Fascinating to hear his progression from Chopin influences to such an original and powerful voice. Almost as if Chopin had lived to 105

@rekzbois9581

4 жыл бұрын

You mean her?

@TomCL-vb6xc

4 жыл бұрын

DesertedPenguin Scriabin was a man.

@stacia6678

Жыл бұрын

@@TomCL-vb6xc Who knows? ;)

@skrjabe_

Жыл бұрын

@@stacia6678 bruh

@juicedelemon

Жыл бұрын

@@skrjabe_ are you?

Number 8 is so satisfying. It makes my mind feel like water flowing through a cave system.

@lisztchopinliebestraum3507

Жыл бұрын

I think you put that excellently; No. 8 sure brings to mind water moving cooly in the darkness, having no idea where it is going, constantly undergoing metamorphosis...

I'm half way through this set and I've got to say, I'm enjoying these performances more than those of any of the big names I've heard play these. I like the slightly laid-back, hypnotic atmosphere. For me some pianists can go overboard with fire and fury which just ends up sounding too harsh and aggressive. It's something for me to remember when I'm playing something intense and passionate.

@scriabinismydog2439

4 жыл бұрын

I have different performers for each almost Sonata 2nd is Pogorelich 4th is Feinberg 5th Sultanov or Nehaus depends on the mood 6th Dusan Holy 7th Volodos 8th Ashkenazi 9th Horowitz 10th Andrew Tyson

@Pogouldangeliwitz

3 жыл бұрын

@@scriabinismydog2439 You have good taste (but bad spelling)!

@Pogouldangeliwitz

3 жыл бұрын

Pogorelich was amazing in the 4th too! Back then, in the nineties...

@orvillewrightjr9330

3 жыл бұрын

Maria Lettberg's interpretations of these Scriabin Sonatas remind me of Ruth Laredo's back in the 1970's. I was fortunate enough then to be in NYC and to hear Ruth Laredo performing all ten sonatas live over three nights at the Museum of Modern Art. It was a gala event!

@Warp75

8 ай бұрын

I think your totally right about some pianists going overboard with the aggression. I think Lettberg does well in creating the vibes

It's amazing when you consider that the First Piano Sonata was written when Scriabin was only 19 years old; it has heroic leaps,lush romanticism, and an overall dazzling quality. The Second Sonata was written when Scriabin visited the Baltic coast on a vacation. The Third Sonata(which I have played over the last 20 years;though never the same way twice) is a masterpiece and has analogues of etats-ames(soul-states) in Scriabin' early forays into theosophy with Madame Helene Blavatsky; supposedly they smoked a lot of marijuana together! The Fourth Sonata is an anomaly to me. The Fifth Sonata is a total new kind of musical experience, with revolutionary musical concepts. The Sixth through Tenth Sonatas each extrapolate these revolutionary musical concepts to prefigure modern jazz, unlike anything composed or heard before or since.

@aardigrade

3 жыл бұрын

Listen to Pogorelich interpret the 4th sonata. He has two different interpretations, one from the 90s and one from 2005. I strongly prefer the latter. It shows the 4th as an almost "last hurrah" of his old style, completely unique, but only a taste of whats to come.

@orvillewrightjr9330

3 жыл бұрын

@@aardigrade Thank you Mega, I have listened to these recordings of the the Fourth Sonata by Pogorelich and completely concur with your opinion.. Evidently the Fourth Sonata is a transitional piece, which by no means lessens its importance in Scriabin's oeuvre.

@sebastian-benedictflore

3 жыл бұрын

@@aardigrade nah, I'd suggest Gilels, S. Neuhaus or Fiorentino

@aardigrade

3 жыл бұрын

@@sebastian-benedictflore Agree to disagree XD I think their interps are respectable and well played, but my personal tastes trend towards Pogorelich's. Absent Sonata 4 though, I'd usually prefer to listen to Gilels and Neuhaus.

@wcsxwcsx

3 жыл бұрын

It's strange how among all the sonatas, the performances of the Third Sonata I've heard all sound so different from each other.

the sixth sonata is like, blues in it's most organic form. anyway, all his later sonata's are something in their most organic form anyway. They almost describe the chemistry in every cell, and all the emotion and energies of a living being at the same time. Science and spirituality are not that far apart if you take some roundabouts in your mind.

