Chopin LOST his magic?! 😱 | Garrick Ohlsson #shorts #chopin

Garrick Ohlsson shares the secret ingredient that Chopin uses to casts a spell on the listener in his Nocturne in D-flat Major, Op. 27 No. 2.

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[JohnHWelch]

It's amazing how a simple uninteresting melody becomes so deep and passionate when some simple dynamics, or a particular bassline or rhythm is applied. Not just in this particular piece, but in any music in general.

[emilycalles]

One of the many reasons why Chopin is my favorite composer

[ke]

It's so interesting when you tell the story like that. Brilliant composer Chopin was

[russell_szabados]

I love listening to this gentleman speak, he's so witty. Chopin's Nocturnes changed me from a half-interested young piano student into a lover of Chopin and eventually all orchestral music. I thank my wonderful piano teacher, may she Rest In Peace.

[NICUofficial]

hearing this piece for the first time changed the course of my life. Summer after Freshman year of college. Walking around UT Austin campus listening on my CD player & headphones. Kissin was playing. One of those rare moments where life's direction altered in an instant.

[Nathan_Sylvia]

For those who don’t know; Chopin was heavily inspired by opera; which is why his melody works where it wouldn’t with Mozart; because he was trying to fit the voice of 50 instruments into a single piano piece… which is why his prices can be so complex in how he conveys voices and sounds

[mrpankau]

People who try to dismiss Chopin as just a "piano composer" are so sad. He was a partial contemporary of Beethoven and used harmonies that would have even made Ludwig squirm. The man saw the future.

[tommcconnell]

When you understand music at this level you must really feel the music.

[susanhonegger]

I love Chopin. Just amazing pieces of music

[Stanzas]

The Chopin piece played here is, far and away, my favorite Chopin piece.

[MJN]

Thank you...such a brilliant demonstration for comparison between the Classical and Romantic styles...

[bbbartolo]

l love these insider insights. Reading this in a book is not the same without the demo. Thanks, maestro.

[drew]

Chopin was an amazingly pianistic composer. He was the vanguard and adamantine force behind the transition of pianoforte from a percussion to a sonorous and lyrical instrument.
So much of piano only existed AFTER Chopin did it.
From the C#m glissandi to the black note etude or the C# Fantasy Impromptu octave leaping stream as scintillating yet also a single silk thread- his pianistic technology was transformative.
I remember being a child and reading the etudes and looking around confused that 1) there was no one to celebrate with me this great magic on the page, no one seemed to notice and 2) even when I’d explain it people weren’t impressed.
I’m talking about someone CREATING ENTIRE UNIVERSES and everyone was more obsessed with their coffees

[Aaron-zhkj]

Notes sustaining, dancing around each other at the same time, will turn a line into far more than the sum of its parts in a magical way, especially with a well written piece for it. I'm less of a pianist and more of an electric guitarist, but that's so true in the guitar world as well (you can use a delay pedal with longer delay on a guitar to do very similar things to the effect we hear in Chopin's music here).

[SurfingWithTheMartian]

I’ve always loved Chopin. Trying to learn some of his pieces. Doing so is a magical thing, like getting a glimpse into the mind, heart and soul of a genius.

[tmackstergames]

Chopin is my favorite to play AND to listen to, him, Rach and Liszt

[gatesurfer]

I play this piece as the second half of a pair, with No.1. That one ends in C-sharp major, although it is in c-sharp minor for most of the piece. I hold the sustain pedal all the way from that final note through the first phrase of this nocturne, and the blend is beautiful and mysterious. And I only half pedal at that point, so the resolution to the cadence is very delicate. So many ways to play this phrase, all lovely and graceful.

[AwKeShen.]

Chopin's decision for the bass makes it so much more beautiful and magical!

[Ellatigojusticiero]

Everything Ohlsson plays makes me feel the message of the composer, everything he says has a sense, what a great musician and pianist!!

[johnnyp]

Arguably his finest piece. I do suspect though that Haydn or Mozart would do more with the melody