[Publius]

Be patient. We're a few weeks away, and I'll be giving a full analysis of the piece, thanks to the fact that I studied it as a 15 year old. But this week I have a work for piano six hands that includes the theme from the second movement, put on paper ten years before Sergei wrote the concerto.

Let the story unfold.

[Publius]

At age 14, Sergei Rachmaninov wrote his first piece for orchestra, and it’s quite good. It doesn’t compare to his later works for orchestra when he had a better feel for what the instruments could do, but it’s impressive for a teenager.

Rachmaninov: Scherzo in D minor

[ConorMacNessa]

Ohhh - Okay!



Genuflectimus non ad principem sed ad Principem Pacis!

Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. (Isaiah 49:1 KJV)