# Jeunehomme! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 29, 2012, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeunehomme/629733 "2012-07-29T04:40:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![IceQube](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@IceQube](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IceQube)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2012, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeunehomme/629733/1 "2012-07-29T04:40:29Z")
I’m looking for a heart-pounding rendition of Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 9 in E-flat Major, K. 271, “Jeunehomme.” I’m specifically looking for a heart-pounding, pedal-to-the-metal, performance of the **third movement**. Ideally, the rendition would be played at 240 BPM, but I doubt that any recording artist has played it that fast. Still, are there any particularly fast performances? The opening sequences of the third movement is magnificent. If I didn’t stop learning piano, I’d probably try playing the opening sequence by myself for my own enjoyment … at a minimum of 240 BPM :eek:. ---
**Author:** ![II\_Gyan\_II](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/bbe5ce/32.png) [@II\_Gyan\_II](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/II_Gyan_II)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2012, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeunehomme/629733/2 "2012-07-29T05:47:05Z")
Most renditions are over the 10 minute mark. The fastest I can find is Mitsuko Uchida’s [performance](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RA7wxj5cw2o), coming in at 9m10s. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2012, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeunehomme/629733/3 "2012-07-29T12:21:59Z")
> [@II\_Gyan\_II](#): > > Most renditions are over the 10 minute mark. The fastest I can find is Mitsuko Uchida’s [performance](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RA7wxj5cw2o), coming in at 9m10s. I can’t imagine it played faster than that, without sacrificing musicality. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2012, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeunehomme/629733/4 "2012-07-29T13:33:53Z")
Holy cow. That is mind-boggling. ---
**Author:** ![IceQube](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@IceQube](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IceQube)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2012, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeunehomme/629733/5 "2012-07-29T21:08:39Z")
> [@II\_Gyan\_II](#): > > Most renditions are over the 10 minute mark. The fastest I can find is Mitsuko Uchida’s [performance](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RA7wxj5cw2o), coming in at 9m10s. Nice. I found one by Ronald Brautigam with the Kolner Akademie, but it sounds like he’s playing a harpsichord rather than an actual piano. You can check it out on Spotify (YouTube doesn’t have Ronald Brautigam). His performance clocks in at a 9:06. ---
**Author:** ![II\_Gyan\_II](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/bbe5ce/32.png) [@II\_Gyan\_II](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/II_Gyan_II)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2012, 10:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeunehomme/629733/6 "2012-07-30T10:05:10Z")
> [@IceQube](#): > > You can check it out on Spotify (YouTube doesn’t have Ronald Brautigam). His performance clocks in at a 9:06. Strange. The [first](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i10Y-gzezbA) [two](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jP_3NlkRbEA&feature=related) movements are available. I believe Brautigam plays on a 1802 fortepiano replica. ---
**Author:** ![IceQube](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@IceQube](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IceQube)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2012, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeunehomme/629733/7 "2012-07-31T04:21:21Z")
> [@II\_Gyan\_II](#): > > Strange. The [first](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i10Y-gzezbA) [two](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jP_3NlkRbEA&feature=related) movements are available. I believe Brautigam plays on a 1802 fortepiano replica. That explains the rather idiosyncratic sound. But check this out: the beast below clocks at an epinephrine-charged and dopamine-releasing 8:43 :eek:. I can’t fathom how he convinced the conductor and the rest of the audience to play that fast. https://www.youtube.com/embed/exuoGezFJuY?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque ---
**Author:** ![Taomist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Taomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taomist)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2012, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeunehomme/629733/8 "2012-07-31T04:52:04Z")
Thanks to the title, I now have Village People dancing through my head. Hey! Hey! Hey, hey hey! This is not really a complaint, more of an observation. ---
**Author:** ![IceQube](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@IceQube](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IceQube)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2012, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeunehomme/629733/9 "2012-07-31T05:14:55Z")
> [@Taomist](#): > > Thanks to the title, I now have Village People dancing through my head. > > Hey! Hey! Hey, hey hey! > > This is not really a complaint, more of an observation. Village people? :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2012, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeunehomme/629733/10 "2012-07-31T05:39:11Z")
Jeunehomme == Young Man. As in… Young man! There’s no need to feel down. I said, Young man! Pick yourself off the ground. I said, Young man! 'Cause you’re in a new town, There’s no need to be unhappy. ---
**Author:** ![II\_Gyan\_II](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/bbe5ce/32.png) [@II\_Gyan\_II](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/II_Gyan_II)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2012, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeunehomme/629733/11 "2012-07-31T06:06:17Z")
> [@IceQube](#): > > But check this out: the beast below clocks at an epinephrine-charged and dopamine-releasing 8:43 :eek:. > > I can’t fathom how he convinced the conductor and the rest of the audience to play that fast. Well, the pianist Leif-Ove Andsnes was conducting from the bench. And I know folks are trying to salvage classical music by having interactive programs, but that must be one hell of an audience 😃 ---
**Author:** ![IceQube](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@IceQube](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IceQube)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2012, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeunehomme/629733/12 "2012-07-31T15:42:15Z")
> [@II\_Gyan\_II](#): > > Well, the pianist Leif-Ove Andsnes was conducting from the bench. How did I miss that :smack:. Oh yeah. I found the clip on YouTube and then I immediately found the clip on Spotify and started listening from there :p. ---
**Author:** ![CandidGamera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/candidgamera/32/2878_2.png) [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2012, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeunehomme/629733/13 "2012-07-31T17:40:25Z")
And here I thought you were looking for a French cover of ‘YMCA’. Jeune homme, there’s no need to feel down, I said jeune homme, pick yourself off the ground… 😃 Edit : Should read thread before replying! I see great minds think alike.