PianoTell Recital #10 Is Now Live!

navindra · 2026-11-15T17:49:57+00:00

Welcome to PianoTell Recital #10! WieWaldi — Do You Want to Build a Snowman? (Frozen) by Kristen Anderson-Lopez Nightowl — The Impossible Dream (The Quest) by Mitch Leigh and Joe Darion Sophia — You've Got a Friend in Me by Randy Newman iternabe — Sonatina, Op. 13, No. 1 (1st Mvt) by Dmitry Kabalevsky Alibaghbanipiano — Frédéric Chopin — Fantaisie-Impromptu in C-sharp minor, Op. posth. 66 (excerpt) Simonb — Yancey Big Chief Peyton — What I Need KevinM — Miracles by Alexis Ffrench Jane — Chopin Barcarolle Op. 60 TulipAcid — Hurt, composed by Ola Gjeilo pianocat — Largo in E♭ Major, by Frederick Chopin MarieJ — Bluebird by Alexis Ffrench Riddler — Pannonica, by Thelonious Monk Pathbreaker — The Town of Luncheon, arranged by Trevor Alan Gomes (Lena Raine) ErnieAd — He Knows My Name rogerch — Remember by rogerch rsl12 — C. C. Rider — Traditional, arr. by Dr. John ShiroKuro — the Carol of the Bells, as arranged by ShiroKuro rach3master — Larghetto by Hayato Sumino (Cateen) navindra — Moon River by Henry Mancini & Johnny Mercer arr. by Phillip Keveren. You can reply to each performance directly. Enjoy! This is an archive of the recital announcement. Boo! 👻 Happy Halloween! 🎃 Don't miss out on PianoTell Recital #10! 🎹 This is an opportunity to share your music if you are a seasoned player, showcase your progress milestone by milestone if you're an active learner, stay motivated and on track, or simply contribute to the community fun! One might even argue that performing is truly what it's all about. 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I've been playing piano on and off since I was a kitten! **Piece:** Serious Piece No. 1 in C# by Jerry **Comment Policy:** All comments; anything goes! https://youtu.be/QpEfHVFilRc **Source of music:** This was composed and shared with me by my friend Jerry. **Instrument:** NY Steinway D **Recording method:** iPhone X with large condenser microphones. **Additional info:** This wasn't the performance I had exactly planned. A lot went wrong, but I dealt with it in the best way I could. Regardless, I'm quite pleased with how this turned out and I believe the audience enjoyed it. Thanks for listening! if(window.hljsLoader && !document.currentScript.parentNode.hasAttribute('data-s9e-livepreview-onupdate')) { window.hljsLoader.highlightBlocks(document.currentScript.parentNode); } Performer: Tom from California, USA. I've been playing piano on and off since I was a kitten! Piece: Serious Piece No. 1 in C# by Jerry Comment Policy: All comments; anything goes! Source of music: This was composed and shared with me by my friend Jerry. Instrument: NY Steinway D Recording method: iPhone X with large condenser microphones. Additional info: This wasn't the performance I had exactly planned. A lot went wrong, but I dealt with it in the best way I could. Regardless, I'm quite pleased with how this turned out and I believe the audience enjoyed it. Thanks for listening! Have fun!

navindra

Performer: Navindra Umanee in the USA. On and off piano lessons since September 2019.
Piece: Moon River by Henry Mancini and Johnny Mercer arr. by Phillip Keveren.
Comment Policy: All comments; anything goes! Strong honest feedback helps me.

Source of music: Mancini Magic arr. Phillip Keveren
Instrument: Kawai Novus NV10
Recording method: Petrof and Syngular models from Pianoteq. I also used the native SK-EX engine's Full character render. The video was created with Sony Alpha mirrorless cameras, MIDI Visualizer, and Final Cut Pro.
Additional info: This was a flawed performance from the start as it was competing for time with other projects and live recitals. However, at the last minute, I decided to enter the Modartt contest, and so I had some fun with the final video.

navindra

Thank you everyone for your participation in this recital! 💐

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Simonb

Hi > rsl12

I've started with yours as Dr John is a Pianist I love, and wish I could play like.

I could hear a few small hesitations, and was that a wrong note at 1:51, or just an unusual harmony?
For the pure classical Pianists out there this is very difficult to play well. Dr John had a very distinctive rolling style of playing, and as @rsl12 says his use of 10ths in the LH, not to mention the syncopations in the RH make it a tough style to master.

Overall though you've done a great job with this, and my admiration knows no bounds.

I do have a book of authentic Dr John sheet music, which I'm happy to share at least some of with anyone.
PM me if you're interested.

Cheers

Simonb

Hi rach3master

Well randomly you've come out of the hat second.
I'm sad to say I don't know Chopin's Piano Concerto, but this is a wonderful arrangement.
I thought that a few well known Jazz Pianists may have been an influence here.
You played it beautifully and I wish I could play anything as well as you played that!

If I hear a better performance in this recital I'll be very surprised.

