Garrick Ohlsson: "Why Chopin? and Other Questions"

No video

Garrick Ohlsson: "Why Chopin? and Other Questions"

Рет қаралды 298,329

UC Berkeley Events

Күн бұрын

Пікірлер: 359

@WesCoastPiano 4 жыл бұрын

I see why this man is the ONLY American to win the Chopin competition. He's absolutely brilliant and this is the finest video on KZfaq.

@andrewc.1240 4 жыл бұрын

I agree. He has a great sense of humor, too. He also posted on Facebook some (tonebase) links of him talking about other pieces in detail.

@JLFAN2009 3 жыл бұрын

Kevn Kenner *sort of* won the 1990 competition, insofar as he finished ahead of the other competitors. It's just that he was awarded only the second prize, as the first prize was withheld that year.

@XYZeNxghtmxre 2 жыл бұрын

@@JLFAN2009 😂

@TwelfthRoot2 11 ай бұрын

kate liu and eric lu both did exceptionally well in the 2015 competition to place third and fourth. If you havent heard them play then i would highly recommended it.

@moriscengic 10 ай бұрын

Why he won it has to do with politics. Poland wanted to join Nato. Simple as that

@mr_tete 2 жыл бұрын

You can tell he's genuinely in love with Chopin. He just lights up talking about him.

@l.matthewblancett8031 3 жыл бұрын

its so great to hear someone else so deeply in love with chopin. me, too.

@rupertsibelius7512 11 жыл бұрын

"My kingdom is quite small, but within it i am really king", and his kingdom was the human heart. What a great marvelous phrase (26:22)

@Seleuce Жыл бұрын

He did actually say both these things. "Bach is like an astronomer who, with the help of ciphers, finds the most wonderful stars. Beethoven infuses the universe with the power of his spirit. I do not climb so high. A long time ago, I decided my universe would be the soul and heart of man."

@PieInTheSky9 10 жыл бұрын

I could listen to this guy for hours! Thanks for uploading this for all to see.

@kristilyons8735 10 жыл бұрын

So could I! What a folksy fellow!

@carlosurbanejasilva1881 3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely charming at the same time as scholarly.

@stevebethhayward858 2 жыл бұрын

Right? My Chopin playing will never be the same 💕🎶

@LucBoeren 11 ай бұрын

He's a great tutor

@jeffnunnally7225 8 ай бұрын

He's got a fanboy vibe I completely relate with. I would sit and listen to him talk Chopin for days.

@ElSmusso 9 жыл бұрын

This video should go viral

@Poeme340 9 жыл бұрын

A consummate professional with the unbridled enthusiasm of a fan. Refreshing!

@John-thinks 2 ай бұрын

I would say A leading interpreter of the work of Chopin. “THE” leading interpreter is extremely bold and hasn’t been a title anyone’s been truly incontestably worthy of since Rubinstein

@liceous 8 жыл бұрын

i love hearing pianists speak and to learn how they think and process music. such a great pianist and lecture (and lecturer!)

@mauielectriccruisers 2 жыл бұрын

I was in kindergarten when I first met the love of my life, sat next to, and glued my left ear to the ebony upright wall, and had visions of angels as the teacher played. No kid could beat me to that seat ever after. I was never given a chance to touch the keys, but watching this master explain the action, more than 50 years later gives me great consolation. Thank you..

@luvenasusanto6938 Жыл бұрын

It’s such a delight to hear him speak! I feel his passion and feel so inspired 😊

@Tristan-zt8tw 5 жыл бұрын

Shout out to John Field for starting the nocturne thing

@PianoScenesMoviesandSeries 5 жыл бұрын

He actually deserves more credit. John Field invented the nocturne. Chopin perfected it.

@musicstewart9744 5 жыл бұрын

I'll need to look and find out how Chopin knew of Field.

@hmangmail1687 4 жыл бұрын

Field's nocturnes are gorgeous as well but there is just nothing like Chopin. Definitely listen to them though you won't regret it.

@EmmanuelSikora 3 жыл бұрын

John Field's Concertos influenced Chopin's to a great extent.

@SuperTicklemonsters 3 жыл бұрын

@@musicstewart9744 If I recall correctly, Field actually saw Chopin perform, they were sorta contemporaries

@mrnarason 7 жыл бұрын

16:00 great point about how Chopin took into consideration the hands, I think he said that the ring finger was the weakest so he composed for it accordingly. Also Chopin said the c major scale shouldn't be learned first because the fingering is apparently more difficult then other scales.

