Ludwig van Beethoven, Piano Concerto #3 in C minor, op. 37
This was the first piece of classical music I ever heard. I was a little squirt on the North Dakota prairie, and my parents loved music. It is pure historical chance that Opus 37 followed my previous "study" of Mary and her little lamb and row, rowing boats. It is an odd work to link to a powerful sense of nostalgia, and I am not sure to this day how I chanced upon the LP. Ten seconds of needle on vinyl changed my life. It was all Allegro con brio from there on.
In short, the Beginnings theme persists in my own personal history. It was, by chance, something other than the Fifth or Ninth Symphonies or the Piano Concerto #5 that lured me (iconic pieces, all)—and it made it impossible for me ever to find Beethoven anything but riveting. The powerful opening and its residual threads haunt me forty years later. If you read music, look at the tender first notes here. Better yet, listen to the recording, with Krystian Zimerman on the piano and Leonard Bernstein conducting. Look at their passion for the piece (and note Bernstein's expressions at...the beginning). —华
In short, the Beginnings theme persists in my own personal history. It was, by chance, something other than the Fifth or Ninth Symphonies or the Piano Concerto #5 that lured me (iconic pieces, all)—and it made it impossible for me ever to find Beethoven anything but riveting. The powerful opening and its residual threads haunt me forty years later. If you read music, look at the tender first notes here. Better yet, listen to the recording, with Krystian Zimerman on the piano and Leonard Bernstein conducting. Look at their passion for the piece (and note Bernstein's expressions at...the beginning). —华
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| [a] Opening lines of Piano Concerto #3 |
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