<![CDATA[An invitation for the pianists of WTF]]>Some of you may remember that there’s a “newish” (maybe two+ years old now?) piano forum that some former PW folks made after PW was sold. It’s called Piano Tell. They do online recitals, similar to PW, but one of the recitals at PT is a little different. It’s called “Play It Your Way,” and everyone plays the same piece, potentially in different arrangements, and then uploads a video or audio and the recordings all get posted at the same time. I sometimes participate in the PIYW recitals, depending on what the piece is.

For the next PIYW recital, to be posted on July 15th, the piece everyone will play is Chopin’s Wiosna. There are two arrangements (possibly more), the original version is the easy one, and the other is a Liszt (and/or Godowsky?) arrangement, which is (not surprisingly) harder. I will be doing the easy one!

Here are videos and links to score:

The original version (grade 3)

Link to video

Score: https://imslp.org/wiki/Andantino,_B.117_%2528Chopin,_Frédéric%2529

The Liszt versions (grade 6)

Link to video

The score: https://imslp.org/wiki/6_Polish_Songs,_S.480_(Liszt,_Franz)

(Remember that for both of those scores, you can obtain them for free through those links, up just have to click through.)

Here’s the link to the PIYW thread:
https://forum.pianotell.com/d/2404-play-chopins-wiosna-spring-your-way-piyw-9-july-2026

Attn @chas @bernard @big_al @jodi @axtremus
@kluurs @mark @jon-nyc
(And anyone else here who is actively playing)

Would any of you be interested in participating? The deadline to submit is July 15, if you’re interested and have questions, please ask me! 🙂

]]>https://wtf.coffee-room.com/topic/3647/an-invitation-for-the-pianists-of-wtfRSS for NodeSun, 24 May 2026 14:40:11 GMTSun, 24 May 2026 12:35:46 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to An invitation for the pianists of WTF on Sun, 24 May 2026 13:59:16 GMT]]>I have joined pianotell.com. I like it. Will be traveling the last half of June so I will not be taking part in the Wiosna PIYW.

]]>https://wtf.coffee-room.com/post/25319https://wtf.coffee-room.com/post/25319Sun, 24 May 2026 13:59:16 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to An invitation for the pianists of WTF on Sun, 24 May 2026 13:42:16 GMT]]>Looks like a piece even I could learn...

I've played the prelude in C from WTC my whole tuning career - well enough apparently for clients to ask if I play anywhere? That and a few snippets from other pieces are my "check the tuning" at the end of an appointment. When asked, I joke that "you've heard everything I know!" While I have plenty of musical training in bassoon and voice, my piano skills are limited.

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