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Re: Week 2: Why did we ever stop improvising? And why we shouldn’t.
@George Ko I went on a sailing holiday a couple of weeks ago, which meant I had to catch up on work when I returned so the piano received very little piano attention before I went to a family…
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- 3 yrs ago
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- Improvising Classically with George Ko!
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Re: How to approach your repertoire in a fresh way! (like it was composed yesterday)
We’ve just arrived in Derbyshire (in the UK) for a family wedding tomorrow. We’re about to have dinner so the timing clashes with this session. Will catch up when we’re back home.…
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- 3 yrs ago
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Re: French Music Watch Party!
@Pauline Terrific performances from everyone. So well done!
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- 3 yrs ago
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Re: French Music Watch Party!
@Anthony Miyake Sorry I didn't hear your piece. I shall try to see you on catch-up.
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- 3 yrs ago
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Re: French Music Watch Party!
@Gail Starr I don't think we should stop playing and performing pieces that have an unfortunate background. Think of Wagner and anti-semiticism. It would be better to set the pieces in their context,…
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- 3 yrs ago
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Re: French Music Watch Party!
The topic led me to think of jazz and what I want to play from the jazz repertoire. That took me to Dave Brubeck, who I thought was of French origin, mistakenly. I was close. His father was Swiss.…
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- 3 yrs ago
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Re: French Music Watch Party!
I have done nothing on the French/Spanish theme. I went sailing for a week a couple of weeks ago and had a terrific time but I have had a problem with my lower back since!…
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- 3 yrs ago
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Re: What is your favorite recording from this past week?
@Denise We saw Mitsuko Uchida recently - Beethoven's 4th Piano Concerto. It was amazing how much she used the left pedal - even at the very beginning.
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- 3 yrs ago
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Re: What is your favorite recording from this past week?
@Anthony Miyake the accordions used in tango are usually bandoneóns. It is central to the small orchestras that played tango music originally.
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- 3 yrs ago
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Re: What is your favorite recording from this past week?
@Gail Starr There are lots of arrangements that are available on line - usually with the vocal lines included, of course, but sometimes for solo piano.…
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- 3 yrs ago
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Re: Tonebase Community Concert: April 2022
11 am PT is 7 pm BST. We are going out to dinner this Saturday so I won't be able to listen to the concert, which is so unfortunate. The programme looks wonderful.…
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- 3 yrs ago
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Re: What is your favorite recording from this past week?
OK enough - but Sondheim is our Mozart! Elaine Stritch [I'm still here!] and Patti Lupone [the Ladies Who Lunch] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Xz1TUgdG6A https://www.youtube.…
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- 3 yrs ago
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Re: What is your favorite recording from this past week?
Can't resist. Personal favourites Radu Lupu and Murray Perahia https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YGJcEbAcYk
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- 3 yrs ago
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Re: What is your favorite recording from this past week?
OK - a 5th entry! Argerich and Eduardo Delgardo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLAYqhxWiGk
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- 3 yrs ago
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Re: What is your favorite recording from this past week?
4th piece the Schubert 4-hander - the Fantasy in F minor. I will catch up on TB at the weekend. The session on this was too late for me [to be awake!] Again, I want to know how to pedal this! https:…
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- 3 yrs ago
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Re: What is your favorite recording from this past week?
3rd piece - Martha Argerich. I was obsessed with two female artists in the 1960's: Nina Simone and Martha Argerich! Chopin's 1st Piano Concerto. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUTFVNAa2_E&t=860s
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- 3 yrs ago
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Re: What is your favorite recording from this past week?
2nd piece - Alfred Brendel's - the Wanderer Fantasy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAnhIV8wzw0&t=36s
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- 3 yrs ago
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Re: What is your favorite recording from this past week?
This is first of four piano pieces that draw me back continually! I have both the Liszt and Schubert Standchens and I switch between the two when attempting to get the music off the page!…
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- 3 yrs ago
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Re: Fingering help for Standchen (Schubert/Liszt)
@Vidhya Bashyam Thank you from me too. One of my weekend pleasures is to alternate bewteen the Schubert lied accompaniment in C minor, most of which is playable for me,…
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- 3 yrs ago
- General Discussion
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Re: WEEK 3 Practice Updates, and a harmony micro-challenge: Cadences
I'm really looking forward to hearing the performances later today in the Bach Watch Party. This has been a very useful month. It has crytalised a more structured approach for me when playing Bach…
- Roy_JamesPike
- 3 yrs ago
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- Bach in March
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Re: Interactive Masterclass with Hilda Huang
I keep switching between the chat and here but no update from TB
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- 3 yrs ago
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Re: Interactive Masterclass with Hilda Huang
@Thurmond R I live in a Tudor [Henry VIII] village in Essex in the UK. We have no buses, no street lighting, no gas, and no CCTV. We have electricity and super-fast Broadband because it does not…
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- 3 yrs ago
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Re: Interactive Masterclass with Hilda Huang
@Raymond Gornik we're all waiting for a new Zoom link to be posted here
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- 3 yrs ago
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Re: Interactive Masterclass with Hilda Huang
@Thurmond R Yes, indeed. I think there's always a problem linking up Hilda in New York with Los Angeles and then sending it out worldwide, but it is amazing how this has become at all possible in…
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- 3 yrs ago
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Re: Interactive Masterclass with Hilda Huang
@Jeff We're waiting for a new link to be posted. Not sure whether it is here or in the live chat to the stream
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- 3 yrs ago
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