Albeniz, Tchaikovsky, Beethoven & Schubert
In this month’s practice clinic, Graham Fitch answers questions on fingering, pedalling, achieving legato, interpretation and imagination in works by Albeniz, Tchaikovsky, Beethoven, Scarlatti and Schubert.
On Tempo Relationships
I was working with someone on Schubert’s B flat Impromptu last week, a set of variations on the so-called “Rosamunde” theme. Variation form always poses a tempo challenge to the…
Memory Tips: Using the Other Hand
There is a philosophy that says muscular memory is so fickle that it is not to be trusted for memorised performances at all - know the music deeply enough on the mental…