Jul 20 2010
More Specifically, “Chopin’s Prelude op. 28 No. 24 in D minor” and Where I First Heard It
I wasn’t very descriptive about the Chopin piece that I mentioned attempting yesterday, but it’s the “Prelude op. 28 No. 24 in D minor.”
I’ve always been a fan of Chopin, but didn’t hear this piece until I saw it in the Vietnamese movie “The Scent of Green Papaya,” which was played during a thunderstorm and an emotional storm all happening at once. It was quite effective and I’ll never be quite certain whether I love the song just for the song or because of that scene. But hopefully one day I’ll be able to translate how much I love it when I play it.
The biggest obstacle is some long left hand stretches that have to be played swiftly. My grand piano teacher always said to lightly touch the nearest octave note to be able to measure the distance without looking; hopefully that will work in this case.
Here’s a clip from the movie (not the Chopin, but one of the few clips I could find on YouTube), and may I interject here that Anh Hung Tran is an amazing writer/director, creating seamless movies with amazing visuals and soundtracks.
I have to admit that “Clair de Lune” was part of this movie, too, so yeah, maybe I just really want to play this soundtrack.
[...] You can read all about where I first heard it and how much I love it at my personal blog here. [...]