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Title: ...Yet Another New M9
Post by: Steele on August 06, 2015, 06:09:26 AM

:with a fairly brisk tempo, clocking in at under 7 minutes ...

http://www.npr.org/sections/deceptivecadence/2015/08/04/427814263/a-mahler-symphony-squeezed-in-a-squeezebox

Title: Re: ...Yet Another New M9
Post by: barry guerrero on August 06, 2015, 02:25:46 PM

As the old expression goes: use an accordion, go to jail!   ;)

Title: Re: ...Yet Another New M9
Post by: justininsf on August 06, 2015, 05:37:35 PM

I usd to think Accordion was a funny instrument, but the artistry and technique is astonishing on some of the vids I've seen, check out this Brahms Hungarian Dance



http://youtu.be/oPnVEVnI9-U?t=4m33s

Title: Re: ...Yet Another New M9
Post by: AZContrabassoon on August 18, 2015, 12:40:29 PM

Quote from: justininsf on August 06, 2015, 05:37:35 PM

I usd to think Accordion was a funny instrument, but the artistry and technique is astonishing on some of the vids I've seen

There are some performances of the Tchaikovsky violin concerto on accordian that are just breathtaking. Stunning virtuosity and musicality that puts many a violinist to shame. I'm not particularly taken with the Mahler 9th, but it did occur to me that someone should rescore the 3rd movement of the M1 and use an accordian in the Klezmer sections!