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Welcome to the 50th AB Forum "Beginners and Beyond" Online Recital!!!! We have a special treat before we launch into the usual instructions and, of course, the music. Because this is such a major milestone in the history of the recitals, we asked two special individuals to give us their thoughts on this event. The first is Frank Baxter, the man who started PianoWorld and gave us this home-away-from-home where we can share our love for piano and music, and the other is Mr Super-Hunky, the man who came up with the brilliant idea of holding the online recitals in the first place. So, with no further ado, it is my pleasure to introduce: Frank Baxter --- Founder of PianoWorldFirst, CONGRATULATIONS! To everyone involved in the ABF, and particularly to those who have participated in the recitals over the years, you are to be commended for showing the world there are still lots of people who love the piano, and that they can put all other differences aside and get along because of their shared love of the instrument, the music, and the people! A few words about the 50th recital milestone! ok more than a few (I'm known for rambling on, please bear with me)... I started Piano World as a hobby over twenty years ago. I had discovered the Internet (oh wait, that was Al Gore wasn't it?) and was fascinated by the ability to reach out to people across the country and around the world. My father was a Ham operator (those of you too young to know, look it up) and the Internet reminded me of this. A few people happened to stumble upon my posts (back then it was at something like http://www.tiac.net/users/pianos/...) and they asked me some questions which got me thinking about other things I could post. The more I posted, the more people came around to visit and interact (you can see some posts from 1999, 2000 here: forum.pianoworld.com/ubbthreads.php/topics/919373/forums-nostalgia.htmlThat's when I started thinking just maybe Piano World (it was called All About Pianos in the early days) could make a small difference in, well, the piano world. I've loved the piano as long as I can remember (which some days is about 2 hours, but that's another story). My goal has always been to get others interested, and help those who want to learn to play, fix, restore, buy, sell, ... pianos. Today the one area of Piano World I am most proud of is our forums. I love that so many people gravitate to our forums and participate in conversations (or lurk, as I know many of you do). And the forum I'm most proud of is the ABF. The ABF was spun off from another forum years ago, as a place where adults could feel comfortable whether they were just beginning their journey, or returning to it after a many year absence. And I'm particularly proud of you folks for creating and maintaining the recitals, Bravo! Imagine, the 50th recital! Wow! Now that's a milestone you can all be proud of. For anyone who doubts they can learn to play the piano, or that they can "perform in front of others", this is the living proof. And I love that you all encourage each other, it isn't a contest, you aren't being judged, it's encouragement and fun, just what piano playing should be. Kathy and I have had the privilege of attending piano parties all across the U.S. and even some in Europe. The premise is the same as the recitals, it's to have fun and share your love of piano with others, period! In closing (I know, you thought I'd never get there) I want to thank all of you for being kind to one another and for making Piano World, and the piano world a better place. Looking forward to the next 50! All the Best, Frank and Kathy From Piano World Headquarters in Parsonsfield Maine Mr Super-Hunky --- Creator of the AB Forum RecitalsFrom our modest beginnings of just trying to figure out how to post a 'compilation of members recordings', to the well oiled [and administered] machine that it is today, our Adult Beginner Forums "Beginners and Beyond" quarterly online recitals have come a long way. It was through the combined efforts of many ABF members who contributed their time and talents over the past twelve years to enable these quarterly recitals to evolve into the huge success that it is today featuring over 500 performers from all over the world. This is something that everyone involved, from the administrators to the performers, can be very proud of. It has been said that "Music is what feelings sound like", and that statement couldn't be more true after listening to the amount of thoughtful effort and emotional input that goes into each and every ABF recital submission from our members. We truly are a unique group of people who have realized that our musical journey IS our destination! Looking forward to the next twelve years as the journey continues.. Mr Super-Hunky.
