Piano Forum

Piano Street Magazine:
Watch the Chopin Competition 2025 with us!

Great news for anyone who loves Chopin’s music! Piano Street’s Chopin Competition tool now includes all 1,848 recorded performances from the Preliminary Round to Stage 3. Dive in and listen now! Read more

Topic: Humour found in piano works  (Read 1376 times)

Offline cuberdrift

  • PS Silver Member
  • Sr. Member
  • ***
  • Posts: 619
Humour found in piano works
on: July 31, 2014, 02:54:46 PM
What composers, and if so, which of their pieces, utilized a sense of humour? I find a part of the second movement of Mozart's K281 (Sonata in Bflat Major) to be potentially done in humor - the right hand is occasionally accompanied by a loud octave in the lower register by the left, interrupting the "serene" nature of the right with a kind of harsh and crass interruption. Could it have been coincidentally funny, or did Mozart really want to give people a laugh?

What do you think?

Offline visitor

  • PS Silver Member
  • Sr. Member
  • ***
  • Posts: 5294
Re: Humour found in piano works
Reply #1 on: July 31, 2014, 03:50:11 PM
this always made me chuckle while performing it, almost laughed out loud at my jury  ;D

really great alternate inerpretation, the quicker tempo does give it fun bouncy sense

this one is funny too, also from my past, especially some of the unxpected harmonies (ear expects a certain progression and Luddy sticks his tongue out at it and gives us the unexpected)

Offline wwalrus

  • PS Silver Member
  • Full Member
  • ***
  • Posts: 109
Re: Humour found in piano works
Reply #2 on: July 31, 2014, 05:00:55 PM
t=1186

Mozart joking as always.
Also Zimerman is the best
 

Logo light pianostreet.com - the website for classical pianists, piano teachers, students and piano music enthusiasts.

Subscribe for unlimited access

Sign up

Follow us

Piano Street Digicert