Brahms: Analysis of Rhapsody in B minor Op 79 no 1
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- Опубликовано: 16 июл 2024
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12:11 Performance + analysis
My video on Rhapsody in G minor Op 79 no 2: • Brahms G minor Rhapsod...
Thumbnail artwork: Arthur Rackham: "Wotan's Farewell" from Wagners' Die Walküre.
Music in the intro is Earl Wild’s Etude no. 1 after George Gershwin’s “Liza”
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Superb, passionate, fiery performance
You extend or cut the duration of notes or chords when you are doing augmentation or diminishing but you have the same tempo. In essence you are not playing fast or slow. You play and analyze wonderfully
Reflecting on how Brahms was a child prodigy on the piano, Cole, listening to your fabulous playing of the first Rhapsody certainly attests to this, as well as your own prodigious talent and genius as a pianist! Wow, what a challenging score! In many ways, it seems almost orchestral in its romantic structure, powerfully opening the gates of passionate emotional expression - thunderous sections balanced side-by-side with incredibly delicate, gentle and lyrical episodes. Of course, for the ancient Greeks, a ‘rhapsody’ was an epic poem - something grand, intense, heroic, and boldly ambitious. And in music, you can see how rhapsodies run the full gamut of human emotion, as though telling the story of a heroic struggle between opposing forces (or, as I like to imagine as a romantic - ardent, unrequited love!). Such a free-form piece clearly gave Brahms licence to compose an emotionally intense work that seems almost to be pure improvisation, whisking us out of the here and now to a place where we become more fully aware of ourselves and more alive, and in a state of pure ecstasy: bravo! ❤
Thank you Graham! Your comparison to the ancient Greek Rhapsody makes perfect sense to me. I always learn something new from your comments!
The theme explored at 8:30 is incredibly similar to the main theme of Grieg's Death of Ase from the Peer Gynt suites, right down to the repeat in the subdominant.
Very interesting, thank you. That is a very definite similarity. I don't know if Brahms knew Peer Gynt, but perhaps he was influenced by that melody. I'm curious what you mean about them both repeating in the subdominant-it looks to me like Grieg repeats the phrase on the minor dominant, but I might be missing something... Thanks for pointing it out at any rate!
@@TheIndependentPianist Yeah sorry, it's been a while since I've learnt any kind of music theory so I might be jumbling some things up.
In any case, you are right: the first repeat in Death of Ase is in the minor dominant (F sharp minor), but after that it repeats again in B minor, which is the tonic, but relative to F sharp minor that's the minor subdominant, and I was referring to that part. The theme comes back in forte and lands on the (major) dominant chord (F sharp major), which for the length of 2 bars sort of creates an atmosphere as if we are entering F sharp major, which makes that repeat much more memorable to me, so I always remember the repeat in the minor subdominant even though I am thinking about a repeat in the tonic after a detour to the minor dominant.
It's also, in a more remote way, similar to the Japanese folksong Sakura Sakura, which is what it reminded me of the first time I heard it, almost 50 years ago, but it's a gorgeous piece.
@@almosdrozdik6738 no worries! That makes perfect sense to me. Very fascinating to find this new similarity.
@@CitizenKane359 that’s another very interesting comparison! I guess it is doubtful Brahms knew it, but extraordinary coincidence nonetheless…. Unless Brahms did somehow know it??
Your commentary on Brahms is fantastic. You've nailed him!!
"Wild and sprawling piece" -- what a wonderful way to describe it! As you sort of say, not quite chaos (but magnificent)
Quite possibly my favorite by Brahms!! AWESOME video Cole!!
I heard this piece for the 1st time my 2nd year in college though I hadknown the g minor like most youngsters but the 1st still seems remarkable the B Major section likes Chopin's lullaby in his stScherzo so delicate and unforgettable . Cole shows us a fine lyricism and pedal here equally gorgeous legato line in the pp dminor setion before recapitulation. Wonderful that you talk about the form and the non-reactionary devices Brahms uses . The early piano pieces the variations ,the Sonatas on Schumann etc . before op.76 really shows the daringness and the physicality of a younger Brahms .Te 2nd concerto seems to be a catalogue of everything Brahms knew or could devise -one is never done with its marvels !
Could you make a video comparing -brahms with -liszt (the latter in the role of Wagner the programmatic)? Once in piano class, there was a student, my teacher and I, the teacher played precisely the rhapsodies op79 by Brahms with which we got very excited (he was studying them) and then to illustrate us, he played the Liszt sonata, but the students did not we liked it a lot, so he went back to brahms, and we got excited again. Which one do you like the most? Why?
Sorry for the typos, I used Google Translate.
Greetings!
Yes, that is a very interesting topic. I actually think they are much more akin than one might imagine-two sides of the same musical coin.
Beautiful trio section. I don't think the B section theme in d minor should be too far off tempo-wise from the beginning - the "scherzo" was too fast and the aforementioned too slow. Therefore when we get that B flat triumphant cascade that precedes the F then G flat scales, we're not quite a tempo yet, which according to the score we should be. Really excellent articulation in the final section. Loving your channel - keep it up!
Oh cool, I had Lupu's recording of this piece on repeat a few months ago so this was definitely a pleasant surprise! Are you planning on covering any of op 116-9? Love your playing btw. To me it sounds a lot more grand and eerie than Lupu's in a good way :)
Thank you… that is high praise indeed! The Lupu recording is definitely a great one. I am planning on doing all the Brahms short pieces at some point. It’s one of my favorite collection of pieces in all music!
@@TheIndependentPianist Yes please!! I love Brahms' short pieces!!
Thank you so much for these analysis! I am hoping one day you can cover Brahms Intermezzo 18-2!
Thank you so much for these analysis! I am hoping one day you can cover Brahms Intermezzo