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PLEASE DO NOT POST IN THIS THREAD! USE THE DISCUSSION THREAD! I am delighted to introduce our 50th quarterly AB Forum “Beginners and Beyond†Recital! So, pull up a chair and have a listen. I would like to take this opportunity to ask the audience to please refrain from commentary in this recital room. A separate room has been provided for the purposes of intermezzo discussion. Please take any and all comments to the General Discussion Room. Thank you! In addition to the zip files linked below, mahlzeit has added a feature to his program that creates an online streaming player. Just click on the link to hear all the recital pieces without having to download the zip files: Recital 50 Streaming PlayerA template has been created for those who wish to provide individualized feedback: Recital #50 Response Template For the convenience of forum members, mahlzeit's program has normalized the files for consistent volume and standardized the ID3 tags in a collection of zip files. This makes it easier to create personal CDs and playlists. These zip files have been posted at the following URLs: Recital 50 Zip 1Recital 50 Zip 2 Recital 50 Zip 3 Recital 50 Zip 4Recital 50 Zip 5 Recital 50 Zip 6 Recital 50 Zip 7 Recital 50 Zip 8 Recital 50 Zip 9Recital 50 Zip 10 Recital 50 Zip 11 Recital 50 Zip 12Recital 50 Zip 13 And here's the link to Sam S.'s terrific ABF recital index, that allows you to browse through and search for pieces in all of our past recitals: AB Forum Recital Index Let me express my greatest thanks to some very special people: Mr Super-Hunky for coming up with the idea of our online recitals, which have proven to be more successful than any of us ever dreamed; LaValse for hosting the recitals for so long and then devoting hours of programming trouble-shooting making the transition to Frank's servers; Frank for agreeing to host the recital now that it's gotten so big; Copper for trouble-shooting help and spearheading the Order of the Red Dot; CarlosCC for continuing to maintain the Order of the Red Dot; Sam S. for his terrific AB Forum Recital Index and also devoting hours to programming trouble-shooting; and last but not least, mahlzeit for writing the absolutely fantastic web-based recital program that we are using. THANK YOU MAHLZEIT!!! AGAIN: DO NOT REPLY OR POST ON THIS THREAD!!
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01 | | Performer's name: | Teddy J. | From: | Houston, Texas | Experience: | ~ 1 year | Direct music link: | click to download | Title of piece: | Ballade no. 1 in G minor, op. 23 (Excerpt) | Composer: | Frederic Chopin | Duration: | 04:06 | Source of music: | I used Paul Barton's notated scores. https://goo.gl/ApDUc2 | Instrument used: | Kawai Concert Performer CP-155 | Recording method: | I used an audio pole (boom pole) in order to pick up both of the speakers on the digital piano, and converted it to mp3. | Technical feedback wanted: | Yes | Additional info: | I'm more than aware this is not the perfect rendition of the Ballade. I feel bad to have to cut this piece in parts, as the entirety of it is beautiful. But due to a constrained amount of practice and performing time, this is the best performance I can give. I am aware as well that I am being (probably too) ambitious to be attempting this Ballade at one year, but being sixteen, I know I have to play some catch-up if I want to be a classical pianist full time. I plan on finishing and cleaning this Ballade to perfection, and continuing to participate in these recitals for the foreseeable future. Please give as much constructive criticism as you are willing, I want to improve myself in any way I can. Thank you!
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02 | | Performer's name: | SMA55 (Shepherd) | From: | Chicago originally, currently residing in St. Louis | Experience: | Self-taught as a child, then stopped playing for decades. Began classical lessons 4 years ago. | Direct music link: | click to download | Video link: | https://youtu.be/NpcdAQ959Vs | Title of piece: | Romance | Composer: | Franz Liszt | Duration: | 03:13 | Source of music: | Memorized from sheet music | Instrument used: | Steingraeber & Sohne D232 | Recording method: | Zoom H4n for audio, Zoom Q8 for video. Mp3 converted via Audacity. Audio and video synced using iMovie on my Mac. | Technical feedback wanted: | Yes | Additional info: | Liszt's "Romance" is a little gem of a piece that is not at all well known, and its history is a little complicated. It was written originally by Liszt as a young man, apparently as a vocal composition, but it was all but forgotten by him. Nearly 40 years later, a music dealer uncovered the score and sent it to Liszt, and the former asked the latter if he would allow him to publish it. Liszt was so surprised to have seen this long forgotten work of his that he titled it "Romance oubliette", or "Forgotten Romance". He then rewrote it for solo piano, and titled it simply "Romance". (Liszt also scored the work for piano and violin, piano and viola, and piano and cello.). It's unclear whether or not the piano version was ever published during Liszt's lifetime, as it first appeared posthumously in 1908.
