My dad had a Steinway grand piano, which he rarely played because my mom thought it was "too loud". Well every great once-in-awhile, she wouldn't be home, and this was always the first piece he would play. I'm pretty sure he was doing his favorite parts, perhaps even improvising the arrangement. It seemed to be about 10 minutes long, the version he would do. So powerful! I remember asking him what it was called, or who composed it, but that memory was long forgotten when I got the idea to try and figure it out a couple decades ago. My wife (at the time) and I frequented the local library, and I became enamored with their extensive CD collection. When I discovered the classical music section, that's when I got the idea to find this piece. I checked out every CD from every composer they had, but I did not find any Grieg. Then, a few weeks ago, I had RU-vid on in the living room, playing in the background. Someone was interviewing a session guitarist who I wasn't familiar with, I was not paying attention. But then the guitarist played a few chords, and whatever it was brought those first descending notes of this piece into my memory, and I was able to vocalize a reasonable facsimile for the very first time. I immediately called a dear old friend who listens almost exclusively to classical music, and "sang" the melody to him. He responded that it kinda sounded like a piece by Tchaikovsky, but when I looked it up, I said "It's... similar. But too fast, too fluid. It needs more power, more like rock power chords by The Who." "Oh, you mean Grieg!" Yes, that's the one! It's like I finally made a musical connection with my dad more than 40 years after his passing. And I've been learning a little about a wonderful composer I had never really heard of. Pretty effin' cool, if ya ask me. This is a wonderful performance of this great piece!
Edvard Grieg - Piano Concerto in A minor Grieg Piano Concerto in A minor Op. 16 00:31-13:34 I. Allegro molto moderato 13:53-20:24 II. Adagio - attacca 20:27-31:00 III. Allegro moderato molto e marcato Piano Alice Sara Ott
She is the Epitome of A Greatest Courage of the Most Prolific Creativity of Music by the Bravest Heart of A True Musical Genius whose humanity creates only the Masterpiece of the Most Prodigious Musical Artist of the Highest Order on Earth and who knows no fears and bears no rancor(s) as she lives here on Earth … in the most complicated conditions of human life too persistent that she is in order to live by her most defining quest for Truth, Beauty & Kindness to define the Keys to The Greatest Truth of the Musical Humanity on Earth - whenever, wherever she plays her piano creating the most powerful music of A True Musical Artist, A True Woman and A True Human Being whose kind of music too subtle, too unique, and too powerful courage that transcends Religion, Races, Peoples, Nations & Cultures in her most defining ultimate quest, not only for a life of success; but also - with the love of her heart in her wish to dream dreams - for a life of meaning, a life of sense for human life and a life of value for all peoples on Earth. Yes, she is here …. Yes, she lives with us on Earth … Yes, she is Alice Sara Ott. A True Musical Genius, A True Human Being My Dear Alice Sara Ott: May the Good LORD GOD Protect You from All Harms; Heal You from All Sicknesses, Keep You Safe and in the Best of Health to live and continue to live with the True Value of Human Life in order to be The Blessings for All Humanity beyond Religion, Races, Peoples, Nations, and Cultures… - Gpw Bernard Bautista Rementilla
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