Prok 2 Cadenza VID

[viking]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ff_Itcduh60

[zheer]

  Great stuff.

[ramseytheii]

Tell us if you succeeded in the competition.

Walter Ramsey

[viking]

I got 3rd...

[pita bread]

respect to yo long hair, true

You have such power in your playing. Only two things bother me. First is that I think you drop down dynamically too much at the repeated chord section. Secondly, there are sections where you pause too much, losing the whole menacing feeling. Otherwise, great job!

The arrival at the "colossal" part was justly massive 

[viking]

Yes, I was trying to organize a unique cadenza that's powerful in the right places without banging the crap out of the whole piece.  However, what I was doing was coming down in volume, and intensity.  Im reworking the piece so that I dont come down as much, and keep the intensity through the whole cadenza.  Thanks for the very intelligent comment. 

Sam

[pianistimo]

agreed with the intensity part.  even at the beginning of the cadenza.  seems that prokofiev always did seem to have that menacing type feel.  you are romanticizing him, imo - although i tend to like it your way instead of menacing.  why couldn't prokofiev have had just one good day?  he was some kind of basher. 

[andhow04]

has anybody ever told you you look like Pooh Bear?

[rachfan]

Hi viking,

Great job!  I really appreciate your studying and posting this portion of the Second Concerto.  There has been a recent stirring of interest in this work.  Until now, it seemed to be eclipsed by the Third.  In my opinion the Second is every bit as good as the Third, and just as important in Prokofiev's ouvre.  It also has a more neo-romantic style to it, which provides a good contrast to the more percussive Second and First concerti.  Your playing is artistic, incisive, both powerful and subtle, and displays fine musicianship and musicality throughout.  It was a pleasure to listen to you play that particular portion of the work, as the cadenza is so beautiful. 

[viking]

Thanks for all your very insightful comments.  I agree that this piece has been unjustly overshadowed by the third concerto.  However, it is easy to understand why, given the demanding piano part of not only the cadenza, but the whole concerto.  It is also a very tricky piece to conduct, so I imagine it is not often a first choice of artistic directors to program into their season. 


andhow04
WHO ARE YOU??  DO I KNOW YOU??

Sam

[ramseytheii]

Bravo!

Walter Ramsey