Aloha rovikered,
May I humbly submit the following vid for your pleasure - I find this easier to play than *Le Banquet Celeste*:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JchM9sph2I8
Yes, Messiaen's organ and piano music invariably challenges me greatly and causes me to rip the hair off my scalp
But I live for the challenge.............
Humbly submitted,
CD
*If a man wants God to hear his prayer quickly, then before he prays for anything else, even his own soul, when he stands and stretches out his hands towards God, he must pray with all his heart for his enemies. Through this action God will hear everything that he asks* -Abba Zeno-
*Protagoras: "Truth is subjective. What is true for you, and what is true for me, is true for me. Your opinion is true by virtue of its being your opinion."
*Socrates: "My opinion is: Truth is absolute, not opinion, and that you are in absolute error. Since this is my opinion, then according to your philosophy you must grant that it is true."
"Improvisational Art": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSxVO3EoCRM
Hi Corno Dolce,
Thanks for pointing me to that. I enjoyed it. I think I shall have to buy the scores of 'Vingt Regards . . ', grit my teeth and plunge in !
Regards,
rk
Aloha rovikered,
Bravo to your enthusiasm for *Vingt Regards* - Most of the movements are very technically demanding and then comes the interpretational aspect of it all. I wish you the best of success as you plow through the score.
On the other hand - I am sending you a Private Message - You might very well like what it is about.
Respectfully yours,
CD
*If a man wants God to hear his prayer quickly, then before he prays for anything else, even his own soul, when he stands and stretches out his hands towards God, he must pray with all his heart for his enemies. Through this action God will hear everything that he asks* -Abba Zeno-
*Protagoras: "Truth is subjective. What is true for you, and what is true for me, is true for me. Your opinion is true by virtue of its being your opinion."
*Socrates: "My opinion is: Truth is absolute, not opinion, and that you are in absolute error. Since this is my opinion, then according to your philosophy you must grant that it is true."
"Improvisational Art": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSxVO3EoCRM
I love 'Vingt Regards' as well. It's been a while since I listened to the whole thing. With much of this work it doesn't even sound like a piano is playing, the chords and voicing are so unique.
Anyway, my recent listening has been Arthur Honegger--Symphony 2, Symphony 4, and Une Cantate de Noel. L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande/Ernest Ansermet. Great works that have grown on me over the years, especially the cantata.
Mahler, Symphony No. 1. I have had a long facination for that work.
I've been listening to David Drury playing the organ of Christ Church St Laurence from the intercom from the church which speaks into the office (next door). He's been playing some Druflé. I'm in heaven.
Variations on a theme of Haydn by Brahms transcribed for organ and played by Peter Conte on the Wanamaker Organ.
Listening alot to my two latest acquisitions, both by pianist Garrick Ohlsson:
Frédéric Chopin- The Complete Chopin Piano Works Vol. 5 ~ Polonaises & Impromptus
Debussy: Études; Suite bergamasque
Fryderyk Chopin - B flat minor sonata
The Bridegroom Matins for Holy Week:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSxk8Nyc8LU&fmt=18
Fryderyk Chopin - C minor piano sonata
Prokofiev - Romeo and Juliet
(Caught a few minutes of a ballet performance on public television.)
''Music, I feel, should be emotional first and intellectual second.'' - Maurice Ravel
''The greatest education in the world is watching the masters at work.'' - Michael Jackson
J.S. Bach : The Art of Fugue
*Concerto For Bass Trombone and Piano* By Rimsky-Korsakov.
Carl Nielsen : Helios Overture
Grieg : The Last Spring; Holberg Suite
Dag Wiren : Serenade for Strings
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