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| 59 | | | Performer's name: | ElaineAllegro | | From: | Originally, Boston, the hub of the universe | | Experience: | 6 years (!) w/current amazing piano teacher; 4 years previously as adult; 8 years as child but... | | Direct music link: | click to download | | Video link: | https://youtu.be/59LcVkCXGO4 | | Title of piece: | Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor, Op. 13 (Pathetique), 2nd movement | | Composer: | Ludwig van Beethoven | | Duration: | 05:16 | | Source of music: | Henle edition | | Instrument used: | Steingraeber-Phoenix A170S grand piano with carbon fiber soundboard, built in 2010 | | Recording method: | Zoom Q2HD, then trimmed the ends in Audacity | | Technical feedback wanted: | Yes | | Additional info: | I feel very drawn to this sonata: first learned it as a technique-less teen; again as adult with previous teacher; now trying yet again but still not able to make it sound the way I imagine it. Working on 1st movement now and perhaps in the next 20 or so years it will all come together.
Re the notes that fell on the floor: two were intentionally dropped because my RH doesn't stretch that far, but the others just fell of their own accord.
Although I dressed up for the first two hours of takes, the one I'm submitting is from later in the day, when I had sort of given up on getting a good recording. This take had the highest % of somewhat satisfying moments. (This was a great learning experience, and I hope I made some improvements after listening to all the recordings. I should make myself record more often.)
Much appreciation to Monica for managing the recitals, SamS and MarieJ for reaching out to former ABF recital-ers on the occasion of the 50th(!), and to everyone who keeps the ABF and the recitals alive with your contributions. Back to lurking on the forum... |
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| 60 | | | Performer's name: | Pavel.K | | From: | Czech Republic | | Direct music link: | click to download | | Home page link: | https://soundcloud.com/pavel-k/ | | Title of piece: | Mignon Op.68 No.35 | | Composer: | Robert Schumann | | Duration: | 03:55 | | Source of music: | Memorized from a sheet music | | Instrument used: | Roland FP-7F + Pianoteq | | Technical feedback wanted: | Yes | | Additional info: | I have recorded this piece few days ago for my deposit in soundcloud while accidentally I have found that there is an anniversary recital. And accidentally this piece has never been performed here before. So here is my submission. I hope you will like it :-) |
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| 61 | | | Performer's name: | Keselo | | From: | Netherlands | | Experience: | 1 Year and 4 Months | | Direct music link: | click to download | | Title of piece: | Quasi Adagio | | Composer: | Bela Bartok | | Duration: | 00:59 | | Source of music: | For Children, Volume 1 (Based on Hungarian Folk Tunes), No. 3. Published by Boosey & Hawkes. | | Instrument used: | Steinbeck 130 Upright | | Recording method: | Two microphones connected to a Scarlett 2i4 audio interface, audio captured through Audacity. | | Technical feedback wanted: | Yes | | Additional info: | This piece has stuck with me ever since I first heard it, when I'd just been playing for 2 months. I learned it then, but was limited by being very inexperienced.
Now, over a year later, I'm still inexperienced but experienced enough to do this beautiful piece at least partly justice. There are, as is inevitable, parts I'd like to have played better, but it is what it is.
It's very melancholic, which is not very Bartokesque. I'm also happy that my favourite composer gets represented in the Recital, especially with this being such a milestone edition. The melodies and harmonies are very conservative, which should make it easier to listen to than most of his other material. |
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| 62 | | | Performer's name: | MeganR | | From: | California near Yosemite | | Experience: | 3 | | Direct music link: | click to download | | Home page link: | http://www.prayinghorse.com | | Title of piece: | Sonata in D Minor K 32 | | Composer: | Domenico Scarlatti | | Duration: | 02:08 | | Source of music: | Sheet music, memorized | | Instrument used: | Everett spinet ~ 1955 | | Recording method: | Zoom H4n | | Technical feedback wanted: | Yes | | Additional info: | I loved playing this piece from the start, and I'm going to love continuing to iron out the wrinkles (someday I'll get the trills consistent). Although I do tend to like a happy peppy song, a gal needs a good sad piece in her arsenal for times when you just need to lament *something*. |
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| 63 | | | Performer's name: | Tim Adrianson | | From: | Madison, WI | | Experience: | 60+ | | Direct music link: | click to download | | Title of piece: | Time Remembered | | Composer: | Bill Evans | | Duration: | 07:47 | | Source of music: | Sheet Music | | Instrument used: | Kawai 5.5' Baby Grand | | Recording method: | TASCAM DR40 | | Technical feedback wanted: | Yes | | Additional info: | "Time Remembered" has always struck me as the quintessential Bill Evans composition -- dark, sad, painful, exquisitely eloquent and beautiful. This transcription is from his final Trio period in the late 1970s. I play it more jagged and passionate than the Trio recording -- I relate to it more as a Contemporary Classical composition than a Jazz one, although he originally conceived it in conjunction with Miles Davis in the late 50s-early60s. |