@donaldaxel Жыл бұрын

That is right, Chopin placed the student's hand on B major scale, E F# G# A# B (12345) and emphasized that is the natural. I have for decades sought to find the way Chopin's technique prioritizeds fingering and the former Polish Urtext, Paderewsky edition, is brillant showing Chopin's fingering in cursive and helping with normal typeface places where Chopin's fingering is missing or not the only solution. But Ohlsson is *so* right about Chopin not striving for impossible equality between fingers - and that does NOT imply that he played scales or runs with unbalanced, irregular accents! (haha, of course) - he had a sharp ear for egalite/legato. So you need to listen and compensate for the fourth and fifth fingers being "under-dogs".

@curtisgrindahl446 3 жыл бұрын

Exquisite way to spend an hour... what a delightful man... I love his mind, his passion and of course, his brilliance at the piano. Thanks KZfaq for dropping this in my queue after first introducing me to Garrick Ohlsson in another video. You've hooked me... 👹

@KenL414 Жыл бұрын

Garrick is just so fascinating to listen to - I've learned so much about the piano and music in general from videos featuring him. I didn't think it was possible but I came away from this particular one in even more awe of Chopin than I already was.

@ondgaku271 10 жыл бұрын

Ohlsson is absolutely right in regards to almost everything he says. Good upload.

@RWinkley02124 13 жыл бұрын

One of the best renditions of the Nocturne (and deconstructions) I've heard - so beautiful!

@metteholm4833 4 жыл бұрын

This is fantastic, Garrick Ohlsson. Thank you! Molto!

@jonathanrowe1368 4 жыл бұрын

Every time he says "Sorry, I'm not warmed up." I die a little.

@SoniListon-lu4cn 2 ай бұрын

In a words of cole porter 😂

@premierepasta1562 8 жыл бұрын

Woah! That was the best execution of the D-flat Nocturne I've ever heard!

@bernamej 2 жыл бұрын

Oh man. What a blessing ! If there was a 48 hours chopinothon lecture hosted by Olssohn i wouldn’t miss a second of it. 30 years ago, I discovered Chopin, and it was a cosmic revelation to me. Today, whenever i want to feal that fire burning, I turn to Chopin either in music or in discussion. I try not to listen to his music too much, to preserve it. But I can never have enough musician commentaries about the man and his music. If I could meet one man on this earth it would be a close call between Jesus, Chopin and Hitler.

@juliusholstein2376 2 жыл бұрын

Good picks, lmao.

@Tom-iv5pw 2 жыл бұрын

Why in God's name would you want to meet Mr. H?

@bellatopia9660 Жыл бұрын

I totally agree with what you wrote except meeting H..?? 😂

@Michelle6998832 Жыл бұрын

Why the need to be or at leat try to appear intimidating? You wrote such heartfelt emotions you feel towards Mr. Chopin & his works, so why the Gun pointing icon & meeting Hittler? Sorry, I know that's non of my business but I do have a honest sort of curiosity to understand in a human level such statement. I see you're well over 30 (according to your comment), so it's fair to assume you're well over 30 yourself? I'm 37 & I'd love to hear your true answer. Thanks.

@bernamej Жыл бұрын

@@Michelle6998832 I don’t see the controversy just saying that Chopin is on my top 3 human beings I would love to see, and know personnaly.

@anesthesiabeyond8519 2 жыл бұрын

What a great analysis of Chopin’s works by an expert! Understood and learned a lot more! Thanks 🙏🙏🙏

@nicksartino 3 жыл бұрын

Op 27 no 2. is the greatest piece of music of all time. Mr. Ohlsson understands the delicacy of the piece perfectly

@chrisconnor8086 2 жыл бұрын

Ballade no 3…

@juliusholstein2376 2 жыл бұрын

@@chrisconnor8086 grande polonaise op.22

@landryessono8267 2 жыл бұрын

Barcarolle Op 60

@buddydog1956 Жыл бұрын

@@landryessono8267 I agree, and with Op.27 No.2 , second ~

@unownnnn Жыл бұрын

Amazing we get this knowledge freely. Thank you

@eddiebeato5546 2 жыл бұрын

Garrick Ohlsson is alike brilliant and delightful!!! Thanks for posting!

