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diversity
Posted by HuiHui
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2:17 PM
Overdose with 'slow jog' posts lately, this is going to be a diverse one. A friend forwarded a video clip by this prodigy called Ethan Bortnick, a 6 years old pianist. It was an awe-dropping, jaw-opening and inspiring performance.
http://www.ethansmusicsite.com/aboutme.cfm
http://www.ethansmusicsite.com/repertoire.cfm
From his performance, I was mesmerized by "Rondo Alla Turca", one of the 3 movements in Mozart's Sonata No. 11 in A major, K. 331. It was such a beautifully written masterpiece. Confucius once said that, music produces a kind of pleasure human nature cannot do without. He knew what he was talking about, for he was deeply affected by music; so much so that after listening to an orchestra on one occasion he was unable to taste his food for three months! Of course, there is no such drastic after-effects for the novice me.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbRV2uX8p88
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lM0wSNqA7f0
Quite a lot of Rondo Alla Turca video clips can be found in youtube. Had since downloaded the score from IMSLP. With the scarceness of time, I estimated 1 year to get a feel on this piece. However, factoring in my indiscipline-ness, it might take infinity. Currently, still very much occupied with Handel's Allegro from the Aylesford Pieces and Chopin's Waltz in A-flat major, Op. 69, No.1. My teacher is so much into the classical music that she can even tell me the story of Chopin's Op.69 #1. According to her, Chopin wrote this while courting Marie Wodzinska. He had fallen in love with the young and beautiful countess and had proposed marriage to her. As a poor musician, however, Chopin was not considered suitable marriage material by Marie's parents, and he was rejected. She even told me that it was love at the first sight, so this piece should be interpreted as melancholy, but not too sad or crushed.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=voERpPCO5jo (I like this one better, after all it’s marked lento)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QgdrGyxvro8
http://www.ethansmusicsite.com/aboutme.cfm
http://www.ethansmusicsite.com/repertoire.cfm
From his performance, I was mesmerized by "Rondo Alla Turca", one of the 3 movements in Mozart's Sonata No. 11 in A major, K. 331. It was such a beautifully written masterpiece. Confucius once said that, music produces a kind of pleasure human nature cannot do without. He knew what he was talking about, for he was deeply affected by music; so much so that after listening to an orchestra on one occasion he was unable to taste his food for three months! Of course, there is no such drastic after-effects for the novice me.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbRV2uX8p88
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lM0wSNqA7f0
Quite a lot of Rondo Alla Turca video clips can be found in youtube. Had since downloaded the score from IMSLP. With the scarceness of time, I estimated 1 year to get a feel on this piece. However, factoring in my indiscipline-ness, it might take infinity. Currently, still very much occupied with Handel's Allegro from the Aylesford Pieces and Chopin's Waltz in A-flat major, Op. 69, No.1. My teacher is so much into the classical music that she can even tell me the story of Chopin's Op.69 #1. According to her, Chopin wrote this while courting Marie Wodzinska. He had fallen in love with the young and beautiful countess and had proposed marriage to her. As a poor musician, however, Chopin was not considered suitable marriage material by Marie's parents, and he was rejected. She even told me that it was love at the first sight, so this piece should be interpreted as melancholy, but not too sad or crushed.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=voERpPCO5jo (I like this one better, after all it’s marked lento)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QgdrGyxvro8
