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Piano Board => Repertoire => Topic started by: m1469 on September 10, 2012, 11:45:14 PM

Title: When listening to a brand new work
Post by: m1469 on September 10, 2012, 11:45:14 PM

When you are listening to a brand new work that you have never heard before, what is the first thing you listen for?  Is it any different than how you might listen to a work you're familiar with but are hearing a new artist play?

Title: Re: When listening to a brand new work
Post by: rachmaninoff_forever on September 10, 2012, 11:47:23 PM

That's a good question...

Hmmmm, I don't really listen for anything.  When I finally got my hands on Carl Vine's 2nd sonata, I was so exited I just sat there listening to it.

It wasn't like I expected anything, I just listened to it to see if I would like it or not.

Title: Re: When listening to a brand new work
Post by: j_menz on September 10, 2012, 11:58:31 PM

I think it depends somewhat on whether I am familiar with the composer more generally or the style/genre/ouvre concerned.  The more it fits into that, the more preconceptions I have, I suppose.