Russian Piano Masterpieces: Scriabin

[@Grandesecole]

Can't believe this lecture is free. What a world we live in !

[@richardharting2490]

Did tune out.

[@nautae18]

Thank you SO much for this astonishing introduction to a composer which has always baffled me somewhat. I think I am converted...!

[@deedeequast9148]

Thank you for your (as always) valuable insights! It is a special pleasure to hear these pieces played live and so expressively by Mr. Donohoe. Also, the choice of artwork was helpful in setting the mood.

[@Scriabin_fan]

I really enjoyed how much swing he played the following section of Scriabin 9 --> 1:05:13-1:06:16. I've never heard anyone play it with that much swing before and I quite like this amount of swing. Very imaginative interpretation by Peter.

[@Amadeu.Macedo]

Thanks for the introduction to Scriabin. Although I am a lover of classical music, I had never heard of him before. Very profound!

[@staccato5407]

Спасибо за лекцию. Мир образов Скрябина -это мир человека, глубоко верующего. И да, фа диез минорный этюд был восхитителен

[@epipen22]

Thank you for the lecture. I always wanted to learn more about Scriabin.

[@rozalinapiano]

This amazing pianist was very popular during his participation In Tchaikovsky competition. Great musicological intro ! Спасибо!

[@stevelawcomposer]

Wonderful lecture and recital thank you

[@tango_doggy]

Great presentation!

[@SCRIABINIST]

This video is very fine

[@rozalinapiano]

Agreed!

[@skrjabe_]

indeed

[@theopenmouth9695]

Agreed!

[@donotapply6202]

Agreed!

[@emilyhutjes]

As a Divine medicine against all evil in the world we get many musicians from everywhere and lectures like this one.

[@albertcephas7178]

wonderful discussion!

[@ukdavepianoman]

Some very interesting throughts, but very little "piano" for Piano Masterpieces. Peter Donohoe is correct about the jazzy elements of the 4th sonata 2nd movement; there's a real swing to it. Wish there was a lot more piano playing and fewer powerpoint slides.

[@ronl7131]

Masterpiece!

[@williamdiffin28]

Alexander Nikolayevich Scriabin (1872-1915): Russian Modernist composer, pianist, poet, and visionary philosopher.

[@militaryandemergencyservic3286]

I love how enthusiastic some of these reporters are - that enthusiasm will turn to panic when they realise their pension is somewhat annulled due to a smouldering, nuclear crater in the north east of Scotland, with radioactive isotopes floating calmly in the stratosphere over their 4 bedroom houses in suburban Ipswich...

[@shooshieroberts3913]

A NICHE composer? A niche composer??? No! Scriabin is as great as they get. I’m in the west, and I’ve sought out Scriabin for the past 45 years. He’s amazing and wonderful. Not a niche composer. Maybe not well known in America, but that’s no surprise. Our country is catching on, but it took the internet and KZbin to reach the masses. Never mind that Alex was a little touched in the head with the spiritual stuff. He captured the sense of the ear, and that’s what matters.

[@manzoh2248]

I think you don’t understand the meaning if the word niche. It doesn’t mean bad, it just means that it’s audience is rather small, either because it simply isn’t well known, or because it’s only to some peoples tastes.

[@shooshieroberts3913]

@@manzoh2248 Niche doesn’t imply “bad.” It implies “not important except to a few devotees.” Scriabin is tremendously important. It’s just taken a hundred years for pianists to become knowledgeable of his works and therefore for the general public to begin to understand who he is. Even now, the tendency is to perform the most extreme works and not the complete etudes and preludes - which are as important as those of his contemporary, Rachmaninov. The classical world was not prepared to handle his use of extended chords and the vocabulary he developed with them. He begins where Chopin left off - 9ths and 13ths, which are as prevalent as triads in Mozart - and goes far beyond those. It’s not that he merely adds dissonance to what would otherwise be normal harmony; he fashioned a musical sense out of those upper partials that even makes Wagner seem tame. He is able to express something new and other-worldly where melodic and contrapuntal lines take leave of tradition and soar into areas not yet explored in his time. He’s the missing link between the romantics and the moderns, without being an impressionist.

[@manzoh2248]

Bro you need to chill, I’m not disagreeing with any of your points, but literally you misunderstand the meaning of niche. Here’s the definition on google: ‘denoting products, services, or interests that appeal to a small, specialized section of the population’. It is not calling it only important for a few people, it is saying it only *appeals* to a small amount of people, which in this case is quite accurate. Nobody called Scriabin unimportant, if anything the lecture was arguing his importance most of the time, especially in innovating harmony.

[@shooshieroberts3913]

@@manzoh2248 I’m not your bro, dude, and I don’t “need to chill.” I stand by what I said. Now, run along and find some other nits to pick.

[@debrucey]

@@shooshieroberts3913 You do need to chill, and learn some humility while you're at it

[@tis_the_other_thing]

let the woman speak

[@richardharting2490]

Too much talk before music, almost ready to tune out........

[@keybawd4023]

Too much talk, not enough music.