Jouer Vexation pendant 18h c'est effectivement une vexation à la fois pour le pianiste et pour le public :D pour ça qu'il faudrait éviter de relayer les pianistes quand un projet est fait de jouer la pièce 840 fois
To all Michael Nyman fans: You MUST watch the video of "Let There Be Light "... it's a song by MICHAEL NYMAN with rock noir band BELLADONNA and it's based on his music from "The Piano". Nyman himself plays piano on it... search for "nyman belladonna" here on youtube and you'll find it!! :-)
I agree, this seems faster than "usual". But in any case I love vexations, when I played 5 hours of this (not straight) last year during summer school, it was a truly amazing experience that I will never forget.
Andy Warhol, in one of his initial experiments in film, did a film of different people sleeping. They weren't doing anything else, just sleeping. The piece was many hours long and I believe this song was looped as the sound track. I think to understand what this particular piece is about you'd have to do more research on Andy Warhol and his film 'Sleep'.
i imagine it was interesting to hear the subtle differences in each pianist's performance and interpretation.
although the tempo seems pretty solid, even when Shanahan switches over to Nyman I hear a pretty immediate transition in musicality. (and also interesting how Nyman seems to ebb and flow with his phrasing etc. as he progresses through repetitions - gives it a real 'shape' you wouldn't really expect to hear in this piece)
Merci pour votre commentaire fanakaulitz - vous ne pouvez pas endurer toutes les 18 heures? Je dois avouer que c'était un peu terrifiant veiller toute la nuit...! ;-)
we did a project @ school where teacher, students and parents played together for a whole day- our music teacher forced us to listen.... it was horrible!!
Los invitamos atentamente al concierto de Michael Nyman que se llevará a cabo el 27 de noviembre a las 19:00 hrs. en San Pedro Museo de Arte (Puebla, México), en el marco del 9° Festival Internacional de Puebla.
Hello everyone:
We´d like to invite you to Michael Nyman´s concert, which will take place on November 27th, 19:00 hrs. at San Pedro Museo de Arte (Puebla, Mexico), as part of Puebla´s 9th International Festival.
Bueno ya se que este evento pasó hace más de medio año. Pero quiero decirte que me pareció una farsa completa el hecho de que los boletos estaban agotados desde antes de que iniciara el mismo Festival. Fue poca o nula la difusión de las fechas de venta de los boletos.
I think you're right aryul - I think he was joking because as you say he did have a weird sense of humour. He would write things in his scores that would have nothing whatever to do with the music or how it should be played, but were just silly or poetic. The last laugh is probably definitely on us for enduring it, but what the hell?
How do you know that Erik Satie wasn't just joking to play it that many times? The man has been known to have a very weird sense of humor, maybe it was just suppose to be a joke.
Why thank you seppojustnow - I'm glad you were able to see it. Satie is good, isn't he. You should hear Relache if you've not already - plus see the film Entr'acte which uses that music and in which Satie appears. Toodle pip.
Very grateful for this video. Good friend participated in a similar even in Miami and now i know what she was doing. PLUS Satie is nourishing music, if a person can calm down for a minute.
Thanks for your comment BlueDancer - at least art still has the power to produce violent emotions - it's obviously affected you greatly enough to spew forth about it. As for being easy to perform - it's rather deceptive actually. I can play it myself, but the similarity between the 2 variations is such that with repetition it becomes quite confusing, and especially after 20 times on the trot, let alone 840, liable to hypnotise you.
I agree. I have also played in this and it becomes quite hypnotic. Above that, making tritones and the chords sound good, is quite hard because the piece goes against Classical ideals of which we are used to playing and hearing. I also agree with your comment above too. The joke really is on us! ;)
Oh that makes me sick.... I just ask myself WHY? And the song is f***ingly morbid, i completely do not understand, why the hell they played same horrible and easy to perform-song for 18 hours??? Instead of camera, has been someone watching the exhibition of that? I think that this could be used as a kind of torture in medieval ages....... :D Oh no sorry, it's really interrestibng, but i really cannot say that's "amazing"... :D Have a nice day people :o)
I've got a midi version of Vexations that plays for 18hrs. When I play it at 4x or 8x speed it isn't morbis at all, it's quite jolly. I think a pianist should try that, just a couple of cycles.
