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...

ShiroKuro

rogerch Thank you, Rogerch, for your kind words!! I like the new parts a lot too! It's a very fun version to play!

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AlbertAndreu I loved this piece. Simple but very well executed motif, and the tempo changes and controlled unevenness between the melody and bass lines were tasteful and not overly saccharine.

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rsl12 Wow, this was a treat to listen to! I encountered York Bowen only recently, too, through his set of 24 preludes.

rsl12

plop_symphony Wow, this was a treat to listen to! I encountered York Bowen only recently, too, through his set of 24 preludes.

Ah, how nice to see someone else is familiar! Those preludes are gorgeous, so gorgeous I wish most of them lasted longer than they do.

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ShiroKuro Cool! Yeah, it's in D flat major. There's a different piano duet version in C major.

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

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

Sophia

plop_symphony I took your advice and installed it. BTW, it's on sale on GOG right now... if anyone else is interested 🙂

Edit: I just booted it up and yup! There's your pretty theme all right!

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rsl12 My teacher said the same thing! I'll be performing this at a recital next month so I'll definitely consider that, along with a few other small improvements. And getting that rolled octave section consistent.

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hebele "You fight like a dairy farmer..."

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BicBic Excellent job in capturing what makes Glass compelling - his pieces are hypnotic but not boring, they put you in a trance but don't make you sleepy. All of those qualities shone through in your interpretation.

BicBic

plop_symphony great description of his style - I love it!

WieWaldi

ShiroKuro Pachelbel's Canon, arranged by Brian Crain

I already wondered why the "in D" was missing in the title. Glad you explained why. Reading through the addidional info, I started wondering what exactly is different in Crains arrangement, compared to Pachelbels original. And what about taking Crains version and transpose it back to D major - is it then the original again or just another arrangement?
Anyway, I think you played this one very lovely, and it was a pleasure to watch your video.

ShiroKuro

@WieWaldi thank you!!

WieWaldi started wondering what exactly is different in Crains arrangement, compared to Pachelbels original

Besides the key change, there is a section that is sort of syncopated, that’s not in the original. I think that’s what gives it a slightly more modern feel.

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navindra Amazing Grace by John Newton, J. Carrell & D. Clayton arr. by Willard A. Palmer, Morton Manus, and Amanda Vick Lethco

You played a very nice version of this gospel classic. Love the tempo, the phrasing and the mood you build up. Well done, Nav. And one more thing to say, you are doing some of the finest video edits, maybe the best in the entire recital community. Kudos to this one, too.
My condulences for your bereavement. You picked the right piece to say goodbye.

navindra

Peyton Thanks a lot Peyton!

ShiroKuro Thanks so much!

Sophia It also seems you accomplished your mission: finish the Alfred book. I believe this is one of the last pieces, so congrats on your progress!

Thank you! Maybe we have different Alfred book series? I still have too many pages left in mine and I'm unfortunately still stuck in the past so I haven't made much progress forward.

I bought the second book already though.

rogerch Thanks, Roger!

WieWaldi Thank you, I appreciate that!

Nightowl Thank you!

Rob

Sophia You certainly achieved the country sound here. I especially liked the Floyd Cramer 'slip notes'.
Loved it!

Rob

MarieJ Wow! that was mesmerising. The piano sound is perfect for the piece.
And I thought my submission would be the shortest! Just shows that sometimes the best things come in small packages. 👏

Rob

rogerch Another masterclass in improvisation!
I had a strong sense of movement in that piece, visualising a camera moving gracefully through a forest, with random close ups of swaying branches and leaves fluttering in the breeze. Bravo!

rogerch

Rob rogerch Another masterclass in improvisation!
I had a strong sense of movement in that piece, visualising a camera moving gracefully through a forest, with random close ups of swaying branches and leaves fluttering in the breeze. Bravo!

Thanks @Rob ! I like the visualization, thank you for that!

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Javier Hi Javier I really liked this performance, very gentle and restful sound. If you have a chance to look at it does the book mention information on the arrangement? I know Myra Hess has a well known transcription of this piece and it mostly sounds a lot like hers.

Javier

Ornstein The arrangement of the piece was written by Jeniffer Eklund. In her website, she offers a variety of music for all levels and styles.

rogerch

rsl12 rogerch Good job playing through the unexpected harmonic turns. They ended up resolving nicely.

Thanks @rs12! Some of those harmonic turns were unexpected even for me. It's part of the experience and makes it fun!

rogerch

WieWaldi rogerch Forest 1 by rogerch

This one somehow similar like "Relaxed" and also very different. It seems as both had been composed for a record and the record follows a musical direction. Just like the great bands in the late 70ties and 80 did. It's hard to believe you playing all those melodies just our of your fingers without specific preparation.

Thanks @WieWaldi ! Those two improvisations were recorded about 15 minutes apart in the same session and a lot of my playing was similar. The other 2 Forest improvisations are even more similar to Forest 1. It was fun to play a series like that but I do need to keep trying different things!

rsl12

rogerch It was fun to play a series like that but I do need to keep trying different things!

If I may suggest an exercise: you have a tendency to play a note on the 4 or the & of 4 and then repeat it. It sounds fine, but if you want to give your playing more variety, try (as an exercise) resisting the urge of playing the same note and just hold it instead, until you are ready to move to another note. (Not that you have to do this all the time in actual performance, but it will help you get used to the possibility. ) You could also expand this exercise for all repeated notes: try not repeating any notes in the RH, and just hold for whatever duration you desire.

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