I myself am partial to the less showy of Liszt's compositions, and so this one is in definitely in my wheelhouse. I've now submitted three Liszt pieces to the ABF recitals, and this one happens to be my favorite. I hope you like it, too. Thanks for listening! |
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03 | | Performer's name: | UnderConstruction | From: | Australia | Avatar: | | Experience: | 2.5 years as a child, 3.5 years now as a returning adult | Direct music link: | click to download | Video link: | https://youtu.be/nG_LdpzGjZQ | Title of piece: | Grande Valse Brillante Op18 | Composer: | F. Chopin | Duration: | 06:13 | Source of music: | IMSLP sheet music | Instrument used: | Feurich 218 | Recording method: | iPad + Tascam | Technical feedback wanted: | Yes | Additional info: | This Grande Valse Brillante Opus 18 was Chopin's first published waltz, which I guess is fitting for this occasion! Thought I'd give myself a challenge and try it for this recital and challenged I was! It took me about a billion tries, and there are still quite some mashed notes but its the best I can do for now, so here goes nothing. |
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04 | | Performer's name: | wouter79 | Experience: | 7+ years | Direct music link: | click to download | Title of piece: | Les Rozeaux (The Reeds), Treizieme Ordre, No.2 | Composer: | Francois Couperin | Duration: | 05:14 | Source of music: | Sheet music, mostly from memory | Instrument used: | Grotrian-Steinweg 189 | Recording method: | DPA4060, EMU0404, Jecklin Disk, Macbook Pro | Technical feedback wanted: | Yes | Additional info: | Francois Couperin came from a musically talented family - his father and his father's brother Louis Couperin were well known organist in Paris. When his father died (when he was 11), he already was promised to get his father's position as organist at 18 and got a regular salary there at 17. At 24 he succeeded his teacher at the royal court as well.
This piece comes from his 13th Ordre, 1722. All the ornaments in Couperin's works are highly detailed, but generally performers had quite some freedom to change these to good taste. But I mostly stick with the score in my performance. |
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05 | | Performer's name: | BSharp(C)yclist (Dan) | From: | California | Experience: | About 2.5 years | Direct music link: | click to download | Video link: | https://youtu.be/OIhoTXm3pi0 | Title of piece: | High Heels | Composer: | Ludovico Einaudi | Duration: | 05:12 | Source of music: | Essential Einaudi - Islands | Instrument used: | Yamaha AvantGrand N2 | Recording method: | Same as usual. Audio out from the AvantGrand N2 into microphone of Sony FDR-AX33 HandyCam, producing an MP4 file. The audio file is then extracted and noised removed using Audacity. It's then added back into the video file along with making it black and white using ffmpeg. It's old school, command line approach, but it works. | Technical feedback wanted: | Yes | Additional info: | Thanks for listening, if you choose to do so. This is now the 3rd Einaudi piece I've learned. I really enjoy playing it. It's quite relaxing. There are some missed notes and a beat of one measure is missing, oh well. It's forgiving piece though. There are probably many ways to play it and it will still sound good.
I wouldn't say it's a technically challenging piece, it really didn't take that long to learn, although I don't have it memorized. The RCM pieces I've been working on for the exam in August are probably more challenging. But, Einaudi always sounds good
Now I need to find a new Einaudi piece to learn. Any suggestions? Lunch? The usual salad and pumpkin seeds. |
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06 | | Performer's name: | Jason Lenthe | From: | Philadelphia area | Experience: | I'm guessing 5 - 10 years spread out over the last 32 years | Direct music link: | click to download | Video link: | https://youtu.be/ZPdBhKceJvk | Title of piece: | Prelude and Fugue in C major, BWV 846 | Composer: | J.S. Bach | Duration: | 03:56 | Source of music: | The Well-Tempered Clavier Books I and II Complete, Dover Publications, 1983 | Instrument used: | Yamaha P22 | Recording method: | Sony Handycam with audio extracted using Audacity (with ffmpeg and lame plugins) | Technical feedback wanted: | Yes | Additional info: | This is my first public performance since 1988. It's also my first go at a fugue which was a huge challenge to learn. I focused so much on the fugue that my most glaring mistake was in the prelude. Oh well.
One thing I find particularly amusing about playing the fugue is when the left pinky holds down a low C for the last 4 measures while the rest of the left hand plays another 30 notes! |
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07 | | Performer's name: | Ted (Ted Jones) | From: | Auckland, New Zealand | Experience: | Sixty-seven years | Direct music link: | click to download | Title of piece: | Improvisation (concluding 6 minutes of 60) | Composer: | Ted Jones | Duration: | 05:54 | Source of music: | Pure improvisation | Instrument used: | Weinbach 5'10" (1971) rebuilt in 2005 | Recording method: | Zoom H2 | Technical feedback wanted: | Yes | Additional info: | I am here because of Sam's kind invitation to members in the general Pianoworld forums. I do not consider myself either pianist or musician in the generally accepted sense of those terms. The last music teacher I had was over fifty years ago and I worked at a factory for thirty years before retiring ten years ago; I am now seventy. Most established genres, classical, jazz and so on, fail to interest or move me any longer and although I composed many such pieces in earlier years, some of which are on the Pianoworld CD, theory is still a total mystery to me, and I just create my own music in the form of recorded free improvisation. I guess the fact that I only started doing this seriously at fifty-eight qualifies me, albeit in a peculiar way, as an adult beginner. Most of my recorded improvisations, which number around 380 since my retirement, last anywhere from 60 to 100 minutes and are very diverse in content. This is the concluding few minutes of today's and is not necessarily typical of anything else I have played or am likely to play. I seldom have the slightest notion what is going to happen when I start playing; that is part of the fun.
