Week 4 – Play Through & Share
Welcome to Week 4 of the Romantic Music Challenge.
This week is about letting go of the microscope and trusting the arc you’ve built. You’ve worked through notes, texture, and character. Now it’s time to experience the piece as a whole.
This week, your goal is to play through your piece—or your chosen section—as a complete musical thought.
Practice Prompts
Choose one or two and explore:
- Play through without stopping, even if something goes wrong
- Decide where the emotional high point of the piece lives
- Notice where your attention drifts, and gently bring it back to the narrative
- Imagine you’re performing for one specific listener
Sharing for This Week
When you’re ready, share a recording of your full piece or selected section. Audio or video is welcome.
We’ll begin compiling submissions for our Romantic Watch Party on February 13, where we’ll listen together and celebrate everyone’s work.
Press record, play it through, and let it be what it is!
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To A Water Lily by Edward MacDowell. complete with wrong notes!
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Here is my video of Variation 18 from Rachmaninoff's Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini. I think Michael Voleridge's transcription is truly wonderful and, without the orchestra, allows us to experience something of the variation's deep Romantic feeling, with its memorable melodic moment that completely captivates us, leaving us defenseless... Anyway, it has been a pleasure to take part in this challenge and, as always, thank you so much, Dominic, for organizing it.
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R Schumann Melody. Progress made. thanks for a productive challenge.
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Hi, here's my recording of Liszt Consolation nr 3. (A magical tune when played well 🙂.)