To: AZamericonnie; ConorMacNessa; Kathy in Alaska; MS.BEHAVIN; LUV W
In 1842
Frederic Chopin wrote one of his best known pieces, turned into a popular song in 1944 titled “Til the End of Time”. The middle section contains some of his most difficult writing. Those repetitive octave combinations, intended to portray war drums, are hell on the wrist.
Chopin: Polonaise in A-flat, Op. 53 (“Heroic”)
96 posted on
09/07/2012 8:33:14 PM PDT by
Publius
(Leadership starts with getting off the couch.)
To: Publius
Around 3:17 and following — yep from the video that’s clearly wrist action, not forearm action that Horowitz is using on those circular L.H. octave passages.
110 posted on
09/07/2012 8:48:37 PM PDT by
HiTech RedNeck
(let me ABOs run loose, lew (or is that lou?))
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