Prokofiev Piano sonata no.4/mov.3

Composer: Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev
Performer: Yefim Bronfman


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Prokofiev displayed unusual musical abilities by the age of five. His first piano composition to be written down (by his mother), an 'Indian Gallop', was in the key of F Lydian (F major with a B natural instead of B flat) as the young Prokofiev did not like to touch the black keys.[citation needed] By the age of seven, he had also learned to play chess. Much like music, chess would remain a passion his entire life, and he became acquainted with world chess champions Capablanca and Botvinnik.

At the age of nine he was composing his first opera,[2] The Giant, as well as an overture and miscellaneous pieces.

In 1902 Prokofiev's mother obtained an audience with Sergei Taneyev, director of the Moscow Conservatoire. Taneyev suggested that Prokofiev should start lessons in composition with Alexander Goldenweiser, who declined, and Reinhold Glière.[3] Glière visited Prokofiev in Sontsivka twice during the summer to teach him.[4] By then Prokofiev had already produced a number of innovative pieces. As soon as he had the necessary theoretical tools, he quickly started experimenting, laying the base for his own musical style.

After a while, Prokofiev felt that the isolation in Sontsivka was restricting his further musical development.[citation needed] Although his parents were not too keen on forcing their son into a musical career at such an early age,[citation needed] in 1904 he moved to St. Petersburg and applied to the St. Petersburg Conservatory, after encouragement by the director Alexander Glazunov, who was later unhappy with Prokofiev's music.[5] By this point Prokofiev had composed two more operas, Desert Islands and The Feast during the Plague and was working on his fourth, Undine.[6] He passed the introductory tests and started his composition studies the same year. Being several years younger than most of his classmates, he was viewed as eccentric and arrogant, and he often expressed dissatisfaction with much of the education, which he found boring.[citation needed] During this period he studied under, among others, Anatol Liadov, Nikolai Tcherepnin, and Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. Later, he would regret squandering his opportunity to learn more from Rimsky-Korsakov.[citation needed] He also became friends with Boris Asafiev and Nikolai Myaskovsky.....continues at

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergei_Prokofiev

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[123eldest]

mad

[4444matthew4444]

yes it is

[mcmxli3]

This is not a video of you playing. It is just an audio performance. Why don't you post videos of your performances?

[4444matthew4444]

well i dont have a camcorder but i am having a recital in may and i am hoping to get that recorded by the professors .....my girlfriend just got a new phone and i am hoping to maybe record with that and put up something at least.....i will keep you posted

[kch100]

Prokofiev. The most under-appreciated genius of our time. Too bad so many of the us tend to gravitate to the "one four five" harmonies that Prokofiev himself despised.

[IloveAlexisBledel689]

I love Prokofiev's work.

[Marcuys]

Its so f*ckin hard! Haha :p

[npelletier89]

holy shit! I just listened to this entire sonata in full (I had only heard #3, 6, 7, 8 in full before). I must learn this!

[PeterPianoXiong]

My fingers will burn to the extreme....

[iansquared3]

@mightyafrowhitey ahhh i can imagine what that sounds like. Thats why i love prokofiev so much! i like to describe some prokofiev stuff as "beautifully ugly." He is a genius at creating unique, fascinating pieces of music.

[mightyafrowhitey]

@iansquared3 Pick up a guitar. Play a G then a C then a D. I IV V represents the first, 4th, and 5th notes of the G major scale of whatever scale the key of your song is in. You're using chords built on the 1st, 4th, and 5th tones of that scale. It's basically the simplest type of chord progression you can have.

[iansquared3]

@kch100 question: what is a "one four five" harmony? just wondering.

[corean3polar]

@kch100

wait, since when was prokofiev underrated?

[ueblondon]

great fun

[chopper84a]

so bloody interesting to listen to. Fascinating, I confess Prokofiev is a revelation to me.

[XavierMac]

The Prokofiev piano sonatas (all of them) are among the most tightly-constructed pieces of music ever created. Just because they're complex does not mean they're random or lack form in any way.