| Content | B. Martinů sends P. Fournier both the new and the old score [of the CONCERTO FOR VIOLONCELLO AND ORCHESTRA No. 1], the old one he is only to archive. BM has reservations about the previous orchestration, which he has now corrected, making cuts and necessary shortenings. For the cell part he wanted to avoid an excess of chords. He mentions double voicings and simple lines, fullness of sound, subtle differences, passages in sextets and their simplification to make the melody stand out, as well as bowing and bow strokes [note sample]. He doubled the accents in the orchestra and eliminated, as far as possible, fifths and fifths that do not sound well on the cello, as he could judge from performances in Turin and Paris. He also simplified the cadenzas, although he knows that P. Fournier will play everything, but others might not be able to. He is sure that PF will accept these changes and that he will enjoy playing the work even more because he will no longer have to "fight with the orchestra". PF can now do longer skids because nothing in the orchestra will stop them anymore. BM asks Fournier to make a final edit of the cell part and give it to Schott as a basis for the new edition. PF is also to ask Schott to supply the piano lift, score and material soon. BM asks PF to no longer play from the old material. |