Hope, or lack thereof, anticipates the future. Nostalgia dwells in the past. I’ve been learning to meditate. Mindfulness. Everything in the present. Like a deer hanging out in the woods. Just … existing. Those few seconds here and there when I pull it off have been soooooo unburdened. So-called “lower” life forms have it pretty good, in ways we’ve evolved to no longer understand or appreciate.
I finally have the energy for this!! Thank you for making this video David, I am so grateful for both the video and your mentioning of my name. I am sorry for my late reply, since I was suffering from one of my worst moments recently. I am just slowly crawling back and finally I have the energy and courage to take this one on. Listening this and watching your video do give me more energy! I have nothing to say on the music. It’s so tragically wonderful. I love all those fluid pan-diatonic chords throughout the first and third section. For me they are as uncertain as fate. Fate is uncertain, life is uncertain, the world is uncertain; the only thing that is certain is the tragedy. Imagine how Strauss composed this: he had seen the golden days of German Kultur, and now it’s ruins everywhere. He tried to dig deep to remember the old good days, but this makes him suffer more by seeing its downfall in the present. It’s so cruel and hopeless. I have never heard any music that is absolutely hopeless like this one. Probably only the finale of the Pathetique Symphony can match this. Thx so much for the video, David! Recently I delve into Vaughn Williams’s music, and I found his Fantasy on a theme by Thomas Tallis one of the most wonderful and magical piece I have heard in a while. Maybe that could provide a good consolation after this one, at least for me. Henry
Fabulous analysis. Much more for me to study. I didn’t like most of the interpretation. Overall too fast (so not enough tempo contrast in the middle), and often playing straight through the biggest harmonic surprises as if they were ordinary. I have yet to hear a rendition of this piece that seems to really “understand” what he wrote. The notes and dynamics aren’t hard to play, but many, many relationships are missed.
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Hope, or lack thereof, anticipates the future. Nostalgia dwells in the past. I’ve been learning to meditate. Mindfulness. Everything in the present. Like a deer hanging out in the woods. Just … existing. Those few seconds here and there when I pull it off have been soooooo unburdened. So-called “lower” life forms have it pretty good, in ways we’ve evolved to no longer understand or appreciate.
Incredible job! Thank you so much!
A must learn for all studens and listeners as well. Highly appreciated.
I heard a perfectly timed thunderclap outside just after the piece drifted away. Spooked me out a bit.
I finally have the energy for this!!
Thank you for making this video David, I am so grateful for both the video and your mentioning of my name. I am sorry for my late reply, since I was suffering from one of my worst moments recently. I am just slowly crawling back and finally I have the energy and courage to take this one on. Listening this and watching your video do give me more energy!
I have nothing to say on the music. It’s so tragically wonderful. I love all those fluid pan-diatonic chords throughout the first and third section. For me they are as uncertain as fate. Fate is uncertain, life is uncertain, the world is uncertain; the only thing that is certain is the tragedy. Imagine how Strauss composed this: he had seen the golden days of German Kultur, and now it’s ruins everywhere. He tried to dig deep to remember the old good days, but this makes him suffer more by seeing its downfall in the present. It’s so cruel and hopeless. I have never heard any music that is absolutely hopeless like this one. Probably only the finale of the Pathetique Symphony can match this.
Thx so much for the video, David! Recently I delve into Vaughn Williams’s music, and I found his Fantasy on a theme by Thomas Tallis one of the most wonderful and magical piece I have heard in a while. Maybe that could provide a good consolation after this one, at least for me.
Henry
Love to you, Henry.
There is a lot of very good grief and despair music in the classical repertoire. But yeah this is amongst the best.
The last three measures … it seems as if the high strings sustain straight through. Yet I don’t see any ties in the score.
I wondered about that also.
Fabulous analysis. Much more for me to study. I didn’t like most of the interpretation. Overall too fast (so not enough tempo contrast in the middle), and often playing straight through the biggest harmonic surprises as if they were ordinary. I have yet to hear a rendition of this piece that seems to really “understand” what he wrote. The notes and dynamics aren’t hard to play, but many, many relationships are missed.