Winter Light
Composer is Zbigniew Preisner, from the Movie Secret Garden made in the 1980’s …there was quite a few good piano pieces in this movie.
I’ve played this piece in the past recitals…think of it as a rerun. 🙂
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E-CITAL 60 11 15 2020 BWV 0514
Beginner’s piece and keeping it simple!….. following a year trend.[maybe a– “have to?] I’ll test myself soon.
Ecital 59 8.14.2020
Love Theme from Titanic by James Horner.
“Love Theme from Titanic” by James Horner.
Note: I had to redo the video to pass YT copywrite; even though it’s not monetized.
I actually thought this circumstance of use was “fair use”, using a small amount- although it did lend more a “borrowed” creative skill to the video. {Might be called cheating , but not video plagiarism}. Anyway, I redid the video …the last one passed (I think) it is here below .
I had some fun with the video aspect of this and I’m satisfied, [ but not perfectly] with this easy version.
I also added flute music to the to the Irish chant at the beginning of the video clip .
I used a “midi” piccolo; but played it on a piano along with her voice in the movie (that didn’t quite match in parts – then ported it through a midi instrument vst.
So, hmmmm- mistakes……. Hope you like the novelty .
Watch the video if you can because it has the chant along with added clips from the movie. I used Shotcut which is freeware for the video.
Also uploaded the score to muse score if you ‘d like to play this beginner version. [Haven’t been able to do this]
Ecital 58 5/14/2020
A simpler rendition of Paul Simon’s “The Sound Of Silence”, played on a PX 100 thru a VST Ivory Synth.
This is my “8 th and to the month” year of participating in the recitals .
For quite a time- over the last 2 years- I wasn’t trying very hard, for numerous reasons, but a big one I realize now was the my amplifier needed cleaned with electronic circuit cleaner, which improves the nuance of piano touch and sound.
That change is motivation to practice. Now I got to learn the nuances of asio with my older laptop.
Anyway I didn’t play repeats and appreciate any comment. good or bad.
Lately I’ve been catching up on free education courses, but firefox/ mozilla, headlined a poem in it’s start page ”
.”Do not go gently into that good night”… which is a poem , and open to interpretation .
I thought to mention it because I feel it is an affirmation of life , no matter what life we choose to live.
More info:
Scholar….
“Do not go gentle into that good night” by Dylan Thomas
Do not go gentle into that good night,
Old age should burn and rave at close of day;
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
Though wise men at their end know dark is right,
Because their words had forked no lightning they
Do not go gentle into that good night.
Good men, the last wave by, crying how bright
Their frail deeds might have danced in a green bay,
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
Wild men who caught and sang the sun in flight,
And learn, too late, they grieved it on its way,
Do not go gentle into that good night.
Grave men, near death, who see with blinding sight
Blind eyes could blaze like meteors and be gay,
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
And you, my father, there on the sad height,
Curse, bless, me now with your fierce tears, I pray.
Do not go gentle into that good night.
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
My interpretation is:
The inevitable finality of death affirms every moment one person has in life to live.
This so even when one is dying because it is possible one can hope for more time-even then… in the wave of an obvious decline and death.
But, the poem also states “wise men know dark is right”.
And “Curse, Bless me now with your fierce tears”…
Affirming the son still has time [to live] .
Inferring that death is a natural and seemingly right end to the phenomena of an [or whatever ending …etc] life. I don’t think it is an affirmation to create regrets [in a person,] but love each moment as it is for it’s existent being.
I guess by contrast there would be Icarus which this passage could be referring to ;
“Wild men who caught and sang the sun in flight,
And learn, too late, they grieved it on its way,
Do not go gentle into that good night.
Grave men, near death, who see with blinding sight
Blind eyes could blaze like meteors and be gay,
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.”
So …”be careful” along the road and flight of life, too… could be inferred …..
E-cital 56. November 15th 2019
Chopin Prelude Op. 28 No 20 in C minor
From Wiki
“Often called the “Chord” prelude. Brief, with large slow quarter-note chords in the right hand predominating,
against quarter-note octaves in the left. It was originally
written in two sections of four measures, although Chopin later
added a repeat of the last four measures at a softer level, with
an expressive swell before the final cadence.”
Video
E-cital 52 11/14/2018
Recital 52
11/14/2018
Frederick
Chopin
Prelude
Op. 28, No. 4
…The Prelude Op. 28, No. 4 by
Frédéric Chopin is one of the 24 Chopin preludes.
By Chopin’s request, this piece was played at his own funeral,
along with Mozart’s Requiem.
Here is my rendition …thanks for the listen and reading
.
