- Before that, you might have a look at the comments on yesterday's Friday Miscellanea post as there were some interesting thoughts.
- I have been exploring Prokofiev a lot lately. I never paid much attention to him, not sure why, but some comments by Nathan Shirley quite a while back piqued my interest and I am finally getting around to him. I knew the piano concertos a tiny bit from years back, but, apart from the Classical Symphony, his symphonies were terra incognita. But I have been listening to them this week and wow! Great stuff. So, I will be talking about them soon.
- There will some posts on Schoenberg coming up as well.
- I have a post on the ten best 19th century symphonies in preparation. This is surprisingly tough to do!
- I'm also going to do a post on the neo-romantic composer Lowell Liebermann.
- If you have any suggestions for post topics, don't hesitate to put them in the comments. Always looking for ideas.
- That's about all I have planned at the moment.
Let's end with one of those Prokofiev symphonies. Here is the not-so-well-known Symphony No. 2, fascinatingly constructed with two movements, the second a set of theme and variations. Conducted by Neeme Järvi with the Royal Scottish Orchestra:
6 comments:
What will the next installment in the concerto guide be?
I think either the Schumann Piano Concerto or the Mendelssohn Violin Concerto. Both are from 1845.
No Chopin?
I could, I suppose. Not sure they are important set beside his solo piano music. You think I should?
If you don't think they are important then move ahead to Mendelssohn and/or Schumann I guess.
Chopin's solo piano music? Hugely important. Chopin's concertos, both written in short order when he was 19 or 20? Not so important.
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