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Soundtrack to My Life: Nancy November
18 Dec, 2020 05:01 PM
4 minutes to read
Dr Nancy November with an early 19th-century arrangement of Beethoven s Eroica Symphony for a string quintet. Photo / Supplied
Dr Nancy November with an early 19th-century arrangement of Beethoven s Eroica Symphony for a string quintet. Photo / Supplied
By: Joanna Wane
Emperor Piano Concerto No. 5
(composed in 1810)
I study and analyse music, so I can tell you a lot about what it does and how it works. But there s still the X-factor that draws us in, even if you can t quite put your finger on it. My parents were very keen on classical music and, as a child, this piece fascinated me. It was Beethoven s last piano concerto, when his works were very explorative, so it s quite experimental and cutting-edge. It s very evocative music – the idea of something slightly out of reach or a little bit veiled. Melancholy is a good word. We think of Beethoven as a composer, but when he first arriv