Cheers

navindra

rsl12 — C. C. Rider — Traditional, arr. by Dr. John

Dang! Just what have I just witnessed here?! Stunning! 😮

I feel like a smarter human being after watching this. 🤯

Bravo! 👏

TulipAcid

Jane

There's so much Chopin out there! Thank you for the information.

And the barcarolles are unfamiliar to me, so all I can say is Brava! And public performance #7 in decades? You carried it off with aplomb!

TulipAcid

iternabe — Sonatina, Op. 13, No. 1 (1st Mvt) by Dmitry Kabalevsky

I was WONDERING if this was the Kabelvsky I learned back in the dark ages. IT IS!

And you did a lovely job of it. I really like your tempo. And your dynamics are coming out fine. The quieter parts are really sweet!

(My family didn't care for it so much and told my teacher no more Russian music...sadly. They tolerated Rachmaninoff, though.

Simonb

Hi rogerch

Another enjoyable improvisation, with more song-like harmonies in it than usual; was that a deliberate choice, or just a spontaneous part of the improv?
It could, of course, just be my imagination.

As always I enjoyed your performance, and it's nice to see another not black Piano!

Cheers

TulipAcid

MarieJ — Bluebird by Alexis Ffrench

Just lovely!

I've tried this piece and it has some tricky bits that are finger tripper-uppers! You carried them off very nicely!

TulipAcid

ShiroKuro — the Carol of the Bells, as arranged by ShiroKuro

Love this. That tune is tricky to keep at a consistent tempo and you did it well! Your arrangement from a variety of sources is really lovely.

Thank you for ringing in the holiday season!

TulipAcid

KevinM — Miracles by Alexis Ffrench

I love how well this flows together. I like your decisions on how to pedal this, you maintain very nice clarity among the accompaniment, inner voice and melody.

TulipAcid

Alibaghbanipiano — Frédéric Chopin — Fantaisie-Impromptu in C-sharp minor, Op. posth. 66 (excerpt)

Wow! You've brought the full musical experience into your left hand arrangement! Lovely!

TulipAcid

Pathbreaker — The Town of Luncheon, arranged by Trevor Alan Gomes (Lena Raine)

That is gorgeous. The music, your rendition and your hand movements add to the soothing charm of the piece.

TulipAcid

navindra — Moon River by Henry Mancini & Johnny Mercer arr. by Phillip Keveren.

Very nice! Does this mean you were playing two pianoteq's at the same time (I'm guessing the Singular is what gave it the faint violin section?)

I liked your piano's native recording as well. What onboard piano did you use?

Simonb

Hi Peyton

Great as always, and unsurprisingly you play and sing the blues in a genuinely heartfelt way.
Only a shame we couldn't see all the other instruments, particularly the organ solo.

Loved it!

Cheers

WieWaldi

Nightowl — The Impossible Dream (The Quest) by Mitch Leigh and Joe Darion

Second things first: I love to see your progress from recital to recital. The cup for the greatest improvment in piano playing is yours; hands down.

Not only that this sounded great, you increased the length to a whopping 4-pager. Moonlight Sonata was only 3, not to speak about only 2 pages for Chopin's Nocture. I'd say this is your new masterpiece. Very confidently played. I love especially part when the firework starts around 0:55 and then even increases at 1:16 when you hit the big notes. You did a good job playing with the dynamics. Seems as if you had ingrained the sound of the original recording. Acutally, you improved a lot in several aspects. Not just the dynamics got better, just look at your hands: If you compare that with yourself a year ago, it is night and day. And did I hear some sustained notes, you pedaled! Another milestone reached; awesome. Keep going this way, keep improving. Can't wait to listen to your next one.

KevinM

WieWaldi — Do You Want to Build a Snowman? (Frozen) by Kristen Anderson-Lopez

That was lovely. Your musicality shines, you can feel the story being told. Well done.

navindra

TulipAcid Very nice! Does this mean you were playing two pianoteq's at the same time (I'm guessing the Singular is what gave it the faint violin section?)

Thanks!

Pianoteq supports layers, so I added a second layer in the main app... and yes, I made it very faint, so it's just a small playful touch rather than overpowering:

TulipAcid I liked your piano's native recording as well. What onboard piano did you use?

This felt good while playing too! I used this setting:

KevinM

Peyton — What I Need

I loved this, all of it. So well put together and the pathos was perfect.

For some reason my brain went to the Moaning Lisa Blues from the Simpsons.

WieWaldi

Sophia — You've Got a Friend in Me by Randy Newman

This is Disney? Thought it was Pixar? Ok, google says Disney aquired Pixar. This means, we have two Disney pieces within the first three subissions. rulez! 😀

Seems you had a lot of fun with this song. It's a very upbeat good mood tune, a bit bluesy, a bit jazzy, lots of syncopations, just right. <note to myself: put it on my to-do list> Your interpretation nailed the piece so well. It seems as it was entirely effortlessly. I am sure, it wasn't. But you made it seem easy. Listening to it, makes me wanna watch the movie again. Good job, my fellow Disney performer.

Btw, what a nice coincidence you had a Woody puppet for the recording. 👍 Or did you buy it for the music video? 🧐

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