@coloraturaElise Жыл бұрын

I'm a musician (voice, clarinet, sax, flute), but not a pianist, and am really enjoying this. When I listen to Chopin, I hear someone who understood the piano more than any other composer I can think of, meaning he knew what the piano could do, that it had not done yet, but he could hear it in his head, and he made it happen....those colors, those sounds....amazing! btw, to hear that Chopin loved bel canto opera makes perfect sense to me, since that's my area of specialty, and of course, explains why I love his music so much. Mr. Ohlsson mentions that you can't sing his melodies because the range is too wide, and in fact, being a coloratura soprano, I tried the experiment! He was right.....it's too rangy to sound good.

@AnnathePiana 2 жыл бұрын

My God I could listen to him talk and play all day.

@beatlessteve1010 2 жыл бұрын

I love any talk about Chopin ..his music is just that inspiring.

@markus7894 2 жыл бұрын

He is so well spoken! And beautiful very clear hearing examples! Thanks for posting!

@catcadenza2493 9 ай бұрын

I enjoyed that very much. One of my piano students attended Mr. Ohlsson’s concert here in Seattle November 8, 2023 and he said it was incredible!

@HAL_NlNETH0USAND 12 жыл бұрын

By saying he taught 'Scarlatti' he meant that Chopin taught Scarlatti pieces to his pupils.

@rysegs4498 3 жыл бұрын

Maybe he was mistook Scarlatti for Scriabin but that wouldn’t make any sense either since the latter was born in 1872.

@PhillipLWilcher 12 жыл бұрын

Thank you Thomas for sharing this with me. Ohlsson is insightful, eloquent and satisfying! Wonderful!

@GregorioGomezjewelrydesinger 10 жыл бұрын

Im just a listener , and i love Chopin Music . I heard Chopin nocturne 2 opus 9 when i was 10 and i still love it . Thank you

@bm4114 2 жыл бұрын

He says “sorry I’m not warmed up.” I guess I’m over here still getting warmed up after 30 years lol

@mrusso8 12 жыл бұрын

This is absolutely brilliant, thank you so much for sharing it.

@royschwaben9646 Жыл бұрын

Ohlsson: I'd like to play it for you, if I may. *closes sheet music* *plays from memory* lol. What a wonderful lecture! Thanks for publishing. This kind of content makes the internet great.

@arpeggiomikey Жыл бұрын

I've crossed paths with Garrick a number of times through the years; I even had the privilege of playing for him on one amazing -- and a bit nerve-wracking -- occasion, and I've always come away feeling musically, and spiritually, enriched. A very kind, humble and witty man, his great music-making has been a blessing throughout much of my concert going experience. 😁👍🎼🎶🎹

@VallaMusic 11 жыл бұрын

love GO, love Chopin Chopin's music revealed what expression was possible when the masculine and feminine are balanced within

@LondonarabS 4 жыл бұрын

Mr Olson thank you for your time and insight

@bobomber 2 жыл бұрын

This guy is quite entertaining to listen to. Full of insight and clearly loves what he does. Doesn't hurt that he's playing my favorite Nocturne.

@thienkimhoang554 8 жыл бұрын

There are very good lessons for me to learn in here, not only for orchestration, but including the harmony language. I am listening to Lili Boulanger's music and have found that the colours of this work not only very close to Maurice Ravel, Claude Debussy but as well as Bela Bartok. Because we can really enjoy the greenish pentatonic sound in here. I think I love it.

@AlexEckelberry 12 жыл бұрын

Chopin is a musical great. There has been a snobbism about him -- and I've believe Glenn Gould, in a sense, dismissed him in favor of Bach. But this video really helps sets the record straight. Chopin was a great master -- one of the greatest composers of piano music in history. And even though much of his music is overplayed and, hence, trite, if you've played it, you know it's not trivial at all. It's quite masterful.

@paulMcGlothin 10 жыл бұрын

Truly great insights and playing by Ohlsson

@annettearena3218 2 жыл бұрын

I got here from seeing Garrick on an old Duck Cavett show. Garrick had just won the competition in Poland. Interesting to see him in this video! Wonderful pianist and speaker!

@PJGRAND 3 жыл бұрын

To me Chopin is the King of Piano Composers

@Chopin4321 8 жыл бұрын

full of wisdom and beauty...muses all around...he really loves chopin... thank you, such a simple wise trick he gives at 54:08 ..." that´s what I would like to sound...take the difficulty out of the thing, and hear what you want the music to do, and then figure out how to make your hand do that..."

@PhillipLWilcher 12 жыл бұрын

I believe it was once thought that Chopin's music could correct any "deformity" of the hand, if studied, so great was his understanding of the hand's capabilities and what the hand could do. The other thing to remember is that Chopin's music, despite it being solely for the piano, was a vocal conception. His first love was the voice and the bel canto of Bellini, but he transferred it to the VOICE of the piano. His hands served as his vocal cords.

