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And on a completely different topic, I finished memorising this morsel quite recently and have been unable to get it out of my head for a few weeks now. It has enchanted me.

Rubber cement reminds me of this...

That Mussorgsky is just goregous. I wish I could play the pieces that get stuck in my head. I would be playing Mendelssohn 53 no 3 for sure for the recital hehehehe

I've did a little reading on Satie, recently, and I just had to laugh at this one. He wrote this mocking Clementi's style. I wish I could find a good version with the story that goes along with it on you tube. In the notes on the score, Satie tells the story of a day in the life of a Parisian bureaucrat.


Here's a link to the score if you want to follow along:

http://imslp.org/wiki/Sonatine_bureaucratique_%28Satie,_Erik%29

I found myself climbing a workmens ladder just so I could try and have a nibble at the beautifully tasty looking black horse that lloyds have as their bank logo.

I miss my horsemeat.

I think Rossy is jealous of the horses because they get their own harems of mares hehehehe





Actually, I thought of you Rossy when I was watching TV and heard Bill Maher say this:
"If we don't fix how we grow food, and don't stop turning the oceans into a carbon sink for coal, we're going to have to learn to eat all the few gnarly maggoty things that can survive mankind. Your grandkids will grow up dreaming of getting some horse meat while they munch down on their McPlankton sandwich."

Did you watch my sacred geometry post?

for those that missed it...



skip to 1:41:00 for musical insight



Off to do more research, Laters folks, back soon

Huh. Some acoustic Cult - Edie.

Posted at the same time Aimee , if we do join a cult though, Rossy can have my meat!

hahaha wayne I love the silver space suit!!

omg we posted at the same time again!
We should make our own cult.

errrrrr, because I'm a veggie, thought I better clarify my meaning

I think we may already have, it's called RST

lol thanks for clarifying!

I am ready, finally, to post pictures of my new Kawai but find myself thwarted by the technology. To where and how do I upload the images? I am confident that once they're on a sharing site I'll be able to link to them.

I can put them on box.com, indeed, I have them there but I need a subscription to link directly to the images.

Evening Richard!

I upload my images to www.imgur.com. Once the images are uploaded, this website offers the links to post them in forums. It’s easy, you don’t have to register in it to get the links.

Brilliant, Recaredo!

Stand by...

Here then, finally, are pictures of my new Kawai CA95 set up in my own little corner of the world.







I'm providing mp3 files on Box so that you can hear what it sounds like should you feel the need.

Seven weeks in and the new toy has lost none of its magic. It's such a blast to play it without headphones. It's so alive; the whole instrument resonates, the stool resonates, guitars across the room join in and my whole body can feel the bass end when it plays.

Playing into the room I can look out of the window over the Wicklow mountains while I'm playing or put up the lyre and practise from a score.

The keyboard is just as I remember my first piano that had genuine ivory keys but the dynamic range is larger. This thing plays quietly too, the real one didn't.

After 24 years with the Clavinova and not having owned an acoustic since 1995 it's so good to hear notes lingering at the end of piece instead fizzling out in a matter of seconds. The Liszt Consolation is the piece I missed it the most and it gives me such joy now to hear the last chords slowly die away at the end instead of having to imagine it.

The performances have not been prepared with the attention to detail I'd have given them in a recital proper but I have provided them with band-aid attention after thirty odd years of abuse. These are some of the pieces I have ready to play at the drop of a hat should I find myself at a piano in company. Of course, a recording needs more care than a live performance and signs of wear are showing through in places but I think they're nice enough.

Chopin Nocturne in Eb, Op. 9 No. 2 (5.5 MB)

Brahms Waltz in B, Op. 39 No. 1 (1.3 MB)

Liszt Consolation No. 3 (5.5 MB)

Lovely corner!

That piano is a beauty, and that view through the window you tell has to be inspirational. I’m happy for you, Richard. Thanks for sharing these pics with us.


Btw, your three recordings are fantastic, it’s a pleasure to listen to them.

Thanks, Recaredo. Most gracious.

Looks and sounds amazing. Good for you, Richard.

Great job with the coda in the Nocturne. Wow, a lot of work to do before I'm close to this.

The Liszt piece is very very nice. Is it on the Liszt ( couldn't resist) any time soon for the sonata analysis thread? A lovely piece and very fine playing.

Curious: Does the Sostenuto pedal function like a true Sostenuto? If so, will you be using it?

I've got one on the new piano, but it just sustains part of the lower register and so an ornament for me, I think.