Daniil Trifonov
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8m9Lqu_t2s&ab_channel=EscuelasdeMusica
What a remarkable work of art Beethoven's 32d piano sonata is. This performance of it by Daniil Trifonov is recorded beautifully and, for me, it is incredibly moving. It has always amazed and confounded me that Beethoven, himself, could not hear it. What transcendent state of mind he must have had to be able to hear, only in his mind, what this sonata would sound like.
The 32d Sonata was his last. As the age of 80 comes into view for me, I want nothing more than the peace of mind and simple beauty of this sonata. I've seen much of the world, had a fine life, had love, especially the love of my ever patient husband, had wonderful friends, have been told how much my teaching has meant to others. There is so much to be grateful for, so much to praise in my experience of almost four score years.
There has also been grief and suffering in my life, the tragic loss of three profound friendships to murder, AIDS, and suicide. My own personal grief pales in the face of wars, starvation, poverty, and cruelty. Perhaps Shakespeare got humanity best when he presented us with fools strutting upon a stage, embodying the utter absurdity of the human condition. That, alas, is what I see every day. No amount of good food, or even great art, can blind me to what is happening worldwide, to what atrocities we are committing day after day. The good are not winning... Let me count the ways.
Can I live with global injustice and the horrors it spawns? I don't know. Can I count my blessings and ignore the rest? Isn't doing so, itself, contributing to the injustice? Well, I have no answers. All I can do is listen to another great work of music, or go back to sleep this early, fog enshrouded morning in Druid Hills.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cwas_7H5KUs&ab_channel=BATACHANDESU
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