My Favorite Piano Concerto - Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No. 2
Mar 25, 2024 07:14:47 #
apacs1
Loc: Lansdale, PA
markngolf wrote:
So melodic!! So many popular "tunes" have been derived from this concerto. Bravo Sergio Rachmaninoff!!
https://youtu.be/yCHpdfPvYhs
Enjoy,
Mark
https://youtu.be/yCHpdfPvYhs
Enjoy,
Mark
How do people write this stuff?
How do people play this stuff?
WOW WOW WOW
Just incredible-boggles the mind!
Mar 25, 2024 10:06:50 #
Mar 25, 2024 10:25:48 #
markngolf wrote:
So melodic!! So many popular "tunes" have been derived from this concerto. Bravo Sergio Rachmaninoff!!
https://youtu.be/yCHpdfPvYhs
Enjoy,
Mark
https://youtu.be/yCHpdfPvYhs
Enjoy,
Mark
Excellent and masterful performance. Thanks Mark for the share.
Mar 25, 2024 11:14:17 #
Mar 25, 2024 11:14:40 #
junglejim1949 wrote:
Excellent and masterful performance. Thanks Mark for the share.
Thank you, Jim!!
Mark
Mar 25, 2024 11:36:28 #
apacs1 wrote:
How do people write this stuff?
How do people play this stuff?
WOW WOW WOW
Just incredible-boggles the mind!
How do people play this stuff?
WOW WOW WOW
Just incredible-boggles the mind!
Mozart was composing when he was 4 - 5 yrs. of age. Mere mortals, as you and I, will never understand how that is possible.
Just enjoy it. It's a gift!
Mark
Mar 25, 2024 11:41:21 #
markngolf wrote:
So melodic!! So many popular "tunes" have been derived from this concerto. Bravo Sergio Rachmaninoff.
As a teenager, my mother went to a Rachmaninov concert. Most people think he lived during the time of Mozart and Beethoven but he was actually contemporary. Anyone who’s ever played his work will tell you how difficult his compositions were but he had an advantage in that he had extraordinarily long fingers (2-octave spread?). Jimi Hendrix was similarly blessed which allowed him to do on guitar, what few others could.
Love his work but my all time favorite is Dvorak’s Symphony No. 9 (New World Symphony) sometimes describe as the most beautiful symphony ever written.
Mar 25, 2024 11:53:37 #
PaulBrit
Loc: Merlin, Southern Oregon
Words fail me! (Almost) My mother, who died a few years ago at the age of 97, was quite a musician and taught the piano from home, and listening to this concert (as I am at this moment) was astounding. Thank you!
Mar 25, 2024 11:58:23 #
PaulBrit wrote:
Words fail me! (Almost) My mother, who died a few years ago at the age of 97, was quite a musician and taught the piano from home, and listening to this concert (as I am at this moment) was astounding. Thank you!
God bless her and may she rest in peace!
Thanks for the reply.
Mark
Mar 25, 2024 12:02:23 #
PaulBrit
Loc: Merlin, Southern Oregon
markngolf wrote:
God bless her and may she rest in peace!
Thanks for the reply.
Mark
Thanks for the reply.
Mark
Yes, she was quite a lady. She had two children; me and my younger sister, Elizabeth. Then my father died in 1956 and consequently my mother married my step-father, Richard Mills, and I had another sister, Eleanor.
Mar 25, 2024 12:03:28 #
fourlocks wrote:
As a teenager, my mother went to a Rachmaninov con... (show quote)
Utube has vides of Rachmaninoff performing. His span was immense. He suffered greatly from depression, but that did not detract from his melodic compositions.
Mark
Mar 25, 2024 12:04:57 #
PaulBrit
Loc: Merlin, Southern Oregon
markngolf wrote:
Utube has vides of Rachmaninoff performing. His span was immense. He suffered greatly from depression, but that did not detract from his melodic compositions.
Mark
Mark
I briefly spotted that.
Mar 25, 2024 12:05:41 #
PaulBrit wrote:
Yes, she was quite a lady. She had two children; me and my younger sister, Elizabeth. Then my father died in 1956 and consequently my mother married my step-father, Richard Mills, and I had another sister, Eleanor.
Coincidence! My Dad died in 53' at age 41. My Mom's name was Eleanor. She passed at 49 in 61'.
Mark
Mar 25, 2024 12:07:45 #
PaulBrit
Loc: Merlin, Southern Oregon
markngolf wrote:
Coincidence! My Dad died in 53' at age 41. My Mom's name was Eleanor. She passed at 49 in 61'.
Mark
Mark
Ouch! Your parents died at a young age!
Mar 25, 2024 12:10:34 #
The Rach II is played start to finish as the score for the 1940s film "Brief Encounter". Trevor Howard and Celia Johnson, directed by David Lean. One of the 100 greatest films ever made. Oh, yes, screenplay by Noel Coward adapted from his stage play.
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