It was a fantastic concert. I thought it was very brave of him to perform a work like the Tippett concerto. I had never heard of it before and enjoyed hearing something for the very first time in a live performance. It was certainly a physical performancewas Lang Lang contorting his upper and lower body to achieve the effects required.Something i noticed was his forceful use of the pedal and the constant beat through his body, especially during the orchestral sections. I think it is often possible for a performance to be great, even if the work performed is not. Does anyone agree?
I was th one who started the 50 worst composers post, and i voted Tippet..to be honest, i've only ever heard one piece, one of his songs for voice and piano. They were set to an AUTOBIOGRAPHY....so, the words are like:when i was young, i lived near a large creek. We used to play there all the time, and once i found tadpoles.coupled with this, it's quite "20thcenturyish" so the music is pretty atonal- the whole effect is RIDICULOUS. i laughed from start to finish. ANd althoguh i disagree alot with this guyhttps://www.scena.org/columns/lebrecht/041222-NL-tippett.htmlhe does validate the fact that there is a general lack of positive Tippet reception in the musical world
How do you think Chopin would react to the way Cziffra played his etudes?
You might benefit from knowing that in debating an essay writing the "hyopthetical" is a totally banned device: it proves nothing and anyone can make one up and make it look really convincing.My answer to your question anyway is that, i do think chopin would have been very pleased. Given that Cziffra was hailed as the "reincarnation of liszt" for his convincingly lisztian performances, and considering chopin himself said he would have loved to have "stolen liszt's playing of (his) etudes from him," AND also given that last century performances were far more subjective and personal than they are now, so chopin would have been very used to fluctuatiing temperaments of different artists, I imagine he would have been thrilled. don't you? after all, chopin only hated it when people CHANGED what he wrote, and cziffra never adds a note. He only plays it like cziffra, and very well too. chopin, as he was with liszt, would have been astonished.i don't even understand why people think those etude performances are bad- they all have LIFE, and they're note perfect- the mastery and the musical personality we're dealing with here is immense. so some of it is a bit unusual- well, some of chopin's music is a bit unusual, but that doesn't make him bad. it makes him unique, and worthwhile.
Topic: Lang Lang and Tippett concerto 