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| 64 | | | Performer's name: | joangolfing | | From: | Iowa | | Experience: | More than a few years | | Direct music link: | click to download | | Title of piece: | Twelve Variations on "Ah, Vous Dirai-Je, Maman" | | Composer: | Mozart | | Duration: | 04:46 | | Source of music: | Mozart:Twelve Variations on "Ah Vous Dirai-Je,Maman" edited by Maurice Hinson, Alfred Masterwork Edition | | Instrument used: | Yamaha GC1 grand piano | | Recording method: | Zoom H2 using Audacity | | Technical feedback wanted: | Yes | | Additional info: | I played the Theme and Variations 1, 5, 7 and 11. I recorded each piece separately and used Audacity to piece them together. It took so many tries that I needed to replace my batteries twice in my Zoom H2 recorder. I enjoyed playing this piece very much. I will continue working on it since there is room for improvement. |
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| 65 | | | Performer's name: | xyzzy | | From: | Florida | | Experience: | 1 1/2 years of lessons. I played around on the piano by ear for years but just learned to read music when I started lessons. | | Direct music link: | click to download | | Title of piece: | Dreamsville | | Composer: | Henri Mancini | | Duration: | 02:35 | | Source of music: | Sheet Music | | Instrument used: | Yamaha DGX-660 Digital Piano | | Recording method: | Built in recorder on the Yamaha and then converted the MID file | | Technical feedback wanted: | Yes | | Additional info: | As hard as I try, I have yet to perform this piece perfectly. After many tries, this is about the best I could do. Give me a few more years and I'll be able to play better. |
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| 66 | | | Performer's name: | Sara_M | | From: | Cambridge, UK | | Experience: | 10 months (first 6 months on my own, started lessons with a teacher in January) | | Direct music link: | click to download | | Title of piece: | "For Children", volume 1, no. 2. Children's Song | | Composer: | Bartok | | Duration: | 01:00 | | Source of music: | Bela Bartok - "For Children", volume 1 | | Instrument used: | Yamaha P115 | | Recording method: | audacity | | Technical feedback wanted: | Yes | | Additional info: | The pieces in the "For Children" collection are mostly based on simple folk songs that I know from my childhood (having grown up in Hungary like Bartok). They appear simple, but when trying to play them with rich dynamics, they can be quite challenging, at least for me as a beginner.
I decided to upload a recording with less dynamic range as when I try to really emphasize phrasing, the evenness and flow of the music seem to suffer. I have a long way to go until my fingers can hit every note with the exact same force and timing that I want.
To give you an idea, this song's lyrics translated to English are: "Come out, sun, Bright sun! My little geese are freezing in the garden." |
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| 67 | | | Performer's name: | SandTiger | | From: | Southern California | | Experience: | Six years | | Direct music link: | click to download | | Home page link: | http://sandtigerpiano.blogspot.com/ | | Title of piece: | Into the Meadow | | Composer: | SandTiger | | Duration: | 01:47 | | Source of music: | Original composition | | Instrument used: | Casio PX150 digital piano | | Recording method: | On board recording piped into Audacity for volume boost and leveling. | | Technical feedback wanted: | No | | Additional info: | Spring has sprung. Into the meadow we go in C Major. Enjoy. |
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| 68 | | | Performer's name: | Moo  | | Experience: | 14 years | | Direct music link: | click to download | | Video link: | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmaWteUD9uA | | Title of piece: | Mendelssohn Song Without Words Op 53 no 1 | | Composer: | Mendelssohn | | Duration: | 04:50 | | Source of music: | http://imslp.org/wiki/Lieder_ohne_Worte,_Op.53_(Mendelssohn,_Felix) | | Technical feedback wanted: | Yes | | Additional info: | I picked another songs without words as I've done for the last 3 recitals. The picture has not come blurred but the music is lovely. Hope you enjoy. MOO x |
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| 69 | | | Performer's name: | h8dk97 | | Experience: | Started learning piano in Sep 2015 | | Direct music link: | click to download | | Title of piece: | Kleine Studie | | Composer: | Robert Schumann | | Duration: | 01:43 | | Source of music: | Sheet music | | Recording method: | Zoom H4pro | | Technical feedback wanted: | Yes | | Additional info: | Still polishing this smilingly easy piece. I find it very hard to control pianissimo on my acoustic piano while it is much easier to play on digital. But I much prefer the sound of acoustic hence don't touch the digital unless I have to. |
