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What do think of this?


Do you know the story of Erlkonig? It comes from German folklore about the Alder King, an evil spirit lurking in forests that draws travelers to their death. The musical version has four characters, a narrator, a father riding a horse through the forest at night, his son, and the Alder King. it was initially sung in four parts. The piano and violin versions replicate these four voices. Beyond the technical challenge of playing the notes, the performer has to convey the character and emotions of these four roles. The urgency of the father driving the horse while also trying to comfort his son. The son's fear as he senses they are being followed. The power of the Alder King and the beauty of his daughters as he they try to draw the son. In the end the father's despair as he reaches his home and realizes that his son died in his arms.



I guess I find the sound of the violin more raw and emotional than piano, but a difficult piece like this is really dependent on the performance. Of the violin versions on youtube this may be my favorite:


What do you think of the Sibelius violin concerto? It's my favorite of the popular concertos - I'm not saying it's the "best", just that it's the one I like best. It's a bit less heavy than the Saint Saens, but I think it's more beautiful. I saw Lisa Batiashvili play it live and I wish the concert never ended. I saw a semi-professional orchestra play it live and it just wasn't the same. It's supposed to be one of the most difficult concertos.

Thank you very much.

She's great but seemed to too much focus on her emotions..rather than balancing between hers and the original writer's of this song. It was nice to see her passion tho. Yeah, I should recollect the story of Erlkonig thanks to your posting of Yuja Wang. I just fell in love her performance so I had to peek her emotions in each step by visualizing the whole story since many times a musician's interpretation of a piece relays on the story behind. I was surprised that someone actually would bother themselves to know the story behind, which is good thing but rarely happens. My favorite version of Erlkonig is Yuja Wang's. I found the musician's incredible but this piece is too long and complex for me to track his emotions of each step. It must be a great concertos but I had to gather more patient to listen to

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