We had this piece scheduled for a concert last week. Sadly, it got cancelled due to the quarantine. A shame really, it's a beautiful piece. Cheers from Brazil.
The magical last few minutes of the Adagio remind of the way Michael Nyman and Philip Glass would fold the Baroque/ Classical soundworld into minimalism decades later. Great stuff!
@@markmarshall6448 indeed, me too ^^ it's quite similar with the continuo in baroque ensembles, with the exception that continuo was encouraged to improvise and tastefully add ornaments over the written harmonic progression. A bit like jazz in fact
@@markmarshall6448 I know right? Everytime I look at a symphonic work I want to look if they have piano as a percussion part and percussion instruments that are besides the standard. Ever since listening to stravinsky petrushka I have never been able to go back the rabbit hole
We had this piece scheduled for a concert last week. Sadly, it got cancelled due to the quarantine. A shame really, it's a beautiful piece. Cheers from Brazil.
A masterpiece with pioneering in minimal music and beatiful performance
oh yes.... I love the way martinu has this way of just hitting the spot
The piano cadence at 3 bars before figure 2 in the slow mvt. The Martinu cadence. Amazing.
Martinu is always a delight!
The magical last few minutes of the Adagio remind of the way Michael Nyman and Philip Glass would fold the Baroque/ Classical soundworld into minimalism decades later. Great stuff!
love this - so original!!
I love Martinu, but it's funny that even in a harpsichord concerto, he can't do without his piano-as-percussion.
Ha, fun comment! But I kind of like it when composers treat the piano as a part of the normal symphony orchestra.
@@markmarshall6448 indeed, me too ^^ it's quite similar with the continuo in baroque ensembles, with the exception that continuo was encouraged to improvise and tastefully add ornaments over the written harmonic progression. A bit like jazz in fact
@@markmarshall6448 Stravinsky uses it brilliantly in his Symphony in Three Movements: ruclips.net/video/FB-NzpYwC3Y/видео.html
@@markmarshall6448 I know right? Everytime I look at a symphonic work I want to look if they have piano as a percussion part and percussion instruments that are besides the standard. Ever since listening to stravinsky petrushka I have never been able to go back the rabbit hole