An invitation for the pianists of WTF
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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-2026Attn @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!
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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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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.
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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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@andyd I don’t have a favorite version, but the two videos linked above are where I started. I’m going to play the easier version just because I don’t want to spend too much time on it. I think the harder version would be doable for me, but I have a whole list of other pieces I’m trying to finish as well.
Also, the easier version is quite sweet and I think it’s a fine piece on its own. But I’d love to hear you play the Liszt version!
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No sellotape but I like the softer toned pianos and slightly faster tempo
Link to video Link to videoDont like the last arpeggio being differently major when it is left effectively minor by Chopin? But who am I to doubt either of the masters.
Sellotape...
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No sellotape but I like the softer toned pianos and slightly faster tempo
Link to video Link to videoDont like the last arpeggio being differently major when it is left effectively minor by Chopin? But who am I to doubt either of the masters.
Sellotape...
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It's been a fortnight and I've had a week away, just wondered who's practicing this?
I've run through it a dozen, maybe 15 times now, so it's coming along nicely.
First two pages learned, third page I'm still making mistakes.
That last chord involves shifting the torso left.Ventosa viri restabit
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It's been a fortnight and I've had a week away, just wondered who's practicing this?
I've run through it a dozen, maybe 15 times now, so it's coming along nicely.
First two pages learned, third page I'm still making mistakes.
That last chord involves shifting the torso left.@AndyD I'm glad to hear yours is coming along!
I have been half-heartedly playing the easier version, I plan to record it by the Piano Tell deadline (July 15 I think) and since that's a ways out yet, I've been focusing on other goals.
I don't know if anyone else here is playing it, but several people are working on it at Piano Tell.
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I’ve played that first version before, a long time ago. I haven’t really played the piano in a decade, maybe?
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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!
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