Filed under: Strings
Tittle: Oblivion
Composer: Astor Piazzolla
Performing artists: Gidon Kremer
Astor Pantaleón Piazzolla was born on March 11, 1921. He composed a series of works, but he liked tango the best.
The piece starts off with piano playing a sort melody. For some time, it’s repeats itself a few times. While doing that, a violin comes on time with a whole note. It stops for a rest and the piano comes in again, only this time, the violin starts again with a whole note and ends up playing a solo. The solo has the starting long note connected to the body of the solo. With quick fingers, the notes fiddle twice along with a few slurs and a ending whole note. While the violin ends the melody, piano starts a few notes and another familiar sound, but much higher, comes in and plays another solo. It is the second violin. The tone of it is similar to the first violin voiced out, but there were more slurs and gradually, the piano and first violin joined in. Together, the notes they played became louder and louder, known was forte. The first violin is the loudest among the piano and second violin. They were the background that blends in with the solo, in this piece, was the violin. As I can hear, the violins used a lot of bow. I could tell by the quick sharp notes that had a lot of voice to it. Sometimes, the violinist would exaggerate the playing. As in, one note was suddenly forte, the next one would be mezzo piano. I could almost see the player moving to the music. Gidon Kremer used a great deal of vibrato to buff up his playing. Long notes would be beautiful with a vibrating ending, going softer and softer a long the way…In the middle, the cello, violin, piano would burst out notes that would synchronize together as a group and then the solos would come again. But the first violin plays it first and the second violin accompanies it with tremolo. Then the violin does one last tune and the piece is over. This piece reminds me of a peaceful, dark winter night.
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I watched Gidon Kremer play this about a week ago at the shanghai arts oriental center
he was GREAT! His whole concert was awesome 
don’t u?
arial01pd2015 12.02.09 @ 6:21 pmI love all piazzolla pieces