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I'm currently practicing Mendelssohn's Rondo Capriccioso (op14) and I'm imagining Mendelssohn turning in his grave.
Which composer would be the most hurt about your practice sessions with their music, and which composers do you think would just be happy it's still being played?
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My condolences to Chopin.
Liszt would laugh at me.
Chopin world feel emotional trauma.
🤣
Chopin must be raging from his grave over what I do to his pieces. On the other hand, I also wanna scream at him for making it so beautifully difficult.
i'd love a word with him about some of his codas. put my hands through torture pahaha
i'd love a word with him about some of his codas. put my hands through torture pahaha
I imagine him looking back at you and wink before saying. Skill issue
Dear F. Chopin,
I am so sorry.
Sincerely,
Me.
*visible shame
I think after Scherzo no.2 he's already waiting for me in the afterlife.
Same.
Poor Chopin 😅
His second Scherzo or a couple of his etudes must have him ready for a fight at this point 😬
Sometimes i imagine him scolding me with his polish accent 😂 But as you said, he would probably be happy to know his music is still played 175 years after he died lol
to be honest after hearing me play some of his stuff, i'm pretty sure he'd like us to call it quits 😂
Imagine how mad he would be if he knew about all his posthumous works that were published after he said he wanted them destroyed 😂
Rachmaninoff would be sitting in the corner drinking his Stoli and deeply sighing like a math teacher at a parent-teacher conference.
He’s not mad; just disappointed…
Hahaha I love this
Would he be disappointed? hahaha I think he'd be one of those happy to see their music still being played nowadays
Bach.
i don't think i butcher anything as badly as i do Bach, but to be fair i think i get more angry with him than he would with me 😂
Careful there, Bach is armed and willing to use it (read up on his fight with Geyersbach if you're unaware)
Czerny would probably think I'm lazy and incompetent.
I know they're his exercises but Schmitt is probably hoping I give up playing by now.
Since ravel was so anal about details, I feel like he’d really dislike what I do with his music
i reckon quite a few composers definitely wouldn't like my interpretations
All of them, I butcher everything I play many MANY times before getting it right💀
Mozart, I don't really play his pieces anymore, but I know his intentions are on a plane beyond my comprehension (and perhaps care).
practising Mozart still gives me nightmares
They key to playing Mozart and Bach is to own your mistakes and not let them bother you. Otherwise, you'll go kookoo.
Considering that he was out partying hard when not composing, he'd more than likely forgive you.
I probably don't know too much about who Mozart was a person. not that I particularly care lol
There's a fantastic movie called Amadeus that paints a hilarious portrait of him. Did they take a liberty or two? Oh probably. Do I care? Nerp.
I've watched it, it was pretty funny lol
Sorry Debussy I promise to practice Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum slower tomorrow
I’m sorry Brahms. My lullaby would give you nightmares!
I’m a beginner, Chopin, Beethoven, Bach will have to wait their turn for the nightmares that going to follow.
Great self burn. Love it OP
😂😂 the truth hurts
I’m just imagining these composers uncomfortably shifting in their chair like Sting listening to Jose Feliciano performing Every Breath You Take.
Nobody! I'm certainly far from a perfect pianist, but I'm betting that most of them would be delighted to simply know that their works are still being constantly played hundreds of years later. For context, I mainly play pieces composed up to but rarely after the early 1800s, including some Renaissance era music. But even if I played much newer repertoire, my answer above would still apply. Unrelated, damn my fellow commentors either have very poor self esteem or that the master composers were shamelessly rude monsters.
They’d be grateful that people still know their music.
I’m sorry Beethoven.
As long as you practise with passion, you're fine in Beethoven's books :D
This makes me feel better since my go to is to take my anger out on Fur Elise.
And the favt that he can't hear anything else...
He must be looking down on me thinking Pathetique
Khachaturian is probably very sick of me playing his Toccata.
Bach, and Chopin. I think Scarlatti wouldn't mind my playing though.
Not to Beethoven, he's not gonna hear it
Many of them taught as well and would probably be happy their songs can continue to be used as lessons for pianists.
i'd love to know the teaching style of the greats tbf. I reckon Schubert was encouraging but Chopin would get angry 😂
For some reason i feel like most of them would have hit you if you weren't good enough
imagine trying to tell Beethoven you forgot to practice that week pahaha
A number of the greats would probably be on anti-anxiety and mood stabilizer meds if they were living in today's society.
That, and they’d probably use our practice recordings (mine included) as a reference for their students.
Chopin: “Hear that, Jane? Pika just got up to the second chorus of Grand Polonaise Brillante (Op. 22), he’ll probably wipe out on the descending thirds. Probably slowly because he’s squinting at the fingerings and while looking at his hands. Don’t do that.”
All of them.
They should thank me..
For the laughs
For sure 🤣😂
Beethoven. Because I can't, and won't, stop playing the first part of Moonlight Sonata too fast. It's fun!
Rachmaninoff, also Bach. I apologize for using too much pedal and absolutely butchering the timing for the sake of rubato.
Bach would wish he never invented the inventions.