The moment around 58:00 is simply gorgeous. I could listen to that movement over and over again.

@jadenfarquhar

2 жыл бұрын

That fourth Sonata is by far my favorite Scriabin piece. Beautiful and thrilling

Scriabin, the only one in his style.

@at3141

4 жыл бұрын

that's right! I think so.

@NINOABSNABSN

3 жыл бұрын

Scriabin is an enigmatic composer! His style is Chopinian, Russian, introspective, and his sentences are as complex as they are sophisticated.

@pierreemad2220

3 жыл бұрын

He's one of those few composers that wanted to basically master every emotion and actually managed to somewhat reach that goal. I can only compare him to Debussy in terms of uniqueness, with the main difference that Debussy preferred peaceful emotions while Scriabin had a bit of a taste for the drama. That's my interpretation of him at least

@Whatismusic123

2 жыл бұрын

@@pierreemad2220 "master every emotion" 🤮 your complete misunderstanding of the toughts of a competent composer like scriabin is pathetic. to master every emotion takes at minimum incompetency, as it is extremely simple to convey emotion in music. What scriabin thrives at is his theoretical and analytical abilities, not some "emotion" buzzword about how your tummy tingles and your dick is rock hard after listening to the pain of the composer.

@mysterium364

Жыл бұрын

Some composers are strongly influenced by Scriabin. Feinberg probably most easily recognizably so.

Excellent, what an underrated composer and the playing is exquisite!

i find that many piano notes are played during the course of this video

@RicardoErick1

4 жыл бұрын

indeed!

@peabrane8067

4 жыл бұрын

Beautiful observation!

@firoza8994

4 жыл бұрын

Enlightening!

@LukeFaulkner

4 жыл бұрын

It's true. I tried counting to confirm and found there are definitely more than ten!

@peabrane8067

4 жыл бұрын

@@LukeFaulkner up to a mystic isomorphism?

Superb pianism in every respect. In complete command of this sometimes fiendishly challenging music, Lettberg exploits the musical possibilities here to the fullest.

La vida se vive por momentos y esta música los hace relevantes. Gracias por compartirla.

Bill Evans listened to a lot of Scriabin and suggested that in an attempt to document this very improvisational and exploratory music, all of the notes were written. He felt that the music of Mozart and Debussy. That Bill Evans, he was quite something.... :)

@enniogaliani

6 жыл бұрын

Now I (kinda) HAVE to know if you're related

@karolakkolo123

Жыл бұрын

@@enniogaliani I'm adding myself to the list

Brilliant atmosphere

wow, this is a treasure!

@carolehamann833

7 жыл бұрын

Frederico barreto

@travisartz

6 жыл бұрын

Frederico barreto e

Maravilloso. Muchas gracias por subirlo.

Having just heard all 10 Sonatas played by two pianists in Berlin, quite fascinating to hear this wonderful player, a far superior performance of the 1st and 4th than a week ago...in 1993 in Utrecht another great performance of the rarely- played 1st Sonata a nd an unforgettable 7th by Roberto Szidon.

There is such a haunting beauty in his works that draws one into his world.

Love It So Very Much, Thank You Maria.

@ludwigsmodilla9524

2 жыл бұрын

Me too

Thank you so much for posting, it's wonderful...

@classicalmusic1175

7 жыл бұрын

You're welcome :)

esta musica de scriabin, me transporta y me da la sensacion que emerge desde las prundidades y se despliega con un sentido espacial jose alkoloumbri buenos aires,argentina

@user-fi5hy3yi6m

7 ай бұрын

Это убеждает в победе Света над любою тьмой, Прекрасного над безобразие, извечной ГАРМОНИИ над хаосом и бесплодной шумихой... С этой Музыкой жить не так страшно и радостно обретать Великий Смысл Всего! Слава творящим Свет.. И САМОМУ ИСТОЧНИКУ - БОГУ! Спасибо! Россия.

scriabin é magnífico 🇧🇷

Lettberg is amazing.

magnífico....

Pure bliss.

