I'm embarrassed to ask this as I once knew the answer myself ... but would anyone happen to know the name of the piece being played in the clip (starting at 15 seconds)?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YclVVaxl8HA

Thank you very much!

3rd movement, Beethoven Moonlight Sonata.

Oh my ... <cringing with embarrassment> ... thank you!

Cringeworthy indeed, but:

Memory is a funny thing. Oh yes, I recognise that piece, it's ... it's ... er ... damn, I can't remember what it's called or where it's from, but I definitely do know it.
It happens to many of us from time to time. It's like recognising a person's face but not remembering their name.
The other week I was trying to remember which Chopin waltz Mompou took as the basis for his Variations on a Theme of Chopin, and from which other Chopin piece the 10th variation, Evocation, quotes. I do meanwhile know both answers, but it didn't help that the "waltz" was actually a prelude.

No, what made me cringe was not the memory lapse aspect, but the fact that this piece was referred to as a "song". Grrr! I do hate it when everything has to be reduced to the level of pop culture terminology.

Where have you been lately, Rainer. Everything is a song these days. Get used to it ! And isn't it great that you can stuff 5000 songs on your mp3 player, and about a million on your hard drive

Hi Rainer,

Good point re: the use of "song" ... I hadn't really given it a lot of thought (obviously). I'm not obsessed with pop culture by any stretch of the imagination, but I suppose aspects of it can rub off unknowingly. At least I didn't repeat myself within the message and used "piece" instead! Thanks for pointing that out ... and in a way that was much kinder than it could have been.

Best wishes,

AJ

Very gracious of you to say so. Perhaps it would have been even kinder if I hadn't said anything at all.

No way ... I'd rather learn something even if it means embarrassing myself a bit in the process. I'm glad you said something!

SwanY, as in your earlier postings you don't make any sense at all, and you post inappropriate links. I warned you before about posting some online piano lessons link. What is it you want here ?