expectance

[tompilk]

Is ther anybody else here, who when they listen to 10 seconds of orchestral music, wo waits for the piano to begin, even if it is not a concerto?
It's a problem i have... whenever i listen to classical i expect a piano to kick in somewhere... lol...
Tom

[rc]

Often I'm very relieved to not hear piano... Like after some delicious arpeggio practice

[thalbergmad]

When i first listened to the Beethoven 3rd Piano Concerto, I initially thought i had bought the wrong record.

[pianistimo]

on the other hand, you might think you accidentally got a solo version of a concerto when you hear the beginning of of mozart's K271  (jeunhomme).  doesn't it just start right out with piano?!

i don't think it was until beethoven's 4th and/or 5th pc that this idea was again parried around.

say, have you ever heard busoni's piano concerto?  you think laa dee daah  - this is a really  a symphonic piece and then - boom piano.  or chopin's piano concerto #2 (first movt)

didn't beethoven write a fantasy for piano, symphony, and chorale? anyway, have to listen to see what it starts with.  ok. vladimir ashkenazy plays this really well.  it's op. 80
chorale fantasy - starts with piano and then choir and symphony come in.