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pianonut

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interruptions

on: June 29, 2005, 03:48:48 AM

on page 223 of roeder's 'the history of piano concertos' there is a program of chopin's...typical of nineteenth-century practice "in that it includes a lighter work, a song, inserted between the first and second movement of his E minor piano concerto." just thought it was interesting. an interruption on purpose.

ps another interruption that chopin appreciated was applause after each one of his variations (op. 2) on 'la ci darem la mano' (written when he was only 17). supposedly it was a characteristic practice of the time.

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quantum

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Re: interruptions

Reply #1 on: July 03, 2005, 03:23:54 AM

I also remember reading that it was also customary to repeat a movement as an encore, if the applause asked for it.

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pianonut

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Re: interruptions

Reply #2 on: July 05, 2005, 02:52:22 AM

people were more relaxed back then, it seems.

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Reply #3 on: July 05, 2005, 03:08:33 AM

Yes. Now we all have ADD. Plus we're uptight. That's interesting about the song between movements. I'll try that at a my next recital. "Before the next movement of my Chopin Sonata, I'd like you all to meet my big fat tenor friend."

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pianonut

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Re: interruptions

Reply #4 on: July 05, 2005, 12:47:45 PM

nowdays, i think people just want you to prove yourself quickly and are not there for the entertainment side.

ps chopin used the 'song' between movemnts of a piano concerto and not a sonata (being the sonata has shorter mvts)

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thalberg

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Reply #5 on: July 05, 2005, 01:23:43 PM

Yes, I know, but I'm not planning on playing the concertos. Just the sonatas.

If you want to hear another unconventional thing, Chopin would sometimes play just the F major section of his second Ballade and not the A minor section. Isn't that weird?

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pianonut

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Reply #6 on: July 05, 2005, 01:42:04 PM

hmm. was he suggesting others could do this too, depending upon how they feel at the time of performance?

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