World Concert Hall · @WConcertHall
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World Concert Hall · @WConcertHall
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World Concert Hall · @WConcertHall
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Martijn Vromans · @vromans
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#nowlistening to the third piano concerto by Ferdinand #Hiller (1811-1885), almost an exact contemporary of both #Henselt, #Alkan and #Liszt. Hiller was not only a tremendously good composer, he was also very friendly: he corresponded with everything and everyone. Because he was also neat and careful, many of his letters have been preserved. As a result, we know so much about all these nineteenth-century people. 1/2
#nowlistening #hiller #henselt #alkan #liszt
Martijn Vromans · @vromans
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#nowlistening to the third piano concerto by Ferdinand #Hiller (1811-1885), almost an exact contemporary of both #Henselt, #Alkan and #Liszt. Hiller was not only a tremendously good composer, he was also very friendly: he corresponded with everything and everyone. Because he was also neat and careful, many of his letters have been preserved. As a result, we know so much about all these nineteenth-century people. 1/2
#nowlistening #hiller #henselt #alkan #liszt
Martijn Vromans · @vromans
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The Symphonist · @deeplyclassical
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#SymphonyOfTheDay
Charles-Valentin #Alkan
Symphony for solo piano
Jack Gibbons (piano)
Who needs an orchestra? Not Alkan. The French composer and virtuoso pianist was born #OnThisDay in 1813. His #symphony also forms part of his collection "Douze études dans tous les tons mineurs" Op. 39, which includes a concerto for solo piano as well!
#symphonies #classicalmusic #symphony #onthisday #alkan #symphonyoftheday
The Symphonist · @deeplyclassical
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#SymphonyOfTheDay
Charles-Valentin #Alkan
Symphony for solo piano
Jack Gibbons (piano)
Who needs an orchestra? Not Alkan. The French composer and virtuoso pianist was born #OnThisDay in 1813. His #symphony also forms part of his collection "Douze études dans tous les tons mineurs" Op. 39, which includes a concerto for solo piano as well!
#symphonies #classicalmusic #symphony #onthisday #alkan #symphonyoftheday
World Concert Hall · @WConcertHall
534 followers · 698 posts · Server mastodon.worldToday, Viner plays #Chopin #Fauré #Beethoven #Alkan and #Chaminade in #Bremen https://pst.cr/QJuJQ #wch
#chopin #faure #Beethoven #alkan #Chaminade #bremen #wch
Greg · @gfling
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Amitai Schleier · @schmonz
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Amitai Schleier · @schmonz
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Until we meet Alkan again, here’s not a Prélude but an Op. 63 Esquisse (sketch), the fourth, called “Les Cloches”. I wonder if Mompou, from a family of bell makers, was familiar with this one.
#piano #dailypiano #pianominiature #pianominiatures #classicalpiano #romanticism #alkan
#piano #dailypiano #pianominiature #pianominiatures #classicalpiano #romanticism #alkan
Amitai Schleier · @schmonz
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We’ll wrap up our visit with Alkan tomorrow. But first, let’s bring back some weird.
Op. 31 #22 “Anniversaire” starts Baroque and ends in the parallel major (redolent of that era, sort of). In between, it’s all newer harmonies and odder progressions.
#piano #dailypiano #pianominiature #pianominiatures #classicalpiano #romanticism #alkan
#piano #dailypiano #pianominiature #pianominiatures #classicalpiano #romanticism #alkan
Amitai Schleier · @schmonz
344 followers · 1030 posts · Server octodon.socialYesterday we had Alkan’s version of western art music’s Baroque style. Today we have his take on Classical (which as a term of art refers to a much narrower period than “classical music”). Like jumping from Bach to Mozart, except it’s one 19th-century guy.
#piano #dailypiano #pianominiature #pianominiatures #classicalpiano #romanticism #alkan
#piano #dailypiano #pianominiature #pianominiatures #classicalpiano #romanticism #alkan
Amitai Schleier · @schmonz
344 followers · 1030 posts · Server octodon.socialAlkan’s apparent naïveté, as mentioned previously, is faux. Here’s an example of how we know what he knows. Prélude Op. 31 #3, “Dans le genre ancien” (“In the old style”): https://youtu.be/Mc9SVAznMzs
#dailypiano #pianominiatures #classicalpiano #baroque #romanticism #piano #alkan
#dailypiano #pianominiatures #classicalpiano #baroque #romanticism #piano #alkan
Amitai Schleier · @schmonz
344 followers · 1030 posts · Server octodon.socialIf I were one for morning prayer, I guess I’d need it to be short, optimistic, short, pleasant, short, formulaic, and short. Here’s Alkan’s Prelude Op. 31 #19, “Prière du matin”. https://youtu.be/i2lHLTUJS_Q #piano #dailypiano #pianominiature #pianominiatures #classicalpiano #classicalmusic #romanticism #alkan
#piano #dailypiano #pianominiature #pianominiatures #classicalpiano #classicalmusic #romanticism #alkan
Amitai Schleier · @schmonz
344 followers · 1030 posts · Server octodon.socialBased on the name (“I was asleep, but my heart was watching”), this could be my family’s theme song.
I was playing quietly, but my iPad auto-gain was engaging. Imagine this in a concert hall, each chord eking out its tiny sonority atop the last.
#piano #dailypiano #pianominiature #pianominiatures #classicalpiano #classicalmusic #romanticism #alkan
#piano #dailypiano #pianominiature #pianominiatures #classicalpiano #classicalmusic #romanticism #alkan
Amitai Schleier · @schmonz
344 followers · 1030 posts · Server octodon.socialHere’s another sweet, utterly guileless Alkan #pianominiature. The Frenchman wrote other pieces called “Berceuse” so I have no idea why my score says this one’s “Wiegenlied”. It’s also marked Doucement AND Dolce. Simplest explanation: a Swiss conspiracy.
#piano #dailypiano #pianominiature #pianominiatures #classicalpiano #classicalmusic #romanticism #alkan
#pianominiature #piano #dailypiano #pianominiatures #classicalpiano #classicalmusic #romanticism #alkan
Amitai Schleier · @schmonz
344 followers · 1030 posts · Server octodon.socialOccasionally you reach the end of an Alkan piece and realize that not one weird thing happened the whole time. Gotcha! _That’s_ what’s weird.
“Le Temps Qui N’est Plus” (“The Time Which Is No More”), Op. 31 #12 is one of these. Just gorgeous. Imagine if that D flat worked.
#piano #dailypiano #pianominiature #pianominiatures #classicalpiano #classicalmusic #romanticism #alkan
#piano #dailypiano #pianominiature #pianominiatures #classicalpiano #classicalmusic #romanticism #alkan
Amitai Schleier · @schmonz
344 followers · 1030 posts · Server octodon.socialToday’s weird Alkan (approximately “Song of the Madwoman on the Seashore”) has a bass ostinato of closely spaced chords, begging for better sonics, while also being the longest stretch of music I’ve ever played with my arms this far apart. https://youtu.be/7zSIVtwcoiM #piano #dailypiano #pianominiature #pianominiatures #classicalpiano #classicalmusic #romanticism #alkan
#piano #dailypiano #pianominiature #pianominiatures #classicalpiano #classicalmusic #romanticism #alkan