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| 70 | | | Performer's name: | lyricmudra | | From: | Illinois, USA | | Avatar: |  | | Experience: | Learned piano as a child but stopped when I was about 13 or 14 years old. Did not touch the piano for 35 years until about seven years ago. Like many of us here at ABF, life and profession just took over. I remember learning from a Thompson book and moving on to Hanon lessons, but skipping the scale exercises entirely, which if I recall correctly was almost half of the Hanon book. Then I had some Czerny for velocity and dexterity. My piano teacher, however, preferred that I jump right into 'real' pieces and learn technique along the way. Unfortunately, music theory was not part of my lessons. This is why I am unable to comprehend a piece conceptually or structurally, or why I don't have the language to explain what I am doing musically. My early training lacked this intellectual component. However, I believe I learned the most by being part of a boys' choir, by understanding early enough that playing the piano is like singing, knowing the importance of connectedness (legato) and phrasing, and understanding the breath during emotional expression. These were the elements that accelerated my process of relearning the piano later in life. I have not had a piano teacher since I started the relearning process, but would like to work with one in the future. I am willing to start at a more basic level if that will provide me with a more 'proper' and thorough training that includes sight reading, aural training, music theory, etc.. For now, I play the piano primarily for pleasure and personal fulfillment. | | Direct music link: | click to download | | Video link: | https://youtu.be/RsXrQvKTu3g | | Home page link: | https://www.youtube.com/user/lyricmudra | | Title of piece: | Siciliano from Flute Sonata No. 2, BWV 1031 | | Composer: | Bach - Kempff | | Duration: | 03:42 | | Source of music: | Music Sheet | | Instrument used: | Kawai RX-2 Blak | | Recording method: | Kodak Zi8 (video) and Zoom H4N (audio) | | Technical feedback wanted: | Yes | | Additional info: | I've missed four ABF recitals in a row which is really bad because besides sharing, I rely on them to learn new pieces and improve myself at a regular pace. This past year though I've had much difficulty finding piano time given work and personal demands, but when outo's invitation (thank you, outo!) for the 50th landed on my email inbox, I thought I'd use it as an opportunity to give the piano some attention despite my circumstances. So I tried learning a new piece a few weeks ago. Alas, at this point it simply has not yet matured in my hands, but given that it is the 50th anniversary, I thought I'd offer instead a piece I recorded in the past that I've never submitted to an ABF recital partly because that time I was a tad dissatisfied with the audio quality due to microphone positioning, and I had difficulty syncing the audio with the video. I went back to the original Zoom H4N audio and Kodak Zi8 video clips and repackaged the whole thing. I hope though it is worthy of the 50th! :-) |
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| 71 | | | Performer's name: | Davidonabus | | From: | Vancouver, BC | | Experience: | 10 when I was a kid. I took a 25-year break, and have been back at it for 1.5 years. | | Direct music link: | click to download | | Title of piece: | Over The Rainbow | | Composer: | George Shearing | | Duration: | 02:28 | | Source of music: | Sheet music | | Instrument used: | Casio AP-620 /w Pteq Std | | Recording method: | Pianoteq! | | Technical feedback wanted: | Yes | | Additional info: | I'm a big fan of this piece! Because of all the dissonance throughout the piece, it's important to make sure the melody still comes out. The majority of the practice time on this one wasn't about the notes, or the rhythms, it was the voicing. This was a great challenge for me! |
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| 72 | | | Performer's name: | JustinDAggie | | From: | Houston, TX | | Experience: | Since approximately 2010 | | Direct music link: | click to download | | Video link: | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZpyA-mcIls | | Title of piece: | Liebestraum Number 3 | | Composer: | Franz Liszt | | Duration: | 04:39 | | Source of music: | Sheet Music | | Instrument used: | Steinway L, 1967 | | Recording method: | two condenser mics hooked to an audio interface hooked to my macbook | | Technical feedback wanted: | Yes | | Additional info: | I have been away from the forums for a while (piano being restored, moved to new city) so this is my first submission in a while! My steinway came back from the restoration shop last September so, if it sounds out of tune, that's because it's still settling in and needing frequent tunings. |
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| 73 | | | Performer's name: | squidbot (Chris) | | From: | Kitsap County, WA | | Experience: | 2 years on June 1 | | Direct music link: | click to download | | Title of piece: | Mazurka in B Flat Major Op. 7 No. 1 | | Composer: | Frederic Chopin | | Duration: | 03:14 | | Source of music: | Sheet music. Chopin the First Book for Pianists. Edited by Willard A. Palmer. Published by Alfred | | Instrument used: | Yamaha CLP-685 | | Recording method: | Direct to USB, converted to MP3 with Audacity. | | Technical feedback wanted: | Yes | | Additional info: | I'll be performing this for a recital in June, so I have a few more weeks to work out the rough parts. Listening to it there are some tempo issues, and I'm still having trouble landing that final chord! I enjoy this piece quite a bit, it is by far the biggest challenge I've had yet playing piano. I've learned so much from it and it's also showed me the limits of what I can do so far! |
