Ilya Itin performs Medtner's Forgotten Melodies

Russian pianist Ilya Itin performs a selection of Aleksandr Medtner's Forgotten Melodies in this MIPFA exclusive production, recorded in 2020 at NYC

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DIRECT MUSICAL REFERENCES ASSOCIATED WITH MEDTNER FORGOTTEN MELODIES:

Sometimes when searching for the right feeling, timing, sounds in a musical gesture, I have discovered specific repertoire associations that can make the musical material suddenly click.  I find that in these examples below, the connection in my mind allowed me to feel greater physical comfort as well as more precision in the sound I was seeking in specific passages in this repertoire. I share them here as another possible pathway for your own discoveries of any piece of music, and not because they are prescriptive in any way.

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Danza Festiva: (Medtner)   FM - Schumann Concerto: movement  III.  

Ilya Itin: “When I told myself: ‘No, I am playing Schumann concerto. Now it works physically and the timing…..’  

Danza Graziosa  (Medtner) - Grieg Norwegian Dance, No.2. H264  

Canzona Fluviala  (Medtner, #4) - Dvorak:  Slavonic Dance No. 10      

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