Justine Bartlett Yearn Kim Concerto In D Minor, K. 466 –Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) I attended a Graduate Piano Recital at Indiana University Aura Concert Hall, which was performed by Justine Bartlett and co-play with Yearn Kim. I enjoyed listening to this beautiful piano music and it also impressed me a lot by watching these performers use their energy to play. The Concerto In D Minor Is a master work from Mozart and It has three movements during the whole piece.
Mozart Is a talented Caucasian and his Piano Concerto in D minor K 466 is known as one of his most romantic works. Everything has a story, no exception to this concerto, the D Minor has a special meaning in old classics which is its dramatic sense that we wont always meet in major sound. This could explain why some parts of the music sound powerful. Before the music began I found out one Interesting thing which was two piano showed on stage and two players work together. This Is my first time watching two Plano performers play together which was very excited. The first movement Is
Allegro, with the starting of the melody I felt like that this is a hard part, one reason is the tempo is allegro so it’s not easy to correct if mistakes were made; the other reason is the dynamic changed a lot, it turned fast from soft to strong; and the last reason is the cooperation which made the performance harder because the tempo is fast once the performer Is distracted it will destroy the whole piece and the catch up also needs players really focused, By the way, the first movement seemed longer and faster than others It might because it has rarely repeated parts, and has medium strong rhythmic effect.
Two people play together gave a lot impression to the audience and Improve the effects in deed. The second movement is more like song- like melody. The tempo is change between slow and medium fast, and the dynamic still has a lot turns. It’s do like the name Romance, the melody is very romantic and gentle soft, makes me feel very comfortable. There are many pedal uses In this part; I can clearly saw Justine and Yearly their feet move softly on the pedal without any rushing at all, very gently.
In the middle of the second part, the tempo, melody and dynamics had changed: the tempo is faster than the beginning, the dynamics came strong and the melody is still romantic but mix with “intense emotion” which gave a different understanding of this part. In my opinion, this part is easier than the first one but needs more passion to play, because In order to perform well at this part the player must really enjoy In the music by himself, and since there are two favorite in the whole piece; I like the romantic melody and the tempo; the dynamic they use also fits my taste even though there is a lot dynamic change.
The way that soft and strong dynamics combined together gave me a sense of peace and a feeling f Joy. And when the performers play this movement, they are really into the music and following the melody. When there is some part that needs strong dynamic, they use lot energy to play and their body will move strong and when the dynamic is soft, their gesture are like flowing with the music and only do small moves. Allegro assai is the third movement in concerto D minor.
This one has a totally different style compared with the second movement but has a little similarity with the first one. Since it began the melody was changed which surprised me at first because I was till with the motion of the last one and hadn’t realized the third part started. At this piece, I found out the different positions that the two performers assigned, the lady freer was playing passionate part with fast speed I could even see her pace of stepping on the pedal increased quickly.
And Justine part was also enthusiasm but had no lack of gentle, it might sound ridiculous but what Justine played was hard enough with in spite of his mild exterior which made his part sounds different than fern’s. If they both play the same style than the whole piece would be very boring. Let me talk about my favorite part of performers. I really like one gesture that Yearn had in the performance which is when she finishes her part wait for Justine play she always nodding her head harshly to show us an ending gesture and her hair was like flying with wind falling down.
However, I do not think this is an effective ending posture because when she moves her head too harsh then it is going to distract her attention might influence her next part. Anyway;ay, I think she did a great Job on this performance. Then, Justine turn, he was also doing great on using gestures and movements expressing him. He has a lot body movement and there was one part ally impressed me. He was playing a very passionate part and this part also needs lot pedal, in the most enthusiastic moment he was bowing his body too C gesture to play.
I am not sure if it’s an effective posture but I like it. Yearn and Justine they both did well on controlling their bodies. Overall, the performers use postures and body movements to effective their performance. I enjoyed watching this recital and I like to see people using their energy to do things they are passionate with. The two performers gave me a good impression and the music gave me a sense of happiness.