Week Three: Record your Tchaikovsky!
Hello and welcome to the WEEK THREE Main Thread for this challenge! 
Alright everyone - this is the thread where we'll all be posting our daily updates.
Make sure you've read the rules before replying (<- click)
Twice a week between May 1st - 7th I hope to be reading your daily updates in this very thread right here!
Here is this week's assignment!
1. Submit a practice video or recording of your piece!
We are gearing up for a Tchaikovsky Celebratory Watch party on his Birthday May 7th at 9am Pacific TIME, so make sure to post your video so it can be shared!
Please note this different start time (9am PT!)
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I have found many difficulties in this beautiful piece: phrasing, accurate sound, middle section with the tempo variation... But, there's no much time to practice for the challenge. So, here is the video:
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Juan Carlos Olite Beautiful playing!
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Juan Carlos Olite Very beautiful! Thank you.
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Juan Carlos Olite One of my favorite Tchaikovsky pieces. Your interpretation is great too. Thank you for sharing!
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Juan Carlos Olite very beautiful, indeed! You really got the June dance party going in the middle section.
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Juan Carlos Olite I love how the phrasing has a gentle urgency, at times, but then you pull back and stretch it other times! Very nice, Juan Carlos, so beautifully played!
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Juan Carlos Olite Such lovely playing, Juan Carlos.
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Juan Carlos Olite that was amazing! Lush, lyrical sound, lovely phrasing, great legato. You really are doing the piece justice. Bravo!
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Vidhya Bashyam Jennifer Mehta AJ Natalie Peh Michelle R Alexander Weymann Jarkko Janhunen Thank you so much, you are very kind. Now, let's go together to the Spanish Music challenge
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Juan Carlos Olite Your playing was lovely. Warm and delightful. Thank you!
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I've recorded my wife, Kay Hanna, also playing Tchaikovsky"s "June" from the "The Seasons". She says she enjoyed reading through some of his less challenging repetoire and rediscovering some of the richness of his material before deciding to enjoy the celebration of "June".
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Randall Wayne Love this piece so much! Thank you!
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Randall Wayne Great playing as always! Thanks for sharing.
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Randall Wayne Nice job. Thank you!
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Randall Wayne nice playing, you bring out the melody elegantly, Kay!
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While Kay felt more connected to the piece when playing the above take, we decided that it suffered some from having been recorded to the cloud rather than to my laptop, and we got another take that ultimately was smoother for her final version. So I'm posting that second take here below. Thanks to everyone who has already commented on the first version!
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Randall Wayne I like this take better as well! Great job!
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Randall Wayne Beautiful playing, Kay! And it sounds great.
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Randall Wayne Lovely playing of this lovely piece!
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Posting an excerpt of my practice from Tchaikovsky鈥檚 Romance in F Minor. It was composed in 1868 and dedicated to soprano D茅sir茅e Art么t. I underestimated the length/complexity of the piece and overestimated how much practice time I had. It鈥檚 a beautiful piece and I look forward to spending many more hours with it.
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Vidhya Bashyam THis is beautiful & beautifully played. I have never heard this one either. I need to explore much more of Tchaikovsky鈥檚 music.
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Jennifer Mehta Thanks Jennifer! There certainly are a lot of beautiful Tchaikovsky piano works.
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Vidhya Bashyam I鈥檓 glad you took the time to learn the piece and share with us here. Love that you make the melody sing quietly and contemplatively!
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Natalie Peh Thanks Natalie! Now I need to get the remaining 2/3rds of the piece performance ready
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Vidhya Bashyam yes, please play for us again later! :)
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Vidhya Bashyam This is so beautifully played, Vidhya. I always appreciate how you shape the lines, and the gentleness with which you play. Thank you for posting!
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