Comments on: Von Ludwig bis Wolfgang http://jonathanbiss.com/home/2007/12/01/von-ludwig-bis-wolfgang/ The Official Site of Jonathan Biss Sat, 11 Oct 2008 19:31:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.2 By: another musician http://jonathanbiss.com/home/2007/12/01/von-ludwig-bis-wolfgang/#comment-51 another musician Mon, 03 Dec 2007 05:56:44 +0000 http://jonathanbiss.com/home/2007/12/01/von-ludwig-bis-wolfgang/#comment-51 hey jonathan, played in the choral fantasy orchestra with you tonight. somehow, i felt that you were a familiar face. and then i realised that i first 'knew' you 3 months ago when i was watching this barenboim masterclass on the plane i took to the us. never thought id have met you in person, but i have. good to know. hey jonathan, played in the choral fantasy orchestra with you tonight. somehow, i felt that you were a familiar face. and then i realised that i first ‘knew’ you 3 months ago when i was watching this barenboim masterclass on the plane i took to the us. never thought id have met you in person, but i have. good to know.

]]> By: Daniel Biss http://jonathanbiss.com/home/2007/12/01/von-ludwig-bis-wolfgang/#comment-52 Daniel Biss Tue, 04 Dec 2007 00:45:09 +0000 http://jonathanbiss.com/home/2007/12/01/von-ludwig-bis-wolfgang/#comment-52 Somehow this post reminds me of Ned Rorem and John Corigliano. Somehow this post reminds me of Ned Rorem and John Corigliano.

]]> By: Zach Nichols http://jonathanbiss.com/home/2007/12/01/von-ludwig-bis-wolfgang/#comment-53 Zach Nichols Tue, 11 Dec 2007 01:34:59 +0000 http://jonathanbiss.com/home/2007/12/01/von-ludwig-bis-wolfgang/#comment-53 Hello Jonathon, After hearing you nail the Beethonven 4th piano concerto the other night in LA, all I can say is WOW. After that concert I promptly went out and bought the 2 cds the LA Phil Gift Shop had of you playing Beethoven Sonatas. The recording of you playing Davidsbunder and Beethoven's F minor sonota were mind blowing to say the least! I'll be checking to see if you've recorded the Beethoven Concertos and any others on amazon. By the way, did you enjoy the Disney Hall? Is it good for a piano soloist? Or are there better halls out there acoustically? Thanks again for a great performance last Sat, Dec 8th. Zach Hello Jonathon,
After hearing you nail the Beethonven 4th piano concerto the other night in LA, all I can say is WOW. After that concert I promptly went out and bought the 2 cds the LA Phil Gift Shop had of you playing Beethoven Sonatas. The recording of you playing Davidsbunder and Beethoven’s F minor sonota were mind blowing to say the least! I’ll be checking to see if you’ve recorded the Beethoven Concertos and any others on amazon. By the way, did you enjoy the Disney Hall? Is it good for a piano soloist? Or are there better halls out there acoustically? Thanks again for a great performance last Sat, Dec 8th.
Zach

]]> By: David Gale http://jonathanbiss.com/home/2007/12/01/von-ludwig-bis-wolfgang/#comment-57 David Gale Thu, 27 Dec 2007 04:02:51 +0000 http://jonathanbiss.com/home/2007/12/01/von-ludwig-bis-wolfgang/#comment-57 Greetings Jonathan, I saw your performance tonight, for Professor Fleisher, of the Beethoven's "Choral Fantasy" from the Kennedy Center's Honors and wanted to say how inspiring your performance was. I hope you will be coming to New York in the near future. Best wishes, -David Greetings Jonathan,
I saw your performance tonight, for Professor Fleisher, of the Beethoven’s “Choral Fantasy” from the Kennedy Center’s Honors and wanted to say how inspiring your performance was. I hope you will be coming to New York in the near future.

Best wishes,
-David

]]> By: A Jonathan Biss Fan http://jonathanbiss.com/home/2007/12/01/von-ludwig-bis-wolfgang/#comment-77 A Jonathan Biss Fan Sat, 01 Mar 2008 14:20:40 +0000 http://jonathanbiss.com/home/2007/12/01/von-ludwig-bis-wolfgang/#comment-77 Jonathan - I heard you play at the Metropolitan Museum in New York last year. The whole recital was outstanding, but what I cannot get out of my mind is how you played Mozart. PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, Jonathan, record some Mozart sonatas. I consider his piano music to be some of the most difficult to play and "get it right." You made me feel like you have a natural understanding of his language - you tapped into the drama behind all the notes like you were speaking Mozart. Everything made sense. It was truly extraordinary and I will never forget it. This blog entry just confirms how deeply you understand his music and why you play it so extraordinarily well. Thank you for that unforgettable experience. On a totally unrelated topic - Jonathan - how the heck do you practice the left hand of Davidsbundlertanze Book I, Nr. 6 to get it so fast and clean!!!! Do you use Schumann's rather treacherous (for me) fingering? Do you pay attention to separating between each two note slur and the staccato note following? (I don't know how that's possible at Schumann's metronome marking!) Mozart Sonatas, Jonathan - I'll be keeping an eye out! Jonathan - I heard you play at the Metropolitan Museum in New York last year. The whole recital was outstanding, but what I cannot get out of my mind is how you played Mozart. PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, Jonathan, record some Mozart sonatas. I consider his piano music to be some of the most difficult to play and “get it right.” You made me feel like you have a natural understanding of his language - you tapped into the drama behind all the notes like you were speaking Mozart. Everything made sense. It was truly extraordinary and I will never forget it. This blog entry just confirms how deeply you understand his music and why you play it so extraordinarily well. Thank you for that unforgettable experience.

On a totally unrelated topic - Jonathan - how the heck do you practice the left hand of Davidsbundlertanze Book I, Nr. 6 to get it so fast and clean!!!! Do you use Schumann’s rather treacherous (for me) fingering? Do you pay attention to separating between each two note slur and the staccato note following? (I don’t know how that’s possible at Schumann’s metronome marking!)

Mozart Sonatas, Jonathan - I’ll be keeping an eye out!

]]> By: The Classics and the Quirky: Jonathan Biss « At the Lighthouse http://jonathanbiss.com/home/2007/12/01/von-ludwig-bis-wolfgang/#comment-102 The Classics and the Quirky: Jonathan Biss « At the Lighthouse Thu, 20 Mar 2008 10:57:22 +0000 http://jonathanbiss.com/home/2007/12/01/von-ludwig-bis-wolfgang/#comment-102 [...] great idea which serves to demystify the often idolized classical musician: While the blog features beautifully written entries on for instance Beethoven’s qualities, there are also down-to-earth and very funny posts on the subject of incompetent airport staff and [...] […] great idea which serves to demystify the often idolized classical musician: While the blog features beautifully written entries on for instance Beethoven’s qualities, there are also down-to-earth and very funny posts on the subject of incompetent airport staff and […]

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