[Trombone-l] Bach cello suites

[Scott Garlock]

Hahahaha, no problem, Jc. I just know that for me and for my students,  
these are indeed such musical gems that are worthy of study and  
intense practice.  Cellist breathe, sure, but they can do it for  
strictly musical reasons, we can attempt to do it for musical  
purposes, but I have not been able to reconcile the musical w/ the  
physical. So, the bravery involved in performing them? well, even my  
ego won't go there. I just like the pcs too much to hurt them bc I  
have to breathe so dang much. some of those lines span nearly the  
entirety of Rte. 66.
best,
s.
On May 26, 2009, at 10:18 AM, thetubameister at roadrunner.com wrote:

> Forgot to respond to this...
>
> I.  Cellists need to breathe too.  If their music doesn't breath,  
> it's not music... A computer can play these without breathing.  It's  
> the humanity, the "alive-ness" that makes the music.
>
> II. A tubist who shall remain nameless performed a suite using  
> circular breathing.  It was terrible.  Great playing, nice idea in  
> theory, but the music didn't breathe either.  Yuck!
>
> III.  They are not just studies, though they are fascinating from a  
> theory respect as both harmonic and polyphonic works.  However, I  
> think that these can be performed with the same aplomb as the flute  
> works.  You must find the line, and realize that most of the double  
> stops are more ornament than harmonic necessity.  And we can  
> improvise new ornaments.
>
> My humble opinion :-)  No love lost, I hope (Scott et al.) ;-)
>
> J.c.
>
> ---- Scott Garlock <sgarlock at ashland.edu> wrote:
>> Couldn't agree more..Very worthy of study and life long attempts w/
>> students and self, but man, we just have to breathe!
>> great music...
>> Scott
>> On May 12, 2009, at 10:59 PM, Tom Gibson wrote:
>>
>>> A well-known bone-playing friend of mine once made this observation:
>>>
>>> While the cello suites make for excellent pedagogy and terrific
>>> technical challenges, they really fall flat when performed on
>>> trombone.
>>>
>>> The more I hear them done, even by marvelous players, the more I  
>>> find
>>> myself in agreement. The trombone can't do them justice, I'm afraid.
>>> Just listen to Casals.
>>>
>>> However, I still love playing them 'round the house:-)
>>>
>>> Anybody else feel that way?
>>>
>>> Dr. Tom Gibson
>>> Trombonelessons.com
>>>
>>> On May 12, 2009, at 10:37 PM, Howard Spindel <howard at sci1.com>  
>>> wrote:
>>>
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