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| 74 | | | Performer's name: | outo | | From: | Finland | | Experience: | 7 years as an adult | | Direct music link: | click to download | | Title of piece: | Two Keyboard Sonatas K32 and K34 | | Composer: | Scarlatti, Domenico | | Duration: | 02:29 | | Source of music: | Sheet music, Kenneth Gilbert edition | | Instrument used: | Bluthner baby grand (hasn't been tuned since May 2017) | | Recording method: | Olympus LS-20M, audacity to MP3 | | Technical feedback wanted: | No | | Additional info: | As well as being the 50th recital this is also my 7 year anniversary. I started playing the piano in May 2011. Domenico Scarlatti has always been among my most favorite composers and was an obvious choice for this special recital. However due to life circumstances I really had no time to prepare any of his longer sonatas. So I recorded these two that are among the shortest and easiest. I memorized them in a very short time and not quite securely enough as you can hear. But this was a good exercise in working under pressure. K32 in d minor is obviously very well known. K34 in the same key is rarely played but I think it is sweet and appropriate as a companion piece. |
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| 76 | | | Performer's name: | Yamaha G3 & P-80 Mike White | | From: | 90 miles West of New Orleans | | Experience: | Lifetime by ear, self-teaching since the beginning of the recitals | | Direct music link: | click to download | | Title of piece: | This Girl's In Love With You | | Composer: | Burt Bacharach | | Duration: | 01:48 | | Source of music: | sheet music | | Instrument used: | Yamaha P-80 | | Recording method: | audacity | | Technical feedback wanted: | Yes | | Additional info: | You can tell it's really me due to the mistakes. |
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| 77 | | | Performer's name: | PhilzPiano | | From: | UK | | Experience: | A few, with too many breaks | | Direct music link: | click to download | | Title of piece: | Andante op 453 no 32 | | Composer: | Carl Czerny | | Duration: | 01:09 | | Source of music: | Sheet music from Pianist magazine no. 92 | | Instrument used: | Kawai CA67, SK Concert grand voice | | Recording method: | Recorded by the piano straight to memory stick | | Technical feedback wanted: | Yes | | Additional info: | This is a short and relatively simple piece by Carl Czerny, who is best known for being a pupil of Beethoven and Liszt's teacher. This recital submission is significant for me because it is my first since sustaining a major hand injury. I've slowly got back into piano playing and although I can hear a little unevenness in my playing, it's a lot better than it was six months ago, so I'm optimistic for the future. |
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| 78 | | | Performer's name: | Fouyaut | | Experience: | 3 years alone and 3 years with teachers | | Direct music link: | click to download | | Home page link: | http://home.scarlet.be/~tg547430/ | | Title of piece: | Sonata K332 - Allegro | | Composer: | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | | Duration: | 04:43 | | Source of music: | Mozart Sonatas volume 2 (Wiener edition) | | Instrument used: | Yamaha U3 | | Recording method: | Zoom H4 | | Technical feedback wanted: | Yes | | Additional info: | A few weeks ago, I received a MP from MarieJ inviting me to share a piece of music for the 50th recital.
I'm not as active on the forum as I used to, but I decided to take this opportunity to work on one of my weaknesses : to play an entire piece in front of the recorder without any major gap or very wrong note. Usually when I record myself, after 3-4 minutes, I tend to fear to waste a good take and consequentially... to waste it with a big mistake. But I don't practice to overcome it because then I use an editing software to mix the best takes for each part... ! I somehow managed to do a one-take performance this afternoon (you can still hear there are more and more mistakes as the end approaches). Here is the result for a piece just below the 5 minutes limit : the 1st movement of Mozart's 12th sonata in F major.
I began working on this piece end february, my teacher wanted me to work on my first Mozart sonata, so we chose this one, because among those I liked the most, she found it had the right difficulty level for me.
At this point I feel that I still need to work on :
-the end of the exposition, with the left hand semiquavers
arpeggios
- the thirds at the end of the developement (and thirds in general)
- the semiquavers in the transition (bars 29-36 and 157-172)
- the bars with triplets on the left hand and quavers on the right hand
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Your comments are welcome, I'd be glad to read them !
Happy listening to everyone, and happy recital to the ABF forum :-) |
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