Hi! I'm so sorry life has been extremely busy. I have posted some new videos in collaboration with my friend's channel if you look up Rhapsody Piano Studio on youtube! But I promise I have more videos coming soon. I have some concerts in October and am moving out of state next month so I'll have some updates about those events as well.
10:49 I think R2 is still neo-romantic whereas R3 has more modern/American influences, i.e. both feet in the twentieth century or as i once learned in music school, dynamism - the vibrancy, technology, etc. of the new century. Re R3 international performance, i dont think you had Yunchan Lim's Cliburn performance in mind🤣
희빈 장씨(禧嬪 張氏 1659∼1701) : 조선 19대왕 숙종의 후궁. 본관은 인동(仁同)이다. 역관 장현(張炫)의 종질녀이다. 어머니의 정부(情夫)였던 조사석(趙師錫)과 종친인 동평군 이항(東平君 李杭)의 주선으로 궁녀로 들어가 숙종의 총애를 독차지했다. 1686년(숙종 12) 숙원(淑媛)이 되었다. 1688년 소의(昭儀)로 승진하고 왕자 이윤(李昀: 뒤의 景宗)을 낳았다. 왕은 기뻐하여 세자로 봉하려 했다. 그러나 송시열(宋時烈) 등 당시 정권을 잡고 있던 서인이 지지하지 않으므로 남인들의 원조를 얻어 책봉하려 했다. 이에 서인의 노론·소론은 모두 왕비 민씨(閔氏)가 나이가 많지 않으니 후일을 기다리자고 주장하였다. 숙종은 듣지 않고 1689년 정월에 이윤을 세자로 봉하고, 장소의는 희빈으로 승격했다. 이 때 송시열이 세자로 봉하는 것이 아직 이르다고 상소하였다. 왕은 이미 명호(名號)가 결정된 다음에 이런 의견을 말하는 것은 무슨 일이냐고 진노했다. 이에 남인 이현기(李玄紀)·남치훈(南致薰)·윤빈(尹彬) 등이 송시열의 상소를 논박하며 파직시켜 제주도로 유배하게 하고 다시 사사(賜死)하게 하였다. 그러나 송시열은 중로 정읍으로 이배(移配)되었다가 사약을 받았다. 이 밖에 서인의 영수들도 파직 또는 유배를 면하지 못했다. 반면에 남인의 권대운(權大運)·김덕원(金德遠) 등이 등용되었다. 이 정권의 교체를 기사환국 또는 기사사화라고 한다. 이 해 5월에 민비를 폐하고 장희빈을 왕비로 삼으려 할 때 서인 오두인(吳斗寅)·박태보(朴泰輔) 등 80여 명이 상소하여 이를 반대했다. 그러나 이들은 참혹한 형문을 받게 되니 이후 정국은 남인의 세상이 되었다. 기사환국 후 시간이 흐르면서 숙종은 폐비사건을 후회하게 되었다. 그러던 중 1694년 서인의 김춘택(金春澤)·한중혁(韓重爀) 등이 폐비 복위운동을 꾀하다가 고발되었다. 이 때 남인의 영수요 당시 우의정이었던 민암(閔黯) 등이 이 기회에 반대당 서인을 완전히 제거하려고 김춘택 등 수십 명을 하옥하고 범위를 넓혀 일대 옥사를 일으켰다. 이 때 숙종은 폐비에 대한 반성으로 옥사를 다스리던 민암을 파직하고 사사했으며, 권대운·목내선(睦來善)·김덕원 등을 유배했다. 이어 소론 남구만(南九萬)·박세채(朴世采)·윤지완(尹趾完) 등을 등용하고 장씨를 희빈으로 내렸는데 이것을 갑술옥사라고 한다. 또한, 이미 죽은 송시열·김수항(金壽恒) 등은 복작(復爵)되고 남인은 정계에서 물러나게 되었다. 소론이 들어서고 남인이 물러날 때 장희빈의 오빠 장희재(張希載)가 희빈에게 보낸 서장(書狀) 속에 폐비 민씨에 관련된 문구가 있어 논쟁이 벌어졌다. 여러 사람이 장희재를 죽이자고 했으나 세자에게 화가 미칠까 염려하여 남구만·윤지완 등이 용서하게 했다. 그런데 왕비 민씨가 죽은 다음에, 장희빈이 취선당(就善堂) 서쪽에 신당(神堂)을 설치하고 민비가 죽기를 기도한 일이 발각되었다. 이 일에 관련된 희빈과 장희재는 처형되고 궁인(宮人)·무녀와 그 족당(族黨)도 화를 입었다. 이것을 무고(巫蠱)의 옥(獄)이라고 한다. 이 때 장희빈에 대해 관대한 태도를 취한 남구만·최석정(崔錫鼎)·유상운(柳尙運) 등 소론의 선비들도 몰락하고 다시 노론이 득세하였다. 숙종은 이후 빈(嬪)을 후비(后妃)로 승격하는 일을 없애는 법을 만들었다.
Hey, great vid! As i russian i ve never actually heard the melody of russian church thats sounds similar to the main theme. Can you give me recording on youtube or maybe give me russian name, because i cant find it myself.
Hi! Sorry for the late response. In one of the follow up videos I found out that was actually a rumor that wasn't exactly true, however there is a particular chant that is very similar. I found the article on JSTOR I think, or some academic journal but unfortunately since I graduated I have no access and have been unable to find it. But Rachmaninoff said that the theme "wrote itself". Any similarities to chant must have been subconscious in that case.
@@joshvigranmusic when waiting for your answer i actually found a recording on youtube of the particular tune you are refering to ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-zMvT-yR39_A.htmlsi=ZVTQBxmhxHbIZk1r But i think there are multiple melodies in both church and party music of russia that have some similarities. I think that was actually the idea, and thats why melody "wrote itself". Its just immidiatly so familiar and feels like something you deeeefinitely heard before. I think that is the feeling Rachmaninoff wanted the listener to have.
