Remarks made on Brahms symphony nr.4 by Jorma Panula on 13-1 -09.

pagenr. Dover bar nr.
1. 248 17 sometimes you don’t hear hb
2. 252 76 4 beats
3. 252 86 missing mf on fourth beat in strings
4. 253 95 fl, cl, hrn long
5. 254 107 trp pp and long notes long enough
6. 257 153 vl II mostly timid, right rythm, also next bars, every time different
7 . 257 157 fl, fg last notes always long enough
8. 258 169 give attention to vc, cb for accents
9. 258 170-172 accents on all notes in vl I, II, last note no accent
10. 258 173-178 no accents in vl I, II
11. 258 170-178 vla I missing all accents
12. 258 173-178 vla II accents missing
13. 258 170-172 no accents in vc cb, only from last note
14. 258 173-178 from last quarter all accents missing in vc, cb
15. 259 176 first here ff in ww
16. 259 178 first here ff in strings
17. 259 183 long tenuto notes
18. 259 188 keep long notes till barline
19. 262 from K envelopes in hrn’s not too big, often too loud
20. 263 from 239 no more envelopes
21. 263 243 give cb
22. 263 L really break and after extra long
23. 268 N upbeat should be mf in strings, wrong, compare with D, also mf in hrn, cresc.is missing
24. 270 358 here hrn’s instead of trp. (bar107)
25. 272 from 381 I don’t like accents. in strings here, it covers the entrance of the new voice, they should be heard to make the structure clear
26. 273 from 397 long notes
27. 274 R vl I, II, fl answer in vla, hb, cl in 415. in 419 no answer
28. 275 436 div in vl II
29. 275 438 vl I div, next bar vla too
30. 276 1 fluente, legato
31. 278 31 vl I always too loud with 8 va, keep line
32. 280 45 show theme in vl II
33. 280 52 don’t beat, otherwise cresc.
34. 281 59 show vc, cb
35. 282 74 long legato, short notes too on the string (Bach bow)
36. 285 92 vl II
37. 285 98 long in strings
38. 286 F vla
39. 286 106 who is hearing the pizz. in vlI?
40. 287 118 cut off winds second beat, pizz. long
41. 289 2 play accents
42. 291 B beginning of the bar in vla, vc, cb is still ff, then f on second beat
43. 294 107 not too early on second beat, tenuto
44. 297 F pp, but with accents
45. 297 174 dyn is missing in ww, mf
46. 303 249 picc. is nice
47. 305 276 extra short
48. 307 298 real fp, keep p for next two bars
49. 310 I like in one
50. 314 Passacaglia fl’s, hb I, trb I melody
51. 314 7 trb I mf not in melody
52. 314 9 theme in vl I, vc should be clear
53. 314 from 9 chords vla, vc div.
54 315 17 theme in vla,vc, conclusion also in hrn, trp
55. 315 A theme in vl I, vla and more
56. 316 33 theme in fg, vc, cb
57. 317 B theme vc, cb, long first notes in vc
58. 317 B mf
59. 317 47 with 5 stringed cb, possible octave down
60. 317 49 theme vc, cb
61. 318 C theme cb
62. 318 65 theme cb
63. 320 D theme: vc-fg-vc-fg-vlI-fl, cl-vc-str.
64. 320 89 theme vla, vc
65. 321 97 hrns too loud, pp half gestopft
66. 322 E theme fg II, trb III
67. 323 120 remark low c(sounding e) in hrn II
68. 323 121 dissonance between hb ´s and hrn I
69. 324 129 theme fl, hb, hrn I, III, trb I
70. 324 128 keep celli long
71. 325 137 theme vc
72. 325 F theme everywhere
73. 330 177 listen triplets, always difficult spot, 181 pp
74. 332 193 theme vl I, II
75. 333 201 theme trb I
76. 334 209 theme hrn, afterwards hb
77. 339 263 start less, mf
78. 342 285 why not avanti?
79. 343 297 theme in 4 bars
80. 344 305 no more sfz
81. 344 310 last chord tenuto