@jkingenglish Жыл бұрын

madness. just beautiful

@PhillipLWilcher Жыл бұрын

@@jkingenglish Blessings!

@e.hutchence-composer8203 5 жыл бұрын

I need to find these pianos that Chopin played on, to even be in the same room as an instrument that Chopin played on would be... like a dream

@michelgenlis9893 Жыл бұрын

You would be disapointed as I was when I played a few notes on a Chopin's piano in the Cité de la Musique in Paris...

@esprit-critique 11 жыл бұрын

What a wonderful and insightful conference by this great pianist!!! So many fine comments that it is intoxicating! It is always interesting to shed light on Chopin's art so subtle and often misunderstood by comparing him with other composers.

@rupertsibelius7512 11 жыл бұрын

isn´t it Chopin an architect of poetry for the heart and soul? a unique architect of this sort, never before or after heard about? sorry for being so obvious but i cant find the right words

@Mpompadour 8 жыл бұрын

Bravo! This was most enjoyable. Thank You!

@futureshock7425 6 жыл бұрын

This is absolutely excellent

@LongDriveChamp03 12 жыл бұрын

At 1:16:20 did anybody else expect the guy to say Alkan's name? Because Alkan and Chopin were best friends and both wrote almost exclusively for the piano.

@SuperTicklemonsters 3 жыл бұрын

We need more discussion of Alkan today. He mentioned earlier how Chopin was a music snob, well he loved him some Alkan!

@PhillipLWilcher 12 жыл бұрын

His linking of Chopin to Mozart is correct. They share the same electricity. Given that, Chopin's foundation was Bach. Ohlsson is so great!

@toewomg 2 жыл бұрын

This is such a fascinating clip to watched, what I learned from it gives me more ways to enjoy Chopin’s music. Thank you, Mr. Ohlsson.

@wrsdes Жыл бұрын

Thank you for this venerated knowledge video. Bless you Gentlemen !

@abrahamjustice777 Жыл бұрын

Wonderful...thanks so much!

@jdbrown371 9 жыл бұрын

One of the best piano lectures ever. Chopin becomes interesting and makes sense.

@smikkelbeer6352 7 жыл бұрын

He has always been interesting and he always made sense

@thegreenpianist7683 6 жыл бұрын

Smikkelbeer I was about to say that

@rysegs4498 6 жыл бұрын

Love Garrick's lectures and playing. His attention to detail is fascinating. I wish he would do more of these lectures. Wouldn't mind hearing an all Liszt lecture.

@TomCL-vb6xc 5 жыл бұрын

Smikkelbeer I think he means for the average listener of chopin or even the average player. A lot of people may understand what Chopin was doing with his music but as to how he did it before others is a subject less explored. In terms of musical theory, this is a great segway for anyone interested in learning more than the often misconstrued stereotypes about Chopin. I’ve listened to almost all of his music and I still learned something from this lecture.

@akelofgren9468 Жыл бұрын

Importante link Bach-Chopin,song-Chopin/,singing /women-Chopin,,for me so essential that l play Chopin,organplay Bach+romantic,sing much but also inside sing how even a pianopiece shall sound,Dreams of my love

@MrInterestingthings 6 жыл бұрын

If only we could get other pianists talking about music , the piano and even pianos themselves . I wish there was a church where we could listen to Ohlsson expand expansively everyday !

@WilliamAhlert 6 жыл бұрын

far better than you typical pseudo intellectual, this is so insightful; concepts, contexts, techniques, etcetera...Great

@ThePianoenergy 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you for uploading this. Absoultely great guy and pianist, unfortunately not so often heard here in Europe. Very interesting and inspiring talk.

@bifeldman 5 жыл бұрын

Garrick is wonderful. The moderator struggles to form a good question and to ask it.

@David-R. 7 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for posting this.

@akkapongsungkajuntra7828 11 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much, I learn a lot of from you. Big Thank you. :)

@JamesVaughan 12 жыл бұрын

Yes, I know that, it was his mother's country, and he was born there. But he was exactly half-French on his father's side, lived the second half of his life in France (and died there), was a French citizen, and signed his name Frederic-Francois Chopin. Throughout his life, however, he held a deep emotional attachment to Poland (and you can hear it in so much of his music--especially, of course, in the Mazurkas and Polonaises, but in many other works too).

