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Garrick Ohlsson
In this lesson, American pianist Garrick Ohlsson guides you through Brahms’s “unbelievably loveable” Intermezzo in A Major, Op. 118, No. 2. <br><br>Ohlsson directs your attention to Brahms’s detailed articulation markings, which he helps you to decipher and incorporate into your strategies for phrasing. You will learn to play the constant stream of eighth notes that flow throughout this piece with expression and musicality. This accompanimental figure, Ohlsson advises you, should not sound neutral or passive, nor should it overpower the melody. <br><br>During the piece’s more contrapuntal passages, Ohlsson invites you to decide for yourself which voice to bring out. He encourages you to consider highlighting one of the inner voices, since most pianists emphasize the topmost. Whichever voice you decide to bring out, Ohlsson advises you to practice doing so in an exaggerated fashion until you are comfortable voicing with more subtlety.
Intermezzo, Op. 118 No. 2
In this lesson, American pianist Garrick Ohlsson guides you through Brahms’s “unbelievably loveable” Intermezzo in A Major, Op. 118, No. 2.
Ohlsson directs your attention to Brahms’s detailed articulation markings, which he helps you to decipher and incorporate into your strategies for phrasing. You will learn to play the constant stream of eighth notes that flow throughout this piece with expression and musicality. This accompanimental figure, Ohlsson advises you, should not sound neutral or passive, nor should it overpower the melody.
During the piece’s more contrapuntal passages, Ohlsson invites you to decide for yourself which voice to bring out. He encourages you to consider highlighting one of the inner voices, since most pianists emphasize the topmost. Whichever voice you decide to bring out, Ohlsson advises you to practice doing so in an exaggerated fashion until you are comfortable voicing with more subtlety.
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