Kreutzer Etude #13 Kim Kaloyanides Kennedy, violin

Kreutzer Etude #13
Kim Kaloyanides Kennedy, violin
Recorded at home January 2021

Since teaching via zoom, I have had to get creative with how to share sound goals. I have been doing a lot of recording examples for scales, arpeggios, pieces and now etudes. (I use BandLab, Acapella, YouTube, Google Drive and I share my screen in zoom lessons.)
Kreutzer #13: (International Edition)
There are a few editions that do not include this particular etude. #25 shares the same fate. You will find either books with 42 Kreutzer Etudes or 40 Kreutzer Etudes. So, today, we are mix and matching between the Peter's Edition (missing #13) and the International Edition (which includes it). This etude is reminiscent of Bach's Cello Prelude in G Major, one of my favorite pieces of music! My husband gave me the highest compliment while I was working on this today when he told me he was enjoying my Bach. 😂 . The downfall of this comparison is that there really is NO comparison, first between the composers nor the instruments playing them. I am very dissatisfied playing this on a violin and feel the cello would be much more beautiful. I have often stated I wish I had chosen the cello, the broad, deep, open ringing sound...ahh...But, that only pushes me to somehow find at least a fraction of what could be. I sat listening back to this wishing for more cello sound as the sound so easily gets muddied up and tight, missing that ringing pedal feel. I had to figure out how much vibrato and how straight to play the 16ths. I believe there is room to go either way. This etude is three pages long, so by the time you get to the middle, you don't really want to start all the way over, yet again! And, after many attempts, after listening, I wondered if I had used too much vibrato and if it would have been a stronger presentation had I stayed more strict rhythmically. But, we will NEVER find out, because I have to move on, lol...others to get to, students are waiting! I really do love this particular etude. I hope you enjoy!
(At the top of my music (which I erased) it said July 4. Today is January 20, 2021, also a politically important date. I had just finished watching our new President Joseph Biden sworn in when I recorded this. I can guess that I was 11 or 12 years old, July 4, 1986 or1987, the last time I played any of these etudes. What was I doing having a lesson on a holiday!?)