I have been listening to a lot of music recently... Big surprise, huh?! :) Some of you know that I love to listen to the same song played by many different artists... Preferably three at the very least. I'd much rather have ten or more options. Anyway, my song recently has been Tchaikovsky's 1st Piano Concerto. It is a beautifully intricate piece. I have listened to many different artists playing it, including Martha Argerich, Peter Toperczer, Ayako Uehara, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Cecile Licad, Van Cliburn (The Chopin competition recording and the newer recordings), Monty Python :), Dimitris Sgouros, Evgeny Kissin, and some others. It's amazing to me how differently a song can be portrayed. I just wanted to share a little bit of my Tchaikovsky enjoyment with you... So, enjoy!!!
Here is Martha playing the famous octaves:
In order, Vladimir Horowitz (1943)
Van Cliburn (1962)
Vladimir Ashkenazy (1962)
Arthur Rubinstein
Arturo Beneditti Michelangeli
Sviatoslav Richter
Emil Gilels (1979)
Martha Argerich (1980)
Mikhail Pletnev
Dimitris Sgouros (1984)
Alexei Sultanov (1989)
Evgeny Kissin (1988)
Sergio Tiempo
Dong-Heyk Lim (2003)
Boris Berezovsky (2004)
Lang Lang (2004)
(When you see Martha's face, it's Emil playing, and visa versa)
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Thursday, September 18, 2008
Details!
Okay, so I was asked for more details about college. Okay!!! First, I'll give you a list of classes I'm taking.
Composition 1 (Mr. Burdick)
Public Speaking (Mr. Burdick)
Algebra 1 (Mr. Paris)
Voice Lessons (Tim Pahel)
CSC Choir (Tim Pahel)
CSC Chamber Choir (Tim Pahel)
Music Theory 1 (Tim Pahel)
Ear Training and Sight Reading (Tim Pahel)
Organ Lessons (Mary Harlan)
Piano Lessons (Kurt Killam)
Fun, huh! You probably noticed right away that I don't have many teachers for all those classes. The piano lessons aren't actually credited classes, but I count them anyway :) So, four teachers, excluding piano. I have Mr. Paris for one, Mr, Burdick for two, Tim Pahel for five, and Mary Harlan for one. Algebra is definitely not my strongest subject, so don't have much to say about that.
Speech and Comp. are going pretty well. I get along well with Mr. Burdick; partly because he reminds me of myself. (Don't get scared, people!) His assignments are fun and challenging, and you all know that I enjoy a challenge. The biggest mistake he made was assigning me a journal to write. Just by seeing this blog you would find it apparent that I write a whole lot more than I talk. He is reading some long journal entries :)
All the lessons with Tim are going pretty well. I've known him since I was ten, so I already knew what to expect from him. In Voice he is teaching me selections from Handel's Messiah. (The Soprano solos, for those of you who aren't familiar with that) Ear and Sight stuff is going pretty well. Theory wasn't so great at first, but I got 100% on the last quiz. Study definitely helps :)
Organ lessons are going a bit slow. I still have to get organ shoes (Yes, they exist), and I don't have an organ to practice on yet. But Mary Harlan in very nice, and she gives me the impression of a good teacher.
Piano is exciting, as always. Kurt is always supportive, and we spend most of the lesson talking, which is just fine with me. He calms my nerves. It's almost freaky how well he reads me. I'm usually the one doing that :) I'm eager to learn something challenging, but we've been on break for several months, so it will take a while to get back into the swing of things.
I really wish I could take some history, but hopefully there will be time for that later. God has really blessed me. Hope that's enough detail ya'll!
Love,
Branded by Christ's Seal
Zephaniah 3:17
"The LORD your God in your midst,
The Mighty One, will save;
He will rejoice over you with gladness,
He will quiet you with His love,
He will rejoice over you with singing.”
