This was one listener's reaction to the Mozart A minor Rondo that I played yesterday -- not just a listener, but a professional pianist, chamber musician, and vocal accompanist. It might well be assumed that she knows what that means. It came out quite differently yesterday than a few days before, who knows why.
In retrospect (and I have not yet seen the video that I had made of it - something I do only rarely) I suspect it had to do with paying more attention to the short note values this time. It was not something I did "on purpose," but something that happens more and more as I get interested in the ephemeral aspect of all live music.
I noticed something concretely different at the very end when the long note values took on special meaning. Where might they have come from if not from the need for them?
Tuesday, January 27, 2015
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