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Topic: Rachmaninoff op 23 no 5 info?  (Read 1272 times)

Offline mralkanesque

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Rachmaninoff op 23 no 5 info?
on: October 11, 2013, 03:11:14 AM
I am performing Rachmaninoff's prelude in G minor for an upcoming event and it is required that I give a short speech about the repertoire before I play. Does anybody have any interesting historical or personal stories regarding this piece? Thanks in advance.
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Offline dima_76557

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Re: Rachmaninoff op 23 no 5 info?
Reply #1 on: October 11, 2013, 09:57:10 AM
Quote from: mralkanesque on October 11, 2013, 03:11:14 AM
I am performing Rachmaninoff's prelude in G minor for an upcoming event and it is required that I give a short speech about the repertoire before I play. Does anybody have any interesting historical or personal stories regarding this piece? Thanks in advance.

Wikipedia has some info on this prelude:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prelude_in_G_minor_%28Rachmaninoff%29

Besides, there is also the YouTube clip where young Emil Gilels plays this prelude for Russian soldiers at the front as a symbol of Russian braveness in the war against the Nazis in 1943. Warplanes are flying over, Gilels looks up but never stops playing. Talking about immortal music. Intense clip! :)
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Re: Rachmaninoff op 23 no 5 info?
Reply #2 on: October 11, 2013, 06:08:43 PM
Thanks!
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