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I'm feeling such gratitude for you. You are such a great teacher. The knowledge that you've graciously shared through the teaching videos as well as the charts is priceless. Thank you
I am so grateful for this video. I’ve been playing this piece for almost 5 years, and now I feel like I’ve only just [re-]discovered it thanks to you! Amazing notes on interpretation and contextualization of this Rachmaninoff prelude. I’m very excited to relearn this :)
Hello Alexander, thank you so much for your wonderful and generous words about this video! I really appreciate hearing that the lesson helped you to better understand this prelude, and will be a resource for you as you "re-learn" the piece and refine your interpretation. I wish you many fulfilling hours of practicing, and all the best with your musical journey! 🎵
This is the first of his preludes I fell in love with. I heard an advanced student play it at a piano recital when I was a kid. attempted learning it in my early 20s but gave up. But now it's back on my list of pieces to learn to play. It's mysterious, curious, hints at danger and drawing back from it, making a narrow escape from something at the climax.
Hi Miss Capri, thank you for your nice message. I encourage you to learn this piece now. Anytime we resonate so completely with a piece, it is always worth the effort to learn it! Good luck & best wishes to you!
Hello Daria, thank you for your warm and much appreciated words! I'm very happy to hear that you found this video inspiring. 🙏 Best wishes to you and with your playing! 🎵
Thank you for your this- A helpful and poetic analysis of this great piece ,and the blocking idea certainly reveals a special clarity into what's going on as reference for when the chords are played broken . Perdendo at the end means getting gradually quieter and dying away I believe.😊
Hello Peter, thank you for your kind and gracious words about this video. I'm glad you found the blocking of the chords helpful to better reveal what's going on in the music. Yes, you are correct that "perdendo" means gradually dying away in sound, not in tempo. 🎵 Best wishes to you and with your music.
Thank you so much for your wonderful and thoughtful comment! Your words are very meaningful for me, and I appreciate knowing that the lesson inspired you! All best wishes to you!
Hello Felipe, I am so touched by your generous and enthusiastic words about the lesson and the performance. These videos are a labor of love, and your responses are a gift for me! Thank you, and all best wishes to you!
Hello Chiara, thank you for your wonderful and supportive words! I'm happy to hear you are inspired by the lessons; I will make more. :-) Very best wishes to you!
Hello Aldo, thank you for your warm and enthusiastic words about the video! I am so pleased that the lesson helped you find even more layers. It is so gratifying when we continue to see more and more things in the music. It is so much about the joy of the discoveries! All best wishes to you!
I discovered your series on the preludes recently and have enjoyed your insight. I'm playing the last 4 in a recital soon and was looking for a fresh perspective. I've learned quite a bit here and I feel it will be reflected in my playing. Enjoyed all your performances as well. Many thanks from Colorado.
Hello Contagieux, and thank you so much for your enthusiasm for this series of the Opus 32 Preludes teaching videos. It is very gratifying for me to hear that the lessons have added to your understanding of this great cycle, and I wish you much success with your upcoming performances of Nos. 10-13!
Hello Ash Rose, (what a beautiful name!) thank you so much for your wonderful comment! I very much appreciate hearing that finding this channel was like "striking gold." This is such a lovely thing to say. 🌸I'm glad you are subscribing, and I wish you the very best with your piano playing! 🎵
Ms. Christian, I recently saw a great performance by Marc Andre Hamelen with the Madison Symphony Orchestra, from the best box seat in the house, so was inspired to research his youtube videos. I especially appreciated his interview when he commented how interest in Rachmaninoff has been steadily increasing for the past few years. The complexity of his compositions, imho, almost demands the kind of study one gets from memorization and possibly performance in order to fully understand and appreciate. I think you know what I am talking about. Love your teaching and sharing.
Hello Daniel, thank you for your articulate and insightful words of confirmation about the long process necessary in learning and memorizing such difficult pieces as these. I do agree that when the material is memorized, we can more fully appreciate the layers of complexity within the music. The learning never really stops. I'm glad you had such a great experience hearing the concert and talks by Hamelin, and thank you for your kind words about my teaching. Best wishes to you!
Your performance of this piece is hauntingly beautiful. I have watched this video multiple times; your incredibly thorough analysis and discussion has helped me so much, as I have worked on this piece myself. Thank you again for sharing your knowledge!
Hello Anna, thank you so much for your generous and thoughtful words about the lesson and the playing! I really appreciate hearing that the analysis and discussion has helped you. You are very welcome, it is my privilege and pleasure to make these videos. I wish you much joy on your journey with the piano!
Very very interesting! This piece is pure Genius with a capital G like quite a few others from Rachmaninoff's output. His harmonies, dissonances and melodies possess a healing force. Never simplistically sentimental as also suggested by his own recordings, they are deeply human and I can't help thinking of a higher, uniting and majestic purpose of humanity that is conveyed by this music. This conveyed human nature is strong and the strength is arising from beauty. It's beyond my understanding how he managed to come with this. Anyway, I wonder how one becomes as good as you at seeing through a piece and breaking it down. It's so enjoyable how you do it. I'd love to be able to analyse like that.