@helenrushful 10 жыл бұрын

a lovely talk, with insightful and valuable comments, the performance of the nocturne is not ideal, but not his fault, a dodgy piano and mic positioning isn't helping. He picked a tricky piece to highlight, and his hands were not warmed up fully either. The other thing to take into account is the fact we are so used to hearing recordings of these pieces edited 'bar-by-bar' so every nuance is perfect. . . live performance is another thing altogether. . .

@WiEar 2 жыл бұрын

I agree. The piece did not become quite unified. And I think it was not only due to the circumstances you mentioned; it was also some lack of interpretation. It could very well be that Mr Ohlsson had not fully understood this piece, for himself, that is, because of which it never became really jointed. It reminds me of Chopin's comment on his piece on Polish airs; he said that he had never managed to give it a consistent form; it remained a kind of potpourri of Polish songs ... and I agree, though I always LOVE to listen to it notwithstanding!!!

@stevebethhayward858 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Thank you!

@aldente1967 Жыл бұрын

Hearing the Nocture I recognized how far away and wich level Dinu Lipatti had reached in this short life. But anyway a very nice video. Thx

@costep 9 жыл бұрын

Fantastic lecture!

@falldog9 2 жыл бұрын

Brilliant, thank you.

@JamesVaughan 11 жыл бұрын

Yes--he left Poland around 1830, but unfortunately never returned. He felt a lot of homesickness for his homeland--you can hear it in his Mazurkas, many of which are melancholy in mood.

@tajadd9446 3 жыл бұрын

You can hear his homesickness for Poland in ALL of his pieces. They're filled with a certain type of melancholy only Polish people have. The mazurkas are named after an actual region in Poland called Mazury. People who don't know anything about Poland picture nothing when they hear these names and pieces. Poles see fields of wheat, forests, green areas, lakes (Mazury!!!). There's a certain mood of melancholy in Chopin. At the time, Poland was under occupation. It ceased to exist as a country. It was wiped off the world map. There was a certain (melancholy) Polish national mood during Chopin's time: homesickness for something lost. If you don't hear this loss in Chopin, you don't get the emotion of the piece. You won't get the sudden moments when the music suddenly picks up, like jerking someone around to wake up, an uprising. Technical brilliance is nothing if you fail to convey the emotion. I don't hear what I know I should be hearing in any Chopin interpreters. This is the Romantic period. His country is gone. Chopin is ill. He can't assist in the uprisings again the occupiers because he is ill. He writes pieces that sound Polish to boot. He goes to France, the country that at the time was the center of Europe. What this guy calls 'improvisation' in the mazurkas just sounds like a typically Polish countryside. This guy doesn't hear it because he knows nothing about Poland.

@ler_47 2 жыл бұрын

F. CHOPIN SAVED THE WORLD!!

@LazlosPlane Жыл бұрын

Met Ohlsson over 40 years ago at Hunter College in NYC when he played an informal recital at the music department. Bit of an angry dude...he's really mellowed. Of course when he played the b-minor Scherzo he practically destroyed the piano.

@erichuber9021 Жыл бұрын

Thank you

@JohnS-il1dr 2 жыл бұрын

His Rach 3 was breathtaking. He makes it look "easy".

@AlexanderHaikkanen 11 жыл бұрын

Chopin born in Poland, his music was Poland, he asked sister to get his heart to Poland. You said that he is French?

@biffii5568 5 жыл бұрын

he is at least part french. But yeah, anyone being serious would obviously say he is Polish.

@joannaslabon2021 3 жыл бұрын

His father was French. But emigrated to Poland and married Polish woman. But his music is Polish, hard to explain it, it's just is. Historically Poland didn't even exist when Chopin was born. But the soul of the nation survived.

@amjan 2 жыл бұрын

@@joannaslabon2021 Poland didn't exist on paper. But live doesn't happen on paper. So Poland did really exist, but not officialy.

@polenc7167 7 жыл бұрын

Wonderful interview. As an aside I recommend listening to Eben Goresko lecture demonstration on the tuning system actually used by Chopin. Check out how different, beautiful and colorful Chopin sounds in this 19th century tuning system. You will be surprised

@danielfiori 4 жыл бұрын

amazing analysis

@michaeltierra6388 2 жыл бұрын

Wonderful. Best talk on Chopin and the op 27 D flat nocturne.

@wonderlin1 8 жыл бұрын

Anyone know someone in Poland that wants to get postcards from the USA, & reciprocate? Chopin is alive in Warsaw - much to do there in said regard!

