Tonebase Bach Stage

Ursina Boehm Excellent job, and your piano is beautiful! Which model is it? 

Ursina Boehm Also, András Schiff is generally my reference for Bach. By the way, I made a list of my favorite pianist and composer combinations, for that purpose. If anyone would find it helpful, I can post it.  

It’s a Bösendorfer 214 🤩

Maria 

Peter Golemme thank you so much for your kind words. It was also on my bucket list since many years. And last September I decided to finally go for it.  I always find it difficult to learn a piece by Bach. In this Toccata, Bach uses the sigh motif in the opening and in the fugue. However the character of the opening and ending section are so different from the fugue that it is a real challenge to achieve unity. At least for me. 

Juan Carlos Olite thank you so much for your advice. Yes, I will definitely continue working on this piece. I want to learn the whole Partita and then play it in a concert. This is going to take me quite a long time. But I am dedicated to go for it 😀

Ursina Boehm 

Ursina Boehm said:
It’s a Bösendorfer 214 🤩

 That is what I was going to guess! Are you playing a historic piano in your profile picture?

Maria yes, that was at a piano store in Paris. They had just finished an old Pleyel. So beautiful 🤩. It felt like silk and cashmere when playing it 🥰

Ursina Boehm That is incredible! When was it made? I want to play a historic Pleyel some time! Also, out of curiosity, which piano brand/which piano that you have played is your second favorite? 

Maria I don’t remember. I guess it was early 20th century. Personally, I am a huge Bösendorfer fan. I think all the big brands like Steinway, Fazioli, Bechstein, Kawai and Yamaha are producing excellent grand pianos in the top range. At the end, if you have the chance to handpick your instrument, the brand is not the important thing, it is more about what kind of sound and character in tone you as a pianist are looking for. 

Ursina Boehm I agree with you. Have you ever played a Seiler? 

Ursina Boehm What a piano! That’s a dream right there. 

If only I could own a Bosie, sigh. Maybe I can talk my wife into a grand, at the least. A piano makes a house a home.

There is a Robert Frost poem entitled “The Investment” that is about the purchase of a piano.

https://allpoetry.com/poem/14326554-The-Investment-by-Robert-Frost

Nice playing!