To drift away and let desire take fly. That’s how I feel Scriabin music.

listening to this music makes me so much more effective at work

Скрябин, как и Рахманинов - новая эпоха классической музыки, всегда актуальна и волнительно живая как неувядающая роза с сиренью, чьи запахи сводят с ума ... другие же композиторы прошлого - пышный музей дорогих и прекрасных экспонатов; Scriabin similar as Rachmaninov is a new epoch of classical music, always actually real and alive with shivering as unfading rose with lilac whose smell is rising towards a heaven ... the other composers of old time is gorgeous museum of luxuries and beautiful exhibits

The greatest set of sonatas ever written!

@classicalmusic1175

2 жыл бұрын

You really think so? Even better than Beethoven's?

@Odin_Limaye

2 жыл бұрын

@@classicalmusic1175 Beethoven would be in 2nd place in my opinion.

Thank you so much for uploading!

revolutionary masterpiece!!!

@dr.arielcohen6159

6 жыл бұрын

yeah, written more than 110 years ago. Revolutionary for its time.

Scriabin's music, especially his early piano pieces, seems to evoke a feeling of "nervous ecstasy". That, and his Henselt-like arpeggios in the left hand are quite interesting. I think his piano music is more interesting than Rachmaninoff, but I like Rachmaninoff also.

@Pogouldangeliwitz

3 жыл бұрын

Mentioning Henselt in the same sentence than Scriabin made me cringe 😬

Amazing!

Without doubt a very sensible interpretation. To me there are just two good interpreters to these sonatas. Hamelin and, now, Maria. Slow, deep and very melodic. To me, a piano student, it's a treasure to find such a clear interpretation. One thing after the other. I must play these pieces before I die. To me this is beauty in music. The rest is the rest. Beethoven feeds my soul with good energy, but here I found another level of music.

@virtuosiproducoes2591

7 жыл бұрын

Para de traduzir literalmente do português pro inglês, porque fica horrível...

@paulogazola553

7 жыл бұрын

Realmente, tenho que treinar mais meu inglês escrito. Ele poderia ter sido escrito de uma forma muito melhor, tal qual sua crítica.

@virtuosiproducoes2591

7 жыл бұрын

Desculpa, mas você encontrou algum erro no meu comentário? Então você precisa aprender português também! hahaha!

@paulogazola

7 жыл бұрын

Não dá pra competir com um virtuose - te dou a vitória por WO! Não tenho mais idade pra este tipo de bobagem. Só voltando ao assunto, tens algo a acrescentar sobre o vídeo?

@DiegoJGorzynski

6 жыл бұрын

Nem esquente, seu inglês não está tranquilo.

Love this

astonishing!!!

Très belle version !

31:19 is bliss

It's strange it should be so unlike anything else, yet still have a sentimental quality.

I guess I agree to what others are saying about Lettbergs performances. Monumental feat by her. Mind affecting sounds. Very wonderful to take out time to let the mind roam. Thanks.

Delightful, relaxing. A wonderful background music for working...

Believe that this special harmonic language and its aim is best understood by the ,most gifted Slavic pianists.....Scriabine is the heir to Chopin and went from this art to new realms of pianist and expression.

Amazing.

Ottima performance. Scriabin al top del proprio credo pianistico ,che supera il concetto di Chopin + Rachmaninov.

Great music.

She plays the expresionist sonatas romantic ... but still very very beautiful 😍😍😍

Scriabinpersempre 😎

나는 스크랴빈을 매우 좋아하다. 스크랴빈의 노래는 신비롭고 많은 생각이 들게 만든다.

57:26- 57:27 what?

@marsaeolus9248

4 жыл бұрын

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@labemolmineur

4 жыл бұрын

@@marsaeolus9248 Maria plays the chord in bar 20 (fourth sonata) with an F natural instead of an F sharp, and again the corresponding chord in bar 24 with a G natural instead of a G sharp- it sounds totally intentional, especially that it occurs twice, so I wonder if this is a difference in edition.

in Sonata No. 4 in F-sharp major, Op. 30 56:38 I. Andante there's a spot where he turns his young Chopinesque style to a Gershwinlike Blues thank you CM11, especially for the detailed times xØx jd

@Seaman1010

5 жыл бұрын

Well, Gershwin was a very little boy when that was written, so it's not really accurate to call it Gershwinlike..

