It is such a rewarding and enlightening feeling when a piece of music is played as it should be. It suddenly ‘makes sense’. Like a decrypted secret message! Thanks to the observations and comments that accompany the music as well!
oh I love this "little flower" of a movement the most out of moonlight, because it's so fun!! enjoyed your notes, as usual, and especially your including the lead-in from the first movement. thanks for the video :)
I had private piano lessons in my youth at my teacher's home. I always played the second movement at a slower tempo. I wish my teacher had showed me how it could be played in a livelier tempo. Love the sound of the pianoforte.
Interesting to hear this played on a fortepiano because it reminds me that players and listeners at the time would never have heard this piece with anything like the dynamic range or pristine sonic polish that we take for granted from say, a modern Steinway, or even the Profs. own upright. Everything is scaled down & far more intimate.. I have a version of this by Melvin Tan also played on a fortepiano. His version is played in a bigger space & recorded at a greater distance which helps to tame the brittle top end and slightly clattery sound of the fortepiano, but even then, the lack of headroom on the instrument is clearly apparent when compared to the modern concert grand - though it does seem to help smooth out the final movement in terms of balance. Hope we get to hear the Profs. version soon. Thanks.
I watched this in the hope of getting your latest quiz question right and as you know I still got it wrong!!! And I did listen to Till EULENSPIEGEL and I think I spelt it correctly! And it was no punishment for this early pre-1700 music fan; Till Eulenspiegel is the sort of music that I would have fallen for when I was 5!!
Is there anywhere this performance of the sonata could be heard in full? I'd love to hear it. On a different tack I'd like to hear you do a piece on Satie and Webern - compare and contrast.
Most of us took piano lessons in our youth but I was told I'd never be a very good piano player bcz I had little fingers. I must have given up but I do love music. Also, I had a hard time w the timing of music (maybe dyslexic) I always had to listen to the music and then copy and memorize. Thank you for all your work.
Prof I have a request. Can you look at Fauré's Apres un reve/levati sole and or Lydia. It's the centenary of his death this year. I'm a singer who studied composition, am I wrong thinking these are two of the most perfectly crafted pieces ever created? Please, though, no cello transcriptions! So unfair.
My teacher suggested I learn this movement at my last lesson and hey presto this video comes up. Thanks. I hope I get to not only see but to play a fortepiano before I die. 🌈🦘
The second movement of Moonlight has always been my favorite of the 3.
It is such a rewarding and enlightening feeling when a piece of music is played as it should be. It suddenly ‘makes sense’. Like a decrypted secret message!
Thanks to the observations and comments that accompany the music as well!
Love this movement and hearing it on a fortepiano is magical.
oh I love this "little flower" of a movement the most out of moonlight, because it's so fun!! enjoyed your notes, as usual, and especially your including the lead-in from the first movement. thanks for the video :)
Always love playing this movement.
I feel lucky to have encountered your channel! I love your musical ideas and concentrated analysis
Love this!!. Thank you so much...
I had private piano lessons in my youth at my teacher's home. I always played the second movement at a slower tempo. I wish my teacher had showed me how it could be played in a livelier tempo. Love the sound of the pianoforte.
WOW! Excellent lesson!
love it !!
Interesting to hear this played on a fortepiano because it reminds me that players and listeners at the time would never have heard this piece with anything like the dynamic range or pristine sonic polish that we take for granted from say, a modern Steinway, or even the Profs. own upright. Everything is scaled down & far more intimate.. I have a version of this by Melvin Tan also played on a fortepiano. His version is played in a bigger space & recorded at a greater distance which helps to tame the brittle top end and slightly clattery sound of the fortepiano, but even then, the lack of headroom on the instrument is clearly apparent when compared to the modern concert grand - though it does seem to help smooth out the final movement in terms of balance. Hope we get to hear the Profs. version soon. Thanks.
Wow, that was so enjoyable. I have minimal music education but I have some so I really liked this.
Nice
The beginning of the beginning of the jazz spirit he so clearly demonstrated in his 32nd sonata
I watched this in the hope of getting your latest quiz question right and as you know I still got it wrong!!! And I did listen to Till EULENSPIEGEL and I think I spelt it correctly! And it was no punishment for this early pre-1700 music fan; Till Eulenspiegel is the sort of music that I would have fallen for when I was 5!!
Is there anywhere this performance of the sonata could be heard in full? I'd love to hear it.
On a different tack I'd like to hear you do a piece on Satie and Webern - compare and contrast.
At some point, the whole sonata will be on the channel but not yet. Webern/Satie: interesting idea.
Most of us took piano lessons in our youth but I was told I'd never be a very good piano player bcz I had little fingers. I must have given up but I do love music. Also, I had a hard time w the timing of music (maybe dyslexic) I always had to listen to the music and then copy and memorize. Thank you for all your work.
My former teacher, who is a Russian pianist, has tiny little hands. She can play anything of course.
I never knew that this sonata had a 2nd movement. I Always thought it went from 1 to 3.
Prof I have a request. Can you look at Fauré's Apres un reve/levati sole and or Lydia. It's the centenary of his death this year. I'm a singer who studied composition, am I wrong thinking these are two of the most perfectly crafted pieces ever created? Please, though, no cello transcriptions! So unfair.
the second is the least known movement of the entire sonata... yet i like it much better than the first and third movements!
Am I the only one who plays this and prefers it at like 1.5 (or more)x this tempo?
My teacher suggested I learn this movement at my last lesson and hey presto this video comes up. Thanks. I hope I get to not only see but to play a fortepiano before I die. 🌈🦘