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Friday, October 14, 2011
The piece that made me love music.
Frederic (Fryderyk) Chopin's Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor is the most touching concerto/ piece (for me), that I have ever heard. It was actually written before his Piano Concerto No.1 in E minor, however obviously I love the f minor one much more. There are so many different versions of this concerto, but unfortunately the version that I love so much isn't available on youtube. This piece is also performed for the world-wide Chopin Piano Competition as the finale piece. My piano professor happened to be one of the very few people to win the competition. I received a CD from him before I came to DePauw of the amazing Paderwski playing both concertos, and I must say that it definitely changed the way I look at the piece. I remember my piano professor telling me how after he had heard it he ran over to Paderwski's house and congratulated him first-hand. So that's why I wanted to share with you guys my all-time favorite concerto/ piece/ work/ or whatever you want to call it. Hope you all enjoy it!
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Wow, that was a very beautiful piece. It was just overflowing with emotion. Intense in some parts, sweet and slow in others, overall very amazing. I can easily see how this piece can emotionally move a person. Especially a piano player haha.
ReplyDeleteA touching piece. I agree with Adam: in his playing, Rubinstein expresses the full range of human emotion. This piece tugs at your emotions. This is a wonderful piece, Greg.
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed this performance. I really love the way the piano sounds with an orchestra - that haunting piano sound with the strings in the background is beautiful! I feel the orchestration a composer chooses to use helps show emotion as much as any performer. Hearing pieces like this, attending the piano professors' recitals, and actually playing the piano myself has really given me a new outlook on the piano (I'm considering making it my secondary). Awesome piece!
ReplyDeleteThere's something about having a piano solo in an orchestral piece. It just gives it that extra...um...."umph!" (?) that makes the piece so much more exciting. And when the orchestra joins the piano (quietly).......I can't even describe the feeling! I've always loved the piano, and I hope one day, I can be as good as this player :)
ReplyDeleteGreg, I absolutely love it when someone shares the piece that "made them love music" or "want to become a music major." I know that I have mine (Hungarian Rhapsody No. 13 A minor, Franz Liszt). There is something special when a person connects with a piece. I feel like the music becomes more alive or real for me knowing that it has affected someone else in a deep way.
ReplyDeleteI think the fact that one piece of music can influence what someone does for a lifetime and has so much meaning for one person says a lot about the power that music has. When we talk about relationships - can you get much larger than a lifelong relationship?
ReplyDeleteAs Rachel was saying, I think a lot of people have "that piece" that influenced them to love music. I think there's something really meaningful in that.
P.S. The song was beautiful, too. hahha
This is such wonderful music. Sometimes I think Chopin is too beautiful to listen to.
ReplyDeleteI myself don't have one particular piece of music to point to, but once in awhile I hear something that makes me think "AHAH, planet earth has contributed something noteworthy to the cosmos."