Here's a placeholder in the procession of more ambitious blog entries. En passant, the British-Australian classical pianist, Stephen Hough, played Mompou's Jeunes Filles au Jardin (from the suite Scenes d'Enfants, 1915-1918) as an encore to a Rachmaninoff piano concerto, which is available here--http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvQzYsLYw2E--if you have iTunes or a similar music software on board.
I once read that Mompou was coveted by European virtuosos as the quintessential encore composer, and this is a perfect example. Music like this can bring tears to your eyes, evoking of the dams of emotion that build up behind unconscious memories or remorse.
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Note: I misquoted the URL for the piece referenced in today's blog. The correct URL is http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gCquIhX20w. Sorry. -CF
2 comments:
curtis
that sort of intimacy in music is debased a bit on computer speakers
it's almost like you have to be near a real piano for this music
it must touch the skin
not just the ear
i spent a good while studying SUITE COMPOSTELANA for guitar
a dreamy delightful work
as a matter of fact
i'm going to go back to it
very soon
i have a beautiful classical guitar in my studio
that hough guy has chops
no doubt aboudit
thanks
jh
jh:
Sorry! I misquoted the URL.
The correct one is
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gCquIhX20w
Even better than the one I linked before.
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