DAS MOZART VISUALLY

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Mozart, Sonata for Two Pianos, K 448, first movement (3D)

DAS BOGDAN OTA- FORTE

This man is a marvel, both in his musical history, and in his performance. He started out working in Norway for a copy machine company, went to play at Norway's Got Talent, and here he is in his home country- Romania. 

His home country at first turned him down at Romania's Got Talent, but they atoned for their folly by welcoming him home and keeping him incessantly busy.

ENJOY

His first, or near first, performance was on local TV.

Then, Bogdan went on to this:
FESTIVALUL MANGALIA on the Black Sea
Note the Arabesque over tones of the second number.

It is good to learn that there are still artists who came up from common roots and carried the crowds into reverie. May Bogdan live to bring happiness to many people.

FINALLY, DAS PACHELBEL I CAN TOLERATE

Long ago my oldest son was taking piano lessons. I was delighted. I am a piano tuner, and it was a great boost to my self-esteem for one of my sons to be playing the piano. 

All went well for some time. We finally got to Santa Lucia, and that was real music. What progress. And then the music teacher assigned my son to play Canon in D by Pachelbel. It should be called Canon in Duh? What Gothic magnificent boredom.

I thought my son was stuck on a tough part and playing it over and over to master it. So, I asked him to go ahead and try to play the whole song and come back to the tough part later. "But Dad, that is the whole song."

I told him no composer should take credit for such a mess-- such vain repetition. Then my son told me, "But Dad, Pachelbel was Johann Sabastian Bach's piano teacher. I told him the it was a good thing Pachelbel died so Bach had to learn to play real music.

Thus, I give you some real entertainment based on Pachelbel's Canon in D.

DAS FERSCHLUGGENER NUT CASE

This is not music.

The piano has 88 keys which are made up of about 243 wires. There is a science and mathematical discipline in the scale and tuning of a piano, and Sergei Prokofiev had no business being taken seriously by anyone.

But, the world sits in awe of the mad ramblings. They have no idea where the alleged music starts or ends. They only know that someone said Prokofiev is a master composer, and one must try to look serious and attentive when the idiot is performing.

Thus, it is Forte, but it is Forte nonsense.

DAS Wettstreit zu viert

Nutty as a fruit cake, I gather, a German fruit cake at that.

DAS TOTALLY TOGETHER

This is beyond precise. It is like two wings of an eagle. The unity of command and delivery is beyond anything I have seen in a long time.

You may think this is only the acre of classical music. Not so. This oneness between the players is also found in the most excellent barber shop quartets and is called "the fifth sound." It was what made Glenn Miller's big band the masters of that genre.

So, here it is.............




And, can more than two pull this off?

I THINK SO