PianoTell Recital #2 Meta Feedback

ShiroKuro

Nightowl

It looks like this will be another talent packed recital, with 20 submissions so far.

I had a quick look at the recital thread on the PW forum, and they also have 20 submissions. However, their forum membership is well over 110,000 whilst there are just 259 members here, so this forum is punching well above its weight when you consider those numbers!

This is impressive, and might be even more so if (when?) some last minute submissions push PT into the lead! 😃

Sophia

Hahaha I had the exact same thought, Nightowl! I am really looking forward to it, there are so many styles and interesting choices in this recital that I just can't wait 😍

navindra

Latest update:

iternabe — O mio babbino caro by Puccini, arr. by Faber
keff — Over the Rainbow by Harold Arlen & E.Y. Harburg, arr. by Brent Edstom
plop_symphony — The Midnight Ball by Naoko Ikeda
Schubertian2 — Ballade 4 by Chopin
WieWaldi — Quick Five Blues by Christian Fuchs
Nightowl — What A Wonderful World by G D Weiss & B Thiele, arr. by G P Tingley
Sophia — A Classy Rag
rogerch — Slow Steps by rogerch
thepianoplayer416 — When You Wish Upon a Star by Ned Washington & Leigh Harline
Sam — The Never Finished Piece by Sam
MarieJ — Waltz in F minor by Tim Neumark
Player1 — Ashokan Farewell by Jay Ungar
Rubens — Sonata no.2, Op.36 (1913), 2nd movement, by Sergei Rachmaninoff
Cratersmash — Sonata No. 3 in A Minor by Sergei Prokofiev
Gooseberry — Pigalle by Virginio Aiello
Rob — Lost by Rob
TC3 — Worried Life Blues by Big Maceo Merriweather
lilypad — God Bless the Child by Arthur Herzop and Billie Holiday
BicBic — Prelude no.4 in E minor from Op 11 by Scriabin
javiercorre — Sonatas K. 208 and K. 380 by Scarlatti
SalmonJack — Bliss Ten by SalmonJack
rsl12 — I am the very model of a modern Major-General by WS Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan

Time is running out! 😅

Schubertian2

Navindra - what time zone are you in? This may become an all-important data point this evening

navindra

Schubertian2 Pacific Time... but I'm happy to wait a bit before publishing if I know you have something coming on the 15th. 🙂

Nightowl

Schubertian2 I love this last minute dash to the finish line that you and ShiroKuro are making - this is brilliant! I think there is possibly going to be a last minute submission to the other forum as well, but this forum looks likely to have the winning total. It goes without saying that quality is more important than quantity, but looking at the list of participants on this forum I feel certain that we will have plenty of both. 🙂

navindra You are the hero of the hour, waiting for the last few warriors to make it across the moat before pulling up the drawbridge! 😁

Schubertian2

navindra
No don't bother waiting - I'm not going to submit another recording - maybe next recital

ShiroKuro

I’m uploading yesterday’s recording to YouTube right now….

ShiroKuro

I'm in! Whew!!

BTW I have totally changed my mind/approach/feeling about participating in online recitals.... After all these years!

In the past, if my piece wasn't ready, I would sit the recital out. So although I participated in a lot of ABF recitals at PW, there were many more of them where I didn't participate.

Now I feel like these external deadlines are really beneficial, so I've decided I'm going to submit whatever my piece is even if it's not perfect. And this submission is definitely one of those!

Anyway, I'm looking forward to hearing everyone else's recordings!

Nightowl

ShiroKuro Well done! I'm sure your piece will be very enjoyable to listen to and you are probably being hypercritical of tiny mistakes which others might not even notice. My own piece is very much a beginner's piece and the usual slow tempo that I favour, because my fingers aren't built for speed. I did have a faster piece in mind but I need another few ~~months~~ days to get it up to speed.

Sophia

Congrats last ~~minute~~ second participants! I love these recitals as well. Both to listen to and broaden my horizon, but also to have a personal snapshot of progress.

Thank you for making this possible, @navindra - I'm sure we all appreciate your hard work 💝

navindra

The count's not over until the count is over and ABF is just as likely to pull ahead.

Here's the latest count.

iternabe — O mio babbino caro by Puccini, arr. by Faber
keff — Over the Rainbow by Harold Arlen & E.Y. Harburg, arr. by Brent Edstom
plop_symphony — The Midnight Ball by Naoko Ikeda
Schubertian2 — Ballade 4 by Chopin
WieWaldi — Quick Five Blues by Christian Fuchs
Nightowl — What A Wonderful World by G D Weiss & B Thiele, arr. by G P Tingley
Sophia — A Classy Rag
rogerch — Slow Steps by rogerch
thepianoplayer416 — When You Wish Upon a Star by Ned Washington & Leigh Harline
Sam — The Never Finished Piece by Sam
MarieJ — Waltz in F minor by Tim Neumark
Player1 — Ashokan Farewell by Jay Ungar
Rubens — Sonata no.2, Op.36 (1913), 2nd movement, by Sergei Rachmaninoff
Cratersmash — Sonata No. 3 in A Minor by Sergei Prokofiev
Gooseberry — Pigalle by Virginio Aiello
Rob — Lost by Rob
TC3 — Worried Life Blues by Big Maceo Merriweather
lilypad — God Bless the Child by Arthur Herzop and Billie Holiday
BicBic — Prelude no.4 in E minor from Op 11 by Scriabin
javiercorre — Sonatas K. 208 and K. 380 by Scarlatti
SalmonJack — Bliss Ten by SalmonJack
rsl12 — I am the very model of a modern Major-General by WS Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan
Sgisela — Do Tebe (to you) by Vitaly Filipenko
ShiroKuro — Reminiscence by Takashi Kako

I'm mildly panicking here! I have a draft cut of my video and I think I also have a decent audio track now (thanks to that precious mastering tip from Sam!), so I'll definitely get this done even if I have to cut some corners.

Here's to hoping we get some surprise submissions!

thepianoplayer416

I have a busy schedule and I go out of town frequently. The last few years I wouldn't push myself to practice a piece in order to get a recording before an online recital deadline. I'd submit something I'm working that will be ready at least 3 days before the deadline. Otherwise keep working on it and record for the next recital.

Sam

It's not a contest between PW and PT - The more people that participate, wherever they are, the better!

Sam

Nightowl

Sam True, but it's interesting to compare numbers between the two forums and my post was a way of giving credit to Nav for his achievement in establishing this new forum.

Sam, you have put a lot of work and effort into running the recitals for the PW forum for many years, that shows real commitment and community spirit. I think that Nav has similar qualities, and I appreciate the work that both of you do to enable beginners like me to participate in the online recitals. Thank you.

navindra

Sam It's not a contest between PW and PT - The more people that participate, wherever they are, the better!

+1 Thanks Sam for all that you do and your support for basically everyone here and there.

There's also no question that PianoTell was born from Piano World and there's quite a bit to be grateful for, not the least of which is the long running tradition of holding quarterly recitals.

As a brief aside, I recently read that VS is doing quite well and I've not noticed any changes to PW since the ads got worse.

diretonic

Is #2 now closed for submissions?

rsl12

It doesn't seem to be! Go for it!

navindra

PianoTell Recital #2 is now live!

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