PianoTell Recital #3 Is Now Live!

BicBic — Mazurka Op.6 No.2
I’m not familiar with mazurkas, so this was a pleasant surprise. It danced along merrily from your fingers into my toes - what a delight!

Sgisela — Danza de los ñáñigos
(My comments are over at PianoWorld - a beautiful performance.)

Gooseberry — Nights in White Satin
Your arrangement was excellent, and I thought your sensitive playing exactly right for this nostalgic piece. A captivating package!

bSharp — Journey - Open Arms
So much to like here! I appreciated the video, as I love to follow the score. Your instrument choice, C3X/Pianoteq, was intriguing and I thought it worked really well … and your skilled performance was icing on the cake. A great submission - thank you!

I meant to comment on any pieces that were also submitted to PW just in this forum, but I managed to miss some, so some of those are here and some are there!

rogerch — Flutter - Sounded great, loved the feel of it, made me think of a bright spring morning.

Nightowl — Frankie and Johnnie - Great job, sounds like fun to play. It was a lot more jolly sounding than I expected based on the story!

Peyton — A Dream of Far Away (part two)- I enjoyed part 2 too - not sure which I preferred! Very cool!

Animisha — To a Wild Rose - Beautiful, I’d heard of this suite but never listened to any of the pieces. Your performance makes me want to check it out! Have you played any of the others?

keff — Summertime - Great version, played very nicely - sounded very cool and chilled. Your piano sounds lovely.

iternabe — Malagueña - Very cool piece, very fun to listen to and I’m sure to play. Definitely sounds like you capture the feel and rhythm of it, great job!

Sophia & @rsl12 — Just a "Good Old Tune" - A duet - how fun!! Played with a lovely light touch that felt just right! Fantastic.

rach3master — Call of Silence: Attack on Titan OST - Sounded great, wow your fingers are flying, while the melody still comes out so beautifully!

plop_symphony — A Hermit Crab Surfing - This was so fun and played well! You said in your YT blurb that you found it difficult, but you certainly seem to have got it as it didn’t sound like you were struggling! I’ll have to check out this children’s album myself!

Player1 — Legend of Madrid - This didn’t sound that raw, I thought you captured the feel of the piece really well! I’m sorry to hear you haven’t been able to play recently and hope that changes soon!

MarieJ — I Giorni - Absolutely beautiful, and I’m so glad you found the music that inspires you to play! Loved the video too, very interesting to see all the pianos over the years!

hebele — Minuet in G - A classic, thank you for the hard work you put in, I thought it sounded great and played with a lovely light touch!

Pathbreaker — Op. 116 No. 6, Intermezzo in E major - Beautifully played! I love the video set up with the score too.

WieWaldi — Frisco Blues - Very nice, I’ve been enjoying these blues pieces from you!

BicBic Thank you for your kind words. The piano was tuned two days ago. At the time of recording Summertime it was still reasonably in tune but then we had a cold spell with large drop of humidity.

BicBic I’m sorry to hear you haven’t been able to play recently and hope that changes soon!

Thank you.

I'm having some serious medical issues which are preventing me from playing. I have a hard copy of the piano arranged version of Handel's Passacaglia by Pianistos that I really want to learn as a recital piece, but I can't sit at the piano for any length of time. 2 minutes/day isn't long enough to do anything and the pain it causes sucks worse than missing an easy gold ring grab. And we all know I'm into those free gold rings. Right?

Worse, right now the wait time for the doc is 4 months to get an evaluation of my current condition to see if surgery is a good fit. My prior medical intervention process went out the window when I had a severe side effect response. That path is now closed and contra indicated so we have to find a new way to deal with the mess I'm in.

No, it's not the Big C. Or even a little c,d, or e. It's just my body falling apart faster than we expected. Some lifestyle adjustments are having to be made as well but I will adapt.

Player1 that sucks so much, I’m sorry. Fingers crossed for you that you can get it sorted and the wait is not too intolerable

Greta99 — Berceuse, Op. 23 No. 1
A new composer to me, and what a delicate, pretty piece. Your rendition was flawless - I loved it!

ShiroKuro — Wind
I think Brian Crain has been under-represented in Recitals; he has composed some interesting pieces and this one was no exception. A polished performance - you have every reason to be pleased.

navindra — Over The Rainbow
The technical details were fascinating, the Alfred’s arrangement seemed too advanced to be a Book 1 selection, your video was top quality, your piano is gorgeous - oh, and did I mention your performance? I can’t see how “it could have been better”. A terrific submission on all counts!

@MarieJ thank you!!

BicBic rogerch — Flutter - Sounded great, loved the feel of it, made me think of a bright spring morning

Thanks @BicBic ! I’m glad you liked it!

MarieJ
Thank you!

plop_symphony
Thank you! For me it was the other way around. I discovered Mel Bonis when I was looking for pieces for Female Composers Recital. Most of the pieces I found were rather difficult. It was only later that I discovered that she had composed a lot of easy pieces for children.

Rob
Thank you!

Sam
Thank you!

Peyton
You've taken improvisation to the next level. That sounded more like a composition to me. I really liked the oriental touch. Very nice!

Animisha
I think this piece has some parts that are quite uncomfortable to play but you make it look so easy. It's a beautiful performance.

keff
I haven't heard many pieces by Gershwin, but I love this one. It's an interesting arrangement, with that repetitive pattern in the left hand. I liked your interpretation, the tempo you chose works good for me. Great job!

iternabe
I really liked the dynamic range and the clear articulation, but also how relaxed your hands look. Wonderful!

Final comments! Thank you everyone for sharing your performances, and to everyone who listened, liked and commented on mine!

Sam — "An Important Event" from the Scenes from Childhood - That sounds like a fun exercise for the piano group! I thought this sounded great, and this tempo sounds good to me - makes the important event seem ‘grander’ than the faster renditions!

Rob — Pembrokeshire Promise - A beautiful part of Wales! The piece sounded very nostalgic, perhaps how you were feeling when you wrote it. Very nice!

Sgisela — Danza de los ñáñigos - Another very cool (and tricky!) dance piece from you! I really enjoyed this piece and your playing.

Gooseberry — Nights in White Satin - Lovely playing! I bet it was fun putting it together from a few different sources.

bSharp — Journey - Open Arms - Very nice! I enjoyed the contrast in your playing between the flowy-bit and the LH octavey-bit.

Greta99 — Berceuse, Op. 23 No. 1 - This was lovely! I’ve never heard of the composer, I will have to check her out. Thank you for sharing!

ShiroKuro — Wind - really cool! The piece and your playing captures a sense of mystery and wistfulness for me.

navindra — Over The Rainbow - Great arrangement and nicely played! I didn’t understand everything you said about the sound production but I thought it sounded really fantastic!

Thank you @BicBic !! “Mystery and wistfulness” — that’s lovely!

Sgisela
Thank Sgisela! That was lovely!