Mozart Help

[TennisFlute45]

I am currently working on a piece with a Cadenza in it.... The piece is for a try-out. And I was wondering if I could take a poll here. During the Cadenz should I improvise entirely, play what is written, or change what is written, slightly, with trills and such...

[AG950Flute]

In Mozart concertos, the International editions, editted by Rampal have good cadenzas and are pretty standard. With his cadenzas you do not have to do much in adding trills or ornaments he has already written them in. There are several other cadenzas that have been written by others, you can check out fluteworld.com and see who else has cadenzas written, some will be Andersen or John Sollum.
There are people who highly encourage writing out your own cadenza, as when the piece was written, it was always improvised. The trick is using the major themes from the movement and adding "flare" and transposing it different keys and such. Also, some people say that cadenzas should be short, as in, can be played in one breath, which means that Rampal cadenzas are way too long.
However, I think playing Rampal's cadenzas are fine for your audition. If you were a soloist playing with an orchestra I would say make up your own. Hope that helps.

[TennisFlute45]

Yes, your reply has been most helpful! I think I will take your advice and write my own cadenza. Thanks for everything!

[Kendall]

Definetly change the theme, but change it a lot, the judges or audience will figure it out, it's their job

good luck!

[Bryony-Jane]

I know this is an old thread but I'm playing Mozart's concerto in G for an assessed performance as part of my degree. I have cadenza's for the 1st and 3rd movements....any one know of any decent cadenza's for the 2nd movement?? I don't want to write my own.....my composition and improvisation skills are somewhat lacking!!

[ick27]

I don't believe there is a cadenza in the second movement. Cadenzas exist to show off the virtuosity of the soloist, so they aren't really appropriate in slow movements. You might have figured the same thing out just because there are hundreds of cadenzas available for the first and third movements and none for the second.

[Bryony-Jane]

Hmmm that is interesting because in my edition of the concerto actually has a written concerto, it's all scored in the piano parts too. In fact in my friends edition which is different to mine had suggestions for cadenzas at the back of the book and it included the 2nd movement.

[ick27]

You are right, there are cadenzas in every movement of the Mozart flute concerto in G (and for the one in D as well.) I don't know why I thought there wasn't one on the second.

I dug out a copy of the Taffanel/Gaubert cadenzas for the piece (which I haven't looked at in a long time obviously) and they give long, elaborate cadenzas for all three movements. I think that these sort of cadenzas are out of place in a Mozart concerto though, and I really prefer to hear simpler more tasteful cadenzas, especially in the slow movement. You might want to read some suggestions about Mozart cadenzas from Trevor Wye, at http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepage ... age18.html. You can also read a bit about the history of the flute concertos and other instresting stuff on the same site.

Since you are going to be playing the piece for a jury, why not ask your teacher or one of the judges what sort of cadenzas they want to hear?

[Bryony-Jane]

Thanks ick27!! I'll have a read of that and ask my lecturer what he thinks.