I was reminded again this last week of the importance of researching music. I was performing Mozart's Sonata in A minor K310 and was doing some research for the programme notes. Mozart only wrote two piano Sonatas in a minor key and both have quite a dark atmosphere. The Sonata in A minor was written shortly after his mother's death and certainly portrays much of the emotion he must have been feeling at the time. Obviously this is going to have a big impact on how one performs the piece.
Always take some time to research the music you are playing. What do you know about the composer? What was happening in the composer's life when he wrote that piece? What do you know about that particular piece? How does it compare or differ from the composer's other work? Looking for information on these particular questions will certainly help to understand how to interpret the music. There are plenty of sources of information too. Look in music libraries, internet, CD inlays and notes actually in the printed music.
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