PianoTell Recital #2 Is Now Live!

rsl12

It's underneath the progress bar to the right of the play/pause button. Right there along with the change screen size stuff. Hover over the video and it should appear.

rogerch It really helped my piano playing that I took 14 months off from work.

Oohh cool, almost like being on Piaternity leave!

Sgisela rogerch — Slow Steps
I’m always very impressed with people who are able to improvise. This is really beautiful. Thanks for sharing!

Thanks @Sgisela!

Rob @rogerch
I always like to listen to your improvisations. Nearly everything I have ever composed has been born out of improv, as that is the first thing I do when I sit down to play.
I can hear several potentially complete pieces in your performance. Great stuff!

Thanks @Rob! Sometimes I'm tempted to take a snippet from one of my improvs and build a composition around it. I probably will at some point!

Sam - The Never Finished Piece - I really enjoyed that. Nothing wrong with 19th century. It's my favorite era for classical music and listening to your composition was like uncovering an undiscovered treasure from that era.

I also want to thank you for listening and commenting on my piece earlier.

Gooseberry - Pigalle - What a sweet, charming sounding piece. Your playing looked and sounded smooth and effortless and it amazed me that you could do it with the gloves. Good to know if I ever need them.

Also, thank you for listening and commenting on my piece.

@plop_symphony — The Midnight Ball. That was a really fun piece, and you nailed it. I'm a big fan of dissonance, so I really appreciate this contribution. Thanks!
@ShiroKuro — Reminiscence. Lovely piece, I'll need to look into that composer more. Good job!
@Sgisela — Do Tebe (to you). Another gorgeous piece by yet another composer I'm not familiar with. I need to listen more broadly! I enjoyed your story about touching base with the pianist for sheet music, it's great to see such a friendly, helpful community. Kudos!

Home stretch, just a couple more to go ...

Sam rogerch — Slow Steps - two improvs in one month! I actually liked the one at PW better, but this one is great too!

Thanks Sam! I do improvs every day but I don't record them all

Sophia No, I'm not using the soft pedal (I wouldn't know how, heh). I just tried to play it as written

Now I'm even more impressed. You nailed it! Great job!

@Rubens
Lovely. Glad you made the decision to share.

TC3 @rogerch— Slow Steps. Love your improvisations, still don't know how you do that ... I was a bit confused about "minor fourth" until I realized it was what I know as a minor iv chord, then it made sense.

Thanks @TC3! Honestly I'm not sure how I do it either! I have spent the last four years working on improvisation and it seems I have trained my subconscious mind to improvise but my conscious mind doesn't fully understand it. It's weird but I love it!

MarieJ rogerch — Slow Steps. Lovely chord progressions - a gentle and melodious result. You should indeed be pleased with this!

Thanks for the nice feedback @MarieJ!

Sam — The Never Finished Piece. This current iteration felt peaceful, nostalgic, dreamy: I loved it.

Player1 — Ashokan Farewell. This theme is one of my favourites, and I’m so glad that you re-visited it here. It’s exciting when you discover that a ‘too-hard’ piece has suddenly become ‘do-able’!

Rubens — Sonata no.2, Op.36 (1913), 2nd movement. Thank you for sharing this stunning sonata. A heartfelt and sensitive interpretation, beautifully played. Acclamation!

Cratersmash — Sonata No. 3 in A Minor. A highly energetic performance of what is obviously an incredibly complex piece. And all without a sheet of music in sight … a standing ovation!

Gooseberry — Pigalle. You choose some delightful pieces, Gooseberry, and this one was no exception. Played sensitively - and all in one take - congratulations!

@ShiroKuro 'Reminiscence' it shows that you have put a lot of work into this, and you play beautifully. Bravo!

@Pathbreaker 'Larghetto' Another piece that is new to me, but I really enjoyed your delicate playing.

@diretonic 'Chega de Saudade' So full of life and movement. I actually like the 'busy' arrangement, and your layered pianos sound great!

@navindra 'The Entertainer' What is not to like about this classic Rag! Your tuning skills certainly paid off, the piano sounds really good.

I hope I have not left anyone out, in my comments. If so, my apologies.

Huge thanks to all who left comments on my submission.
They mean a lot, and spur me on to try to write more.

Also, a big thank you to all who contributed.
Such a wide variation of music was a feast for the eyes and ears!

Last, but not least, my thanks must go to Navindra, who made it all possible.

Thank you @Rob !

Thanks to everyone who commented on my chopin ballade
Later on today I am going to start a thread "Chopin's fourth ballade and me"
Just some notes - a diary - of all my thoughts as I worked through this beast
I don't know if it will be of any interest to anyone - I just want to capture my thoughts

rsl12 - I am the very model of a modern Major-General - Impressive! The rapid singing reminds me of a Tom Lehrer performance where he sings the chemical elements. I would think remembering or even reading the lyrics at speed would be a lot more difficult than just singing the chemical elements . To play the piano part at the same time is pretty amazing. Bravo!

Thank you for listening and commenting on my piece earlier.