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Schubert String Quintet in C major, Op 163, D. 956 - Adagio

First held in 1962, the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition has established itself as a joyous festival dedicated to the discovery and celebration of the world's finest young pianists. 
Nobuyuki Tsujii (born September 13, 1988) is an amazing Japanese pianist, born blind but gifted with a talent for music. 
John Giordano who was jury chairman for the Cliburn competition, said, “He’s amazing. We closed our eyes and it’s so phenomenal that it’s hard to withhold your tears. Nobu played the most difficult hour-long Beethoven piece (Hammerklavier, Sonata no. 29) flawlessly. For anyone, it’s extraordinary. But for someone blind who learns by ear, it’s mind-boggling.”
Watch him live on Youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDtT5sSu5VQ

Chopin: Études, Op. 10: Étude No. 6 in E-Flat Minor

Igor Lipinski plays Igor Stravinsky Piano Sonata (1924) I. Quarter Note = 112 | Live at Kilbourn Hall, Eastman School of Music (April 29, 2011)

Igor Stravinsky Piano Sonata (1924) 1st Movement

This piece originates from Robert Schumann's 'Album für die Jugend' - a collection of 43 short works that were composed for his three daughters. The opus 68 'Album für die Jugend' is, unlike 'Kinderszenen', meant to be played by children, although the collection is divided in two parts - and the second is marked 'Für Erwachsenere', from no. 19, 'Kleine Romanze', onwards. 

'Wilder Reiter', or - as it is more commonly referred to, 'The Wild Horseman', is the eight piece of the collection. It is a short and easy, albeit wonderful piece due to its evocative, enthralling composition. It is essentially a lesson in staccato phrasing (one can really imagine the horseman trotting about), and teaches the pianist how to lead the cantabile with both hands, while accompanying with the other. The first section, where the melody is led by the right hand, is repeated. What follows is an intermezzo, if you will, where the left hand leads the melody - an inverse variation on the first section. The piece concludes with a third repetition of the first section. 

I am fascinated by the images that the piece conjures. Is the horseman clad in medieval armour, riding past you in a jousting roundabout? In measures 5 through 8 I deliberately retained some intensity in favour of conveying how the horseman has galloped past the listener (who is of course, stationary), and is making another pass. The second section, measures 9 through 16, seem to indicate the 'wild' in the horseman. Is he perhaps struggling to contain the horse, who has run amok? But then the first section is repeated, and the controlled, frivolous atmosphere reassures and consoles the listener. 

illustration: Géricault - 'Head of White Horse', ca. 1810, Musée du Louvre, Paris

R. Schumann - Wilder Reiter (The Wild Horseman) op. 68 no. 8 in A minor

Cik līdzīgas šīs gleznas : Kavaradossi ārija no operas "Toska", dzied Artūrs Priednieks-Kavara

Tosca. Recondita armonia / Giacomo Puccini


Menahem Pressler, piano

Grieg, Piano concerto in A minor Op. 16
Orchester der Wiener Festspiele - Direction Jean Marie Auberson

Mendelssohn, Piano concerto in G minor Op. 25
Wienna Oper Orchestra - Direction Hans Swarowsky

2 Romanze - Larghetto (Edvard Grieg, Piano concerto in A minor, Op.16)

Charles Haupt, violin
Shieh-Jian Tsai, violin
Feng Hew, cello
Robert Hausmann, cello
Virginia Barron, viola

Burchfield Penney Art Center at Buffalo State College
Peter & Elizabeth C. Tower Auditorium
Thursday, April 15, 2010 

Franz Schubert (1797 - 1828) String Quintet In C Major, D.956, Op.163  2. Adagio

D.Scarlatti - Fandango

Johannes Brahms:
Two Intermezzi from Klavierstucke Op. 119, in b minor and e minor

Johannes Brahms

David Loebel conducts the New England Conservatory Symphony in a performance of Stravinsky's Firebird Suite. Recorded live at NEC's Jordan Hall April 14, 2011.
For more information: http://necmusic.edu/concerts 

Stravinsky: Firebird Suite - The Firebird and its Dance  Variation of the Firebird

Liszt - Mephisto Waltz

 Xixi Zhou (M.M. '12,) student of Hung-Kuan Chen performs excerpts from Prokofiev's Piano Sonata No. 7 during the 2012 Commencement concert. Recorded live May 19, 2012 in NEC's Jordan Hall, Boston.
For more information: http://necmusic.edu

Sergei Prokofiev - Piano Sonata No 7 in B flat major - Precipitato

The Sussex Symphony Orchestra - live recordings from the orchestra based in Brighton, UK.  

http://www.ssomusic.co.uk

Verdi - Dies Irae - From the Requiem (Sussex Chorus)

https://www.innova.mu/albums/grand-valley-state-university-gvsu-new-music-ensemble/steve-reichs-music-18-musicians

Schubert String Quintet in C major, Op 163, D. 956 - Adagio

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