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Re: From Fear to Flourish: Managing Performance Anxiety I have many, many years of experience with stage-fright, probably the only characteristic I can claim to share with Vladimir Horowitz. I am convinced that the key is preparation.…
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Re: What are your difficult passages? @Gail Starr There are a number of videos about or with John Browning on youtube, e.g., https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_tqt112TlE I don't recall which video includes this,…
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Re: What are your difficult passages? @Gail Starr The Rosina Lhevinne graduating class that included Martin Canin also included Van Cliburn and John Browning. That is a LOT of pianistic ability! Martin was very fond of both of them.…
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Re: What are your difficult passages? @Gail Starr Yes. I had a few lessons with her and many more with her assistant, Martin Canin, who was a wonderful person, musician and pianist. We were friends from that time (65 years ago) until his…
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Re: What are your difficult passages? I've been playing the piano since I was 5. I'm now 81 and I still haven't quite figured it out :-) But I can share some things that took me too long to learn: 1.…
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Re: “Who are pianists that you think more people should know about?” Yulianna Avdeeva
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Re: “Who are pianists that you think more people should know about?” @Nigel Rogers Yes! Horowitz greatly admired Friedman and Friedman's way with the Mazurkas clearly influenced Horowitz.
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Re: “Who are pianists that you think more people should know about?” Lipatti was a *phenomenal* pianist and musician. His Chopin Barcarolle is magnificent, as is his b-minor Sonata. I believe it was Stephen Hough who said that his recording of the Ravel Alborada del…
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- 10 mths ago
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Re: Need some advice on trills after getting injured I agree with Agnes' suggestion to watch the Durso videos. It is very valuable to know what Dorothy Taubman taught and Durso presents her method very well.…
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- 11 mths ago
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Re: Bach WTC fingerings I would certainly endorse the Henle edition with Andras Schiff's fingerings. I have both books and while I don't always use his fingerings, I always consult them when making fingering decisions.…
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Re: What piece of music never fails to make you smile or feel uplifted, and why? @Gail Starr The Brahms Violin Sonatas are all beyond wonderful. I particularly love the 3rd, in d-minor. There are a number of excellent performances available on youtube.…
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Re: What piece of music never fails to make you smile or feel uplifted, and why? @Alexander Weymann Do you know the two-piano version? Yet another way to experience this masterpiece. I recommend the recording by Yefim Bronfman and Emmanuel Ax.…
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Re: What piece of music never fails to make you smile or feel uplifted, and why? Another piece in this category for me is Beethoven's Op. 135 quartet -- particularly the "Muss es sein? Es muss sein!" last movement. This is Beethoven's last completed work. Fabulous music.
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Re: What piece of music never fails to make you smile or feel uplifted, and why? The Schubert Eb Piano Trio. Heavenly length (do NOT do the cuts in the last movement!). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdE4EF9TsJ0
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Re: What's the most challenging piece you've ever learned and how did you tackle it? In the "had to learn" category, I was taking various classes at the Longy School in Cambridge, MA. One the professors mentioned to me that there was a juried recital scheduled for some months later…
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Re: The issue of cut time and tempo @VL I disagree with you and with Seymour Bernstein. We don't know exactly what Schubert meant, but he did give us "Andante", so the pulse is walking tempo.…
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Re: I'm a beginner, and confused about the fingering on this measure Given the third finger on the E, I would probably play the mordant 2-1-2 and then cross the thumb under to play the D-E-F with 1-2-3. Having said that, my strategy might change if I saw more of the…
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Re: I'm a beginner, and confused about the fingering on this measure @Harrie Bannink I would like to offer the suggestion that using the term "song" is not appropriate here -- "piece" would be much better. Since Tom is a beginner,…
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Re: Group 3 Apologies for missing the meeting. Our Internet service was down all morning; just got revived.
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Re: What are your difficult passages? @Ted I think we're in good company. I've spoken with Garrick Ohlsson about it and while he's certainly a lot more successful with it than I am, he admitted that he worries about it when performing…
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- 2 yrs ago
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Re: What piece of Bach's music most speaks to your life right now? Why? I consider the St. Matthew Passion to be Bach's greatest work (and there is a lot of stiff competition!) and the single greatest work of musical art ever composed (and there is a lot of stiff…
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Re: What are your difficult passages? Beethoven Les Adieux, the passage beginning at measure 13 of the first movement Allegro. A variant occurs in the development that is also difficult. I suspect this will not come as a surprise to…
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