tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6717274106260594383.post7825669783381380210..comments2024-01-10T17:22:13.898-08:00Comments on Mary Kunz Goldman - Music Critic: Rudolf Serkin and meHoward Goldman http://www.blogger.com/profile/11835068305524570405noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6717274106260594383.post-6742176950936694222009-06-09T08:37:38.948-07:002009-06-09T08:37:38.948-07:00Little known story about Saint- Saens told by comp...Little known story about Saint- Saens told by composer/organist Marcel Dupre: Near the end of his life, Saint-Saens was invited to play in a concert honoring himself. He told the committee that since it was in his honor, he preferred to play not one of his own concertos, but the Mozart d minor. It was ok'd and he did.Prof. Gnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6717274106260594383.post-86698199862913153642009-06-08T19:24:57.652-07:002009-06-08T19:24:57.652-07:00... Update: Since reading that comment, I heard th...... Update: Since reading that comment, I heard the concerto with the Saint-Saens cadenza! Bill McGlaughlin played it on his show! I liked it.Mary Kunz Goldmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02691118577179541037noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6717274106260594383.post-61964538655662116912009-06-04T20:12:01.331-07:002009-06-04T20:12:01.331-07:00That is a beautiful concerto, K. 491. I can almost...That is a beautiful concerto, K. 491. I can almost imagine Saint-Saens' cadenza working out because it is such a romantic concerto.Mary Kunz Goldmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02691118577179541037noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6717274106260594383.post-20107375559039579452009-06-04T11:02:46.840-07:002009-06-04T11:02:46.840-07:00There's always a lot of talk among pianists ab...There's always a lot of talk among pianists about display, but my personal favorite piano concerto - as music - is the Mozart C minor K. 491. My recording of it is played by Robert Casadesus (with a first movement cadenza by Saint-Saens!!!!!!). The conductor is, as with Serkin, George Szell. When I heard this concerto played live in Buffalo, it was driven in on me how important the winds parts in it are and how superb the Cleveland winds were. By the way, the Saint-Saens cadenza is better than one would think. Camille Saint-Saens did early musicological research and stayed closer to the Mozart style than any one of his contemporaries would have.Prof. Gnoreply@blogger.com