Thursday, February 12, 2009

Fantasy Impromptu

This is one of the masterpiece by Chopin called Fantasy Impromptu in C sharp minor,Op, Posthumous 66. I had real fun with this long time ago. I learned this piece two years ago; thought that this was the fastest piece on earth a human could play, but it turned out to be nothing compared to other pieces. The difficulty about this piece, is the rhythmic challenge. Some call it cross-rhythms. Left hand have to play triplets when the right hand have to play continuous sixteenth notes; I call it “nightmare” because it’s presto, whicn can make sounds very very obnoxious and confusing. After a minute of rushing, the B part, or the "development" changes to D-flat major Largo, and then moderato cantabile,producing a very beautiful tune, like a lullaby. After the lullaby, the “nightmare” restarts and ends with mysterious and a quiet way.
This is kind of a Show-off piece, and that’s why I liked it(now I’m into Liszt and Rachmaninoff). This song was composed in 1834, and was dedicated Julian Fontana, who was a Polish pianst, composer, lawyer, author, entrepreneur, and a very close friend and musical executor of Chopin. I personally like Chopin because of high technique and he’s style is very different but somehow similar to Rachmaninoff and Liszt. Chopin’s somehow passionate and sensitive and addictive. The tunes can get stuck in your head for a whole week if you actually know the song.
My favorite Chopin pieces are Nocturne in E, C sharp, and C minor, and F major, and fantasy impromptu, Scherzo in B flat minor(3/4 PRESTO!), Etude in C sharp minor(the current song I’m working on) 10-4(Torrent), Etude in A minor, 25-11 (winter wind) and revolutionary Etude which is 10-12, in C minor.

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