Tag: rachmaninoff
-
Yunchan Lim and the Rachmaninoff Third Piano Concerto
Sometime before the pandemic I heard Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 3 live for the first time. The piece, known as the Rach 3, is among the most gargantuan in the standard repertoire, a vast structural complexity with knotty technicalities and tender souls. Long ago, I stretched my talent to learn its notes; I’ve probably encountered…
-
The melodies of Schubert pass through Mozart, Beethoven, Rachmaninoff, and Mr Rogers
This is an audio post, so I suggest listening. Mister Rogers made Franz Schubert famous I’ve been playing a lot of Schubert recently. I rarely played him when I was younger. Just the Musical Moment 3, in F-Minor. It’s a popular piece, in no small part because, in the ’80s, André Watts played it on…
Nathan Schiller 