@@joshvigranmusic but actually in the recording i send the C is natural, not C# as you play it in the video and show in the sheet music. Dont know why there is such difference
any tips on how to play the piano with a flow like you .. and really fast. any exercises? or just elarning how to read notes and practice and also i cant press hard with my finger between pinky and middle any tips?
Learning scales and arpeggios and working your way through various etudes. It depends on what level you are so I can't give specific advice unless I see you olay. If you're interested in online lessons I'm taking students right now! My info is in the video description
@joshvigranmusic i wish it was free .. my country is in a war and financially done i cant pay ;-; i can play rivers flow in you its pretty easy .. fur elise .. mariage d amour .. many other and learning interstellar.. its challenging but doable.. i am self taught and play by ear.. hope i gave you an image about my level
after some practice i finally can play it flawlessly:) thanks for this tutorial.. i thought it was hard but it is actually easy for me @joshvigranmusic
@joshvigranmusic sorry for disturbing you but i have 1 last question.. my ring finger almost always feels weak.. how can i build atrong independent fingers for piano
Haha thanks! It's mostly because I don't produce enough content due to my work, but I've got a lot of projects lined up for this coming season so more will be coming soon!
i hope you get the amount of support you deserve i and i hope one day i can be like you i play by ear and can play couple of songs but i love interstellar the most so hope i can play it soon@joshvigranmusic
@joshvigranmusic i knew it was too hard to play but i pushed through ! NOW I FIND IT EASY all thanks to your tips.. thank you very much it was a long big dream to play this
Bravo! 🎉 PS. And some of them listen "relaxing" piano when they studie or to help them sleep (I get insomnia from classical music, MAKES ME THINK ABOUT HOW MUCH I HAVE TO PRACTISE 😵
Haha I'm the same, I can't do work with classical music in the background. It has to be lofi or ambient music, something repetitive and not too involved otherwise I start analyzing the music
This is an excellent video Josh. It was fascinating learning what it takes to not only play this difficult passage, but also what it takes to learn how to learn it. You do an excellent job of describing this. I never realized that one could suffer injury as you did. I should have realized this though. Is there a part II? Will you perform the entire cadenza for us? This truly is a remarkable piece of music. I listened to the ossia cadenza thousands of times.
The full concerto is up on my page! And yes, almost every single professional musician I know has been injured at least once. Tendonitis can take a while to heal and so can carpal tunnel so it's important to be careful especially when playing difficult music for extended periods of time.
5:42, finally my hands have a use 😅. Warmed up my hand can stretch two octaves accurately and 2.5 less accurate. My hand span is 27.1cm (10.7 inch). Oh no, I don’t play piano, I put the keys to sleep.
I really do love this concerto. As a young composer, I look to it as a shining example of what good concerto writing is. It’s flashy, but not for the sake of it. The motivic development is very creative and so subtle it took me many critical listens to hear everything. Thank you for this. I’m slowly rounding out my understanding of it now that I know the harmonic basis of the theme. I love it! Thank you!
I hope that I can get back to it and finish the project one day. My transcription has moved along well. I have the first two movements done and the 3rd movement is up to around measure 120!
Corect me if I am wrong. This "Tender and loving" melody (about 17:10) before Theme 2 remind me strongly of Concerto 2 (as about 1:15) , enough much that I see it as a intentionally quotation, or reminder from "another life". By the way, great analysis and curage to present so complicated musical consideration to classical music non initiated public (like me)!
There is some similarity there definitely in terms of affect. I've wondered before if Rachmaninoff intentionally wanted them to be similar, but I haven't personally found any reference to it in his writings.
Good question! Even though the right hand isn't explicitly marked as a sextuplet, the last note is always vertically aligned directly over the last note of the LH sextuplet, and the common practice is to play them aligned. As far as I know that was Rachmaninoff's intention, sort of like the Baroque practice of double dotting. In any case when it happens at full speed any effect of polyrhythm is lost so I find it's cleaner to play them aligned. Plus the rhythm has more "snap" to it!
At the point of filming this video I did the polyrhythms in slow motion but now I keep them aligned after realizing the vertical alignment plus the fact that many pianists seem to play them aligned.
@@joshvigranmusic I noticed the vertical alignment as well but my calculations had that note fall between the 4th and 5th notes of the last sextuplet in that measure. I don’t think it’s worth being that accurate because (like you said) the polyrhythm will vanish at the required speed. Thank you :)
Thanks a lot ! Merci beaucoup. Concerning the main subject, I think that Barenboim made the same comment as you a long time ago, concerning the same sonata :-)
If you head over to the Rhapsody Piano Studio youtube channel I have teaching videos for scales and arpeggios! A "run" isn't so specific, it could mean a lot of different things depending on the context, so on my channel I break down several different runs in different pieces. But as far as a video on how to pick fingering? I haven't actually made one yet but I will do that soon on the Rhapsody Piano Studio channel!
...I was taught by a 2nd school advocate...Thomas Brockman, student of Josef Hoffman...it was all about looseness, arm weight, even down to rotation of the wrist and arm to move the fingers...I mastered it "somewhat"...it was a strange approach which I had never encountered previously...the other pianist that focused on this was Gyorgy Sandor, who's book shows photos of this technique...Ruth Slenczynska even took it a step further, breaking down passages, using at least 4 variations of the phrase to get the technique down...that's all 2nd school stuff...🙂...
...I used to go through Hanon in all twelve keys; however, I have learned that the Russians use the Plaidy Studies...I downloaded a copy and plan to go through it...focuses on a lot of thirds, fifths, etc.
