It's a great pleasure to listen to true professionals! What a wonderful duet! The lecture is informative and interesting! I didn't know that the Finale of the 7th Sonata is connected with Stravinsky's "The Rite of Spring". Peter Donohoe knows it from his own experience of being a symphonic orchestra percussionist, I guess. Because the bass theme itself is originally played by timpani.
Great lecture and great to see Peter Donohoe still championing Prokofiev! His superb interpretations of all 9 sonatas on BBC radio made a profound impression on me as a teenager when I first discovered Prokofiev, thank you Peter! My opinion of the precipitato of the 7th sonata is to keep it strictly in time, not so fast as to lose the toe-tapping effect of the rhythms (as Peter Donohoe does) emphasising the 2+3+2 groupings strictly through to the last bar. The effect is more devastating than speeding up imo but I appreciate different approaches can be effective too. Many thanks
Great pianist. Great composer. Sonata 2,3, 6,7, 8, 9. Concerto Nos. 2,3,5. Very interesting about possible Bizet quote in Sonata 2. I’ll never listen to it again in same way.
He was one of the first composers whose music I felt an affinity for and it's something I've never lost. It's not just the melodies but the harmonies, the rhythms, the orchestration, everything.
Prokofiev noted once that pianists tend to play his music way too percussively and loud.He wrote divine melodies:some visions fugitives, in 1,3 and (especially) 2 piano concertos.
47 years of not having an interest in Classical music changed after I heard a Prokofiev sonata. I assume he is doing something different than other Classical music composes (I don't know, it's just a hunch). I'm curious. I'm trying to figure out what's going on.
It's a great pleasure to listen to true professionals! What a wonderful duet! The lecture is informative and interesting! I didn't know that the Finale of the 7th Sonata is connected with Stravinsky's "The Rite of Spring". Peter Donohoe knows it from his own experience of being a symphonic orchestra percussionist, I guess. Because the bass theme itself is originally played by timpani.
Thank you for this lecture series on Russian piano masterpieces! Great lectures!
Great lecture and great to see Peter Donohoe still championing Prokofiev! His superb interpretations of all 9 sonatas on BBC radio made a profound impression on me as a teenager when I first discovered Prokofiev, thank you Peter! My opinion of the precipitato of the 7th sonata is to keep it strictly in time, not so fast as to lose the toe-tapping effect of the rhythms (as Peter Donohoe does) emphasising the 2+3+2 groupings strictly through to the last bar. The effect is more devastating than speeding up imo but I appreciate different approaches can be effective too. Many thanks
Great pianist. Great composer. Sonata 2,3, 6,7, 8, 9. Concerto Nos. 2,3,5. Very interesting about possible Bizet quote in Sonata 2. I’ll never listen to it again in same way.
What a lovely lecture
Prokofiev was my first love as a composer.
Yeah I know.......
He was one of the first composers whose music I felt an affinity for and it's something I've never lost. It's not just the melodies but the harmonies, the rhythms, the orchestration, everything.
SAME!
When I was a kid, my classmate played piano arrangement of Montecchi and Capuleti, and my jaw dropped 😀 I was thunderstruck by the music.
Prokofiev noted once that pianists tend to play his music way too percussively and loud.He wrote divine melodies:some visions fugitives, in 1,3 and (especially) 2 piano concertos.
people often compare him with Bartok
47 years of not having an interest in Classical music changed after I heard a Prokofiev sonata. I assume he is doing something different than other Classical music composes (I don't know, it's just a hunch). I'm curious. I'm trying to figure out what's going on.