Notas de una belleza inaudita para dedicarse al reposo y a la meditación. Creo que Scriabin era el favorito del escritor neoyorquino Henry Miller y lo menciona en su famosa trilogía "La crucifixion rosada". Gracias por existir

Pour moi Scriabin atteint le paradis pianistique…. sur tous les plans, autant celui des harmonies que de la richesse des thèmes

@lucianopagani6504

2 жыл бұрын

Straordinario e incantevole, è veramente un genio musicale, esecuzione bellissima

I love these recordings, each passage is played in a delicate and beautiful way. I had the feeling that the performer was a woman because of the musical texture, and I was right

@gretasmith7145

3 жыл бұрын

oh awesome, you're sexist :|

@SCRIABINIST

3 жыл бұрын

@@gretasmith7145 Not necessarily sexist, maybe just stereotypes.

@SeigneurReefShark

3 жыл бұрын

@@gretasmith7145 shut up lmao, this has nothing to do with sexism

@jimmy128100

2 жыл бұрын

I love women.

Oh man ... Scriabapalooza!

References to Debussy,Ravel,Horowitz and if you like it Dr.Oliver Sachs about colours combined with music can be made.Unbelievebel it is how to master the multitude of sounds and voluminous eruptions and still maintaining the structures and equilibrium.I hear Horowitz on performing certain compositions of Scriabin : this is so difficult!

❤️ love for all, hatred for none ❤️

Lettberg rivals Horowitz in her ability to capture the ethereal perfection of Scriabin's greatest works.

@Pogouldangeliwitz

3 жыл бұрын

Now, now, aren't we getting carried away a bit here...

@pqiojsqdklnads3861

3 жыл бұрын

uhhh i’d have to disagree i believe horowitz’s forte was scriabin tbh perhaps alongside clementi. he knew scriabin for a short while, in fact despite horowitz’s very calm and composed physical disposition when playing pieces typically, he is very animated when playing scriabin. he seems to have a very special place for scriabin in his heart, as horowitz was a bit of a revolutionary himself. i can understand lots of criticisms about horowitz but in scriabin specifically i think its hard to argue another pianist to be superior to him.

@davidbreslau6516

3 жыл бұрын

@@pqiojsqdklnads3861 Don't get me wrong, Horowitz is my favorite Scriabin performer. I was just admiring this relatively obscure performer's talent. Most pianists fail at capturing Scriabin, so I was surprised at how well she played most of his pieces (except White and Black Mass, which were bungled), and used Horowitz as a comparison to express this. But Horowitz is the undisputed master, I'll never argue against that. I almost feel as if Scriabin and Horowitz are the same musician, separated into two distinct entities: Horowitz the performer and Scriabin the composer.

@pqiojsqdklnads3861

3 жыл бұрын

@@davidbreslau6516 yes i agree i think these performances are really good and i was quite impressed

@billmarrufo

3 жыл бұрын

@@pqiojsqdklnads3861 For many Scriabin´s music conoisseurs, Vladimir Sofronitsky is the best interpreter, of course after Scriabin himself. He was also closer to Scriabin being his son in law.

1:04:00

thank you for the free add music

@classicalmusic1175

5 жыл бұрын

Use adblocker if you don't like ads. Fairly simple really.

@oliviergrimard3845

5 жыл бұрын

Classical Music11 oh shit im sorry, that comment wasn’t sarcastic I just forgot i had my adblock ON and really thought the video had no adds. Anyway, thanks for the music, your video gave me the idea for my next piece.

@rohanmac2139

5 жыл бұрын

Lol

@PETERJOHN101

4 жыл бұрын

Also, I think you meant to say "ad-free music." The music was free, as were the ads you never saw. 😂😂

@oliviergrimard3845

3 жыл бұрын

@@PETERJOHN101 very true lol

🖤

When I was in my twenties, I enjoyed all the songs with Roberto Szidon. I remember that thing. There were no Japanese people who played this song collection. In the meantime, it was something that I read the score and made it a sound. He is a memory that he has hit, without technical failure, and playing. Fortissimo is fortissimo. Pianissimo is Pianissimo. The score was reproduced as much as possible. Scriabin had no way of playing the definitive version yet. If it is a friend Rachmaninoff, the recording of the person is quite good performance, and the 3rd concerto, still sounds that no one can surpass. The classical form is seen through.

