Rage over a lost penny

[bulmakitty]

the besy performance of this piece I've heard so far!

[mdeonx16]

Best performance of any piece ever, this is an accurate assumption.

[ruki25]

A delightfully fun sounding song, despite the odd title!

[daniellumertz]

A human can play that?

[dpramirez66]

you know... I once saw a kid play this on an Electric Triangle. With a fervor like Kissin did he play.

[ledzeppelin7510]

this is an oddly happy piece considering the title.

[cindytsaiusa]

I wanna learn this song.

[CanadianClassicals]

Did you see him sweat at 3:01?

[Waffleboy1928]

I'm learning this and no way i cant even play hand together yet....:(

[69HELLBOY69]

Penny for your thoughts? heh,

*bows to you*

this is friggen amazing!

[cody55909]

Is it just me or does kissin make everything he plays look really difficult or is that just pianist in general?

[Mogansss]

@cody55909 If you've tried to learn this song, you'd say that he makes it look easy...

[BOKNOWSCOMPUTERS]

this is my favorite

[holydiver73]

And here's me thinking that Jon Lord & Rick Wakeman were the best. Guess not. Well played

[SixtyOfDBLn]

Other than the usual guys who give a negative rating to everything just for fun i cannot understand how can someone dislike this video.. its so flawless and perfect that even a thumbs up feels little...

[JacobRudduck]

"I liked the story about the penny, Beethoven."

"You...you did?! *grumble grumble*"

 "It made me sad. Thinking about that little penny, lost and alone. I hope you find your penny, Beethoven."

[fraur001]

one penny? I don't want to hear "rage over a lost pound.

[LLPorduction]

Look after the pennies and the pounds will look after them selves !

[MrOrphanjetmonk]

4 people keep track of pennies

[smokeyfruitbat]

brilliant



[QinXW]

He looks very maddd !!! O_O!!

[piano9977]

@QinXW Because he is truly "in the zone" and absorbed by the music so it almost takes him over.

[Goatmon]

@piano9977 Playing that Beethoven has that effect on a pianist. :D

[Laudan08]

Late work?!?! He started it on 1795, and never completed it. Diabelli did it for him, because of that is hard as hell.

[SAZAE69]

I understood how Beethoven got mad about his penny from the speed

[morriganzero]

I am gay

[ColonelYoung]

@morriganzero i know...go to a gay bar homo

[EccentricRichard]

This is a work which really needs a Bösendorfer. This Steinway just doesn't have the power or sustain to cope with music like this: the bottom end just sounds hammered. Plus I think this is the Albert Hall, and I know from first-hand experience that not even the biggest Steinway can cope in that huge space. A friend of mine had a Bösendorfer Model 290 (the Imperial, 9ft 6 long and with extra bottom notes, which make the whole piano sound richer) and THAT's what the R.A.H. and this music need.

[Pro2TheXtreeM]

2 people couldn't find their penny

[stealthtank91]

always has to be those couple of retards that wanna feel special and hit disklike...

[T1carus]

important to capture the moment if intense rage so you have to play it very fast and vigourously

[Liamtweedie]

I love how plays fast I love that if its slow I get to tired and bored

[elixiress]

Too fast imo. Can't really appreciate the technicalities of the piece when he's playing it that fast. Killed it for me.

[den5100]

@elixiress

That is the tempo at which the song is played. I love hearing it this fast, and it's too long played any slower.

[thebadbrown]

@elixiress Do you mean you couldn't appreciate the subtleties? Because I can't imagine you think playing something faster makes it less technical.

[Shild]

GRRR... I LOST MY PENNY!

I'M SO MAD I'M GOING TO WRITE A SONG ABOUT IT!

[SUSAltd]

@Shild *piece

[MsPandaRosa]

@Shild

Well. that's a productive reaction anyway.

[MusicOfEli]

@Shild I LOVED THAT PENNY!!

[arpiruk]

It's always nice to hear this version from Kissin.

I'm not a Musician nor ever study music properly.

To me, it is not so usual to find Beethoven piece having

scherzando feeling this way.

Feel almost like Mozart...

[kellark12]

Head banging at 1:56

[drpepperdot]

he has a cool afro :)

[BrianAveryPiano]

Beethoven didn't name the piece, "Rage over a Lost Penny." That happened after the fact.

[BrianAveryPiano]

Beethoven didn't name the piece, Rage over a Lost Penny." That happened after the fact.

[TheGuyWhoJustShotYou]

that must have been one important penny...

[gonrolgonrol]

@TheGuyWhoJustShotYou Also pennies where worth more when Beethoven lived (!?) :)

[tenderfootV]

@TheGuyWhoJustShotYou or Beethoven was one tight b***ard

[Chon12490]

i wonder if this was Beethoven's premature moonlight sonata from the 3rd movement..they sound similar.

[princessbetterthanU]

tht was epically awesome!

[ph4nt0mf1ng3rs]

Haha. With Lang Lang I got issues with his showmanship. With Kissin its the hair man. Its the hair.

Both are awesome lol.

[markmarshall39]

cant say how many times iv'e seen this vid, but, it's Kissin, and the piano just sounds better when's he's on the key's!

[BrianAveryPiano]

really quite amazing. Remember... he played it that well in front of 10,000 ppl.

[ph4nt0mf1ng3rs]

The 2 dislikes were people that really liked it deep down. they just don't know it yet.

[phantomxr]

whats all this crap about begginers piece? the average pianist could not perform this music even after a lifetime of study ,no,people like Kissin, Horowitz, hamelin etc, etc are born with talent,and no amount of practise can bridge this gap.

