im gonna copy this idea...sendspace and all. (because its a good idea)
so these were all really last minute...and i think im going to redo
the third one today because there are parts of it that are just embarassing.










i listened to the other recordings and it just goes to show how different two people's playing can be.

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ergg i hate double posting...

Here are some of my initial reactions:

Mozart
The style seemed inconsistent to me. At points it sounded very Romantic, and at others it sounded pretty clipped...Mozart is pretty much either a way to showcase what a terrific player you are, or show off any weaknesses you might have. Be sure that you play it with a nice consistent (Classical) style. The articulation sounds a bit muddy at points, particularly in the low range. Perhaps a little bit of separation between notes would help it to sound cleaner.

Bach:
As you got higher, I started to hear a little bit of a pinched sound. Make sure to open up your sound. My teacher (who got a degree on Baroque flute) always tells me that it is next to impossible to play high notes quietly on traverso (which is what would have been used at the time, possibly with a few keys added), and composers knew that. Knowing this, it should be okay to bring out the upper notes a little bit, which in turn should help reduce some of the pinchedness. There were also a few little pitch issues that I heard, and what felt like inconsistency in tempo, so some metronome and tuner work may be useful.

Poulenc:

This is a difficult movement to play well, and for the most part it sounded pretty nice. One of my main comments here would be to watch your vibrato. There were several points where it slowed to the point that your sound seemed to be wobbling and out of tune. Also, watch out for pitch in this movement. It's so hard to play this perfectly in tune, but important that you do so. There were only a few spots where pitch inaccuracy really jumped out at me, so they may have been flukes, but some tuner work might be useful. There was a little bit of rushing within phrases as well. There are points in the movement where it can slow down and speed up, but two notes from the end of a phrase is probably not the best place to suddenly jump tempos. The first set of eighths is just a run up to the actual beginning of the movement on that high F roughly 3 or 4 bars in (Sorry...I don't have the part in front of me), so treat it diffently than the rest of the movement....My teachers think of it as a little bit of playing around from the flutist before the idea for what the movement is going to sound like becomes concrete in their head (almost like the flutist is improvising the movement).

Overall you have a nice tone and displayed some good dynamics. I enjoyed listening to this. I hope some of my comments are useful.

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"The style seemed inconsistent to me. At points it sounded very smooth, and at others it sounded pretty clipped...Be sure that you play it with a nice consistent (Baroque) style."

This should be applied to the Bach section rather than Mozart...Sorry...Got a little distracted and typed in the wrong place about the wrong things.

for the mozart...might this be because i listen to to much rampal and galway for mozart? haha ive heard this is a bad idea. probably my sorry attempt to make it interesting...oh dear. i guess i dont know what a good classical style sounds like.

It could be. It didn't sound bad (take a look at the amendment to my post), but it didn't really sound classical to me either. I would suggest finding other performers to listen to, as those two don't always try to play classically. Definitely listen to them for romantic era stuff, but for baroque/classical, there are btter options (perhaps even someone performing on a period instrument).

well...all in all i guess its a good learning experience because i got to hear everything i do wrong...hahaha, but i dont even think its worth submitting. though i guess i will because maybe the person who chooses the finalists will be sick that day and not be able to hear well. hahaha.

Hi

I just listened to the Mozart and have the following comments.

Be sure to play allegro and keep the tempo steady, did you use a metronome? and tuner?

You will need to show dynamics more and be careful to not use a wide vibrato when playing forte, it sounds forced.

The general technique is quite good, but the piece sounds way to heavy and serious, watch some mozart operas to capture the sense of humor in his writing.