John O’Conor Teaches You Character And Technique In Haydn’s C Major Sonata, Hob.XVI:50 

Thank you John O'Conor, for this delightful rendition of Haydn's Sonata in C Major. It was full of character. This tutorial did what it said on the tin. A very competent pianist kind regards Worrell Robinson.

i seriously love the dialogue he puts to call and response

It’s the earlier composers Mozart Haydn early Beethoven. Those are the toughest composers to play well because everything is exposed and every note and it’s expression and articulation has a meaning. This guy is brilliant

Such an amazing pianist. Beautiful description and presentation.

I must admit, I love Haydn more than Mozart. Thanks for the lesson, John O'Connor. Shows me how fascinating Haydn's composition is.

What a fantastic teacher

Fabulous lesson 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 👏🏼. I loved it!! Thank you very much!

I also studied classical piano in Dublin, although not with John. I do remember seeing him at some of the piano competitions I was in, though (within the Feis Ceoil). This would have been in the mid to late 90s. At the time I was studying with Mabel Swainson, who was also a legendary Irish piano teacher. Watching this reminds me very much of Mabel's teaching. The pure joy for the music, the characterful ways in which to interpret the music, the desire to be faithful (and knowledgeable) to the composer, and the completely engaging style which made many an hour feel as if it were but only a minute. I wish Mabel had lived long enough to leave some of these online masterclasses behind. She was one in a million. You can catch some of her thoughts about the piano in this Irish TV programme aired in the 90s (John also appears in it too!) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-rOXmjvWA7gM.html

I learned much from listening to this - you cannot ask for any more. (Check-out the full version). Many thanks, an outstanding lesson.

How fabulous he ist!👏

Thank you ; absolutely beautiful 🙏😊🎶explained

Fabulous!

¡Genial! Si esta maravillosa clase no ayuda a los pianistas a tocar Haydn con sentido, nada podrá. ¡Muchas gracias!

Superb presentation!

Beautiful and fun.

Love this! Thank you

brava for everything really. outstanding

Effin’ loved that!

Really impressed! Thank you so much! Share an other movement.(2, 3rd mov.) plz.

I had teachers like this: there is no difference in his (their) demonstrations. It for him (and my teachers) sounded like their lives only had” sound” for meaning.

First comment !! And amazing technique insight

Yay. I heard John O'Conor play at the University of Illinois along with pianist and piano professor there, Ian Hobson. I loved it. There was a difference between these two Brits! John played with a lot of passion and personality, while Ian much less so. But together they were outstanding.

Great! 😀👍♥️

I hope that there will be a tutorial talking about the Eb major sonata, it’s really hard.

Delightful. If I am not mistaken, the term "wrist" was used more than once...))))

Haaa!!! I got a lesson from John O'Conor himself. I was terrified.

A very insightful video! What do folk think about the accompaniment in eg bars 10-14. Do we attempt to play full length quavers or is the standard performance practice to shorten the quavers so they alternate with the semiquaver Gs?

I've always loved this Sonata . many of them I don't care for prefer Boulez and Carl Vine . But there is a lot to early to mid18th century . Especially Hadyn and Marcello and Galuppi . It can be so hard to find the key to this very , very old music . How to see what it CAN mean in our age of cars, airplanes, telecommunications . It IS relevant I know ...the b minor Sonata is great fun. I hope fun has no chronology or time deathdate !

Funny he should mention the many "sfortzandi". Because, right now I'm trying to make up my own mind about what they mean in some Beethoven Sonatas I'm working on right now. And it's clear, they mean different things, in different contexts. It's sort of breaking my brain.

The winking parr got to me

Alaster Moody giving piano lessons...

“How ‘ur’ is Ur? Editions can add such a level of stress on you (and your purse).

Dang that was well put but i did not understand why he had to look so hansome

"You have to try and get as close to what the composer actually wrote as possible" - that's why you should play this sonata on a fortepiano.

0:04 Hmmmm...I don't think it's a good analogy because I don't hear any conflict in the music. If anything, the lower voice is strongly agreeing with the upper voice.

thumps up for imagination