WEEK 1: Discovering Schubert Month
Dear Pianists,
Welcome welcome! It's always a highlight for me to hear your playing and get to celebrate in your achievements with you. This is the thread where we'll all be posting our biweekly updates.
Make sure you've read the rules before replying!
Twice a week between February 1st and February 22nd, I hope to be reading your daily updates in this very thread right here!
Please use the following format when commenting (feel free to copy & paste!):
- Piece you are working on:
- One passage you are satisfied with:
- One passage you are not yet satisfied with:
- (Optional): a video of you performing any or all of the piece you've been practicing!
Feel free to make these updates as short or long as you wish!
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Ah Schubert! Op. 90, No. 1. It feels like a lot of water has gone under the bridge since I started learning this - and then stopped - shortly before the pandemic began. It’s so nice to get back to it. I worked on the first two pages mostly.
what I’m not happy with: I meant to hold the first chord longer. I meant to be quieter at measure 40, 41.what I am happy with: so happy to be back to this piece. That’s what comes to mind.
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Susan Rogers This is a very good performance! It is a great piece, too, quintessentially Schubert with lots of depth and beauty.
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Susan Rogers Very good played, Susan! I like the character and expressiveness you show in this music.
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I recorded this 1st thing in the morning, just to convince myself I could do better than the ‘performance’ I gave at a dinner party the night before. Nerves made me lose focus and I tripped a few times. After obsessing over Gretchen am Spinnrade for more than a month, I think with this video I’m happy to put it to rest and come back another time to improve especially on the final section.
if I may be permitted, I’d to switch to bringing back Schubert’s Impromptu no 4 A flat major from Wk 2 of challenge.
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Ching Lee Goh wow. Sounds great!
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Ching Lee Goh that is a really beautiful piece that I was not familiar with. Thank you for sharing your video! I enjoyed your performance.
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Susan Rogers Thank you! Liszt has many more lovely transcriptions, they are hidden gems to be discovered !
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Vidhya Bashyam The pedal is great help in masking problem areas…;)
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Ching Lee Goh you did great. I pulled my old score back out and was reminded again of the challenges of this piece. Thanks for submitting it for a masterclass.
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Ching Lee Goh I didn't know that Liszt transcribed 'Gretchen'. Thanks for the insight! So many lovely harmonies.
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So there it is. Schubert A-minor Sonate, 1. Movement Exposition after three days of practice. I really need to memorize it to get a chance to find these chords on time. There are many wrong notes in here and I should practice with metronome. But otherwise... (Please imagine a sweating and laughing emoticon here)
