Virtual Masterclass: Feat. Chopin and Grieg!
Join us for this virtual masterclass featuring Chopin's Etude op.10 no.7 in C major and the Cadenza from Grieg's Piano Concerto in A minor!
Bruno de Lorenzo
Sapphire Kettle
Find the start time in your time zone by clicking the photo or following this event link:
https://app.tonebase.co/piano/live/player/virtual-masterclass-8-piano
We are going to be using this thread to gather suggestions and questions!
- What questions do you have on this topic?
- Any particular area you would like me to focus on?
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JUNHAO - Bravo! Thank you for submitting your performance!
Your comments/insights that stood out to me
Constant sixteenth notes - Bach's and Chopin's music...The water/stream/river analogies...a current...flowing...rapids, calmer sections...Interesting!
Differences between simply playing "fast" and framing it (vivace) more as "lively" or "brisk" etude. Excellent!
"When something is alive...the timings are not always the same." True! Great point!
"Chopin keeping us on our toes"...with the way he has marked the score with the diminuendos...creacendos...two smaller ones at times or even spelling out "creac." which means to play louder. :D
"Leaning on the notes" rather than hitting them.
One can imagine that Chopin would not have liked his "hidden details" being overlooked by Liszt or others. Think of an author listening to a passage of their book being read, and noticing how the reader/narrator omits - perhaps - words italicized or in bold.
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Bravo, BRUNO! Thank you for submitting your performance!
"Climaxes...set up a little bit better not through my own ideas, but actually through the ideas that Grieg himself writes."
"Turning the dial up"...G evolves up to G sharp...I hear it!
Creating "suspense" for the audience is important...and not "giving them everything at once" because there are plenty of opportunities to give them the monumental passages that are like lightning strikes.
"G sharp heard all the way to the A"...yes, very lovely.
Alternating hands...very clever!
I agree that it is very pleasing to have mystery...and wonder...where are we going? Again, suspense.
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Great masterclass, I learned a lot from this! Thank you Bruno and Sapphire Kettle for wonderful playing, and Dominic for all your very valuable insights!
We are of course very fond of Grieg here in Norway, so listening to and discussing his music here on Tonebase is extra special to me.