@bach5861 12 жыл бұрын

father doesn't matter; his mother was POLISH

@johnireland6301 Жыл бұрын

This is a master at work

@TwelfthRoot2 11 ай бұрын

regarding the question at 1:18:00 it's been said that 1:18:50 rachmaninoff chose his openings (piano + loud orchestra) to get the pianist warmed up and remove some of the nerves before the more audible parts.

@PhillipLWilcher 12 жыл бұрын

How he touches upon the polyphonic textures in the later Eb Nocturne (Op 55, I think) - yes! That's the type of counterpoint I spoke about with you some months ago that happens with Chopin. Ohlsson is so satisfying and revealing. Overtones - the inherency of the first note etc etc...... He understands Chopin's own understanding of sonority - how he speaks of singers and the beauty of sound, the magic being in the writing etc. The linking to Brahms and Bach! Wonderful!

@CheekyVimto08 14 жыл бұрын

i'm really glad i found this thanks very much for uploading

@briangharst3959 Жыл бұрын

Fascinating

@MrInterestingthings 6 жыл бұрын

If you love music you would almost rather hear him demystify chopin (almost) than even hear even the best piano playing . this is why noone who has not studied with a master should ever criticize a pianists he hears .Few of us have any idea what their aims are ! I always want to know why and what is happening in Beethoven and Chopin . When Ohllsohn talks about Db Nocturne he opens up worlds that will make us all better . The middle nineteenth century is really when the pianist joins the orchestra having so many textures and voices made possible by composers such as Chopin . Ohllsohn talks about John Field ( Moscheles,Kalkbreener ,Cramer, Mendellssohn ) only in passing to show us the astounding genius that far surpasses Feild . Nothing better than hearing him talk about the Late Nocturnes op. 62 especially . Friedman's recording is supposed to be the best Chopin recording ever made . I just relistened to Hofmann's Berceuse . It's Hofmann's least temperamental most controlled and inspired performance . His Andante spianato outshines rubinstein even Horowitz. Hear Argerich adn Zimmermann in this too if you are a pianists you will know the impossibilities they accomplish along with their magical musicianly impulses !

@JOTHYJOTHY 13 жыл бұрын

beautiful playing!

@wbiro 9 жыл бұрын

He emphasizes getting the 'sound' you want - which mainly involves dynamic level, which makes me think ahead to the future, when dynamics will be scored not in the preset (and increasingly archaic) handful of piano levels, but in shades of decibels, where the trained pianist will master, and be able to recognize and render, many dynamic levels - I would venture to say around twenty. This would make for more accurate phrasings, phrase progressions, and phrase relationships... it is how computer 'pianists' are currently programmed, and that mentality will no doubt inevitably carry over into future scores for trained human pianists as well...

@artymowycz 12 жыл бұрын

I totally agree. I would never be able to compete in piano competitions and have a lot of respect for those who do. I would love to be able to effectively but I think i am more suited for composing.

@udonloews1301 Жыл бұрын

Mr. Ohlsson always brings in beautiful sound, besides being witty and A GREAT PIANO MAESTRO!

@tue-hainguyen3632 2 жыл бұрын

Love his playing

@gerardbedecarter 12 жыл бұрын

A wonderful illustrated lecture !!!!!!!!

@quinton1110 4 жыл бұрын

I loved this!!!

@anne7core0 12 жыл бұрын

Are there any more recorded interviews with this inspired and inspiring man.

@coloraturaElise Жыл бұрын

Yes

@boobtuber06 11 жыл бұрын

33:00 no better words could describe that piece, for it was the one that made me largely depart from the works of Beethoven.

@possiblypoet 2 жыл бұрын

33:00

@artymowycz 11 жыл бұрын

I would give you the book where i read it "Great pianists of the 20th century" it does not go into detail, but it does say that he was discouraged from Chopin based on failure.

@whatzause 2 жыл бұрын

If, as it says here, this presentation was given 11 years ago, I therefore don’t know if Mr. Ohlsson is likely to see this present comment of mine. But I’d like to assert that his demonstration of the harmonics of a piano note, which he aptly accomplished by striking a key while holding down others, in turn, and letting us hear those undamped strings’ sympathetic vibrations-I assert that harmonic ingredient deals us an even stronger idea of that which makes a composition “pianistic”-more to the point even than his earlier description involving the aspects of a performer’s hand, and such, as a source of what made Chopin’s insight into “pianistic” quality so deep. I quote Vladimir Horowitz also, on that same inherent “pianism” of Chopin and others: “They knew how to make it sound.” (Not to disparage Mr. Ohlsson’s concepts spoken earlier however.)