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Post by mikef6 on Mar 1, 2024 14:29:19 GMT
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Post by petrolino on Mar 2, 2024 4:09:06 GMT
The 2nd piece played in this clip you shared is my joint favourite classical piano piece of all time (and how about that military polonaise) with Liszt's 2nd Hungarian Rhapsody (Looney Tunes!).
'Heroic Polonaise' | 'Rhapsody 2'
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I was made to learn piano from the age of 4. If I developed a holy quartet within the classical sphere that was predominant within English musical tutorial circles at the time it would be Frédéric Chopin, Franz Liszt, Antonín Dvořák and Claude Debussy.
'Humoresque' | 'Claire De Lune'
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Post by mikef6 on Mar 2, 2024 5:50:42 GMT
petrolino I was never very musical. I played the alto sax in high school band for three years, mainly to get bussed to the football games. But back in the 4th grade my school sent us downtown to where the local symphony gave a series of Young Peoples’ Concerts, possibly copying Leonard Berstein’s TV specials. Anyway, that didn’t pay off for another 10 years when I acquired a set of Beethoven’s symphonies. Since then I have been mostly focused on orchestral music and, later, opera. But lately I discovered pianist Yuja Wang and my interest in solo piano music is growing. Artur Rubenstein is masterful. I was in awe during the performance. I also loved the Liszt, Dvořák, and Debussy pieces. Thanks so much for posting them.
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Post by petrolino on Mar 2, 2024 5:58:22 GMT
petrolino I was never very musical. I played the alto sax in high school band for three years, mainly to get bussed to the football games. But back in the 4th grade my school sent us downtown to where the local symphony gave a series of Young Peoples’ Concerts, possibly copying Leonard Berstein’s TV specials. Anyway, that didn’t pay off for another 10 years when I acquired a set of Beethoven’s symphonies. Since then I have been mostly focused on orchestral music and, later, opera. But lately I discovered pianist Yuja Wang and my interest in solo piano music is growing. Artur Rubenstein is masterful. I was in awe during the performance. I also loved the Liszt, Dvořák, and Debussy pieces. Thanks so much for posting them.
I learnt alto saxophone too (my mother's a saxophonist so wanted maximum use of her instrument when she got it as we weren't a well-off family).
My uncles, who were great on guitar, played with some of the best, though the key player in our life (who loved my gifted uncle) was Puerto Rican guitarist José Feliciano who's my father's joint favourite with Brian May (Queen) to this day.
'Somebody To Love'
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Post by petrolino on Mar 3, 2024 3:15:57 GMT
petrolino I was never very musical. I played the alto sax in high school band for three years, mainly to get bussed to the football games. But back in the 4th grade my school sent us downtown to where the local symphony gave a series of Young Peoples’ Concerts, possibly copying Leonard Berstein’s TV specials. Anyway, that didn’t pay off for another 10 years when I acquired a set of Beethoven’s symphonies. Since then I have been mostly focused on orchestral music and, later, opera. But lately I discovered pianist Yuja Wang and my interest in solo piano music is growing. Artur Rubenstein is masterful. I was in awe during the performance. I also loved the Liszt, Dvořák, and Debussy pieces. Thanks so much for posting them.
I learnt alto saxophone too (my mother's a saxophonist so wanted maximum use of her instrument when she got it as we weren't a well-off family).
My uncles, who were great on guitar, played with some of the best, though the key player in our life (who loved my gifted uncle) was Puerto Rican guitarist José Feliciano who's my father's joint favourite with Brian May (Queen) to this day.
Just like to share this here as an illustration of the man's art, having stumbled upon it, as one of my late aunts was born in Bilbao, Spain.
Jose Feliciano
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