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Romance in Black and White: Brahms, Real and Raw: Hélène Grimaud and SF Symphony Make Magic
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Romance in Black and White. A journey with the piano and with music. Tuesday, February 11, 2014. Brahms, Real and Raw: Hélène Grimaud and SF Symphony Make Magic. With Ms. Grimaud, after the performance. Live Playing Brahms’ Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor with the San Francisco Symphony. I could hardly wait. I had read so much about her, and the title of D.T. Max’s 2011 New Yorker. Max wrote, “. She seemed to take the orchestra by surprise from time to time. The sensitive and nimble guest conductor.
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Romance in Black and White: April 2013
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Romance in Black and White. A journey with the piano and with music. Monday, April 15, 2013. Auditory Adventures in Triptych: San Francisco Symphony Redux. Finally, my first San Francisco Symphony performance this season! After the recently ended musicians’ strike. At the San Francisco Symphony. The evening’s performance, conducted by Herbert Blomstedt. Got off to a shaky start with Richard Wagner’s. Grew in confidence with Ingvar Lidholm’s stunner. I am a fan of the Tristan chord. Innovative uses of ins...
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Romance in Black and White: Reunion with "Manny" at the SF Symphony
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Romance in Black and White. A journey with the piano and with music. Tuesday, November 12, 2013. Reunion with "Manny" at the SF Symphony. With Emanuel Ax after the performance at Davies Symphony Hall. After having met a very genial Emanuel Ax. A year ago backstage at Davies Symphony Hall, I was excited to have the chance to see and to hear him play again. One reason for the anticipation was that the last time I’d seen Mr. Ax, he'd performed Morton Feldman’s. For Piano and Orchestra, Op. 37. From his Symp...
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Romance in Black and White: May 2013
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Romance in Black and White. A journey with the piano and with music. Tuesday, May 7, 2013. Happy Birthday, Johannes Brahms! I shall never write a symphony! You can't have an idea what it's like to hear such a giant marching behind you.". Wrote, ".Brahms has digested and, to a certain extent, purified Beethoven's visionary achievement in the realm of the symphony. In so doing, he earned his own stripes as a symphonist, and with them the right to move forward as Beethoven's truest heir.". S biography of th...
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Romance in Black and White: August 2012
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Romance in Black and White. A journey with the piano and with music. Thursday, August 30, 2012. Bringing Back the Romance. The fateful first chords that ensnared me forever. You know how familiarity has a tendency to wear off that initial starry-eyed enthusiasm one has for something cherished? I fell in love with Ravel's Valses Nobles et Sentimentales. The View from the Trenches. Since reigniting my efforts at the piano earlier this year, I've now been in the trenches for several months with Valses Noble...
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Romance in Black and White: Happy Birthday, Johannes Brahms!
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Romance in Black and White. A journey with the piano and with music. Tuesday, May 7, 2013. Happy Birthday, Johannes Brahms! I shall never write a symphony! You can't have an idea what it's like to hear such a giant marching behind you.". Wrote, ".Brahms has digested and, to a certain extent, purified Beethoven's visionary achievement in the realm of the symphony. In so doing, he earned his own stripes as a symphonist, and with them the right to move forward as Beethoven's truest heir.". S biography of th...
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Romance in Black and White: October 2012
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Romance in Black and White. A journey with the piano and with music. Sunday, October 28, 2012. Brain bursting and blooming with music: impossible to sleep! Valses nobles et sentimentales. Is a work that means a great deal to me. So I did the next best thing: head practicing. I went through each waltz, separating out the left hand (I rely far too much on my right hand), testing my memory. I took special care to go over corrections and suggestions I’d received earlier that day from my teacher. Doctor Gradu...
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Romance in Black and White: February 2014
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Romance in Black and White. A journey with the piano and with music. Tuesday, February 11, 2014. Brahms, Real and Raw: Hélène Grimaud and SF Symphony Make Magic. With Ms. Grimaud, after the performance. Live Playing Brahms’ Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor with the San Francisco Symphony. I could hardly wait. I had read so much about her, and the title of D.T. Max’s 2011 New Yorker. Max wrote, “. She seemed to take the orchestra by surprise from time to time. The sensitive and nimble guest conductor.
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Romance in Black and White: Burn, Baby, Burn! The Piano Workout
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Romance in Black and White. A journey with the piano and with music. Saturday, August 10, 2013. Burn, Baby, Burn! Which one burns more calories - dancing this waltz or playing it on the piano? After playing the opening waltz of Ravel’s Valses nobles et sentimentales. A furiously exuberant whirlwind of a piece - I am heaving and sweating like a racehorse after a full sprint. This happens every time I play it, regardless of the weather or my physical state. According to this list, playing the piano is wimp...
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Romance in Black and White: August 2013
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Romance in Black and White. A journey with the piano and with music. Saturday, August 10, 2013. Burn, Baby, Burn! Which one burns more calories - dancing this waltz or playing it on the piano? After playing the opening waltz of Ravel’s Valses nobles et sentimentales. A furiously exuberant whirlwind of a piece - I am heaving and sweating like a racehorse after a full sprint. This happens every time I play it, regardless of the weather or my physical state. According to this list, playing the piano is wimp...
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