Judy Kuan That was absolutely beautiful. Such serenity, such sensitivity, and so much feeling in every phrase. You made The Lark sing.

Judy Kuan  Beautiful playing! It really sounds like a russian folk song, which I believe is how it's supposed to sound, so brava!

Judy Kuan this is so gorgeous and you played it so delicately beautiful - thank you for sharing it with us ❤️

rebecca LAM Thank you! It definitely helped playing it for our informal zoom group - only had to restart a gazillion times instead of five gazillion times ;) Hope your "airport piece" went well today!

Noel Nguyen Thank you, yes! Although when I played it for my Russian friend (who does not listen to much classical I think), he was not familiar with the tune 🤷‍♀️

Priya Viseskul Thank you! I wish I could have heard your Mozart - going to check your YouTube to see if I can find it there ;)

Judy Kuan I haven't done any recordings for a while now - though this should be a good addition so stay tuned :)

Judy Kuan Well done Judy! I loved watching you play this! 

Judy Kuan Absoutely fantastic! playing. As a beginner I have so many questions on how you have reached this level of playing.. :-). As a listener the balance between the sound production of the left hand and right hand melody is superb. The runs look professional .. how long will it take to reach this level .. many years .. sigh !.. :-) 

Peter William After wrestling with this piece for almost a year, you have no idea how much I appreciate your comment! You also opened up a can of introspective worms, too many to dissect here but feel free to message me if you'd like to chat more :)

Noel Nguyen Hi Noel, I don't see it as like the third dessert, but rather the suspenseful denouement of our show, as we breathlessly watch our intrepid hero (one of many heros on today's show), as he takes on this this impossible shape-shifting music with total disregard for his own personal safety, and, like Hercules with Achelous, wrestles it into submission.  OK, well, if not submission then perhaps at least to a draw, ending in a grudging acknowledgement of mutual respect between the combatants. 

Peter Golemme  Haha thanks. One thing's for sure, there's no way my playing is as good as your writing.

Peter Golemme Peter, voluntarily offering my own defenestration is asking a lot of myself, perhaps?  ;-)

Given this reality, I am closer than ever to living on the edge like there is no tomorrow.  I just need to figure out the recording process.

I'm looking forward to hearing your Rachmaninoff as well as everyone else playing here today.

Doug Go for it Doug! self-defenestration is not strictly speaking a requirement, simply an option. 

And I would say don't sweat the recording!  Many of us on these threads (won't mention any names but we know who we are!) are inveterate obsessive perfectionists who seem to believe that studio-quality recordings are an absolute must, and who consume countless hours fiddling with knobs and settingss and mic placements and equalization, with negligble improvements to show for it, whilst others cheerfully upload recordings made on their iPhones or iPads which serve the purpose quite admirably. 

springgrass of course!

Priya Viseskul Thanks🙏. His friend just came back from China and they wanted to go out for pingpong!  Still a kid afterall 😅

Aarav Wonderful expressiveness and direction, and clever note redistribution for the melody too!

Judy Kuan Yes, I noticed this as well. Very secure playing Aarav with some notable sensitivity to voicing.