This is mega talent, mega practice with mega commitment and mega determination, perfectionism, uncompromised focus, and some shear luck. Not all musicians have all this alas. But Mehldau has it, and more factors too, probably!
Hats off to Brad , Netherlands culture, and the sound engineers! My Quad elctrostatics are outstanding in response to the audio work. BM always inspires us; the Man in the River of Music. Here's to the next live concert in public.
PROGRAM TIMING: I. waking up 0:03 Brad's explanations 1:09 II. stepping outside 4:00 III. keeping distance 6:28 IV. stopping, listening: hearing 9:18 V. remembering before all this 11:01 Here’s That Rainy Day - Van Heusen/Burke 14:30 Satellite - John Coltrane 18:04
We met one day in Franconville, France. Can’t believe this happened. After all these years listening to you. Almost cried of emotion. You’re an example for me and I believe for many others for both the freedom of your choices and your ability to play in or out of the rules. This concert is just one more example of that. Keep being yourself Monsieur.
Brad Mehldau is such an inspiring pianist. It is admirable his aproach to music, never heard of a greatest dissonance. Great things to listen and learn. Long life master 🙏🏿
At 9:17, "IV. Stopping, listening: hearing" I hear a little Arvo Pärt and also a hint of church music. Nothing wrong with that at all. We are listeners that can hear and associate. The more I listen to the this, the more I like it.
Yes. It saddens me that people are so used to listening to music this way that engineers less and less often record/mix/master music with full dynamic range and a sense of openness of the space.
@@pauldavisthefirst Absolutely.....knowing that means you have to leave it off of the original mix/master in anticipation. I am not really even looking to blame any one person, just lamenting the loss of true dynamic, expressive recordings.
The Concertgebouw is probably the most stunning hall I've ever been in for music. I suspect the engineers have got the recording process in this hall down to perfection - it is just wonderful
This moment, a fractal in time, a spiral of space - dissonant. What you yearn for, in your depths, is reconciliation, reunion. And then timelessness. With or alone... Music runs the line, the edge, the space between. A taste, an echo, a reflection, of truth. Maranartha!
April 2020 is a diary we all are a part of. Wonderfully composed and played. We will rembember this year and how Brad think about it. And then "Here´s that Rainy Day", Can it be better?
Despite loss and melancholy, thanks to this initiative, we stay in touch with beauty and Artists like Brad Mehldau. We still hope we will meet each other again. And it's soothing. Thank you.
by the way: He turned the piano arround, away from the auditorium, It's a touching sign of how much musicians might suffer, not being able to play in front of the audience
(Exerpts from) Suite - April 2020: 0:13 I. Waking up 4:01 II. Stepping 6:33 III. Keeping distance 9:19 IV. Sopping listening: hearing 11:02 V. Remembering before all this 14:30 van Heusen/Burke, Here's that rainy day 18:04 John Coltrane, Satellite
