Danny Tan wrote: >I have had serious arguments with my girlfriend about Chopin Piano >Concerto No. 1. She is completely obsessed with the second movement >which she said is "so beautiful". To me, it seems just a long string >of beautiful notes but do not "connect" emotionally. I played her the >2nd movements of Rach Piano 2, Beethoven Piano 5, Grieg's Piano Concerto, >and "challenged" her that these are more worth listening. It resulted >in a disastrous quarrel that I surrender (cos' she won't talk to me), by >promising to listen to the Chopin 20 times again. A quarrel with a girl because of Chopin is a sad thing. A friend of mine used to play Chopin to innocent girls with infamous --but often successful-- designs of seduction. Once, he went too far: he played the first prelude to a blonde, and said to the poor victim that he had composed it as a gift for her. She believed him. All this leads us to a conclusion, but at this point, I think it's unnecesary. The only thing that one can do in case of a quarrel such as this is to play new variations on "La ci darem la mano". Pablo Massa [log in to unmask]