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0:33 Introduction.
1:45 The minute waltz in a minute.
2:52 a short analysis.
4:00 hemiola rhythm.
4:52 “A portrait of a waltz”
5:26 The influence of Italian opera.
6:00 Chopin’s playing.
7:20 The year 1847 and George Sand.
8:00 Lucrezia Floriani.
9:41 A proper performance with animated analysis
A while ago, in the early days of this channel, we posted a short video of Matthew King attempting to play Chopin’s Minute Waltz in a minute, to celebrate our first thousand subscribers. It was a silly party trick, which, now that we are celebrating 30K members of our wonderful and rapidly expanding community of subscribers, we have decided to repeat!
So here is Chopin’s D flat Waltz Op 64 no. 1, first played ludicrously quickly, followed by a more sober discussion about its background, and then a second performance (with some analytical animation). According to a contemporary account, “Chopin especially liked Broadwood’s Boudoir cottage pianos of that date (1848), two-stringed, but very sweet instruments, and he found pleasure in playing on them.” The piano used for the recording, at the end of this video, is an old English Daneman upright, somewhat equivalent in sound to the 'Broadwood Boudoir cottage pianos' that Chopin apparently admired.
A huge thank you to our loyal and generous patrons and subscribers, and also to new subscribers who have recently joined the channel.
Chopin: Waltz in D flat Op 64 no. 1 (1847).
Pianist: Matthew King (Two performances - the first very silly and the second one more serious)
The quotations used in the video come from 'Chopin: Pianist and Teacher' by Jean-Jaques Eigeldinger
You can read more about Chopin, Sand and her novel, 'Lucrezia Floriani’ here: https://interlude.hk/lucrezia-floriani-romantic-relationship-between-frederic-chopin-george-sand/
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0:33 Introduction.
1:45 The minute waltz in a minute.
2:52 a short analysis.
4:00 hemiola rhythm.
4:52 “A portrait of a waltz”
5:26 The influence of Italian opera.
6:00 Chopin’s playing.
7:20 The year 1847 and George Sand.
8:00 Lucrezia Floriani.
9:41 A proper performance with animated analysis
A while ago, in the early days of this channel, we posted a short video of Matthew King attempting to play Chopin’s Minute Waltz in a minute, to celebrate our first thousand subscribers. It was a silly party trick, which, now that we are celebrating 30K members of our wonderful and rapidly expanding community of subscribers, we have decided to repeat!
So here is Chopin’s D flat Waltz Op 64 no. 1, first played ludicrously quickly, followed by a more sober discussion about its background, and then a second performance (with some analytical animation). According to a contemporary account, “Chopin especially liked Broadwood’s Boudoir cottage pianos of that date (1848), two-stringed, but very sweet instruments, and he found pleasure in playing on them.” The piano used for the recording, at the end of this video, is an old English Daneman upright, somewhat equivalent in sound to the 'Broadwood Boudoir cottage pianos' that Chopin apparently admired.
A huge thank you to our loyal and generous patrons and subscribers, and also to new subscribers who have recently joined the channel.
Chopin: Waltz in D flat Op 64 no. 1 (1847).
Pianist: Matthew King (Two performances - the first very silly and the second one more serious)
The quotations used in the video come from 'Chopin: Pianist and Teacher' by Jean-Jaques Eigeldinger
You can read more about Chopin, Sand and her novel, 'Lucrezia Floriani’ here: https://interlude.hk/lucrezia-floriani-romantic-relationship-between-frederic-chopin-george-sand/
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Edited by Ian Coulter ( iancoultermusic.com )
Produced and directed by Ian Coulter & Matthew King