Heaven

DEBUSSY ON SMIRNOF

@EdiDrums

8 ай бұрын

*ICE

9 sonata black mass relax me and i love it, i know it seems like i am trolling or that i dont know nothin about music but it is what it is

Beautifull 46:14

2:02

My neuro physicist extolled Scriabin throughout our consultation today. I wasn't quite sure who was the patient in between the electronic battering of my arms looking for carpel tunnel , and his true internal yearning as a musician so apparent in his telling me musical knowledge- you learn something from every experience and every person you meet in life - he at least made me find this KZread tonight. In peace but I still prefer Rachmaninov xx

Composers of Scriabin's level are in... "short" supply. Ha, I don't know Shrek, there are those who think "little" of him!

Alexander Scriabin’s music is a good definition of underrated.

Her playing is beautiful but perhaps a bit too delicate. It lacks a certain vitriol. Yet I find myself enjoying these interpretations quite a bit!

@MaxwellKaye

7 жыл бұрын

At least she doesn't bang on the keys like Ashkenazy, though...

@sergioventurini

6 жыл бұрын

...music is about exploring -creating- new ways to feel and, perhaps, we might wonder why we expect certain feelings in music!

@kx3kx3

5 жыл бұрын

Agree. Specially from #5 and up... I still like it very much though.

27:12 31:21

2:20:00

¡Demasiados anuncios!, solamente uno, bueno; los otros: escandalosos, de temas que no me interesan. Y ponen además el anuncio de un cantante, con una canción, que creo no va con los oyentes de esta música.

4 жыл бұрын

adblock = bliss

6:30

I love these pieces and she is a fine pianist and these are very nice performances that leave me a bit flat. They're too dainty and careful. Girl, take some chances! I'd rather a fistful of wrong notes and some fire than correctness. They don't bring the extremes of emotion I want from Scriabin. Overall the word I associate with Scriabin is "ecstasy", always present, but hear at its most dazzling in the later works that uses augmented chords and 7th chords to create an air of breathless excitement. Scriabin wanted to transform mankind with music! and I love him for that as well.

59:04 Is that real prestissimo volando, as it must be? I do not think so.

Just my opinion, but I think Scriabin did better in the smaller forms(Preludes, etudes, poems) His larger pieces like these sonatas and the symphonic pieces he wrote tend to sound rambling and lack focus. I hear amazing harmonies and moods in sections, and the technique required to play these pieces well is prodicious, no doubt about it-------but as "whole compositions" most of them don't go anywhere. (I do think sonata #9 and # 5 are the exceptions. The others sound like written out improvisations.)

@TomCL-vb6xc

4 жыл бұрын

Brian McCarthy Depends on your taste in music. Scriabin’s idea of melody and structure was uncoventional ( similar to most of Scriabin’s ideas as he was as insane as he was brilliant ) so his sonata’s are incredibly unique. By the end, Scriabin was so focused on structuring his music upon his own harmonic theories as he believed he had superhuman gifts and was capable of changing the universe with them. As questionable as his philosophy was, his music is unquestionably some of the most unique and ( depending on your opinion ) fantastic music ever written. I advise you to listen to the sonatas more and listen attentively. Once you train your ears to percieve music outside of the conventional manner then you discover all that Scriabin had to say in his unfortunately short life.

@scriabinismydog2439

4 жыл бұрын

Well, I do agree on the early Symphonic pieces, but have you listened to Prometheus? The developing of the themes and the general structure of the piece are extremely well composed. And the last Sonatas do have structure, but it's really complex and unconventional, so percieving it might seem a little bit difficult.

@user-sc7ux2zl5m

4 жыл бұрын

sonata #4 is example of large-form integrity.

@sebastian-benedictflore

4 жыл бұрын

Scriabin was incredibly meticulous when it came to structuring his peices (particular in later life). You hear it from sonata 5 and onwards very clearly.

@mrbrianmccarthy

4 жыл бұрын

@@sebastian-benedictflore yes his scores are very neat. i was impressed when i saw the autograph for sonata #10.

nobody like that now

Beautiful music and video. Sadly interrupted by obnoxious commercials.

@EdiDrums

8 ай бұрын

You Tube Ad Blocker, the quick solution

We're all reincarnating souls. Chopin (died 1849) was reincarnated as Scriabin (born 1871).

Фф

it sounds like someone playing the piano with one hand.....

@PETERJOHN101

4 жыл бұрын

Maybe you are listening with one ear.

