"Early in 1943, I received the score of the Seventh Sonata, which I found fascinating and which I learned in just four days.... The work was a huge success. The audience clearly grasped the spirit of the work, which reflected their innermost feelings and concerns. (This was also felt to be the case with Shostakovich’s Seventh Symphony, which dates from more or less the same period.) With this work we are brutally plunged into the anxiously threatening atmosphere of a world that has lost its balance. Chaos and uncertainty reign. We see murderous forces ahead. But this does not mean that what we lived by before thereby ceases to exist. We continue to feel and love. Now the full range of human emotions bursts forth. Together with our fellow men and women, we raise a voice in protest and share the common grief. We sweep everything before us, borne along by the will for victory. In the tremendous struggle that this involves, we find the strength to affirm the irrepressible life-force."
Quote Details
Added by wikiquote-import-bot
Unverified quote
0 likes
Original Language: English
Available Languages (1)
Sources
Sviatoslav Richter, In: Bruno Monsaingeon, Sviatoslav Richter: Notebooks and Conversations, trans. Stewart Spencer
https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Piano_Sonata_No._7_(Prokofiev)
Revision History
No revisions have been submitted for this quote.
Categories
Piano Sonata No. 7 (Prokofiev)
2 quotes on TrueQuotesView all quotes by Piano Sonata No. 7 (Prokofiev) →
Related Quotes
"One dramatic idea permeates the whole sonata. It seems that contradictory tendencies in the musical style of Prokofie…"
"Be clear about what you want as a producer and to discern what each musician can bring to the music. One player may b…"
"The music is also being redone by Peter McConnell, the composer of the original soundtrack. Though Grim Fandango feat…"
"I kept the score cohesive by building it on a backbone of classic Max Steiner-style orchestral underscoring. To inter…"
"In terms of the live music that’s in the score, the entire score comes from the Mission [district in San Francisco] a…"
"This meant focused attention to mixing, EQ'ing, and programming articulation data on an individual instrument basis t…"
"For us to do this right, we had to also wrap our minds around the 'extra-musical' content of the music – the concepts…"
"Very early on in the process Tim handed me black and white concept art of the characters, his collection of Bogie mov…"
"Frustrated with the state of music in games at the time, two composers at LucasArts Peter MccConnell and Michal Land …"
"One special occasion was our hijacking Tim [Schafer] and leading him to the recording studio where a bunch of us impr…"