March Community Concert!
🎹 March Community Concert
It’s time for our March Community Concert!
Here is the program order!
LIVE PERFORMANCES
- Yihan — Chopin: Waltz in Ab major, Op. 34 No. 1 & Waltz in Ab major, Op. 42
- Priya Viseskul — Schubert: Impromptu Op. 142 No. 4
- Rebecca Lam — J.S. Bach: WTC Book 2 — Prelude & Fugue in G Major
- Peter Golemme — J.S. Bach: WTC Book 1 — Prelude & Fugue in F# minor
- Chuck Levin — Beethoven: Sonata Op. 81a "Les Adieux" — Movements II & III
- Derek McConville — Scarlatti: Sonata in D Major, K. 491
- Sindre Skarelven — Chopin: Nocturne Op. 27 No. 2
RECORDINGS
- Thurmond R — Fauré: Nocturne No. 4 in Eb major, Op. 36
- Alexander Weymann — Prokofiev: Sonata No. 6, Op. 82 — III. Tempo di valzer lentissimo
- Noel Nguyen — Liszt: Etude Transcendantale No. 1
- Sophia — J.S. Bach: WTC Fugue in C minor & Chopin: Etude Op. 25 No. 2
*** NOTE! if I forgot or missed you in the program above, please just let me know and you can definitely play! ***
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Choose something you’ve been working on — a piece you’re polishing, revisiting, or finally ready to share. All styles and levels are welcome.
How to participate:
• Reply below with the piece you’ll be playing
• Share a recording, or let us know if you’d like to play live
Recordings will be shared as time allows. Thank you, as always, for the care you bring to your playing and to this community.
Looking forward to hearing what you’ve been up to at the piano.
General information and Guidelines below!
Reply to this topic with your name and repertoire selection if you would like to perform! If you don't know what you want to play yet, you can always just let us know your intent!
ABOUT TONEBASE COMMUNITY CONCERTS:
These events are NOT live-streamed OR recorded, but are private zoom meetings where tonebase members can share their hard work and perform for each other!
These concerts can be played LIVE, or if you can't attend, you can submit a recording!
This is a GENEROUS and SUPPORTIVE space.
Performing is one of the best ways to push yourself, and really evaluate the work/progress you have made!
Repertoire is open to any piece!
Memorization is NOT required.
You can play select movements, or even sections of pieces! No need to perform a complete work!
Playing the piano is fun, but sharing your music with others is one of life's great joys. Join in on the fun and cheer each other on!
FOR OPTIMIZING YOUR ZOOM SETTINGS PLEASE SEE THE SHORT VIDEOS BELOW!
Because we use zoom for these concerts, it is important to have the best audio and visual settings available!
Check out these videos depending on the device you are using!
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FOR IPAD/IPHONE/PHONES
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Switcheroo alert!
I previously said I'd record Etude Transcendental no.2. Well I'm afraid it'll be no.1 instead! Because I ate too much KFC and we are what we eat. In addition, for no.2 I'd rather wait for Dominic's advice in his upcoming podcast on difficult passages, which is just two days before the March concert. I'm sure the podcast will be eye-opening for me, and THEN I can apply his advice, practice it and submit it for the Liszt challenge this summer. Promised!
Edit: here's the link, which will be available on the day of the concert:
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Oh please, don't expect too much ok? I just wanted to simulate a live participation as much as I could! The piece was barely ready to record!
In the past I used to wait until I was maximally ready before recording, nowadays I start to record as soon as I'm minimally ready. I find this to be therapeutic because recording used to make me overly anxious. Recording early in the process has many advantages, but the first attempts are far from satisfactory. Case in point, I showed this recording to two pianist friends. The first took a full day before giving me a tepid "It's good.". The other one flat out said she didn't like it, saying, and I quote, "It's horrendous. I only like it when you play slow pieces, which you almost never do. You always play pieces where there's a gazillion notes swimming around frantically all over the place like spermatozoids"! That's what she said! So, you have been warned😅.
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Hello Everyone :-) I’m the first time here.
Sophia would like to participate. Maybe as recording.
1. Bach WTC Fugue c-minor2. Chopin Etude op.25/2
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Well now the concert is tomorrow, so I'd say it's time to COMMIT.
I'll play the F# minor Prelude and Fugue from Book 1 of the WTC (or just one of them if both is deemed too many pieces.) It's not as flashy as some of the others on the tentative list I posted below, but it's the most ready. I already have a moderately acceptable recording of it, which I was planning to post on our Bach thread, but I'm going to try playing it live. These concerts are a great and safe place to practice live performance.
Hopefully it won't collapse into a rubble, but if it does, all I can say is "don't shoot me, I'm only the piano player".
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Friends, I expect a big workday tomorrow so I'm afraid I'll miss most of the recital, perhaps even my recording, if it's played (but then again my recording is a super short piece as you'll see, just an introduction so to speak).
Either way, have a great, memorable recital, and I truly hope to make it for the next one!
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So sorry - just seeing this now. I became sick with the flu and have been in bed the last couple of days. I have to bow out for this time.