我喜歡巴赫是因為即便我彈了它,我也唱不出左手旋律;它肅穆,讓人有些敬畏;過一段時間再彈,因指法記憶未回籠常卡頓,回來則順。又恨又愛。因為要和女兒的小提琴合奏,我啃了數月 Beethoven Sonata spring 的4個movements. 對於一位9歲曾學過三年鋼琴,古稀之年再試著捡拾的退休人士,這快大餅幾乎崩掉好幾只老牙。因為要克服的難關不少。尤其是速度和風格。兩三個月後再彈mozart 的sonata E minor 304, 順了一大截。老懷安慰,沒白忙忽。每當恨得咬牙時,我總會找Bach 的歌来反覆彈,找感覺。它們每次都令我安神不瘋。Bach 是神,Mozart 是天真神童,Beethoven 是憤怒中年,Czerny 是恩師,他的貢獻被低估了。他有心有才華,練習曲也非常好聽。是自學者的好幫手。只有在彈練習曲或Bach 的作品時,屁股和腰不累,耳朵不膩。(當然我插了耳機免他人受罪。)
Thank you very much for an excellent introductory lesson on Fugue. I especially enjoy your using Messiah “Amen” , Beethoven’s late piano sonatas, Mozart’s Jupiter Symphony, and Beethoven’s 9th Symphony as examples of ultimate expression of the composer’s final proclamation of their inner feelings during the sunset of their life journeys. Well done! Looking forward for more tutorials in the future!