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Thank you very much, Anders! How true that the next section, which starts off as a kind of rumination on the opening theme, gets close to the opening of the Mozart. It also reminds me of the haunting orchestral section that follows the piano solo. I have always assumed that Beethoven expected contin...

I was about to suggest that, Anders. There is a recent discussion of Igor on this site.

Interesting article in Forbes:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/andreazarc ... 448a639001

This one shows the sheet music:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jm59ecw5qNQ

I am probably the last to see this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PaIEl_9Rc8g. etc.

It's probably "gone viral", as someone comments.

Someone sent me the sheet music, but I don't know if it is legal to post here. It's very clever. The last measure is marked secco, thus the hair dryer.

Now if Sibeiius had had Sibelius...

benwiggy wrote: ↑

13 Mar 2020, 11:42

I think he'd be rather impressed with the result.

I think so too. Beautiful.

As a composer, I agree completely, Anders. The creative act, whether musical or architectural is completely personal and unfathomable, even to the person actually experiencing it. Teaching has shown me that even inexperienced composers create intricate and logical structures without conscious though...

"We've come a long way, baby!"

You are very welcome, Anders. What about the second scale, the one with C natural? Do you think it's intended to be played more in one sweep, as if it had one long slur only? And would the reason why it hasn't, be that it would be too long for (early-period) Beethoven? Beethoven is slurring with the...