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Re: Do you have any music-related bucket list items? Share one and why it's important to you.
I passed my Grade 7 Associated Board of Royal Schools of Music exam in 1987 which was the year I left school. I then went on to study music and got a degree from Glasgow University.…
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Re: What advice would you give your beginner-self?
@Yi Ting Heng Yes, I’m exactly the same.
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- 2 yrs ago
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Re: Can we have a tutorial on Rachmaninoff Prelude Op 23 No 4 in D major?
I just found out today that Boris Giltburg is coming to my local concert hall in February to play the Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No2. I’m definitely going to get a ticket!! 🤗
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- 2 yrs ago
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Re: What advice would you give your beginner-self?
I would tell myself to memorise everything I possibly could as it’s my one big regret that I wasn’t taught or encouraged to do it from an early age. It gets harder and harder as you get older!
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- 2 yrs ago
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Re: Can we have a tutorial on Rachmaninoff Prelude Op 23 No 4 in D major?
@Parag Mehta Thanks so much for this. The first section does look a lot easier to read. I’ll give it a try. Which edition is this from?
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- 2 yrs ago
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Re: “Who are pianists that you think more people should know about?”
Yulianna Avdeeva is my favourite pianist. Everything she plays is superb and her Bach project got me through lockdown. https://youtu.be/TIa5MlCTITQ
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- 2 yrs ago
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Re: Can we have a tutorial on Rachmaninoff Prelude Op 23 No 4 in D major?
@Emily Silk Hi, thanks I will give Irina’s performance a listen. Incidentally, I just found a revised score which is slightly easier to read by Siloti on IMSLP.…
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- 2 yrs ago
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Can we have a tutorial on Rachmaninoff Prelude Op 23 No 4 in D major?

I can’t find any good tutorials on this piece. I’ve started playing it but would like to know if I am approaching it in the correct way. Boris Giltburg recently posted a performance on his Instagram…
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- 2 yrs ago
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Re: Week THREE: Birthday Week!
Here is a recording of Rachmaninov’s Vocalise transcribed for piano. Daniil Trifonov is playing his own version of this. It’s definitely a piece that’s on my list to learn at some point.…
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- 2 yrs ago
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Re: Week THREE: Birthday Week!
@Ching Lee Goh Great performance!
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- 2 yrs ago
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Re: Week THREE: Birthday Week!
@Vidhya Bashyam What an amazing piece and lovely video. Thanks so much for sharing this!
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- 2 yrs ago
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Re: Week THREE: Birthday Week!
This is my recording of Elegie Op.3 no1 which I made a couple of years ago on my rather old but faithful digital piano. The keys rattled and the pedals worked intermittently so I finally traded it in…
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- 2 yrs ago
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Re: Week Two: Rachmaninoff's "Strawberry on the Keyboard"
@Alice Lin That’s lovely playing. You capture the mood of this piece so well. 🤗
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- 2 yrs ago
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Re: Week Two: Rachmaninoff's "Strawberry on the Keyboard"
Tonight I was lucky enough to attend an all Rachmaninoff recital by Nikolai Lugansky. It was fabulous!! I’ve never seen such incredible piano playing. Here he is playing the Etude know as “ The…
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- 2 yrs ago
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Re: Week Two: Rachmaninoff's "Strawberry on the Keyboard"
@Vidhya Bashyam Really lovely. It reminds me of jazz and sounds quite improvisatory.
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- 2 yrs ago
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Re: Week 1: Let's start Rach-ing!
Here is the picture of a young Rachmaninoff in the front of my music book looking quite modern and dapper! I think I must have bought this old book in a charity shop.…
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- 2 yrs ago
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Re: Read Me and FAQ
@Natale Farrell I’m sure there is room for more than one! Please play it too. It would be great to compare notes.
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- 2 yrs ago
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Re: Read Me and FAQ
I learned the Elegie Op3 no1 during lockdown. I might try and resurrect it for this challenge. I think it was my first ever Rachmaninoff piece.
- Hazel
- 3 yrs ago
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Re: TWI Sign Up for "Time-Intensive”: Beyond the Metronome with Johnandrew Slominski
Sue, I think it is too late to sign up however, if you go to the menu on the right of the page and under 2 week intensives there is a link called public spaces.…
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- 3 yrs ago
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- General Information and Sign-Up!
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Re: Week THREE: Share your love! (Watch Party is next week!)
@Vidhya Bashyam Lovely performance!
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- 3 yrs ago
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- "Music YOU Love" Community Challenge!
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Re: Week THREE: Share your love! (Watch Party is next week!)
@Derek McConville That’s really great. Lovely sensitive playing!
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- 3 yrs ago
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Re: Week THREE: Share your love! (Watch Party is next week!)
@Brett Miller Really like this. Great playing!
- Hazel
- 3 yrs ago
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Re: Week THREE: Share your love! (Watch Party is next week!)
@Juan Carlos Olite A very impressive performance! Congratulations.
- Hazel
- 3 yrs ago
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Re: Week THREE: Share your love! (Watch Party is next week!)
@Andrea Buckland Lovely Bach playing.
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- 3 yrs ago
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Re: Week THREE: Share your love! (Watch Party is next week!)
@Sindre Skarelven Lovely serene performance. I played this piece recently too and it’s really tricky to learn. You make me want to practise it again. One of my favourite nocturnes.
- Hazel
- 3 yrs ago
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