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Liz Adams

Liz Adams

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Are there any classical music lovers among us ?
I like all genres of music but am really loving classical music at the moment.
It started off a few years ago when I put a classical music radio station on through the night to help with insomnia.
I've been hooked ever since...
 
Shirley Martin said:
I like some classical music. This is one of them.

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Well, Beethoven wrote it for a woman named "Elise" he was interested in. The translation is "For Elise." If Beethoven was standing there, he would say, "Hey, it's too fast & lacks dynamics. It sounds like you want to get it over with quickly. It's not a difficult piece to play, it should sound more "Dreamy:"
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Tony Nathanson said:
Well, Beethoven wrote it for a woman named "Elise" he was interested in. The translation is "For Elise." If Beethoven was standing there, he would say, "Hey, it's too fast & lacks dynamics. It sounds like you want to get it over with quickly. It's not a difficult piece to play, it should sound more "Dreamy:"
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Lovely.
( Excuse me for being dim , but is that actually you playing Tony ? ).
 
Liz Adams said:
NOOOOOOOOOOO. I'm SERIOUSLY impressed and envious .
That was beautiful. I absolutely love watching the piano being played .
Oh my God . Can you play Mozarts piano concerto 21 ?
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I always made my teacher mad whenever she tried to get me to play Mozart. I just didn't like any Mozart. There was one Sonata I agreed to learn but I always complained. I also didn't like Haydn.
 
Tony Nathanson said:
I always made my teacher mad whenever she tried to get me to play Mozart. I just didn't like any Mozart.
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Ah that's a shame. I really like his piano concerto 21 and his Lacrimosa .
But I get it , you're not going to learn to play a piece of classical music with passion if you don't like the music .

Who do you like ?
For me there's probably too many to name , but Tchaikovsky has to be up there, along with Shostakovich and Rossini.
 
Liz Adams said:
Ah that's a shame. I really like his piano concerto 21 and his Lacrimosa .
But I get it , you're not going to learn to play a piece of classical music with passion if you don't like the music .

Who do you like ?
For me there's probably too many to name , but Tchaikovsky has to be up there, along with Shostakovich and Rossini.
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I have specific tastes in music. I like compositions that create a mood. And I especially like pieces that create more than one mood - rage & joy.
My favorite composers to play are Bach, Handel, Chopin & Rachmaninoff. In my younger days, I liked Liszt, but my hands don't work well enough now. I do find some classical music boring; my tastes are specific. I don't like opera or ballet.
For listening, I'm a huge oldies fan - 60's & '70's. especially Beatles.
 
Tony Nathanson said:
I have specific tastes in music. I like compositions that create a mood. And I especially like pieces that create more than one mood - rage & joy.
My favorite composers to play are Bach, Handel, Chopin & Rachmaninoff. In my younger days, I liked Liszt, but my hands don't work well enough now. I do find some classical music boring; my tastes are specific. I don't like opera or ballet.
For listening, I'm a huge oldies fan - 60's & '70's. especially Beatles.
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Whereas I just like everything !!
I like beatles "in my life" and "let it be " , but the 60,s music was great.
I've loved lots of aspects of every decade I've lived through.
The last concert I went to was to see "Pink ".
I like Chopins "Raindrop prelude" and Rachmaninoff is brilliant.
I heard that he was very tall ( bout 6 ft 5) and that his fingers could span 16 keys .
Don't know if that's correct.

I agree that music has to suit the mood .
It really speaks to us doesn't it ?
But I'm still in awe that you can play the piano like that.
 
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