Early Piano

[doversoul1]

Not exactly early music by my definition but this might be of interest to early piano enthusiasts

Through the Night: Friday 12.30
Pianist Tobias Koch gives a recital of music by Chopin and his Polish contemporaries, on historic pianos in Poland. Jonathan Swain presents

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04l33s0

[ed.] with a rarity like this:
1:32 AM
Wagner, Richard [1813-1883]
Sonata in A major Op.4 for piano
Tobias Koch (piano)

‘It is strange to think that Wagner and Chopin were contemporaries but they were. Only three years between them’ was Jonathan Swain’s comment. R3’s presentation at its best, or rather as it should.

[Pianorak]

Thanks for posting, ds

Interesting to compare the Kupinski polonaise with Chopin's first polonaise in g minor: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CqUgJeWHPIA

[aka Calum Da Jazbo]

caught some of this recital last night and found the sound of the piano very attractive ....

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

Old pianos are always interesting, just like veteran and vintage cars. But would I choose to drive around in an ancient car? I think not.

[vinteuil]

Old pianos are always interesting, just like veteran and vintage cars. But would I choose to drive around in an ancient car? I think not.

... nor, I imagine, wd you care to have surgery carried out with seventeenth century implements.

However, if you did ever wish to try and experience the sound-world of the composer, the use of musical instruments similar to those known by the composer might be a fruitful way forwards...





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[Eine Alpensinfonie]

... nor, I imagine, wd you care to have surgery carried out with seventeenth century implements.

However, if you did ever wish to try and experience the sound-world of the composer, the use of instruments similar to those known by the composer might be a fruitful way forwards...

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Slightly off-topic: I'm sure I once (quite recently) saw a television documentary where it was stated that one of the pianos owned by Mozart was not only made by the same maker as one owned by Haydn, but that the two instruments were made from the same wood (ie from the same tree) as each other. Is this true? I can't find any reference to it online.

[vinteuil]

the two instruments were made from the same wood (ie from the same tree) as each other. Is this true? .

.... I suppose it might depend what one was to mean by 'made from the same wood' - that is to say, which parts of the piano. I imagine it wd matter less if we are talking abt the 'outer parts' - the bent side, the long side, or the inner 'structural' parts - wrest plank, supporting struts etc. If we are talking about the soundboard, I can see it might be quite likely that a maker wd acquire a fair amount of appropriately matured wood to make soundboards from a favoured supplier, and you could probably get a reasonable number of soundboards from the same tree. But I'm sorry I don't recall the specific documentary - can you recall the piano maker concerned?

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

I don't remember the maker's name being mentioned; IIRC, it was a programme about Haydn and I think that they were discussing the piano at Esterhazy (rather than the one in the Haydn Haus) and it was the casing that was from the same tree.

It doesn't seem to be the sort of thing I would dream about, but it's perplexing that I can't find any further supporting documentation. (fhg - putting the "hazy" into Esterhazy!)