Summary of Haruki Murakami & Seiji Ozawa's Absolutely on Music

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#1 I had a conversation with Ozawa about the Beethoven Third Piano Concerto in C minor on November 16, 2010. We spent three hours discussing the concerto, and took occasional breaks to prevent Ozawa from tiring.

#2 The speech by Bernstein is included in this live recording that I have here. He said that he was conducting the Brahms Piano Concerto according to the interpretation of Glenn Gould, with which he did not agree. He said that he was conducting it because Gould was so valid and serious an artist that he had to take his conception seriously.

#3 The piano part is slow, and it sounds fine, especially if you've never heard anyone else play it. It's like a relaxed tune from the countryside. But it must be difficult for the performer to stretch it out like this.

#4 In a concert, who is the boss – the soloist or the conductor. The conductor begins working on the music two weeks before the performance, but the soloist can be wrestling with it for six months or more.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Jun 14, 2022
• ISBN: 9798822541085

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Insights on Haruki Murakami & Seiji Ozawa 's Absolutely on Music

Contents

Insights from Chapter 1

Insights from Chapter 2

Insights from Chapter 3

Insights from Chapter 4

Insights from Chapter 5

Insights from Chapter 6

Insights from Chapter 7

Insights from Chapter 8

Insights from Chapter 9

Insights from Chapter 10

Insights from Chapter 11

Insights from Chapter 12

Insights from Chapter 1

#1

I had a conversation with Ozawa about the Beethoven Third Piano Concerto in C minor on November 16, 2010. We spent three hours discussing the concerto, and took occasional breaks to prevent Ozawa from tiring.

#2

The speech by Bernstein is included in this live recording that I have here. He said that he was conducting the Brahms Piano Concerto according to the interpretation of Glenn Gould, with which he did not agree. He said that he was conducting it because Gould was so valid and serious an artist that he had to take his conception seriously.

#3

The piano part is slow, and it sounds fine, especially if you've never heard anyone else play it. It's like a relaxed tune from the countryside. But it must be difficult for the performer to stretch it out like this.

#4

In a concert, who is the boss – the soloist or the conductor. The conductor begins working on the music two weeks before the performance, but the soloist can be wrestling with it for six months or more.

#5

The concerto was performed by the orchestra and soloist, and it was clear that the two sides never really got together. The soloist, Gould, was creating