Something. Of. Rachmaninov . Scriabin is not very well known despite his talent ...

@stacia6678

2 жыл бұрын

He is well known among pianists, but not among the general population due to his idiosyncratic style.

someone took drugs

The recording is very good and resonant but for some reason (probably my own bias), I find this version inferior to Szidon, which in turn is vastly inferior to that of Michael Ponti (who even suffers sound at the hands of the Vox technicians). Mr Szidon should have stayed with Liszt...

@virtuosiproducoes2591

7 жыл бұрын

There were not so many recordings of Scriabin's works at that time, so Szidon hardly had any references besides the score...

Why so many ads? Will it be 'cause I am in this shithole called Brazil? Long ads at every one minute even in the middle of a piece. What a lack of respect and taste!!

4 жыл бұрын

adblock = bliss

@SeriousGeorge

2 жыл бұрын

Yup, it's awful. Shame on the uploader. They clearly don't love music at all and are just in it for the ad money.

The prestissimo at the end of the 5th was way too slow and the andante that begins the 4th was too fast and in effect lost most of the tension it's supposed to build. Ashkenazy plays both better. Hell, I play both better. Interesting and different interpretations of the sonatas though.

@axadams

8 жыл бұрын

Post your recording!

@armandabraham488

8 жыл бұрын

+lightning strife Yes! less word, and post your recording!

@lightning9494

8 жыл бұрын

Ok I was exaggerating but I could beat up your dad! lol

@Whatismusic123

2 жыл бұрын

@@axadams 🤓

Very competent. But I prefer the way men play. They are rather more honest to the score, usually, and pay more respect to the rhythms and structures. They are also more powerful and can produce better tone. I am thinking of Richter...

@sebastian-benedictflore

4 жыл бұрын

Yikes

@Pogouldangeliwitz

3 жыл бұрын

Richter is not a good example in Scriabin. Messy!

@cynic150

3 жыл бұрын

@@Pogouldangeliwitz Which recording of which work are you referring to? His Sonata no. 5 is superb! What about John Ogdon then?

@Pogouldangeliwitz

3 жыл бұрын

@@cynic150 I'll take Ogdon over Richter any day (in Scriabin)! Don't like Richters 5th (stodgy) nor his 7th (messy). Ogdons complete sonata set was a milestone in its time and is still hard to surpass, imho.

@cynic150

3 жыл бұрын

@@Pogouldangeliwitz Well okay. But you must take into consideration the quality of the recordings, which differ enormously. Ogdon's were apparently recorded in a studio with dry acoustics. This makes them extremely clear. Occasionally I think there is not enough use of the pedal to add resonance and harmonic richness. The most convincing Scriabin came from Horowitz, I think.

Piano gone too far. Scriabin lost the point.

@sebastian-benedictflore

4 жыл бұрын

??? How now

@SeigneurReefShark

3 жыл бұрын

Ok mister mediocre

@Deibler666

3 жыл бұрын

@@SeigneurReefShark haha fxck Scriabin shitmusic

@Deibler666

Жыл бұрын

@HotTopicScriabin Did I go that far?

It sounds like random, boring computer garbage.

@andyschnabel5225

6 жыл бұрын

So what are in your "daily listening routine"?

@aleksm.1863

5 жыл бұрын

Glad it's not the king's new clothes with you. Scriabin. Yeah, I'm mixed. Bits and pieces here and there, I connect emotionally. Most part... I don't know.

@thedarkknight6606

5 жыл бұрын

You gotta have a bit of taste and intelligence and madness in you to feel this music, that's probably not your case

@aleksm.1863

2 жыл бұрын

How ironic that, three years later, Scriabin is one of, if not, my favourite composers. His music, in reflection, I can say is not instantly pleasurable. Once you've had time to listen A LOT, you suddenly 'get' it, and I was blown away. Fascinating to see how my opinion has changed.

@Whatismusic123

2 жыл бұрын

@@aleksm.1863 yeah scriabin is a composer that is so complex that you really don't hear much on your first listenings, it may be a flaw, as most of his pieces take atleast 10 listenings before you even grasp them, but it amounts to music that you can listen to for years on end without being tired of. Probably the only atonal composer that actually considered the stucture of his pieces before publishing them, most modern composers are completely random at times to fit in as many textures and themes as possible within a short time space.