Jouer Vexation pendant 18h c'est effectivement une vexation à la fois pour le pianiste et pour le public :D pour ça qu'il faudrait éviter de relayer les pianistes quand un projet est fait de jouer la pièce 840 fois
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To all Michael Nyman fans: You MUST watch the video of "Let There Be Light "... it's a song by MICHAEL NYMAN with rock noir band BELLADONNA and it's based on his music from "The Piano". Nyman himself plays piano on it... search for "nyman belladonna" here on youtube and you'll find it!! :-)
thepianostarful 1 year ago
Dang that would put me to sleep in the first 10 min. LOL LOL zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
alliecat1941 1 year ago
I agree, this seems faster than "usual". But in any case I love vexations, when I played 5 hours of this (not straight) last year during summer school, it was a truly amazing experience that I will never forget.
MelonCreamSoda24 2 years ago
he plays a lot faster than ive ever heard it
arilalala58 2 years ago
il est etonnant! merci pour le partage de la vidéo
zeldaleopard7 2 years ago
Même mort, je suis convaincu que Satie se bidonne encore qu'un "niais" (le mot est bien choisi, pilsberg =D ) ait suivi une telle indication ...
Mais du pianiste ou du public je me demande qui est le plus niais ... lol
keyserbwa 2 years ago
What an extraordinary performance!
(I wish I could have been there.)
CleoTheSim 2 years ago
still doesn´t make sense to me. What is the idea of this piece. A meditation or something?
Who can tell me? I really want to learn and understand
13aquarela 2 years ago
Andy Warhol, in one of his initial experiments in film, did a film of different people sleeping. They weren't doing anything else, just sleeping. The piece was many hours long and I believe this song was looped as the sound track. I think to understand what this particular piece is about you'd have to do more research on Andy Warhol and his film 'Sleep'.
rainbowchakra90 2 years ago
i was there! have to admit, lasted the whole night, but left hrs before the end because the music was starting to make me delusional lol
monz20001 2 years ago
i imagine it was interesting to hear the subtle differences in each pianist's performance and interpretation.
although the tempo seems pretty solid, even when Shanahan switches over to Nyman I hear a pretty immediate transition in musicality. (and also interesting how Nyman seems to ebb and flow with his phrasing etc. as he progresses through repetitions - gives it a real 'shape' you wouldn't really expect to hear in this piece)
CruelTutelage 2 years ago
Ce qui est amusant, c'est penser à Satie qui vu son humour notoire s'est dit "Peut être un niais suivra cette consigne à la lettre"
pilsberg 3 years ago 4
i'm currently on the hour and a half if listening to this video on repeat. Going to try till 7 am (it's 2 :30 am now)
Lordgreggy23 3 years ago
bezigheids therapie
eggbeater333 3 years ago
daar zie ik de humor wel van in..
jsolco 2 years ago
how querky.
kyleclef 3 years ago
Merci pour votre commentaire fanakaulitz - vous ne pouvez pas endurer toutes les 18 heures? Je dois avouer que c'était un peu terrifiant veiller toute la nuit...! ;-)
bjbeamish 3 years ago
Ce qui est terrifiant c'est de jouer les 840 fois seul sans relais o_0
COCOONFABULA 3 years ago
@COCOONFABULA en effet c est une experiance hors du commun , je pense que c est vraiment quelque chose a faire au moins une fois dans sa vie
Nicolaspaulhorvath 1 year ago
je l'ai écouté pendant 1heure, dans le noir... C'était comme une spirale qui m'attirait... Terrifiant ! =)
fanakaulitz 3 years ago
we did a project @ school where teacher, students and parents played together for a whole day- our music teacher forced us to listen.... it was horrible!!
philosover 3 years ago
This is the most terrifying song ever written in history.....how can you repeat that song 840 times?! .......
