You are right! As a choral guy with piano and organ, you can imagine how much this piece is such a fabulous piece to play. Thank you again for another wonderful video in your company.
Extremely helpful and insightful. I always appreciate the breakdown of everything. It takes away the intimidation of approaching such a piece. As an amateur intermediate... I think I can begin to work on this one. Many thanks!
Mendelssohn is a bit an underestimated composer for piano. But the songs without words are beautiful diamonds who really learn you to bring out the melody. This piece i managed to learn but opus 19 no 5 is also very beautiful but sooo difficult for me😢.. i listened a lot to Rena Kyriakou who played all off them. Thanks for your very helpful tutorials. You really make difference for a lot of RU-vid piano students. And also you inspire me to study other pieces which I didn't know....
I have loved this piece dearly for the past few years, such a pleasant surprise to see you analyze it. I tried learning it last year but it fell to the wayside - now I've been convinced to pick it back up. The right hand figure is reminiscent of the first piece in Schumann's Kinderszenen (another, albeit simpler, piece to practice balancing multiple components, one of which is passed between hands)
That's true, Kinderszenen no 1 is in a way an even better starting point as a smaller piece. Also the Grieg Arietta (Op. 12 no 1) uses the same pattern as this. Good luck with it! :)
Thanks for this detailed tutorial lesson, and also for leaving in your delightful reaction to that accidental wrong note. I am returning to piano after a long time, and even Step 1 (Notes) is a challenge. I was considering trying this piece just last week... but maybe I will start with the Kinderszenen recommended in the other comments if that one is easier. 😅
This is one of my favorite pieces to play, and your video will push me to do it better. The English word for the ornament near the beginning is "turn," not "trill." "Grupetto" is fine too. :)
I agree! (Chopin Nocturnes are also GREAT for this, too! Though perhaps as much for the LH;) BTW, did you ever do a video about the left hand of the Chopin Nocturnes? I'm in the habit, about once a week, of playing through all the nocturnes' left hand.
Yeah, the Chopin Nocturnes is often more busy in LH and leaves RH more for only melody (and those fast light runs), but there are spots with this too of course, like C minor Op 48 recap section, B major Op 62... I haven't done a specific video about that, but covered 13 individual nocturne videos so far!(ru-vid.com/group/PLwCGt-h2CNnMtrWNbpm7-IvXXxtzc8sDH)
@@SonataSecrets i meant the chopin nocturnes are good for sound balance of the left hand, as much as mendelssohn's LOW19.1 is for the right hand. though, my comment was a bit ambiguous;)
Hello Mr Edward Snowden disguised as a concert pianist ! Wonderful videos and channel I drop by every week for advice and to say thank you for sharing your experience, advice and tuition How is Moscow? Spaciba
Thank you so much for making these videos! As an amateur, I cherish your insights into pieces which I enjoy. If I could make a recommendation, I think you should make more videos on late Brahms pieces - especially op. 119. The ones you have already made are some of my favorites of yours.
I'm happy to hear that! :) I want to do Op 119 no 1 some time in the future, because it's so unique, but I will cover some other repertoire now before returning to Brahms again.
Thank you for an inspirational lesson! Your approach - explaining and then demonstrating all the subtlety and beauty of the piece - is very encouraging - thank you!
Organ sonata No. 4, movement 3, has a lot in common with this song without words. Cantabile melody, perpetual motion accompaniment with subtle variations.
They are not 16th notes which is a term used only in the US; in the rest of the English-speaking world, they are *semi-quavers* which is how they should be described in correct, universal English.
