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Re: Week THREE: Birthday Week! A favorite recording by Yo-Yo Ma of one of my favorite Rachmaninoff song’s Zdes’ Khorosho, Op 21 No 7. All is well here... Look, in the distance The river glows like a fire;…
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Re: Week Two: Rachmaninoff's "Strawberry on the Keyboard" @Gail Starr I listened to pretty much all of the Rach pieces at one point to see if there was anything even remotely possible for me to play and found a few :…
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Re: Week Two: Rachmaninoff's "Strawberry on the Keyboard" @Ching Lee Goh Sounds great! Reminds me how much I love this piece.
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Re: Week Two: Rachmaninoff's "Strawberry on the Keyboard" @Ching Lee Goh Thanks. You are reviving 32/12 right? It’s on my list to revive too :) Would love to hear your version.
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Re: Week Two: Rachmaninoff's "Strawberry on the Keyboard" @Gail Starr Then you should do the Vocalise piano transcription then sometime (Yuja and many others play the Kocsis version). Of course not as beautiful as cello but still great.
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Re: Week Two: Rachmaninoff's "Strawberry on the Keyboard" @Natalie Peh Thanks! Can’t wait to hear your beautiful Melodie :)
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Re: Week Two: Rachmaninoff's "Strawberry on the Keyboard" @Natalie Peh I absolutely love this piece.. It’s so haunting. There are so many beautiful versions on YouTube (vocal, cello and piano solo). The piano solo transcription by Zoltan Kocsis has been on…
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Re: Week Two: Rachmaninoff's "Strawberry on the Keyboard" Here is my week 2 update- the whole piece but recorded in sections. Muddled my way through it. I had to memorize most of it as there is a lot going on so very hesitant still in parts.…
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Re: Week Two: Rachmaninoff's "Strawberry on the Keyboard" @Alice Lin Sounds beautiful! Looking forward to the rest!
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Re: Week Two: Rachmaninoff's "Strawberry on the Keyboard" @Michelle R Love your imagery!
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Re: Week Two: Rachmaninoff's "Strawberry on the Keyboard" I just asked chatGPT for an ode to Rachmaninoff and here is the beautiful poem I got back: O Sergei Rachmaninoff, Your melodies doth soar Like the eagle in the sky You enchant us to the core Your…
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Re: Week Two: Rachmaninoff's "Strawberry on the Keyboard" @Hazel That would have been an amazing experience! I absolutely love his Rachmaninoff. Thanks for sharing this deep and lovely piece. Beautiful imagery.
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Re: Week Two: Rachmaninoff's "Strawberry on the Keyboard" @Alice Lin Thanks Alice! Looking forward to hearing your Prelude!
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Re: Week Two: Rachmaninoff's "Strawberry on the Keyboard" @Gail Starr Love it Gail! You have captured the vibrance so well!
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Re: Week Two: Rachmaninoff's "Strawberry on the Keyboard" @Juan Carlos Olite Wow! Great playing! I love how the opening really feels like an introduction and you let the notes die away before starting the rest.…
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Re: Week Two: Rachmaninoff's "Strawberry on the Keyboard" @Gail Starr Yeah, so exciting! Can’t wait to hear you! It’s been on my list to learn for a while. I am very curious about what imagery the valse gives you (Rach music always creates images and…
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Re: Week Two: Rachmaninoff's "Strawberry on the Keyboard" @Gail Starr Thanks Gail! I have a lot of work to do but I am enjoying the learning process. It’s very comfortable for the hands. No big stretches or finger twisting chords :…
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Re: Week Two: Rachmaninoff's "Strawberry on the Keyboard" @Andrea Buckland Thanks Andrea!
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Re: Week Two: Rachmaninoff's "Strawberry on the Keyboard" @Hazel Thanks Hazel. I agree with you- it does seem jazzy and improvisatory. The last page has a bunch of trills that definitely add to it too.
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Re: Week Two: Rachmaninoff's "Strawberry on the Keyboard" @Michelle R Thanks Michelle!
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Re: Week Two: Rachmaninoff's "Strawberry on the Keyboard" @Natalie Peh Thanks! Evgeny Kissin is performing Rach here in May and he is playing the piece you chose for this challenge! Can’t wait to hear both of you!
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Re: Week Two: Rachmaninoff's "Strawberry on the Keyboard" @Juan Carlos Olite Thanks! How is the Prelude coming along? Looking forward to it.
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Re: Week Two: Rachmaninoff's "Strawberry on the Keyboard" @Ching Lee Goh Thank you! Looking forward to your Lieblesleid!
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Re: Week Two: Rachmaninoff's "Strawberry on the Keyboard" Here’s my first video for the week- just the first page. Working my way very slowly through this this piece. Besides the usual challenges, a lot of layers and hidden notes/melodies to bring out.…
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Re: Week 1: Let's start Rach-ing! @Alice Lin Amazing how even though there are so many notes in his pieces- he gives importance to each one and you can hear them all distinctly. FYI- I loved Boris Giltburg’s tonebase class on 32/5.…
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