Hello Michael, thank you for your insightful and articulate comment! Your words about the power and strength of Rachmaninoff's music arising from beauty and having a majestic purpose for humanity are very inspiring. 🙏 You are right, it is pure genius. I also marvel that these Opus 32 Preludes were all written so quickly in the span of just a few months. I appreciate your kind words about my analysis and that the presentation was enjoyable! I have studied, lived with, and performed these 13 preludes in concert for many years. Learning how to see into and break down the pieces was the result of the labor intensive process of engraving the New Layout Charts and making the Color Structural Analysees. This work gave me a deeper understanding and awe into the mind of Rachmaninoff! 🎵 With best wishes to you.
Hello Samuel, thank you so much for your beautiful comment! I really appreciate your generous and thoughtful words, and that you love the videos. :-) With all best wishes to you!
Hello Walter, thank you for your eloquent and generous words! I am truly grateful for your beautiful acknowledgements. 🙏With best wishes and blessings to you.
The ‘make it your own’ while following the score was a comment I appreciated. My personal touch is to make the modal stuff sound like the Native American chants I heard growing up on the North American plains - that recurrent minor 3rd melody. I recently researched it and learned that the Indians came from Siberia, and maybe brought a bit of that sad song in their genes that Rachmaninoff carried in his heart thousands of years later.
Hello Casey, thank you for your very interesting, articulate, and illuminating words! I'm fascinated to hear this. It all makes so much sense, as chanting is ancient and timeless, and speaks to us universally. I'm sure you play this prelude beautifully, too. All best wishes to you!
SallyChristianMusic Vocal ornaments are timeless too. I’d rather emulate the melismas of Bret Michaels and Beyonce than figure out the tables of B grade Schirmer scholars that focus on notes and barlines not harmonic chord bends
Thank you so much for your enthusiastic and much appreciated words! I'm glad to hear your request for a lesson on Rachmaninoff Prelude Op. 23, No. 7 in C minor. This is one of my favorites from this opus, and I love playing it! I will definitely put it in the queue for a future chart and video lesson. I wish you all the best on your musical journey with the piano. :-)
Working on it these days. My friends and I call it the "merci beaucoup".The theme at the junction of 5th and 6th measures, you can easily hear pronounced in singing: Merci beaucoup. I would play it to you telling these words, dear dedicated teacher.
Wow, thank you so much for your beautiful words. I definitely hear "merci beaucoup" hidden within this melodic fragment. How kind and generous of you to acknowledge me in this way. I am very touched by your dedication, which I take to heart and will remember always! Meilleurs voeux à vous!
Hola Carlos, gracias por sus amables palabras. Estoy de acuerdo, sería bueno tener subtítulos en español. Necesitaría tener el personal y el presupuesto para hacer esto. Espero que algún día lo haga. Mejores deseos para usted.
This piece is so beautiful and also well played by you! Is it possible to make a video about Fuges by J.S.Bach? I really like to hear them, but I have a problem playing them...A teaching video would be a little help for me.
Thank you for your nice comment, and also for your request. I also would like to work on a Bach WTC Fugue in preparation for a teaching video. I have this on my queue list for the distant future, after my current list of repertoire is completed. Learning and understanding the Bach Fugues is in a category all of its own, and would be a difficult and demanding undertaking.
What you call the “B” section: 1- contrary motion between LH and RH; 2- Neapolitan 6 on the A Maj at the climax. Neapolitan prominent throughout - double appogituras also at recap, single on the Expo. || Form - Preludes are the scraps that couldn’t make Sonatas. Some say Rach had trouble with that form. || footnote - the “7” chord that precedes the B major is actually a 6/4/3 with another appog to match the appog in the neopolitan. |: PS what’s with all the D#’s all over all of the pages (2 on your edition)? || Are you a Bay Arean? As a Californian, did you ever meet Richard Nixon or Ronald Reagan? Rachmaninoff was a Californian too - he died of cancer in Beverly Hills.
Bonjour Antoninov, Voici une autre explication à essayer : Recherchez l'icône CC dans le coin inférieur droit de l'écran. Cela signifie « sous-titrage codé ». Cliquez sur l'icône CC et le texte apparaîtra dans la langue d'origine de la vidéo. Une fois les sous-titres activés, vous pourrez savoir s'ils ont été ajoutés par la vidéo. créateur ou généré automatiquement par RU-vid AI. Dans ce dernier cas, vous pouvez vous attendre à quelques erreurs. Cliquez ensuite sur l'icône d'engrenage pour accéder au menu des paramètres vidéo. Cliquez sur Sous-titres/CC puis sur « Traduire automatiquement » pour sélectionner la langue de votre choix parmi les nombreuses proposées.
Hi Annie! Thank you for your question. I learned the Opus 32 Preludes twenty years ago by studying them in smaller groups of about 4 preludes at a time. Slowly, over time, I learned them all. By itself, this prelude would probably have taken at least a year to thoroughly learn, memorize and be ready to perform in public.
