An invitation for the pianists of WTF
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Got a copy of Chopin's Wiosna. Started it, only to learn that I am worse than ever. Have not played in too many years and not getting any younger, but I am enjoying it. Bob isn't.
I don't like it very much. Will see. -
I've taken a quick look at this piece. To me, the big challenge is it's repetitiveness, but the deeper one digs, the more one finds. Isn't that always the case?
Chopin ends a number of his minor pieces with a major chord. In the case of Wiosna, it can be understood by reading the lyrics of the song (if you can find a decent translation!).
The lyrics from LeiderNet (translated far better than my browser's translate function which made a mish-mash of it):
Droplets of dew sparkle,
A spring whispers in the open field;
Hidden in heather,
Somewhere a heifer's bell rings.Pretty gentle open field
Picture views form happily,
All around, flowers release fragrance,
And bushes bloom.Graze and wander, my little herd,
I sit by a rock,
A sweet song that I like
I'll sing for myself.A pleasant quiet abandonded place!
Yet some regrets wander in my mind,
my heart mourns,
and a tear forms in my eye.The tear escapes my eye,
Within me sings a stream,
To me from above,
A skylark responds.His wings he spreads,
Barely visible to the eye,
Higher, higer...
Lost already among the clouds.Above prairies and fields he flies,
Still singing his song;
And the song from the ground
He takes up into the sky! -
Do people usually play it straight?
Hough effectively ignores 'a tempo', sings out a nice counter in bars 15 to 32.
And then his final 8 bars, love his interpretation...
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@ShiroKuro Yes, I still have my Weinbach grand at home, and still love it. I use it for choir practice, finding my notes. And occasionally try to play it. It also makes a perfect black/white balanced background for photographing yarn. Ha!
I sold my digital piano several years ago. Roland FP something or other. I like the way sound runs through me from my acoustic piano way better.
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@ShiroKuro Yes, I still have my Weinbach grand at home, and still love it. I use it for choir practice, finding my notes. And occasionally try to play it. It also makes a perfect black/white balanced background for photographing yarn. Ha!
I sold my digital piano several years ago. Roland FP something or other. I like the way sound runs through me from my acoustic piano way better.
@AdagioM said:
I sold my digital piano several years ago. Roland FP something or other. I like the way sound runs through me from my acoustic piano way better.Same!
When we moved from Japan back to the U.S., for a long time (7 years?) a digital was all I had (apartment life). After I finished grad school, I kept the digital even though I had two different uprights (not at the same time), both were kind of crummy, but I always played the acoustic pianos, even though they were not the greatest instruments.
But when I bought my grand, I finally sold the digital. I knew I would never play it.
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