Colourful music!!!! The three movements are all so different from each other.. the minimalism and lightness of the first one (with the beautiful effect on the right hand and melody on the left) which is so sparkling is so different from the somehow more dark, serious, passionate and romantic second movement which is so contrasting to the third, a more transcendental movement, with all those colours and creative harmonic progressions (almost reminding me a little of jazz) and also it’s so free with lots of a piacere and it flows! That is beautiful music! They are so different but somehow they make so much sense together. When it got to the end I was wanting more, and I love this feeling!
Selim Gustaf Adolf Palmgren (16 February 1878 - 13 December 1951) was a Finnish composer, pianist, and conductor. Palmgren was born in Pori, Finland, February 16, 1878. He studied at the Conservatory in Helsinki from 1895 to 1899, then continued his piano studies in Berlin with Ansorge, Berger and Busoni. He conducted choral and orchestral societies in his own country and made several very successful concert tours as a pianist in the principal cities of Finland and Scandinavia, appearing also as a visiting conductor. In 1921, he went to the United States, where he taught composition at the Eastman School of Music, later returning to Finland, where he died in Helsinki, aged 73.
Thank you for this posting. It is a mystery to my why Palmgren isn’t better known and played more often. Yes, he was a contemporary of Debussy and much of his piano music is considered impressionistic, but he outlived Debussy by more than 30 years - he was still alive when I was born. Palmgren produced an immense amount of music: 24 preludes and dozens - maybe hundreds - of piano miniatures that are well worth exploring, plus larger works including several piano concerti. Much of this is available free on IMSLP. A great many of his piano compositions are well within the range of early and intermediate pianists. This includes his best-known miniature “May Night,” which I studied over 60 years ago when I was in high school, with my piano teacher at the Capital University conservatory in Columbus. I rediscovered Palmgren a few years ago on a CD of his piano works played by Izumi Tateno and instantly fell in love with his sonata Op. 11. In 2022 I played it in a recital at Juilliard where I found that few faculty were familiar with him, let alone aware that he came to the US and headed the composition department at Eastman in the 1920s.
There are so many impressionists that are forgotten about. Debussy seems to be the only one who is remembered in the mainstream. This is so fucking beautiful...
Indeed, I do feel that many of the impressionists offer some of the most inventive and innovative music. I spend quite a lot of time trying to find similar composers, as they always have something new to offer. Glad you enjoyed the video. I'd also recommend Maurice Emmanuel's 6 sonatines which deserve to be staples of the repertoire. Some strikingly beautiful music too...
Colourful music!!!! The three movements are all so different from each other.. the minimalism and lightness of the first one (with the beautiful effect on the right hand and melody on the left) which is so sparkling is so different from the somehow more dark, serious, passionate and romantic second movement which is so contrasting to the third, a more transcendental movement, with all those colours and creative harmonic progressions (almost reminding me a little of jazz) and also it’s so free with lots of a piacere and it flows! That is beautiful music! They are so different but somehow they make so much sense together. When it got to the end I was wanting more, and I love this feeling!
This should be more and more popular !!
If it were super popular, though, it would lose its magic.
Selim Gustaf Adolf Palmgren (16 February 1878 - 13 December 1951) was a Finnish composer, pianist, and conductor. Palmgren was born in Pori, Finland, February 16, 1878. He studied at the Conservatory in Helsinki from 1895 to 1899, then continued his piano studies in Berlin with Ansorge, Berger and Busoni. He conducted choral and orchestral societies in his own country and made several very successful concert tours as a pianist in the principal cities of Finland and Scandinavia, appearing also as a visiting conductor. In 1921, he went to the United States, where he taught composition at the Eastman School of Music, later returning to Finland, where he died in Helsinki, aged 73.
Palmgren's limpid and evocative music deserves a wider audience it will likely never get....[Sigh]
vraiment magnifique. Quelle délicatesse! Superbe composition et très belle interprétation .
Thank you for this posting. It is a mystery to my why Palmgren isn’t better known and played more often. Yes, he was a contemporary of Debussy and much of his piano music is considered impressionistic, but he outlived Debussy by more than 30 years - he was still alive when I was born. Palmgren produced an immense amount of music: 24 preludes and dozens - maybe hundreds - of piano miniatures that are well worth exploring, plus larger works including several piano concerti. Much of this is available free on IMSLP. A great many of his piano compositions are well within the range of early and intermediate pianists. This includes his best-known miniature “May Night,” which I studied over 60 years ago when I was in high school, with my piano teacher at the Capital University conservatory in Columbus. I rediscovered Palmgren a few years ago on a CD of his piano works played by Izumi Tateno and instantly fell in love with his sonata Op. 11. In 2022 I played it in a recital at Juilliard where I found that few faculty were familiar with him, let alone aware that he came to the US and headed the composition department at Eastman in the 1920s.
There are so many impressionists that are forgotten about. Debussy seems to be the only one who is remembered in the mainstream. This is so fucking beautiful...
Indeed, I do feel that many of the impressionists offer some of the most inventive and innovative music. I spend quite a lot of time trying to find similar composers, as they always have something new to offer.
Glad you enjoyed the video. I'd also recommend Maurice Emmanuel's 6 sonatines which deserve to be staples of the repertoire. Some strikingly beautiful music too...
That second Nocturne amazes me.
Wonderful!
OMG that is heavenly
Some musical passages are very similar to some compositions by B. Martinu. I LOVE IT
パルムグレムのこの曲集は、叙情的で、ノクターンとしては心温かさを感じます。
A découvrir, vraiment
Thank you for these pieces!
Wow the harmonic progression at the end of the second nocturne is really amazing
Gorgeous!
Bellísimo...
Are there any recordings of the third piece on a harp? I bet it'd sound lovely.
Isn't this also "the stars are twinkling"?
100th anniversary!!!
Oh yeah
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I sampled the opening bars of Nocturne no. 1 in a mashup/remix: ruclips.net/video/HhMg36H_6to/видео.html