Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No 1 : Inside the Music
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- Опубликовано: 22 сен 2016
- Tchaikovsky’s first piano concerto is often referred to as a ‘warhorse’ of a piece. It’s a piece that all conservatoire graduates need to have under their fingers before leaving college. It belongs to their core repertoire. It has big lush tunes and formidable technical challenges. And one of those challenges is the very opening [plays]. Fourteen bars of hammer chords. I once asked a concerto pianist what it was like to start a concerto like that and they said it was terrifying! You can imagine, all that leaping up and down. But it forms the perfect accompaniment to the lushest tune of the entire concerto [plays].
That tune never comes back, it’s so disappointing! It’s like you’re given this great cake but just as you go to put the fork in it gets whipped away.
Instead it gives was to this very nervy material. Listen to this [plays].
And later on we have this rather tentative love tune, not quite as confident as the opening theme you heard [plays]. It just flows on from there, but I love that rhythm, just…nudging. There’s a code for Tchaikovsky’s fiancé in here, listen: [plays] D♭, A, or to use the german spelling, ‘Des’ ‘Ah’, Désirée Artôt, the name of the woman who said that she was the only woman that Tchaikovsky ever loved. And her songs, because she was a soprano, appear later in the piece as well. So there are little personal touches that you can look forward to.
That nervous energy [from the first movement] comes up again in the second movement. It’s quite surprising. We’re on a lovely smooth rowing boat trip in the countryside and suddenly it sounds as if there’s a panic attack in the rowing boat or something, and this scherzo-like material comes in...and then it gives way again.
So, it’s these personal touches and these sudden contrasts, these sudden unexpected corners that also contribute to the enduring success of this so-called ‘warhorse’.
So, you’ve heard that most people call this concerto a warhorse but do you agree? What word would you use? We’d love to hear your thoughts, so please do comment below or feel free to like and subscribe to these videos. Thanks for watching.
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Jonathan James take us Inside The Music with Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No 1.
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This video is criminally underviewed....
Wonderful insight into one of my favorite pieces. Thanks for sharing
"That tune never comes back!" Yes! I have been wondering since the first time I heard this piece around 15 years ago. Usually I would listen only to the first part (movement?) which I didn't know exactly where, but somewhere around when the piano goes down and the strings rise again.
Nowadays I can somewhat enjoy the full composition.
Thank you for your video. Though it has been 7 years, it's still relevant.
I would call it "Victory Concerto"! Because of majestic and gorgeous opening!
Brilliant analysis.
Thanks, very useful insights
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What grade or level would this piece be considered to be?
Hm..Actually is very hard and complicated piece,because of octaves,big and hard chords,and in last movement in the end tbere is very hard passage down with two hands playing chords fast..So this piece is for masters. BUT! If you have a wish you can do it. You just need a lot of time and practice. I study in music school 3rd year,but I LOVE this Concerto and I started to study it on my own with out teacher,because Im sure that she will say that I can not play it because too early or something about that( I study this 2nd day and I already can play opening chords..
i'd call it both a warhorse and the greatest of all concerti. I come from Tchaikovsky's lineage, so perhaps I am biased.