I spontaneously stumbled upon this gem of Ravel's during quarantine at the beginning of this year, when I was inspired to do a deep-dive into Piano Trios. He had me at those first phrases, and I seemed to had stepped into the beauty of the world itself. Have been listening to it every month since then and, the more I listen to it, the more it the more beauty it seems to speak. Debussy & Ravel, for me, have always manifested that kind of magic - where a chord or a phrase is so beautiful, but you do not know why. And now, I find this!! So enlightening, yet presented so light-heartedly. Thank you, thank you for unpacking this mysterious piece for us all, both with words and with such sweetly played music. My monthly listening sessions will never be the same! Sometimes, Ravel & Debussy create mists in our musical imaginations. You can step into one of their pieces knowing a lot of theory and musical structures, but, when you step away, you end up saying to yourself: "What did I just listen to?" And that mystery seems to bring listeners back to these two composers. Thank you for making us understand even a little bit of that mystery.
What a beautiful and very moving violin playing..♥ Your tone brings consolation, thank you. And it was a great lecture when I learnt tons of stuff while laughing so much! :D ;)
Erin Keefe, what a positively gorgeous sound! Your vibrato bathes us in a "sonorous fluid" to quote the composer's aesthetic goal. And with unflagging confidence your every phrase might as well be articulated in a court of law to persuade the jury to reach its unanimous verdict on the truth of your argument. This Trio's performance exceeds the words a brilliant lecture.
Mr Adolphe is a fantastic lecturer. His humor is the worst, I love it!!!
Mr Adolphe even looks like Ravel in a way
I was just thinking that
I spontaneously stumbled upon this gem of Ravel's during quarantine at the beginning of this year, when I was inspired to do a deep-dive into Piano Trios. He had me at those first phrases, and I seemed to had stepped into the beauty of the world itself. Have been listening to it every month since then and, the more I listen to it, the more it the more beauty it seems to speak. Debussy & Ravel, for me, have always manifested that kind of magic - where a chord or a phrase is so beautiful, but you do not know why. And now, I find this!! So enlightening, yet presented so light-heartedly. Thank you, thank you for unpacking this mysterious piece for us all, both with words and with such sweetly played music. My monthly listening sessions will never be the same!
Sometimes, Ravel & Debussy create mists in our musical imaginations. You can step into one of their pieces knowing a lot of theory and musical structures, but, when you step away, you end up saying to yourself: "What did I just listen to?" And that mystery seems to bring listeners back to these two composers. Thank you for making us understand even a little bit of that mystery.
This man is awesome
omg I've found a video of Ravel giving a lecture about Ravel- (he looks so similar to ravel-)
I heard this piece for the first time last night. Researching it, I found this. Thanks for a thorough, and thoroughly enjoyable look deeper.
What a beautiful and very moving violin playing..♥ Your tone brings consolation, thank you. And it was a great lecture when I learnt tons of stuff while laughing so much! :D ;)
Erin Keefe, what a positively gorgeous sound! Your vibrato bathes us in a "sonorous fluid" to quote the composer's aesthetic goal. And with unflagging confidence your every phrase might as well be articulated in a court of law to persuade the jury to reach its unanimous verdict on the truth of your argument. This Trio's performance exceeds the words a brilliant lecture.
Beautiful playing!
This is absolutely fantastic! Thank you!!!!!
This is a jewel!!! Fantastic lecture and great humor!!!
Thanks to his lecture, the profound secrets of this tune by Ravel seem to have been uncovered, it's amazing♬
Anyone else have absolutely no idea what he's talking about but enjoying it nevertheless?
Wonderful lecture. I’d love to hear him go deeper into the other movements.
Dear sound engineers... A bit annoying that hooter or what.. during the silent parts of one of the best performance...
4:51 ravels ninth
Inside Chamber Music with Bruce Adolphe: Ravel Piano Trio in A minor
Correct!
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59:30 the cellist: