The Women Composers Challenge Week 4
Welcome to week four of our community-driven challenge on women composers! In week three, we heard some music by Madeleine Cottin, Annette Kruisbrink, Maria Linnemann, and Ida Presti. Hopefully, many of you are saving up what you are working on for this last week, and so we will have many more posts to enjoy!
So, the goal is to choose a piece (or several pieces), and to work on it throughout the course of the challenge, posting videos or audio files of your progress along the way.
Or maybe you are a woman composer, and you would like to take this opportunity to share some of your work with the community.
The challenge will last for four weeks, ending on Saturday, May 3rd. A new discussion thread will be posted for each week of the challenge.
If you are looking for a place to start your search and pique your interest, Candice Mowbray has an excellent website on the subject. Here is a link.
If any beginners would like some suggestions for your playing level, feel free to ask the community by posting a message here.
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I was hoping to be more active this month but life got the better of me. This isn't the piece I was going to record but I have recorded for a previous challenge last year (and possibly more before that!). I've had to relearn it over the last week but here it is anyway (sorry about the excuses!)
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Derek Well done, Derek. This is a beautiful piece. Thanks for sharing this.
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Derek Good job, Derek! It sounds similar to Sagreras in style.
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Derek Well played Derek. I only recently discovered Tatiana Stachak and have been watching some of her YouTube videos - very interesting. Just ordered book 2 of her etudes.
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Ron etudes part 2 is a great collection of entertaining pieces!
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Ron rhanks Ron. She's written some really nice pieces. I've got her book 'Invitation to the Waltz' and every piece that I've tried is good.
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Derek Nicely done! thanks for sharing! Always great to discover new music.
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Jack Stewart Thank you Jack
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Eric Phillips Thanks Eric. I've never thought about it sounding like Sagreras - I'm only really familiar with some of his exercises (I used to practice tremelo on one of them) and El Colibri. I'll do some further research.
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don Thanks Don
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a bit late due to my vacation, her is the reworked version of Souvenir.
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Bart Versteeg Beautiful, Bart. This is a lovely piece and your performance is very sensitive and effective. Thanks for sharing this.
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Bart Versteeg Lovely performance Bart. I've been listening to a lot of Linnemann's compositions lately (prompted by the challenge). There's quite a variety and some beautiful pieces.
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Bart Versteeg beautifully done. I really enjoyed it. Great piece and great playing! Thanks for sharing!
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Bart Versteeg Smooth, relaxing and sensitive. Well done Bart. Bravo
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Jack Stewart thank you Jack. I love this piece!
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Bart Versteeg very sweet. Nice piece, good playing. Nicely flowing.
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And as a bonus, the well known Forgotten bij Mdme Sidney Pratten, already shared by Eric.
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Bart Versteeg bravo! Thanks for sharing!
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Bart Versteeg Very nice Bart. Great interpretation
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Bart Versteeg very well played, Bart.
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joosje dank je wel Joosje!
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The last few weeks have kept me away from the guitar, but better late than never! Although I'm working on another work by Maria Linnemann, Eric inspired me with his interpretation of this piece...
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Blaise Laflamme Simplement sublime Blaise.
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Andre Bernier Merci André, bien heureux que tu aimes!
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Blaise Laflamme wonderful!
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