Learning the cadenza of Rachmaninoff's 3rd concerto | Vlog #4 | Josh.V.Music 

I love this part of the concerto. I've started learning the notes yesterday note by note. my neighbours must think I'm drunk or my cat is walking on the low notes very slowly for a very long time

This Cadenza is so epic and so thrilling, as well as very organic to the movement, that I always feel acutely deflated when the other Cadenza is performed instead. This so-called Ossia Cadenza was actually written first, I believe by Rachmaninof. He wrote the other one in response to criticism which he had a bad habit of taking too seriously throughout his life. I would love to hear you discuss the Prokofiev 2nd concerto Cadenza! Do you dare?😁

I couldn’t have explained it better, Rach 3 is the perfect representation of the heroe’s journey in music as well as deeply sublime

Not very many classical performers can really communicate with such articulateness. Hats off to this awesome pianist who is also devastatingly handsome as Rach3 is glorious!!!

Great to see and hear an artist working through and explaining this wonderful epic.

If you haven't already, you HAVE to listen to Alexander Malofeev's recording of this piece. It's inspiring, one of the best recordings I have ever heard. His phrasing is just phenomenal on the cadenza. It's not all blasting your ears off, there's so much shaping to tell your ear where you're going. Great vid, man!

Oh wow, this was quality content for piano nerds 👌👌

Wonderful and very humbling!

it is also my favourite (besides the Grieg cadenza) ... i also like at the beginning of the cadenza that you did not rush those three buildup sequences... it must slow down at the end of each sequence ...anna fedorova also does the beginning very well by slowing it down (but not letting it die out) at the end of each of the three buildup "stanzas" ... even though I am an amateur, I think I could direct the cadenza like a master class teacher

I was waiting for this video 😉Thank you very much for your efforts and work! Really looking forward to a complete performance 😊Best wishes, Maxi

You are obviously an intelligent and thoughtful pianist who helped others to understand this titanic piece. It is the greatest of piano concertos.

Your approach to the cadenza is phenomenal! So much emotional sweep as well as insightful analysis.

I’m so grateful for your explanations of the technical (injuries included!). We audience members, no matter how adoring, sometimes forget that proficiency is a combination of artistry and physical conditioning. I am really looking forward to seeing you on the concert stage. Thanks so much for your insights!

"seasick section" -what a great word-picture!

Very cool video. This is one of my favorite piano concertos of all time and it was fun to see how you have worked through the cadenza.

This was wonderful. Helpful. Clarity. I hope to start working on this piece here in a year or two. Thank you!

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.

7:10 RIP headphone users

really like your explanation here. this is a cadenza that sounds worse the faster it is played in my opinion. you explain the conflict that is generated during this quite well.

I’d love to see you play his Corelli variations - I always thought it was the perfect end to his music, like he was searching all his emotions, battling his depressive mind, and then finally finding rest. Rach 3 is so massive in emotion i always found so much inspiration in it. Thanks for the analysis and insight!

One of the big reasons I like your stuff so much as you talk about things like battles and clashes and pipe organs and escaping from hell and all of these ideas add a layer of shape and beauty to the notes.

Hey Josh, awesome video, I LOVE rach 3 and have listened to it many times, and watching this video connect with the music more deeply through your breakdown, keep uploading practice vlogs bc I enjoy them even as a non-pianist

Keep up with the work! You are so amazing!!

Absolutely fabulous

Omg I love your channel already. I love these types of videos.❤️

This cadenza is insane, technically - I actually think the original is prettier, and the Ossia is more impressive. Love the technical breakdown of this brutally difficult sequence, and the candid explanation of some of the challenges.

Yes, the Mt. Everest of piano concertos. Some make it to the top, many don't.

Today I bought the Boosey and Hawks edition for 2 pianos! I'd really like to learn the Ossia Cadenza (and afterwards when more time the entire first movement), do you think it's possible for an amateur pianist to learn this cadenza (with the proper guidance for the techniques) within a year? My piano level : I can play Rachmaninoff's famous C-sharp prelude again after a long layoff (which is nowhere near this level). But I reckon it's quite individual and all has to do with your musical/emotional maturity and understanding of music and of course the amount of hours you put into it? Like I said it's a project for an entire year, besides that I'm still going to learn other pieces (from him) aside this one, to have some variety during my studying : more of his preludes and the 18th variation of rhapsody on a theme of Paganini ^^ Btw, your videos are amazing, they will come in handy! Sorry for the long post!

If you're listening with earpods/headphones remove them 7:10-7:14.

Would it be possible to make a file that can show the fingerings you use in the score?

Hey Josh, do you have any book recommendations for analyzing music like you did in the video?

Me with less than of year of playing piano, thinking I could learn this by practicing it slowly for a whole year : 🤭😶😕😔

what publisher are you using for the copy of rachmaninoff's concerto?

The cadenza of Andre Watts is different. Why?

Best cadenza is still Prokofiev piano concerto no. 2!!!

9:00 me when I play anything

2 bars at the bottom of page 26 are excessive and need to be omitted.

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Why don,t you just write out the chord changes very simple!