http://www.susantomes.com/masterclass-weekend/ Pianist & writer Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:48:10 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.susantomes.com/masterclass-weekend/comment-page-1/#comment-1480 Susan Tomes Sun, 14 Feb 2010 13:12:42 +0000 http://www.susantomes.com/?p=1465#comment-1480 This story is pure gold for pianists, Steve. Thank you for posting it. This story is pure gold for pianists, Steve. Thank you for posting it.

]]> http://www.susantomes.com/masterclass-weekend/comment-page-1/#comment-1479 Steve Zade Sun, 14 Feb 2010 11:29:51 +0000 http://www.susantomes.com/?p=1465#comment-1479 Norbert Brainin talked of an impromptu master class in an interview with the German magazine 'Ibykus'. Georges Enescu, unhappy with the interpretation of Mozart's KV 387 quartet in an early Amadeus Quartet concert (at a Bryanston School festival), suggested that Brainin and his fellow musicians should spend the afternoon with him. "I'd very much like to show you how to play Beethoven's quartets, but unfortunately it will have to be on the piano." Brainin recalled,"he played straight through all the quartets (from memory), including the late quartets...What we learned was colossal; Enescu may have played the quartets 'only' on the piano, but there is a great deal to be shown, and learned from that instrument. It is hard to believe, but no less true; on the piano one can produce every nuance, whether hard, soft, legato - and one can sing, especially sing! I think it was Schnabel who said that the piano is the most expressive of all instruments. Not the violin, but the piano, truly sings." Norbert Brainin talked of an impromptu master class in an interview with the German magazine ‘Ibykus’. Georges Enescu, unhappy with the interpretation of Mozart’s KV 387 quartet in an early Amadeus Quartet concert (at a Bryanston School festival), suggested that Brainin and his fellow musicians should spend the afternoon with him. “I’d very much like to show you how to play Beethoven’s quartets, but unfortunately it will have to be on the piano.”
Brainin recalled,”he played straight through all the quartets (from memory), including the late quartets…What we learned was colossal; Enescu may have played the quartets ‘only’ on the piano, but there is a great deal to be shown, and learned from that instrument. It is hard to believe, but no less true; on the piano one can produce every nuance, whether hard, soft, legato – and one can sing, especially sing! I think it was Schnabel who said that the piano is the most expressive of all instruments. Not the violin, but the piano, truly sings.”

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