinet [H]; Ständchen [LS int H,L].
Schumann       Die beiden Grenadiere [LS adv L]; Die Lotusblume [LS int H,L]; Du bist wie eine Blume [LS adv H,M,L]; Widmung [LS adv H,M]
Strauss           Die Nacht [LS adv H]; Traum durch die Dämmerung [LS adv M]
Tchaikovsky    At the ball [LS adv M,L]; Believe it not, my friend [LS adv H, L]; None but the lonely heart [LS adv H,M,L]; The stars looked tenderly upon us   [LS adv H, L]
Verdi               Deh, pietoso, oh Addolorata [LS adv L]
Viardot            Les filles de Cadix [LS adv H,M]
Wolf                Verborgenheit [LS adv H,M,L]

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