Although this may sound naive to the master of music and piano,
this beautiful piece is by far the hardest piece
I’ve attempted to play.
The reason I found this difficult was because of the necessary
pedaling [ soft and sustain] and the dynamics.
The soft pedal and sustain are essential to keep it from sounding
“muddy” and the dynamics are also hard to imitate from hearing.
The ebb and flow of the emotion it creates is dramatic and of a
grand , sad passage of life.
I did my best at this; and it took quite a while ,
maybe 30 recordings because of the subtle chord-note-
changes .
Still– the tempo was hard to maintain steadily, which
you’ll hear in this rendition.
I [in error] increased the tempo during the
piece.
But I am quite satisfied because this really was more of a
challenge than I imagined.
The satisfaction I’d assume comes from the fact that I tackled the difficulty that originally I’d thought would be an easy piece …the satisfaction is proportional.
The Video:
Ecital 51 -8.18.2018-
Same piece – recorded midi data thru pianoteq- Piano Only
Jules
Massenet-Elegy in E Minor
Young Massenet
The Élégie by Jules Massenet (1842-1912) was perhaps one of the most popular melodies in Europe of the fin desiècle, the last decades of the nineteenth century, often referred to as the Belle Epoque. Massenet originally composed Élégie in 1866 for a piano cycle titled Pièces de Genre, Op. 10 Nº 5. In 1872, he incorporated the piece into Les Erinnyes (The Furies), a play by Leconte de Lisle. The sorrowful melody for muted cello became a solo piece entitled Mélodie-Elégie and was arranged numerous times for many instruments and instrumental ensembles. At some point it was adapted to the lyrics ‘O doux printemps d’autrefois’ by Louis Gallet (1698?-1757).
E-cital 49 Classical Music- J. Haydn- Little Serenade
[n1] (/ˈhaɪdən/;
German: [ˈjoːzɛf ˈhaɪdən] (
listen);
31 March[n
2] 1732 – 31 May 1809) was an Austrian composer of the Classical period. He was
instrumental in the development of chamber music such as the piano trio[2] and his contributions to musical form have earned him the epithets “Father of the Symphony” and “Father of the String Quartet“.[3]
Haydn spent much of his career as a court musician for the
wealthy Esterházy family at their remote estate.
Until the later part of his life, this isolated him from other
composers and trends in music so that he was, as he put it,
“forced to become original”.[n
3] Yet his music circulated widely, and for much of
his career he was the most celebrated composer in Europe.
He was a friend and mentor of Mozart, a teacher of Beethoven, and the older brother of composer Michael Haydn.
E-cital 48 11.15.2017
ecital 48 11 14 2017
E-cital 48 11. 15 2017
1.Chopin Nocturne Op. 9 No. 1 in B flat minor.Shortened Version
2. Bach Choral BWV 514
-I gained a deeper respect for a seasoned Pianist when I tried this difficult piece.
I shortened the piece and slowed the tempo quite a bit,
hopefully keeping the “feel and spirit” .
Anyway I hope you like it,
Thanks for Listening!
Video ..
Chopin Nocturne Op. 9 No. 1Pg 1 |
Chopin Nocturne Op. 9 No. 1Pg 2 |
Chopin Nocturne Op. 9 No. 1Pg 3 |
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E-cital 44 November 15 2016
I didn’t play what I originally planned to play.
That piece was
Claire de Lune (Debussy) or
“The Minuet” by Paderweski. , A long, 7 page piece with cadenza’s
and somewhat technically skilled, that I thought would’ve
taken longer to hone.
But I’ll have to plan that for the future. The reason for not
getting it in is poor time management, night shift work and a few
important
projects that need completed , one which was finishing a faux piano
(the least important) compared to getting central heating, etc.
A pic is here.
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This room is a make-shift living room ,I did some of the artwork ,
but still needs more finishing to the piano. so…that’s that?
IF I get a chance to re-record I’ll do it with the
digital fitted in the faux piano shell. (Broke the faux harp I made
to fit.)
-If you have kids , it’s a great project to do together or if you
just want to do a faux piano yourself.
The pieces I choose to do instead are from USSM Piano study and are
composed what sounds as choral harmony.
Both are very solid sounding and harmonically beautiful.
They are
And the MP3
http://yourlisten.com/Piano_Primo_1/e-cital-44-nov-15-2016
Share Music – Embed Audio Files – http://yourlisten.com/embed.js?17612003
1. Amazing Grace
2. A Closer Walk with Thee. (arr by John Murphy)
I added strings as a second layer because it really adds the
fullness of a “choir” sound to the pieces, (chorale).
Hope you like them .
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