I once composed a dance suite to a mushy orchestral version of this piece called "Games People Play." I love the clarity and purity of this one! Thank you.
The repetition of a single cell at the beginning, the way how the piecewise "orchestration' fits with the form, the way how "developments" are conducted, the tonal linking ( are there modulations indeed? It is rather a chain of short motives though changing pole centers) are very odd and modernist features of this surprising concertino.
Sorry to be off topic but does anyone know of a way to get back into an Instagram account..? I stupidly lost the login password. I would love any help you can give me.
@Emerson Jedidiah i really appreciate your reply. I found the site on google and im in the hacking process now. Looks like it's gonna take a while so I will get back to you later with my results.
Does it have to be beautiful? It's cool, and it sounds good. 'Beautiful' may not be the word I use to describe it, but, again, why should it have to be 'beautiful'?
One instrument plus piano for first 2 movements ?. So what is everyone else doing on stage . Janacek is one of the few famous names in 20th cent so i won't question him but certainly it's not good gestalt to write a score with so few entrances. Everyone shows up in con moto and he riffs on Beethoven. The operas are programmed constantly -I own rec of all the piano music including concertante. It's really outdoors music -attractive maybe evocative .I prefer other Czechs ;Martinu 's wit and significant events. I can't ever remember a note of Janacek once it's over.
***** It's all a matter of familiarity. You have to like something enough to spend significant time with it. Although Janacek's music is tonal, it's unusual and requires relearning some things. I had the same issue with Schumann when I was first learning his music. I've always been a bit close minded to new things but I persist when the time is ripe and new things open up. It's worth it to stretch your ears. Some of my friends embrace good music right away. I've always taken much longer but have overcome this conservatism by constantly trying new things. Overgrown Path is excellent. My daughter liked the music right away while I was trying to come to terms with it. One of my favourite pianists Andras Schiff has really dedicated himself to Janacek so this helped me persist with his music. Many of his pieces puzzle me in terms of performance. How can one voice the notes a certain way when the hand can barely reach all the notes? If you've seen the first page of his piano sonata you'll see right away what I mean. I had much better luck with Overgrown Path but it's still very tough at times to play acceptably.
John e martin III I know where you're coming from, but Janacek is definitely worth persisting with! I recommend you try the 'Sinfonietta' (written the year after the Concertino). Much more accessible, and lots of memorable themes/melodies. The man was a genius.
Janacek was as a genius! Massively ahead of his own generation!
I once composed a dance suite to a mushy orchestral version of this piece called "Games People Play." I love the clarity and purity of this one! Thank you.
Plus on l'écoute et plus il a de charme...
Ce concertino de Jancek a la même liberté primesautière que du Mozart. Il nous emmène dans un monde merveilleusement dynamique, optimiste et enfant.
Thanks very much for this!
Je to krásné
The repetition of a single cell at the beginning, the way how the piecewise "orchestration' fits with the form, the way how "developments" are conducted, the tonal linking ( are there modulations indeed? It is rather a chain of short motives though changing pole centers) are very odd and modernist features of this surprising concertino.
Sorry to be off topic but does anyone know of a way to get back into an Instagram account..?
I stupidly lost the login password. I would love any help you can give me.
@Terrance Harper Instablaster :)
@Emerson Jedidiah i really appreciate your reply. I found the site on google and im in the hacking process now.
Looks like it's gonna take a while so I will get back to you later with my results.
@Emerson Jedidiah it worked and I actually got access to my account again. I'm so happy:D
Thank you so much you really help me out!
@Terrance Harper glad I could help =)
very nice interpetation :)
5:23 II.clarinet & piano
The composition so short, the ads so many.
It would be nice to have the name of the pianist in this recording.
On what bases is this beautiful, except very few passages?
Does it have to be beautiful? It's cool, and it sounds good. 'Beautiful' may not be the word I use to describe it, but, again, why should it have to be 'beautiful'?
It is beautiful very very much
Its incredibly, exuberantly beautiful tomy ears
One instrument plus piano for first 2 movements ?. So what is everyone else doing on stage . Janacek is one of the few famous names in 20th cent so i won't question him but certainly it's not good gestalt to write a score with so few entrances. Everyone shows up in con moto and he riffs on Beethoven. The operas are programmed constantly -I own rec of all the piano music including concertante. It's really outdoors music -attractive maybe evocative .I prefer other Czechs ;Martinu 's wit and significant events. I can't ever remember a note of Janacek once it's over.
***** It's all a matter of familiarity. You have to like something enough to spend significant time with it. Although Janacek's music is tonal, it's unusual and requires relearning some things. I had the same issue with Schumann when I was first learning his music. I've always been a bit close minded to new things but I persist when the time is ripe and new things open up. It's worth it to stretch your ears. Some of my friends embrace good music right away. I've always taken much longer but have overcome this conservatism by constantly trying new things. Overgrown Path is excellent. My daughter liked the music right away while I was trying to come to terms with it. One of my favourite pianists Andras Schiff has really dedicated himself to Janacek so this helped me persist with his music. Many of his pieces puzzle me in terms of performance. How can one voice the notes a certain way when the hand can barely reach all the notes? If you've seen the first page of his piano sonata you'll see right away what I mean. I had much better luck with Overgrown Path but it's still very tough at times to play acceptably.
John e martin III I know where you're coming from, but Janacek is definitely worth persisting with!
I recommend you try the 'Sinfonietta' (written the year after the Concertino). Much more accessible, and lots of memorable themes/melodies.
The man was a genius.
For memorability, it's hard to forget the opening of the Violin Sonata. Also, the second movement is beautiful.
Janacek shits all over tedious, unimaginative notions like "good gestalt" and is all the better for it.
a positive is that it's less music to rehearse.