Composition 1 (Mr. Burdick)
Public Speaking (Mr. Burdick)
Algebra 1 (Mr. Paris)
Voice Lessons (Tim Pahel)
CSC Choir (Tim Pahel)
CSC Chamber Choir (Tim Pahel)
Music Theory 1 (Tim Pahel)
Ear Training and Sight Reading (Tim Pahel)
Organ Lessons (Mary Harlan)
Piano Lessons (Kurt Killam)
Fun, huh! You probably noticed right away that I don't have many teachers for all those classes. The piano lessons aren't actually credited classes, but I count them anyway :) So, four teachers, excluding piano. I have Mr. Paris for one, Mr, Burdick for two, Tim Pahel for five, and Mary Harlan for one. Algebra is definitely not my strongest subject, so don't have much to say about that.
Speech and Comp. are going pretty well. I get along well with Mr. Burdick; partly because he reminds me of myself. (Don't get scared, people!) His assignments are fun and challenging, and you all know that I enjoy a challenge. The biggest mistake he made was assigning me a journal to write. Just by seeing this blog you would find it apparent that I write a whole lot more than I talk. He is reading some long journal entries :)
All the lessons with Tim are going pretty well. I've known him since I was ten, so I already knew what to expect from him. In Voice he is teaching me selections from Handel's Messiah. (The Soprano solos, for those of you who aren't familiar with that) Ear and Sight stuff is going pretty well. Theory wasn't so great at first, but I got 100% on the last quiz. Study definitely helps :)
Organ lessons are going a bit slow. I still have to get organ shoes (Yes, they exist), and I don't have an organ to practice on yet. But Mary Harlan in very nice, and she gives me the impression of a good teacher.
Piano is exciting, as always. Kurt is always supportive, and we spend most of the lesson talking, which is just fine with me. He calms my nerves. It's almost freaky how well he reads me. I'm usually the one doing that :) I'm eager to learn something challenging, but we've been on break for several months, so it will take a while to get back into the swing of things.
I really wish I could take some history, but hopefully there will be time for that later. God has really blessed me. Hope that's enough detail ya'll!
Love,
Branded by Christ's Seal
Zephaniah 3:17
"The LORD your God in your midst,
The Mighty One, will save;
He will rejoice over you with gladness,
He will quiet you with His love,
He will rejoice over you with singing.”
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
It has been so long! College has been great, and a wonderful opportunity to observe the world. I have always been very aware of my surroundings; especially people; and have found more, and yet less, than I expected.
But enough of that! It is time for me to write something to make you think! Hmm....
Here is a new poem I have written. I would love to hear thoughts on it. I rarely write this sort of poetry, so it's more of an experiment than anything else. Enjoy!
High above me sits the pale Moon,
Her beauty unwavering; her song a ray of bliss.
Unattainable is her purity to those who would use it for ill.
Her Gift is highly treasured. She guards it with her eyes.
It cannot be captured by fear.
Those who would attain it are shocked by unswerving zealousness.
I ask her why her light is hidden.
The white lady does not answer.
Instead, she draws a picture, writ clearly in the stars.
Then I see the answer! My heart fills with hope.
There is a Moon for every sky, it's light for only one.
And so I wait for my Moon.
I would love to hear what you think this is about! I'll give you one hint, and a sub hint :) : It is the sky speaking, and it is a man speaking.
But enough of that! It is time for me to write something to make you think! Hmm....
Here is a new poem I have written. I would love to hear thoughts on it. I rarely write this sort of poetry, so it's more of an experiment than anything else. Enjoy!
High above me sits the pale Moon,
Her beauty unwavering; her song a ray of bliss.
Unattainable is her purity to those who would use it for ill.
Her Gift is highly treasured. She guards it with her eyes.
It cannot be captured by fear.
Those who would attain it are shocked by unswerving zealousness.
I ask her why her light is hidden.
The white lady does not answer.
Instead, she draws a picture, writ clearly in the stars.
Then I see the answer! My heart fills with hope.
There is a Moon for every sky, it's light for only one.
And so I wait for my Moon.
I would love to hear what you think this is about! I'll give you one hint, and a sub hint :) : It is the sky speaking, and it is a man speaking.
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