Pure or free improvisation would seem to be an ideal musical path for an adult beginner, as it requires no musical knowledge of or adherence to, any established idiom, past or present, and can be executed at any level of physical technique. It probably won't lead to fame, money or perpetuity but its internal rewards in later life are immense. |
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08 | | Performer's name: | thepianoplayer416 | Experience: | 10 | Direct music link: | click to download | Video link: | http://www.youtube.com/user/thepianoplayer416 | Title of piece: | Bach Partita 1 - Minuet 1 in Bb (BWV825) | Composer: | J.S. Bach | Duration: | 01:33 | Source of music: | downloaded from IMSLP.org | Instrument used: | Yamaha P95 (88 keys) | Recording method: | Sony A6000 camera | Technical feedback wanted: | Yes | Additional info: | Due to my busy schedule preparing for a concert with my music group in May playing 6 pieces for orchestra, decided to rework 1 piece that was worked on before the Christmas break. The tempo was a bit slow and uneven. Took a week of on & off practice with the focus on the orchestral pieces to get to an ideal tempo. |
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09 | | Performer's name: | MarieJ | From: | Brisbane Australia | Avatar: | | Experience: | A few sporadic lessons decades apart, then self taught since December 2011 | Direct music link: | click to download | Title of piece: | La Nascita Delle Cose Segrete | Composer: | Ludovico Einaudi | Duration: | 04:29 | Source of music: | 'Ludovico Einaudi - The Best Of' sheet music album | Instrument used: | Kawai ES110, Pianoteq 6 | Recording method: | WAV file recorded by Pianoteq, converted to MP3 with Audacity | Technical feedback wanted: | Yes | Additional info: | 'La Nascita Delle Cose Segrete' translates as 'the birth of secret things'. It is from Einaudi's i Giorgi solo piano album (released in November 2001), composed following his travels throughout Africa.
I'm following in the footsteps of my role models with this piece. It was CarlosCC's first Recital submission, when he'd been playing the piano for only 11 months. I'd kept putting it to one side, but it was Monica K's polished performance six months ago that inspired me to re-visit it and try to have it ready to record. This is the closest I've managed yet.
Carlos and Monica, thank you! You'll notice the still-rough bits, but hopefully few others will ... |
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10 | | Performer's name: | jazztpt | From: | UK | Experience: | 40+ | Direct music link: | click to download | Title of piece: | Saying Goodbye | Composer: | jazztpt | Duration: | 02:32 | Source of music: | Original | Instrument used: | Roland HP507 Digital | Recording method: | Recorded on piano and converted to MP3 in Audacity | Technical feedback wanted: | Yes | Additional info: | Thank you for the invitation to play. I haven't contributed for a while but this will be my 20th submission. I have always submitted original music and I continue this tradition with 'Saying Goodbye' a tune I wrote a very long time ago. I have submitted a couple of versions of this to the Piano Bar in the past (one quite recently) but this is a new version recorded for the 50th recital. I know the form pretty (very) well so I managed to get a decent enough version in one take (after a bit of a warm up). Lots of improvisation in this one and quite different from my last recorded version so definitely under the heading of Jazz. |
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11 | | Performer's name: | SwissMS | From: | Costa del Sol Spain | Experience: | approx. 10 years | Direct music link: | click to download | Video link: | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JzY9p70p3A4&feature=youtu.be | Title of piece: | Prelude #15 op. 28 "Raindrop" | Composer: | Chopin | Duration: | 05:46 | Source of music: | Sheet Music | Instrument used: | Bosendorfer 214VC | Recording method: | Zoom to audacity | Technical feedback wanted: | Yes | Additional info: | The history of this piece is believed to be as follows. Some, though not all, of Op. 28 was written during Chopin and George Sand's stay at a monastery in Valldemossa, Majorca in 1838.[2] In her Histoire de ma vie, Sand related how one evening she and her son Maurice, returning from Palma in a terrible rainstorm, found a distraught Chopin who exclaimed, "Ah! I knew well that you were dead." While playing his piano he had a dream:
He saw himself drowned in a lake. Heavy drops of icy water fell in a regular rhythm on his breast, and when I made him listen to the sound of the drops of water indeed falling in rhythm on the roof, he denied having heard it. He was even angry that I should interpret this in terms of imitative sounds. He protested with all his might- and he was right to - against the childishness of such aural imitations. His genius was filled with the mysterious sounds of nature, but transformed into sublime equivalents in musical thought, and not through slavish imitation of the actual external sounds.[3]