Walexo45 3 years ago
i played this yesterday jaja
edquin 3 years ago
i'm playing this piece tonight at 2 in the morning! good lord!
strangemutantvirus 3 years ago
i'm playing this tomorrow!
wagesoffear 3 years ago
lol leekspin!
gotta love it
squeezyspongesquish 3 years ago
It´s like the first minimalistic piece
fezkraut 3 years ago
The leek spin had energy, this I find just boring.
Love Nyman's and Satie's music in general, though, so no disrespect.
CleverDjembe 3 years ago
Я иметь ЖАННУ ФРИСКЕ!!!!!!"!
MilonVenus 3 years ago
This song is really sad, but so wonderful. I love Vexations.
EndlessMelancholy 3 years ago
Hola a todos:
Los invitamos atentamente al concierto de Michael Nyman que se llevará a cabo el 27 de noviembre a las 19:00 hrs. en San Pedro Museo de Arte (Puebla, México), en el marco del 9° Festival Internacional de Puebla.
Hello everyone:
We´d like to invite you to Michael Nyman´s concert, which will take place on November 27th, 19:00 hrs. at San Pedro Museo de Arte (Puebla, Mexico), as part of Puebla´s 9th International Festival.
9FIP 4 years ago
Bueno ya se que este evento pasó hace más de medio año. Pero quiero decirte que me pareció una farsa completa el hecho de que los boletos estaban agotados desde antes de que iniciara el mismo Festival. Fue poca o nula la difusión de las fechas de venta de los boletos.
13aquarela 2 years ago
LOL
levaspolka2 4 years ago
No, I haven't - who and why and what? Tell all.
bjbeamish 4 years ago
Inspector Remorse if only I knew what you meant... eh? what leek girl?
bjbeamish 4 years ago
I think you're right aryul - I think he was joking because as you say he did have a weird sense of humour. He would write things in his scores that would have nothing whatever to do with the music or how it should be played, but were just silly or poetic. The last laugh is probably definitely on us for enduring it, but what the hell?
bjbeamish 4 years ago
Yeah you're right, what the hell...lol
aryul 4 years ago
How do you know that Erik Satie wasn't just joking to play it that many times? The man has been known to have a very weird sense of humor, maybe it was just suppose to be a joke.
aryul 4 years ago
Why thank you seppojustnow - I'm glad you were able to see it. Satie is good, isn't he. You should hear Relache if you've not already - plus see the film Entr'acte which uses that music and in which Satie appears. Toodle pip.
bjbeamish 4 years ago
Very grateful for this video. Good friend participated in a similar even in Miami and now i know what she was doing. PLUS Satie is nourishing music, if a person can calm down for a minute.
seppojustnow 4 years ago
Thanks for your comment BlueDancer - at least art still has the power to produce violent emotions - it's obviously affected you greatly enough to spew forth about it. As for being easy to perform - it's rather deceptive actually. I can play it myself, but the similarity between the 2 variations is such that with repetition it becomes quite confusing, and especially after 20 times on the trot, let alone 840, liable to hypnotise you.
bjbeamish 4 years ago
I agree. I have also played in this and it becomes quite hypnotic. Above that, making tritones and the chords sound good, is quite hard because the piece goes against Classical ideals of which we are used to playing and hearing. I also agree with your comment above too. The joke really is on us! ;)
lotuskid123 3 years ago
Oh that makes me sick.... I just ask myself WHY? And the song is f***ingly morbid, i completely do not understand, why the hell they played same horrible and easy to perform-song for 18 hours??? Instead of camera, has been someone watching the exhibition of that? I think that this could be used as a kind of torture in medieval ages....... :D Oh no sorry, it's really interrestibng, but i really cannot say that's "amazing"... :D Have a nice day people :o)
TheBlueDancer 4 years ago
I've got a midi version of Vexations that plays for 18hrs. When I play it at 4x or 8x speed it isn't morbis at all, it's quite jolly. I think a pianist should try that, just a couple of cycles.
offrampt 4 years ago