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Re: An Autumnal Recital! Hi everyone - just waiting too - i assumed it was going ahead!
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Re: Week 4: Post your Progress! @Randall Wayne lovely playing by Kay as always. Very nice pieces and thanks for sharing.
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Re: Week 4: Post your Progress! @Alexander Weymann Bravo! Sounded wonderful and such detail in the harmonic texture of this piece, glad you were able to share the completed version :)
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Re: Week 4: Post your Progress! @Marc M that sounds very polished! Well done
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Re: Week 4: Post your Progress! @Sindre Skarelven bravo, wonderful rich sonority and really felt the emotion of this piece. Well done on memorizing for the challenge also!!
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Re: Week 4: Post your Progress! @Alberto very nice playing and great job on the ornaments
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- 1 yr ago
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Re: Week 4: Post your Progress! @Natalie Peh @Jennifer Mehta @Sindre Skarelven @Gail Starr @Michelle R @Juan Carlos Olite @Alexander Weymann @Vidhya Bashyam thank you for your kind words and comments.…
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Re: An Autumnal Recital! Hi Dominic, if there is space, I would like to play the Chopin Nocturne Op.55 in F minor! Thank you Derek
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Re: Week 4: Post your Progress! @Gail Starr Bravo. I loved this performance! Absolutely shimmering with harmonic details and you nailed the articulation. Really great choice and fantastic playing!!!
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Re: Week 4: Post your Progress! @Michelle R very elegant and stately playing, well done!
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- 1 yr ago
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Re: Week 4: Post your Progress! @Jennifer Mehta Well done on this performance. You brought out many impressionist colours in this piece:)
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- 1 yr ago
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Re: Week 4: Post your Progress! @Juan Carlos Olite Bravo! Loved your playing of this truly virtuoso piece. I have listened to it many times on different recordings and it always sounds fresh and dramatic.…
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- 1 yr ago
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Re: Week 4: Post your Progress! @Elizabeth really great playing of the Mozart! It sounded really polished. Bravo
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- 1 yr ago
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Re: Week 4: Post your Progress! @Priya Viseskul congratulations on a wonderful performance, you bring this piece to a great climax !
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- 1 yr ago
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Re: Week 4: Post your Progress! Hi everyone, Here is my final version of the Chopin Valse op.18. It's certainly progress compared to the start of this challenge but still a lot more polish required.…
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Re: Week 2: Status Update and one NEW improvement! @Kerstin that sounded very polished, bravo :)
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- 1 yr ago
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Re: Week 2: Status Update and one NEW improvement! @Sindre Skarelven beautiful playing and so well memorised! So much character in the piece.
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- 1 yr ago
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Re: Week 2: Status Update and one NEW improvement! @Gail Starr that sounds great - thanks for giving us an insight into your routine - amazing how it sounds in the end - so crisp! Even the practice drills bring out all the interesting details in this…
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Re: Week 2: Status Update and one NEW improvement! @Priya Viseskul that sounds amazing already. For me, that has to be one of the best passages of piano music ever written! I don't think you need to play much faster than that as there are so many…
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Re: Week 2: Status Update and one NEW improvement! Hi everyone, Thanks for all the comments from last week! I have pulled back the tempo a little bit and tried to focus on letting the left hand control the piece a little more.…
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- 1 yr ago
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Re: Week 1: Getting down to Business @Alexander Weymann that sounds very clear and well prepared. What a demanding piece! Looking forward to the next update!
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- 1 yr ago
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Re: Week 1: Getting down to Business @Kerstin that already sounds very nice - such rich tone and clear harmonies from that section!
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- 1 yr ago
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Re: Week 1: Getting down to Business @Juan Carlos Olite bravo with this choice - so dramatic! A fantastic challenge and look forward to hearing the updates!
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- 1 yr ago
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Re: Week 1: Getting down to Business Hi everyone, This is my Week 1 - progress update - the opening bars of the Valse - still just finding my feet in terms of tempo (and the notes) ... I find it tricky to stay in tempo with these ones…
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Re: Week 1: Getting down to Business @Gail Starr that's a great piece, all the etudes have some magic. Looking forward to hearing it!
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- 1 yr ago
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Derek McConville

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Work in financial services but passionate about music and piano. Started playing in my late teens and have reconnected with practice and learning new pieces since start of the pandemic in Mar 2020.