Sand did not say which prelude Chopin played for her on that occasion, but most music critics assume it to be no. 15, because of the repeating drone, with its suggestion of the "gentle patter" of rain.[4] However, Peter Dayan points out that Sand accepted Chopin's protests that the prelude was not an imitation of the sound of raindrops, but a translation of nature's harmonies within Chopin's "genie".[5] Frederick Niecks says that the prelude "rises before one's mind the cloistered court of the monastery of Valldemossa, and a procession of monks chanting lugubrious prayers, and carrying in the dark hours of night their departed brother to his last resting-place."(Niecks, Frederick (2009). Frederick Chopin as a Man and Musician)
I really enjoy playing this piece. It has such deep emotion. The biggest challenges are keeping the drone regular and subdued, voicing the large chords properly, and creating the build of the tension. The Youtube video is better than the mp3. I submitted it later, but did not want to resubmit. |
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12 | | Performer's name: | Pianist685 (Constantin) | From: | Hamburg, Germany | Avatar: | | Experience: | 12 years of classical piano lessons as a child, 30+ without a teacher since | Direct music link: | click to download | Home page link: | http://imslp.org/wiki/User:C._Stephan | Title of piece: | Adagio from Sonata Pathetique, Op. 13 | Composer: | Beethoven | Duration: | 05:10 | Source of music: | Sheet music | Instrument used: | Sauter upright with Pianodisc silent system, Galaxy Vintage D | Recording method: | Silent system via MIDI cable to notebook with Galaxy Vintage D, recorded with Savihost plugin | Technical feedback wanted: | Yes | Additional info: | I was a bit uncertain what kind of piece to submit for this very special recital. Some less-known piece to discover would suit as well as one of the great piano hits everybody knows. I eventually opted for the latter. This recording is the third version from April, 18th. I discarded my two former versions from February and March which I did not like any more after having heard Rubinstein and Yundi play this piece on Youtube. The main difficulty of this piece lies in putting the different voices in relation to each other. |
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13 | | Performer's name: | Paige | From: | Tennessee | Experience: | About 17 or so years of self teaching with about 8 weeks of lessons | Direct music link: | click to download | Title of piece: | Sonatina op 36 no 3 | Composer: | Clementi | Duration: | 07:47 | Source of music: | Bastien Piano Literature Volume 3 | Instrument used: | Yamaha Arius electric piano | Recording method: | Garage band | Technical feedback wanted: | Yes | Additional info: | This is no where near perfect, but I figured this is a good time to get some feedback on it. That being said,I am way more comfortable with the first and second movement than I am the third. Its a work in progress, but not too terrible considering I've taken about the past 5 or 6 years off and decided to pick it back up with a great teacher! |
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14 | | Performer's name: | Alan Chandler (akc42) | From: | London, UK | Avatar: | | Experience: | Learnt to Grade 3 as Child (1956 - 1961) then restarted in September 2017 | Direct music link: | click to download | Video link: | https://youtu.be/rqrRukHXARc | Home page link: | https://www.chandlerfamily.org.uk | Title of piece: | Pathetique Sonata Op 13 2nd Movement (Adagio Cantabile) | Composer: | Beethoven | Duration: | 05:05 | Source of music: | ABRSM Signature Series | Instrument used: | Kawai CA67 | Recording method: | Internal Recorder, convert to WAV on USB, then Audacity to MP3 | Technical feedback wanted: | Yes | Additional info: | This is my second major piece to have learnt since restarting last September (2017). I was initially thinking I had bitten off more than I could chew when I chose this piece, but my piano teacher suggested I "go for it". I struggled for a while with the first 16 bars thinking I would never be able to play the whole piece, but eventually it started to come together and I have got it to the level in this recording made on 1 May 2018. Although this was a long struggle (4 1/2 months) it has taught me a lot about voicing and control of the left hand and I do think it was worth the effort in the end. However I feel it is about as far as I can take it without much more experience and time. |
