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Re: Week 4: Final Submissions! @Alexander Weymann Thanks so much! I’m glad you picked up on those details. It’s still a long way to go of course, but I love the storytelling with this ballad (and the others).
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Re: Week 4: Final Submissions! @Richard Littlewood @Alexander Weymann Yes, I remember there was a Mini Challenge on some of Brahms forgotten pieces, including this one. I didn’t take part myself, but I noticed it.…
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Re: Week 4: Final Submissions! @Vidhya Bashyam @Heng-Pin Chen @Andrea LeVan @Marc M Thanks so much for your nice comments!
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Re: Week 4: Final Submissions! @Vidhya Bashyam That was so beautiful! Calm and soothing, I felt like floating on air and just let the world pass by. Well done!
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Re: Week 4: Final Submissions! @Andrea LeVan Well done, Andrea! This piece is quite complicated with all its inner voices, and not so usual chords, and you have come a long way this month! It is a beauty worth polishing.
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Re: Week 4: Final Submissions! @Alexander Weymann Beautiful playing, Alexander! Your phrasing, bringing out melodies, and overall structure of the piece, is so well done. Congratulations on a great accomplishment along side…
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Re: Week 4: Final Submissions! @maijahildur Beautiful playing! I really love those transitions in this piece, it’s like everything is slowing down on a deeper spectrum.
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Re: Week 4: Final Submissions! @Angela Fogg @Richard Littlewood @Judy Kuan @Andrea Buckland @Jack vreeland @Michelle R @Priya Viseskul @Juan Carlos Olite Thanks everyone for your kind comments!…
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Re: Week 4: Final Submissions! @Priya Viseskul Bravo, Priya! I love it, and I think your playing is spot on! Great tempo, articulations, nice contrasting sections. You caught the mood of that middle section so well! Well done!
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Re: Week 4: Final Submissions! @Juan Carlos Olite Bravo, Juan Carlos! That felt so deep. All the emotions, the yearning, the desperation, the resignation. I like to think there’s some hope to in this beautiful melody,…
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Re: Week 4: Final Submissions! Here's my final performance for the challenge. Thanks to everyone for the journey we've had together learning new pieces :) Now I need to but this one aside for a bit,…
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Re: Week 4: Final Submissions! @Michelle R Very pleasant and well phrased playing, Michelle! I'm glad you challenged yourself to play them back to back. Congratulations on this accomplishment.
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Re: Week 4: Final Submissions! @Aaron Sounds great, Aaron!
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Re: Week 4: Final Submissions! @Richard Littlewood Beautiful playing, Richard!
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Re: Week 4: Final Submissions! @Heng-Pin Chen Bravo, Heng-Pin! All pieces sounds so great, and especially the first one is very moving to me. I think that your way of thinking about the music has been very rewarding.…
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Re: Week 4: Final Submissions! @Marc M Very beautiful playing, Marc! What a a gentle and peaceful piece this is. It will fit very nicely in the May concert if you so choose. (We will most certainly have a Watch party too,…
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Re: Week 4: Final Submissions! @Judy Kuan Bravo, Judy!! It sounds dramatic and beautiful, as it should. Great building of the energy threw out the piece. That middle section is such a lovely intersection between the drama of the…
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Re: Week 4: Final Submissions! @Jack vreeland Bravo Jack! This sounds beautiful and flows very nicely. I can see your dog is also enjoying the music :)
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Re: Week 4: Final Submissions! @Sedef CANKOCAK beautiful playing! I very much enjoyed your ornaments, and the whole piece felt very organic and well phrased.
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Re: Week 4: Final Submissions! @Dominic Cheli Bravo, Dominic! So awesome that you already got to perform it publicly, and post it for us! A very powerful performance, and some fantastic articulations.
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Re: Week 3: Progress Check! @Alexander Weymann This is beautiful in my ears, Alexander! Your work on the legato and fingering, is really well done. Looking forward to hear how you will transform this piece for the final…
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Re: Week 3: Progress Check! @Grace Well done, Grace! It flows better and better.
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Re: Week 3: Progress Check! @Priya Viseskul Thanks, Priya! Aiming for the complete run through video next week-end!
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Re: Week 3: Progress Check! @Vidhya Bashyam Thanks, Vidhya! Yes, definitely the most intricate part of the ballad!
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Re: Week 3: Progress Check! Goal for this week was to learn and memorize the last third of the ballad. So in this video I try to play threw it. Its really messy, but at least I have it somewhat memorized.
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Sort of an “all-round pianist”. I specialized in popular music and jazz in my education, but have focused mostly on classical in later years. I do some occasional arranging and composing.