Thanks for this great video. It's very helpful since I am trying to play this piece myself right now. Do you know the video "Seymour Bernstein REACTS to Glenn Gould playing Brahms"? I think it gives fascinating insights on how different great musicians can think of the same music.
Interesting that I didn't pick up the middle notes as the melody from bar 6, despite doing exactly that at the start of the piece. For me, it just makes sense that the melody starts in the middle range in the first phrase, then sort of "soar" from bar 6 so that I just gels with the falling triads in bar 8 wherein the melody is just the topmost note
I know, I played the top line as melody there at first too. It's a tough choice between the joy of reaching Ab or more controlled coherence of the melody in the middle (which I do think is theoretically valid because it keeps the same texture, but still not obvious).
man, I'm going through this piece right now .. when I started you hadn't uploaded this piece yet and I was disappointed as you'd helped me through Chopin Nocturne in E-flat major as well as Chopin Prelude no 15 .. looking forward to this!
Thank you for your great analysis! I noticed that other than the similarity with Chopin as you mentioned, the earlier section also resembles his own early work of the 15th Waltz of Op. 39.
The whole op. 117 and other late works are so difficult to interpret. Brahms’ sound and thinking is too deep for a great playing on it.
Yeah, sometimes it feels like that.
i love this channel so much
Thanks for this great video. It's very helpful since I am trying to play this piece myself right now. Do you know the video "Seymour Bernstein REACTS to Glenn Gould playing Brahms"? I think it gives fascinating insights on how different great musicians can think of the same music.
Thanks for the tip, really interesting video!
Incredible, I never thought to cross hands in the third section!!! Thanks for a great analysis of one of my favourite pieces 😄
Glad you enjoyed it!
Me either! This was the first Brahms piece I played. It's lovely.
@AdamDavidFroman, try Henrik's arrangement of Brahmm's Intermezzo 118. It is easier and, I think, even more beautiful.
PLEASE DO SCHUMANN 28 2!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I am not a Brahms fan.....
But you are convincing me.
Bb11
🌠🌎
I am currently binge watching your videos 😂 very interesting, keep up the good work!
Interesting that I didn't pick up the middle notes as the melody from bar 6, despite doing exactly that at the start of the piece. For me, it just makes sense that the melody starts in the middle range in the first phrase, then sort of "soar" from bar 6 so that I just gels with the falling triads in bar 8 wherein the melody is just the topmost note
I know, I played the top line as melody there at first too. It's a tough choice between the joy of reaching Ab or more controlled coherence of the melody in the middle (which I do think is theoretically valid because it keeps the same texture, but still not obvious).
The music of heaven ❤
interesting that Alan Belkin has also released a video today with an analysis of the same piece
Yeah, what a coincidence! Totally unplanned. I didn't actually know about his channel before so thanks for the tip, it seems great.
Yes, I noticed the same thing. They came up back-to-back on my feed.
Thank you for these analysis op. 117. I hold them very close. Through them I first listened to Maestro Lupu (RIP).
So eloquent: the music **and** the analysis which fully does to Brahms’ depth and feeling; and performance on the same level! Exquisite all around!
man, I'm going through this piece right now .. when I started you hadn't uploaded this piece yet and I was disappointed as you'd helped me through Chopin Nocturne in E-flat major as well as Chopin Prelude no 15 .. looking forward to this!
i love ur videos so much!!!! also i would love to see ur analysis on andante maestoso by tchaikovsky, such a beautiful piece!!!
Thank you for your great analysis! I noticed that other than the similarity with Chopin as you mentioned, the earlier section also resembles his own early work of the 15th Waltz of Op. 39.
Chopin op42 pls😭😭😭☝🏻☝🏻☝🏻
beautiful piece, working on it right now
please do Schumann op28 no2🙏
Please do a video on the Liszts mazeppa etude and “un sospiro”
Brahms for me is the greatest composer.
thank you, so nice to listen !