Rachmaninoff, "Rhapsody On A Theme of Paganini" Opus 43 (18th Variation)

@bijouxbroussard wow, I never heard of that before. My neighbor,na woman, teaches piano. I wonder if she picks pieces for her male and female students for this?

@samueltyler2 I don’t know. My teachers never told me "you can’t play this because you’re a girl", but when I played the waltzes one teacher worked with me on my fingering so that the ones with lots of octaves were easier to manage smoothly.

@bijouxbroussard so many things we never understood growing up.

@OverTheHill Very beautiful. 😊

@OverTheHill I just bought three of his books for the piano--a friend introduced me to him. I play mostly classical a little Broadway and 60s rock...but this is a whole new and exciting world!

@Docdon23 I hope that you enjoy playing his music.

@bijouxbroussard em, you embarrass me.

@samueltyler2 Sorry, not my intention. I just think it’s really cool to be involved in lots of things.

@bijouxbroussard it is okay, we have been friends for years. You know my ins and outs as well as just about anyone. 🤭

@bijouxbroussard This was much earlier than that..I was five...they usually only watched television on Fridays and most of the Classical music I know comes from cartoons and Fantasia😩

@bookerdana Oh, okay. Why did I think you were one of the "youngsters" here ? But that movie definitely made a lot of people who hadn’t been classical fans aware of that piece of music.

@bijouxbroussard I guess b/c I'm IGNORANT...🤔 Still I usually Like classical when I hear it. I have a friend who is a musician and comes from a family of musicians and he wanted to go see Handel: Messiah. ...local HS production. I enjoyed it but he thought it it was all the Hallelujah Chorus and wanted to leave🫢

@Tastyfrzz That movie is how many in the U.S. became familiar with this music. But it was written much longer ago, in 1934. 🙂

@Tastyfrzz Yes, it’s from the movie. That was a beautiful score.

@basilfawlty89 Awesome ! 😃