Liszt would burn me at the stake if he heard me playing his Études
I imagine any composer would be pretty excited people are learning their pieces
Beethoven. Poor guy. But being realistic, I also compose my own songs and I should apologize to myself more often... the way I play makes me want to go deaf sometimes...
Einaudi…. After the first few bars of anything of his I’m usually heard to say “I’m sorry…. But I just can’t make anything interesting out of this….”
Bach, for sure. I am so sorry
You might be surprised at how they’d react to the. “best” performances from the most elite. Modern performers. No doubt intention and interpretation over the course of time would divulge, even at the most elite conservatories.plus it’s really hard to show everything about what you hear in your mind in a music score. Imagine those who composed before you could even record and hear your own performances. Literally every major name in classical music never even once heard themselves play from a third party perspective.
The French melodies of Gabriel Faure 🤣😂
Chopin and Bach. My teacher constantly complains that I play Chopin like Rachmaninoff or Liszt😭
Liszt if I attempted one of his pieces.
Of the composers I've played, Debussy would likely take my piano away.
I can play several styles fairly decently (classical, baroque, romantic etc), but impressionism certainly isn't one of them.
Just don't understand what the music is telling me to do lol.
I'm not overly fond of impressionism but i do respect it truly. I think if Ravel or Debussy heard my attempts they'd probably cut the strings in the piano 😂
I'm very interested in it, that's why I'm sad that I can't pull it off.
Perhaps one day I'll truly put the hours in to learn it, but it feels so demotivating to not even realise whats written on the sheet.
To me it's basically another language that I just cannot understand, like jazz.
Some of it blows me away but it's never completely been my cup of tea. I did get quite into jazz for a while but a classical pianist trying jazz is a recipe for disaster ahahaha
Oh I've never attempted jazz either haha. Not necessarily my cup of tea anyways, really.
I would also like to get into russian composers like Scriabin or Rach at some point, should be closer to 'my language' than Debussy or Ravel at least haha
Bach and Chopin, rip me if they were still alive to hear me playing their pieces
Mendelssohn might turn in his grave that people are playing the Rondo Capriccioso at all. He wrote it when he was what, 14?
Came up with it when he was 15 and is managing to make my fingers break - legendary
...turning, sure -- but at what tempo?
i reckon he's turning at the same tempo as that bloody presto section 💀
Liszt is dissatisfied with me not practising La Campanella 40 hrs/day.
Definitely Bach. I played those fugues extremely poorly most of the time, principally in recitals and class auditions. I owe him a big apology.
Lol... But truthfully, I doubt he'd be upset. For starters, you're in the process of learning it. Moreover, in general there's a higher standard of playing today than there was in Mendelssohn's time, in part because piano ownership was mostly out of reach for all but the quite wealthy.
If anything, he'd probably be astounded by your piano. And also freaked out by cars and electricity and stuff. 😂
I remember hearing the piece for the first time and being blown away slightly, I'd love to be able to tell him how incredible his music is. He also loved Scotland so I'm sure he wouldn't mind a visit ahahaa (though i would refrain from showing him my progress 😂)
It's a fantastic piece, for sure! Very satisfying both to play and to hear, which I feel is probably a real feat for a composer.
I think Aram Khachaturian would be glad an older guy in Toronto plays his music and is having fun.
Khachaturian is famous for the Sabre Dance from Gayaneh suite, but I found his Andantino while looking for sight-reading material and it's such a delightful little piece.
I don't think anybody should apologize to anybody. We all are striving to suck just a little bit less than we sucked yesterday. I am really trying, Herr Bach!
Toru Takemitsu. I'm sorry I really thought I could read/play your Rain Tree Sketch II
I'd say Beethoven but he'd probably be thrilled to hear anything at all, even me absolutely butchering his work lol.
i think of most of the greats, Beethoven would be the most glad to know the extent to which his pieces have lived on
Mozart. I'm currently playing my first piece from him, but the thing is... I don't really enjoy his music from what I've heard so far, including the one I'm currently learning. I'm learning it purely for "educational purpose", so it's hard to imagine I'll be capable of honoring whatever musical intentions the piece has.
I remember telling my music teacher in high school that i found Bach and Mozart unenjoyable. Thought he was going to kill me 😂
Haha. The joys of being an adult learner is being "allowed" to freely have opinions others might think are very wrong. Luckily also my piano teacher, while a bit of a "classical snob", isn't a huge fan of Mozart either and shares a lot of my likes, so we get to mostly work on stuff we both enjoy!
Bach I haven't enjoyed much, but I'm kind of trying to get into, just because so many good musicians seem to consider him very special. I haven't played any of his music yet, aside from the standard C major prelude which I did enjoy. Maybe I need to play some of it and try to find the appreciation that way.
My piano teacher also isn't a big fan of Mozart but says that Bach is essential. Slightly wishing i'd played more of his stuff when i get stuck on 4 part harmony sections!
Myself lmao
Satie would ask if I wanted a bong hit.
Mozart probably...
Beethoven, I suck so much when I play Beethoven.
Sorry, me!
I would apologize if I played Scott Joplins Pieces NOT FAST