Wednesday, September 1, 2010

Stephen Hough's Performance of Mompou's Jeunes Filles au Jardin


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
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2 comments:

  1. jhSeptember 1, 2010 at 8:12 PM

    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

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  2. Curtis FavilleSeptember 1, 2010 at 8:30 PM

    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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