Virtuoso Voices - Till Fellner (Life Sentence)
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Length: 00:00:23
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Piece Description
Use this clip to enhance your introduction of Till Fellner playing Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 4 or No. 5 "Emperor" (ECM 0013975). Till Fellner’s entire discography is available at www.arkivmusic.com.
SUGGESTED HOST INTRO
It's not unusual for performers to devote themselves to a short list of composers. Some have even taken a year off to only study and play one composer. These days, pianist Till Fellner is spending a lot of time with one of his countrymen.
Till Fellner Clip:
"Well I'm not obsessed but at the moment there is a lot of Beethoven in my life. And you know, this is music you want to spend your life with, it's not that you study it, you play it for a couple of weeks and then you forget about it. I have to say, I mean it could be worse, no? I mean I'm privileged to play Beethoven. He's the greatest."
SUGGESTED HOST OUTRO
Till Fellner offers Beethoven’s last two piano concertos – part of a complete Beethoven Piano Concerto project with Kent Nagano and the Montreal Symphony Orchestra. From the 1st CD in the project, here is the (insert music title and performers).
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This clip is also available on the Virtuoso Voices March 2010 CD.
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