Monday, May 7, 2012

Amy Beach "Romance" for violin/piano

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   Little can be articulated when I had first heard this piece.  "Romance" seems to pull at the strings of my heart.  It is the kind of music you anticipate longing for the moments of your one true love, as you glance out of your window.  But instead you find the beginnings of autumn, and the changing of seasons.  There is a bit of confusion of when you will see your love again, but the music offers a kind of hope and reassurance that the time will soon come.
    There are times here the music performs a dance, a tango of emotions.  Tumultuous, passionate, mysterious, and carried along with the moment.  Moving, and singularly a piece that craves you to introspectively reflect on your own emotions.
  The piano and violin harmoniously interact, as two lovers meet, separate, and then rejoin hands and interlock fingers at the end of the piece.  Curtain closes.  But the image is forever in your memory-black out. 

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