Beethoven Piano Concerto no. 3 op. 37 (with Alkan's cadenza)

[furtwaengler]

This is a live performance with a  community orchestra from a few weeks ago. Program is Beethoven all the way: Prometheus overture, 3rd concerto, and the 7th Symphony. I played Alkan's cadenza which may have been the first time it's been incorporated into the actual concerto. I played Beethoven's original cadenza as encore (with ending from the Alkan transcription.) When my parents joined me for a trip to Lane Music to choose between a 7.5 Kawai and the 7 ft Bösendorfer we ended up choosing, I found out my mother was strongly against my experimenting with the Alkan. Dad asked me if there was any way I could play both cadenzas. This was the resolution!

https://portal.stretchinternet.com/treveccaadmin/portal.htm?eventId=436283&streamType=video

Starts at about 19 min mark. I watched it for the first time since the performance a few minutes ago and it streamed fine. Happy listening.

[furtwaengler]

I learned a lot of people were having trouble with the video link. I was recently able to record the stream onto a new Zoom H2n I received as a birthday gift. It was a lot more enjoyable for me listening to it after burning it onto a cd, a magical night. Besides being broken into tracks, it is just as is on the video. I think Beethoven's cadenza is a better fit for the concerto, but I'm glad I did this experiment, and besides two chords I got backwards, I'm really please with how well the Alkan came off on that little Bosendorfer. Enjoy!

https://app.box.com/s/vvn2zkv9gllvt3uww36p2fymh3wj9gxv
https://app.box.com/s/0nbsgqcwigz3fkpc3b01rmex3ttiwwsn
https://app.box.com/s/1pv8gy51elwfwjz6zi04gjs87mfnbs38
https://app.box.com/s/ts79j8dwkwhsmt6h0uhsbdx0mdwaqrwr

[ronde_des_sylphes]

This is pretty amazing (particularly getting to hear the Alkan cadenza). You did a good job with the cadenza, it's not the hardest thing Alkan ever wrote, but it's still pretty treacherous..

Speaking from experience