My whole piano career, beginning at the age of 5, I’ve strictly studied classical music. I’ve had a Russian, German, Czech, and Korean piano teacher all crafting my main instrument: the classical piano.
This is why I’ll go ahead and argue that I probably enjoyed listening LYA ITIN BEETHOVEN SONATA Op. 57 Appassionato in F Minor… even if it was on YouTube. The tranquility the first note, first measure, first page, and first movement brings to my musical soul may be unhealthy.
Thirty seconds into the Appassionato, the dynamical contrast swells your heart making you want to run around and exclaim your love for Beethoven himself, for being such a musical genius of course. The minor, as opposed to the major, Sonata’s of Beethoven, Bach, and Mozart, to name a few, are mechanically and passionately more colorful. There is so much evident emotion in Op. 57 despite the face that it’s actually called “appasionato”.
Regardless, the performance of such a splendidly uplifting piece is all in the hands of the pianist… literally.
The chromatic chords and scales in the eighth minute build and drop, build and drop. In this particular segment, the piano and forte build and cease as well.
Sometimes listening to minor pieces make me a tad bit blue, but the only time I was sad listening to this was when it was over.
link to performance: (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jcD12Zthp3s&feature=user)
