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lyslily: The pianist. Earliest piano cat?

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 19:32:51 -0400

lyslily:

The pianist.

Earliest piano cat?

Happy Father’s Day!

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 19:39:37 -0400

Happy Father’s Day!

Aaron and Carissa on Flickr. Accompanying at the OTOB year-end...

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 19:19:00 -0400

Aaron and Carissa on Flickr.

Accompanying at the OTOB year-end recital.
We played Arvo Part’s Spiegel im Spiegel.

Johana Harris plays with astounding grace and...

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 16:02:00 -0400

Johana Harris plays with astounding grace and taste.

polyphonica:

Frescobaldi: Fugue in G Minor. Major innovator in fugal writing for keyboard during the early Baroque.

"A pianist without technique is like a pleasure traveler without money. —Josef Hofmann"

Sat, 15 Jun 2013 20:45:00 -0400

“A pianist without technique is like a pleasure traveler without money.
—Josef Hofmann”

- StockhausenIsMyCat has built a great YouTube playlist of “memorable moments” showcasing various bits of technique at the keyboard. I think I’ll be spending some time here!

Great Pianists’ Technique - YouTube

Here’s part II. Live Richter Hindemith - Ludus Tonalis...

Sat, 15 Jun 2013 20:42:46 -0400

Here’s part II.

Live Richter Hindemith - Ludus Tonalis part 2 (by StockhausenIsMyCat)

polyphonica: Hindemith: Ludus Tonalis (“Game of Tones”)....

Sat, 15 Jun 2013 20:24:05 -0400

polyphonica:

Hindemith: Ludus Tonalis (“Game of Tones”). Embodiment of the composer’s non-diatonic musical system; a modern WTC.

indypendenthistory: President Harry S. Truman Playing the Piano...

Sat, 15 Jun 2013 18:12:19 -0400

indypendenthistory:

President Harry S. Truman Playing the Piano While Jack Benny Plays the Violin, September 3,1959

machomom: My home for the summer

Sat, 15 Jun 2013 16:33:28 -0400

machomom:

My home for the summer

Do you go to a music school?

Sat, 15 Jun 2013 16:27:53 -0400

I’m an alumnus of the University of Western Ontario. My degree was in Theory & Composition. I was a brass player all through school, and I’ve only taken up the piano over the past couple of years since I inherited my grandma’s piano.

composersillustrated: Maurice Ravel by Aubrey Schwartz

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 20:04:10 -0400

composersillustrated:

Maurice Ravel by Aubrey Schwartz

blametheaccompanist: Matthias Goerne singing Schubert’s Du Bist...

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 20:02:14 -0400

blametheaccompanist:

Matthias Goerne singing Schubert’s Du Bist die Ruh.

I only recently started listening to Goerne. He’s been around for some time now, and I’ve totally fallen in love with his voice and the subtleties of his performances.

This is the first Schubert I ever learned (as an accompanist). Gotta say this tempo stretches the limits of what works, but they really pull it off. Hang in there for the climax towards the end, totally worth it.

Unbelievable control of that dramatic decresendo that starts...

Wed, 12 Jun 2013 19:06:16 -0400

Unbelievable control of that dramatic decresendo that starts around 1:10.

What a moment!

fuckyeahglenngould:

Bach - Keyboard Concerto No.1 in D minor, BWV 1052

Glenn Gould with Leonard Bernstein and the New York Philharmonic

Excerpt from the first movement. Two giants, together.

madeyness: Pierre thinks the piano is his couch… Oh Pierre!

Wed, 12 Jun 2013 09:10:43 -0400

madeyness:

Pierre thinks the piano is his couch…

Oh Pierre!

Lots of weird choices here that I don’t care for very...

Tue, 11 Jun 2013 17:54:19 -0400

Lots of weird choices here that I don’t care for very much, but I love the way she plays the repeated note in the melody quieter than the note before.

lavilladeste:

Rosalyn Tureck performs an aria from J.S. Bach’s Goldberg Variations,

from a 2002 lecture on Bach’s ornamentation for the Taubman Institute in Williamstown, Massachusets a few months before her death.

lastarpeggios: Chopin Nocturne Op.27 No.2 - performed by...

Tue, 11 Jun 2013 10:00:56 -0400

lastarpeggios:

Chopin Nocturne Op.27 No.2 - performed by Cherkassky

I’ve never heard anyone play this piece in such a gentle and sensitive way. It’s an interpretation that is very soothing on the ears and that I appreciate very much.

predictablerelapse: I’m sure a cat sleeping in the piano is so...

Mon, 10 Jun 2013 20:05:01 -0400

predictablerelapse:

I’m sure a cat sleeping in the piano is so good for it -_- #cat #kitty #piano #petrof

"A fight with a piano that came near proving disastrous to the greatest of pianists, occurred on..."

Sun, 09 Jun 2013 22:44:46 -0400

“A fight with a piano that came near proving disastrous to the greatest of pianists, occurred on shipboard while Paderewski was on his way to New York a short time ago. Paderewski in his state room had a small upright piano on which to practice. It was fastened to the floor by means of bolts. On the opposite side of the room was the bed. In a heavy storm the piano was loosened by the rolling of the vessel. Straight it made for the pianist and crashed into his bed, nearly pinning him to the wall. Paderewski on reaching the floor rushed to the opposite side of the room. Instantly the piano followed, coming at him with great force. He dodged it, but it came at him again, being hurled about in the room by the rolling of the boat. The pianist tried to get out the door, but could not loosen the bolt and he was thus hemmed in with the tumbling piano which threatened to crush him to death at every second. There was nothing to do but wrestle with the instrument. He grasped it as it came toward him again and after lengthy struggle in which he was nearly exhausted, succeeded in binding it to the wall.”

- – Popular Mechanics, 1902 (via futility closet)

kenjuy: #Piano #Cello #Recital #LIVE #From #Kota #Baru...

Sun, 09 Jun 2013 18:10:08 -0400

kenjuy:

#Piano #Cello #Recital #LIVE #From #Kota #Baru #Parahyangan

Things I love about this: 1. Video footage of Richter 2....

Sun, 09 Jun 2013 15:08:09 -0400

Things I love about this:

1. Video footage of Richter

2. He’s playing French music!

3. These old TV sets for piano music always seem crazy in one weird way or another. What’s with the chandeliers?

cmlegends:

Maurice Ravel
Jeux d’eau

Sviatoslav Richter, piano