[TheGuyWhoJustShotYou]

@phantomxr the beginning is really easy. (I can sight read it and I messed up reading bach's piano prelude no. 1....so.....easy) after that it gets difficult but its all just playing chrds in the left hand, nothing to crazy.

[JT42CWRM]

Before there was Van Halen, The Who, AC/DC, Journey, Peter Schilling, Led Zeppelin, Def Leppard, The Ramones and Black Sabbath, there was this.

[eddy725]

@JT42CWRM Doesn't really make them less than what "this" is, so, frankly, I fail to see the point of your comment, unless it was but a mere history lesson. If so, I'd like to inform you that most of us do know that before the great revolution of rock in the 60's, 70's and 80's, there was Chopin and Liszt.

[PianoProdigy112]

I am currently learning this piece for my Fellowship Of Music with the Guild of Music :)

[ILoveChScBr]

@MusicStudyMan As was said in the beginning of the video its real authentic name Rondo a capriccio and anyway diabelli gave it the nickname of 'rage over a lost penny' lol...

[PrincessUnicorn69]

How coincidental! Every time I lose a penny a write a song about it too!

[EtruriaChannel]

@PrincessUnicorn69 ahahahahahahah you're the best!

[TheMarioBrosFan]

It cheers me up:D

[obbabob]

He would kick ass at guitar hero!

[zuckstocker]

@obbabob LOL! =D

[lkmusicman2]

Lol his sweat like popped out of his hair at like 5:27

[TheMarioBrosFan]

@lkmusicman2 LOL!

[MateiAlexandruBogdan]

Must ... get to toilet, must ... finish song!

[Toxicity1919]

hahahahahaha cheers me right up

[gosiman]

At last! haha Only knew it as a part of Jordan Rudess keyboard solo in Live Scenes from NYC.

Hail the master Beethoven!

[MateiAlexandruBogdan]

@gosiman Beethoven zig hail!

[mdeonx16]

It can never be too fast!

[MyMario8888]

Really Really Really Really Fast!!

[trekkiecalum]

u can see the sweat come off his head towards the end lol well played though kissin is an awesome pianist =)

[theodorachu]

this is pure GENIUS

[puffnpluky76]

I key flew off at 1:52

[azzkika72]

I have practised this piece for years now and still cannot play at that speed. amazing talent to play that well

[scandenavius]

definitely not a piece that I would recommend for a beginner pianist (note the sweat coming off Kissin's forehead).

[Adamwarnewoop]

@scandenavius That might be why i'm struggling :/ haha i'm a beginner trying to learn by ear from this performance.. i have got up to 0:54 haha :S

[Psychokinesismaniac]

Haha I clicked on this thinking that this was some social disaster over a lost penny... lol

[gcaee]

such a prodigy !!

[Dobrib]

Brilliant ! TY

[paulostroff99]

Stunning! One of the very best!

[OwnageChicken]

what do you call the series of notes at about 1:16? I always like those bits.

[hollowstring]

I think they're called arpeggios

[hanspellegrims]

They're 16th notes played very fast

[SuicideEagle]

The reason it sounds nice is because it follows a circle of fifths: Gm, Cm, F, Bb.

[hnofer17]

@OwnageChicken it's actually just a series of notes going down, not really arpeggios

[rianbrito]

there is no such thing as a begginer piece...a piece is a piece and is not supposed to be graded or judged...music is much more about anything

[killingangel707]

yes to add to rianbrito's point these concert pianists have been playing concertos since they were very young. They don't snub their noses at "easy pieces" that they can play with their eyes closed, they appreciate any form of music.

[JonMoucheron17]

the part that starts at 1:15 is difficult to play on any instrument. impossible on some.

[elbartorowitz]

i wish i could play it though i'm almost a beginner and this passage is the one that frightens me more .

i'm good at music i just need to work. ;)

[shadowstrike7]

whether it is a beginner piece or not who cares

he plays it to absolute perfection

his control is outstanding

and the scary thing is that he could play like this when he was like 9

[xenialvirtuoso]

this original, you hear right now, is definitley NOT a beg. peice...

besides anything can be arranged for begginers...

[worldcarrier]

I didn't say it was abeginners piece!

I said that the one for beginners lacks of most of the notes! I should know, I play the violin for about 8 years now. At the beginning I played this song without most of the notes, now I can play most songs like they were composed.

You should really read carefully, before replying...

And btw. I love this song and that guy playing it is like my role model, he's playing so amazingly good!

[CheekyVimto08]

I like the sequential bit at 1:16 :-)

[Malinux]

I try to play it that fast but its still not easy :) lot of respect to this playing from kissin.

[laurarox01]

I'm trying 2 play this

[redmach3]

not many beginners can play it like this.

[heinzgilbert]

@redmach3 This is not anymore a beginner level, this is a very virtuoso performance...

[BasutoFurea]

@redmach3  evegeny nor ordinary pianist though

[mrpuppydog100]

@redmach3 I agree

[AtimelessStare]

are you mentally retarted? what impossible music can you play to call this beginners music? fur elise?

[KarateMastR57]

He is being sarcastic people, relax.

[mdeonx16]

Almost like Glenn Gould playing Bach's inventions masterfully.

[CheekyVimto08]

shush i think it's hard

[kristmist]

Just wondering, what it's like to be a concert pianist..... Always wanted to be one... I wonder whether they or Kissin in this case experience any pressures about the need to learn new pieces all the time to stay alive... I guess it's more about loving playing than being afraid...