Ment
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Some time ago, I stumbled upon a small, free concert as part of a festival. "Moscow Autumn" or something like that.
A musician, M, came on stage, and a friend of mine told me that he was incredibly cool, trendy, popular, and composed music for films... He warmed up his fingers, and the magic began. M started simply – he placed his right hand on the piano keys and began to play with one hand, picking at the keys from left to right. Just five notes for a warm-up... However, I was a little surprised when I realized that these five notes were being played in a loop for quite a while, and M wasn't going to stop. The great composer kept picking at the same keys, in the same sequence, putting me in a stupor and lulling me to sleep. But then M raised his left hand, and it became clear that now, after a good ten minutes, the prelude was ending, and the Game was about to begin! And... And... And now M was playing the same five notes, but in two octaves and with both hands. He didn't even change the tempo! %#;%×!
A security guard fell asleep and woke up an hour later because it seemed to me that M had changed something in the melody, some kind of transition... No, it was just my imagination.
Half an hour later, the hall erupted in applause: the music finally ended. After the concert, my friend enthusiastically admired how well M had played his five favorite notes.
To be fair, after the intermission, I listened to two other musicians playing together. It was a woman on piano and a man on cello, both young. They played a whole bunch (4) of pieces, a triptych dedicated to different times of the day. Unlike the first part, I was amazed by the variety of the music; there was dynamism, and something more calm and melancholic. It's a shame I didn't remember the composer; I would listen to that again.
Yesterday, I heard the choir from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT). I never would have thought it, but they have an incredibly talented choir, with many awards and a championship title... They mainly sang folk songs; the voices were powerful, and the interaction was excellent (different parts of the choir performed intentionally differently; the positioning was very important). There was also Western music, such as Schubert's Ave Maria. Overall, I was very impressed.
A musician, M, came on stage, and a friend of mine told me that he was incredibly cool, trendy, popular, and composed music for films... He warmed up his fingers, and the magic began. M started simply – he placed his right hand on the piano keys and began to play with one hand, picking at the keys from left to right. Just five notes for a warm-up... However, I was a little surprised when I realized that these five notes were being played in a loop for quite a while, and M wasn't going to stop. The great composer kept picking at the same keys, in the same sequence, putting me in a stupor and lulling me to sleep. But then M raised his left hand, and it became clear that now, after a good ten minutes, the prelude was ending, and the Game was about to begin! And... And... And now M was playing the same five notes, but in two octaves and with both hands. He didn't even change the tempo! %#;%×!
A security guard fell asleep and woke up an hour later because it seemed to me that M had changed something in the melody, some kind of transition... No, it was just my imagination.
Half an hour later, the hall erupted in applause: the music finally ended. After the concert, my friend enthusiastically admired how well M had played his five favorite notes.
To be fair, after the intermission, I listened to two other musicians playing together. It was a woman on piano and a man on cello, both young. They played a whole bunch (4) of pieces, a triptych dedicated to different times of the day. Unlike the first part, I was amazed by the variety of the music; there was dynamism, and something more calm and melancholic. It's a shame I didn't remember the composer; I would listen to that again.
Yesterday, I heard the choir from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT). I never would have thought it, but they have an incredibly talented choir, with many awards and a championship title... They mainly sang folk songs; the voices were powerful, and the interaction was excellent (different parts of the choir performed intentionally differently; the positioning was very important). There was also Western music, such as Schubert's Ave Maria. Overall, I was very impressed.