PianoTell Recital #4 is Now Live!

navindra · 2025-05-15T15:15:00+00:00

Welcome to PianoTell Recital #4! Click for an index to all the performances: keff — As Time Goes By by Herman Hupfield Schubertian2 — Sonata Opus 109 by Be...

Gooseberry

hebele Congratulations on reaching this milestone piece, very nicely played!

Gooseberry

Sophia Great playing Sophia, congratulations on graduating from Alfreds, and with flying colours 👏, it really deserves a celebration!

Gooseberry

MarieJ Another beautiful, tasteful choice of yours; thanks for sharing!

Gooseberry

rogerch To me, your lovely and magical Forest 1 is a perfect illustration for the Japanese word "komorebi".

rogerch

Gooseberry rogerch To me, your lovely and magical Forest 1 is a perfect illustration for the Japanese word "komorebi".

Thanks @Gooseberry ! I really like the idea of "komorebi". I'll keep that in mind as a title to use if I play another improvisation that seems to fit.

Nightowl

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Here are a few more comments:

BicBic Etude No. 8 by Philip Glass
This piece sounded very complex to me, but your playing seemed effortless and your hands looked very elegant. You are clearly a very skilful player.
rsl12 Sonatina by York Bowen (1st mvt)
This performance really showed your talent and there was no chance of noticing the injured nail as your hands flew over the keys so rapidly. Great job!
AlbertAndreu Your Reflection by Albert Andreu Garcia
A nice composition, played well, with lovely images to complement the music - very professionally done. I look forward to hearing more from you.
plop_symphony For River by Kan Gao
I loved this piece - it seems far too good for a video game, it belongs in the music score for a big budget romantic film! You played this beautifully and my only criticism is that it was over too soon!
lilypad Ripple Effect by Joanne Bender
This piece is right up my street and you played it beautifully. The title matches the character of the music perfectly and your name is also very apt for this piece - it implies that you spend a lot of time on a lake, enjoying the reflections of the sun on the rippling water. The only thing missing was an image of one of Claude Monet's lily paintings! 🙂

BicBic

Nightowl Thank you, I'm not sure about skillful but certainly a lot of practice over the years 🙂

Sophia

plop_symphony Very nice Plop! Well played, very delicate. I also loved the description. I purchased the game a few years ago in a bargain basement sale, but never actually got around to playing it. Now I feel like dusting it off and playing it. No one can say piano doesn't widen our horizon in other areas as well 🙂

plop_symphony

Sophia Do it! It's not very long, should take a couple of afternoons or evenings at most.

Sophia

lilypad Excellent timing and rhythm, and so smooth, it just flows. Ok, ripples 😃 Like swans creating little ripples while they drift by on our nearby lake (which in Canadian standards is not too far from Vancouver) 😃

Sophia

rach3master OMG, I echo everyone's sentiment that if that is your 98%, then to get to 100% is to reach divinity! How long did you work on this piece?

rach3master

Sophia Thanks. I took a few month-long breaks to keep it fresh, but working time was probably around half a year.

Sophia

Javier Welcome to the recitals Javier! And what an intro: you played one of my all time favourite pieces! I kept hearing the other voices in my head. Very nicely played, I kept thinking WHAT turning of the page? It was quite seamless and smooth, let me assure you!

Javier

Sophia Thank you Sophia for your warm welcome. I've played in the past other arrangements of the piece. This one, has been my favorite lately. Bach's Cantatas transcriptions for the piano are quite beautiful, I might consider playing another one for the next recital.

Sophia

Gooseberry Beautiful harmonies! Isn't it weird how sad music can actually lift our mood? So what DID the rain whisper softly? I can only guess.... 🙂 I really enjoy your very delicate touch and gentle playing. That's something I really need to work on, because compared to you I sound like a drum major 😃

WieWaldi

plop_symphony For River by Kan Gao

I always forget you are a fellow learner with not that much of experience, because this one sounds like someone playing for much longer. Very clean and very well played. Only the ending came too early. Would have loved if this one went on a bit longer.

plop_symphony

WieWaldi Thanks! The piece just loops around after that bit.

WieWaldi

lilypad Ripple Effect by Joanne Bender

Some very refreshing sounds you made. Love the harmonies, the tempo, how the entire piece is set up. Well played, I liked this piece very much. (Could have been a little longer)

WieWaldi

SalmonJack Mist Again by SalmonJack

This wasn't just a piece, this was an entire suite. Intro and Outro was okay, a little bit too much of synth music for my liking, but the middle section was phantastic. So calm, soothing and nice. It is not just the piano sound that makes the difference, it is - I don't know what is is. Maybe how put you everything together, the different parts, taking out the drums, bringing them back in, gently...
Also loved your video - How did you get all those pictures? Own photos and a SW filter to make painting - or do you have a little Claude Monet amongst your friends?
Anyway, this one was a pleasure to watch.

WieWaldi

Rob Maybe Someday Soon by Rob

Very lovely piece, calm and soothing. Seems like we have some original marvels in this recital. Yours is one of those. It's a pity, some songs get famous and earn the attention of thousands of people, and some are sitting in the 2nd row with only a countable number of listeners, never get the chance to reach a bigger audience. I like this piece, thank you for sharing.

Rob

WieWaldi Thank you. You are very kind.

Sophia

rach3master working time was probably around half a year

Respect!!! 🙇🏻

TLH21

Sophia Country Song by Willard A. Palmer

I love how you made this sound so easy. The rhythm made it feel like the listener was a relaxing horseback ride through the broad valleys of the west.

MarieJ The Blue Notebooks by Max Richter

A fascinating piece, played well. Thanks for sharing. Max Richter is not a composer I know much about.

rogerch Forest 1 by rogerch

I very much like where this went. A very enjoyable journey.

Cratersmash Intermezzo Op. 117 No. 2 by Johannes Brahms

A beautiful sound for a lovely piece. Based on the recording and comments, the competition must have been a wonderful event. Hopefully you did well. Thanks for sharing.

rogerch

TLH21 rogerch Forest 1 by rogerch

I very much like where this went. A very enjoyable journey.

Thanks @TLH21 ! I'm glad you like it!

MarieJ

TLH21 Sophia WieWaldi Nightowl AlbertAndreu Peyton hebele Gooseberry rsl12 rogerch Rob Sgisela BicBic ShiroKuro
Thank you all so much for listening, and for your kind feedback! Shirokuro, I 'discovered' Max Richter’s music through Monica; I was intrigued when she played his 'Written on the Sky' in one of the ABF Recitals, so I started investigating some of the other works in that album.

Rob

keff Such an iconic song, and you played it well. "Play it Keff!" 😀

Rob

Schubertian2 When you mentioned no pedal, for some reason it made me listen even more attentively.
I rather like the 'non-pedal' version. Bravo! Best wishes for a speedy recovery.

Rob

Sam I so enjoyed your multiple performances and instruments. The ensemble part was especially good!

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