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15 | | Performer's name: | GoldmanT | From: | Scotland | Experience: | Organ lessons from 8-13, then the guitar and synth years, then picked up piano again last year. | Direct music link: | click to download | Video link: | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RgI9f40V5a8 | Title of piece: | Bruyeres | Composer: | Claude Debussy | Duration: | 03:35 | Source of music: | Sheet music (Schirmer) | Instrument used: | Kawai CN35 | Recording method: | USB | Technical feedback wanted: | Yes | Additional info: | There are a few wrong notes but people who don't know the tune probably wouldn't pick up on them, so I kept this take as I was happy with a lot of the rest of the performance. |
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16 | | Performer's name: | peterws | From: | England | Experience: | Too many even for me now . . . | Direct music link: | click to download | Video link: | https://youtu.be/39HZ3Yi85Sk | Title of piece: | Troublesome Treadmill | Composer: | Me | Duration: | 01:40 | Source of music: | Self written sheets | Instrument used: | Pianoteq K2 | Recording method: | Memory stick wav. straight to computer. Used Vidoepad software for vid. | Technical feedback wanted: | Yes | Additional info: | I transferred the music onto paper via "Flat" notation software. Its fairly new, I think, and very innovative. Even I felt able to handle it with little bother, and in time it becomes a faster way to write music. The song was another throwaway ditti; fun to play around with. Trouble is, when it's written down you can't play around with it . . . .or, you don't feel inclined to. So it's no longer much fun to play. You move on. Write another. It's like being on an eternal treadmill. And that sounds like a good next title . . . .shrug. I need a drink. |
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17 | | Performer's name: | cmb13 - Craig | From: | Florida | Avatar: | | Experience: | 4.5 years | Direct music link: | click to download | Video link: | https://youtu.be/hWQ6h1ucDBw | Title of piece: | Consolation 3 in Db - Lento Placido | Composer: | Liszt | Duration: | 04:48 | Source of music: | Sheet Music | Instrument used: | Boston 118 PE | Recording method: | Logitech C920, Blue Yeti mic to Macbook Pro | Technical feedback wanted: | Yes | Additional info: | Composed around 1849, in the Nocturne style, this piece is felt to be in homage to Liszt's contemporary, Fredric Chopin, who had recently passed.
I recorded this piece as an adult beginner, with about 4.5 years experience. On initial takes, I found my tempo slower than the professional recordings, so I increased it for this one. A few mistakes exist, and I didn't nail the 16th note passages as well as I could have, but it was my best take, so here it is! |
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18 | | Performer's name: | JoBert | From: | Germany | Avatar: | | Experience: | Since childhood | Direct music link: | click to download | Video link: | https://youtu.be/DQs9EMkJNNQ | Home page link: | https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJcDLkLZ0uqWMVNKxPGOvpA | Title of piece: | Abendmusik (Evening Music), Opus 99, No. 12 | Composer: | Robert Schumann | Duration: | 05:05 | Source of music: | Henle edition sheet music | Instrument used: | Kawai Novus NV10 with Pianist Mode "Classic" | Recording method: | Built-in recording, converted to MP3 with Audacity | Technical feedback wanted: | Yes | Additional info: | Abendmusik (Evening Music) is No. 12 in Schumann's Opus 99 "Bunte Blaetter" (which translates to "Colorful Leaves", basically meaning "Various Sheets" in this context). After the Album for the Young, the Bunte Blaetter were another commercial success for Schumann and his publisher Arnold. It combines a number of compositions from various years, from 1836 to 1849.
With its title "Evening Music", and with the mainly p and pp dynamics (except for two sudden but very short fortes), and also with the sometimes quite long, explicitly marked pedal passages over several measures, this piece evokes in me pictures of sitting on a porch or terrace, maybe with a good glass of wine, looking over a nice garden or maybe a lake or mountain vista, with the day coming to a calm end and the sun setting, while the birds settle in for the night. Even then, it has a few interesting, almost dissonant chords and cadenzas, which sometimes, quite suddenly, pierce through the calm evening mood - until it all settles down in the end.
And congratulations, and thank you, to the organizers and the community for reaching the milestone of the 50th consecutive quarterly ABF recital! It is also a personal milestone for me, as this is at the same time the 10th consecutive recital that I participated in. Yay! |
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