9 Short Scenes About Rach 3 | ft. Garrick Ohlsson

0:00 Intro
0:36 Scene 1
2:44 A word from Garrick
3:18 Scene 2
5:56 Scene 3
8:09 Scene 4
10:56 Scene 5
13:32 Scene 6
16:50 Scene 7
21:03 Scene 8
24:14 Scene 9

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[RskArb]

Brilliant! Not sure which I like most:
1) Garrick's effortless virtuosity
2) Ben (Tonebase editor)'s trolling of Garrick in the captions
3) The fact the real audience for a how-to video of Rach 3 is like 8 ppl worldwide (I exaggerate) - but adored by all

[anthonychristie]

This guy's got such a big brain, a big heart, and the true visceral pi-animal spirit. What a pleasure! Thank you, sir.

[thai-pcjy]

Analyzing music is so difficult but really makes you appreciate the piece 100x more than before.

[dcc]

Off topic random thought: I didn't truly appreciate the genius of a symphony composition until I sat through a rehearsal where each section plays separately as a fabric of the whole. It's mind boggling how many voices a composer must hear going on simultaneously in his head.

[FreakieFan]

"Well, this is all very difficult."
Hahaha, that sums up Rachmaninoff in a nutshell

[vickiehorowitz]

I love his "good luck with that" comment re the repeated notes lol

[pauldavies]

How I wish he had been my teacher. He has a very precise but relaxed style that is probably very soothing to his students.

[thegreenpianist]

Garrick Ohlsson after just absolutely crushing the cadenza: "I hope to play it more cleanly in real life".
These masters hold themselves to standards so high my peanut piano-brain can't even comprehend. I would kill to play like that.

[mcinshadley]

I still remember seeing him so many years ago in Northampton MA, on the campus of Smith College. He played an unaccompanied Chopin's 2nd concerto. Two minutes into the first movement someone's alarm watch went off (this was before everyone had cell phones) and he stopped playing. He said something to the effect of "it was his job to worry about time, not the audience" and started over from the top. Smooth sailing from there.

[robertjason]

“Something like that…..” Beautifully played, sir.

[davidkessel]

Unfortunate that this needs to be interrupted by absurd ads, but that's life. A great summary of one of the most significant compositions by one of the most significant composers.

[jwilliams]

I also met Garrick Ohlsson many years ago. I believe he performed a (Bartok?) program in upstate NY. Truly a very gracious and accommodating pianist and I still remember the encounter fondly to this day.

[MikeYT]

I saw Garrick play about 20 years ago. It was wonderful. but I was so defeated by his virtuosity, I couldn't play the piano for about a week. while I rehabbed my ego

[iansutton]

This an amazing explanation of "how to do it!" Ohlsson has magnificent insight into this monumental piece of genius that few pianists usually never used to dare to tackle, other than the composer himself, who reputedly never played it again after hearing Vladimir Horowitz virtually swallow "it whole, " to quote VR. Now dozens of pianists do it, usually quite magnificently. But Ohlsson has a particularly terrific grasp of its incredible difficulties and handles them brilliantly...and wittily. Thanks a whole lot, Maestro Ohlsson and Tonebase!!

[maestroadam]

This piece is absolutely monumental. I really enjoyed this “highlight reel”.

[denaro]

This guy is just so intelligent and an amazing pianist. I love this channel!

[adamrainis]

I don’t know why, but I always feel like he makes me think of John Williams in the way he speaks - always enjoy his discussions on various pieces of music.

[sonicplayroompiano]

What a gargantuan, seemingly effortless golden tone without out a hint of harshness. Seems like a cool guy and very passionate about what he's teaching in this video.

[emb]

I think the last 2.5 minutes of this music is some of the prettiest ever written/played.

[VictorIgboatuegwu]

"it's not true you can play piano without tension, but you can release it"
This really got me