Actually, the standing vs. sitting makes a difference in the sound production (most are better standing) and consequently rehearsing is done standing. No one rehearses sonatas or concertos seated for a performance where they will stand.

and again at 15:35-ish... oh, your playing is just so lovely!

not to mention 2:26...

I hope you are doing well too man! Definitely good times! I hope we get to play again soon!

@@ramonviolist YES dude! We gotta make it happen!

You're wrong. There is nothing "Native American" about the rhythms or the harmonies- they're all Czech and built on the pentatonic scale as well as traditional European harmony. The third movement is a theme and variations on "My Country 'Tis of Thee," about as American as you can get. The whole "Indian" thing is a myth. And a lil' racist.

Got it. So here's the deal. At precisely 11:48 the violist plays a double stop (two notes at the same time) in a melody where at every other instance there is just one not played. It sounds "out of place" to me. In listening to about 25 KZbin performances of this quintet, there are two where the violist does not play the double stop. The rest do. There is no question that the score and part indicate the double stop. My theory is that the score and parts are in error. Perhaps a smudge on the autograph manuscript made the copyist think that Dvoralk wanted two notes to be played. This isn't the first time a copyist altered a Dvorak score. In the last movement of Dvorak's opus 96 string quartet (The American) there is a two-measure section where the violist plays the wrong rhythm. It doesn't sound bad, and there is one professional quartet, aware of the error, who indicated to me that they preferred the error. But it is an error, none-the-less (my source is an editor at Henle). The error is found in Kalmus scores. And the error is in the part and not in the score. My hunch is that this is an error as well, although it appears in both score and parts. I do not have access to the autograph manuscript or the person who does hold it, so, for now, it is just my hunch. To me, it sounds "out of place." I invite you to start at 11:40 and listen through to 11:55 and tell me if you find the double stop at 11:47-11:48 to sound right.

As I mentioned, there are two performances on KZbin where the double stop was not played. There were professional string quartets with an added professional violist. They must agree with me.

Indeed. Many quintets lie in the shadow of their four-player counterparts.

I agree. It's a silly gimmick. If you close your eyes, you can't tell whether the players are standing or sitting. Far better for all three to sit - communication is far easier. I speak as a chamber musician of more than 50 years' experience.

Lol nerd

Elegance comes with attitude not with a tie Playing with a tie you become heated and sweat is musician's enemy.. I play in European orchestra, and this is changing now, is a good thing

@@stijn4687 I play now with black shirt and black suit no tie, is elegant and most confortable for chamber music

Defy you on listening to this to not tap your toes.

Elaine S what makes it your favorite?

@@daviewavie112 The love of a certain musical composition can often defy description by mere words, so perhaps it's the opening 2nd viola solo in pentatonic, or the general energy and beauty of the piece or how the parts feed off each other or the variety of melodies just within the first few minutes of the first movement! I can't put my finger on exactly one thing that I love about this piece, so I guess just everything about it makes it my favorite, well, plus, Dan Koo was in my student orchestra many years ago. Very talented musician. All of these musicians are!

@Thomas Boushier This has been my favorite piece of chamber music for 50 years.

Gosh that made me happy! Wonderful playing and expression all the way!

Yes, I agree it is not played very often in viola.

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Muchas Gracias Migual Angel!