Week 1: Taking your first steps!

Hello and welcome to the WEEK ONE Main Thread for this challenge! 馃ぉ

 

Alright everyone - this is the thread where we'll all be posting our daily updates.     

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Twice a week between May 22 - May 29 I hope to be reading your daily updates in this very thread right here!     

 

Here is this week's assignment!

 

1. Pick a Lyric Piece of Grieg to study and let us know!

Check here for suggested repertoire pieces

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    • Pianist, composer and piano teacher
    • Sindre_Skarelven
    • 2 yrs ago
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    I am doing the complete op 54 (Book V) for the challenge. Here are the first two pieces, Gjetergutt/Shepherd's Boy and Gangar/Norwegian March.  

      • Pianist, composer and piano teacher
      • Sindre_Skarelven
      • 2 yrs ago
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      Derek McConville Thank you so much, Derek! :)

    • Jennifer_Mehta
    • 2 yrs ago
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    @Sindre Skarelven, what beautiful pieces!  Each So different, and beautifully played.  Thank you.  And memorized also!

      • Pianist, composer and piano teacher
      • Sindre_Skarelven
      • 2 yrs ago
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      Jennifer Mehta Thank you so much! Yes, it鈥檚 fascinating how different all the pieces in this opus are from each other. A common thread would have to be nature and Grieg鈥檚 color pallets. 

    • Derek_McConville
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    Hi everyone, didn鈥檛 get as much time to prepare as I鈥檇 hoped but here are two pieces I like a lot: Melody and Elegie from Op.47. I think both are slightly melancholic and reflective but in quite different ways. 

      • Jennifer_Mehta
      • 2 yrs ago
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      Derek McConville Very beautiful and sensitive.  And as you say, reflective.  Great job emphasizing the melody, and overall.  Thank you.

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      • a_weymann
      • 2 yrs ago
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      Derek McConville beautiful pieces, both of them new to me; the Elegie is particularly fascinating with its aching, unresolved harmonies. I think you bring out the character of this music very well with your gentle, sensitive playing. 

      • vbashyam
      • 2 yrs ago
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      Derek McConville Very beautiful and sensitive playing! Great choice of pieces. 

      • Michelle_Russell
      • 2 yrs ago
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      Derek McConville Beautiful, sensitive playing, Derek. The first piece sounded like there were afterthoughts in the music - a statement would be made and then the music went, "Oh, and maybe I could say this, too..." It was interesting to hear that expressed in your playing/interpretation. I found the second piece intriguing, but couldn't quite grasp what I thought of it. I'll have to listen to it again, later. Thanks for sharing your wonderful playing.

      • Pianist, composer and piano teacher
      • Sindre_Skarelven
      • 2 yrs ago
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      Derek McConville This is so beautiful! That tension in the music, is so intriguing (and gorgeous).  

      • Amateur piano enthusiast
      • Marc_M
      • 2 yrs ago
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      Derek McConville I learned Melody some years ago--it's a great piece. A little tricky to manage the melody during the climax, with that awkwardly placed little trill. Sounding good overall! And the Elegie was refreshing. Thanks!

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      • Gail_Starr
      • 2 yrs ago
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      Derek McConville Gorgeous phrasing!  You do a great job of leading the listener through the cool interior voices and surprising cadences.  I love both of these gems.

    • Derek_McConville
    • 2 yrs ago
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    Alexander Weymann Gail Starr Jennifer Mehta Michelle R Vidhya Bashyam Sindre Skarelven thank you all so much for the kind feedback :)

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