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The Haydn Piano Sonata in C, UNPINNED, and matters of Memorization

Posted on January 26, 2013 by

Pianists are expected to perform on stage without music. It’s a controversial area worth probing. Continue reading →

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Domenico Scarlatti with wailing gypsies, flamenco flourishes, and daredevil displays (Sonata in D, K. 492)

Posted on December 30, 2011 by

This Baroque era composer never ceases to amaze me. A forerunner of the virtuoso school of keyboard playing, Domenico Scarlatti offers a potpourri of what seems like incompatible ingredients in one short Sonata serving. (K. 492, L. 14) He starts … Continue reading →

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Bach to basics, Bach to nature, and Bach forever! (Videos)

Posted on December 3, 2011 by

When it comes right down to it, I’m always drawn back to Bach for solace, counsel, wisdom, insight, and more. He was the Father of our Western music in all its infinite forms. In the composer’s ingenious 2 volume, Well-Tempered … Continue reading →

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Piano Technique: “Hopping” in thirds (staccato)–excerpts from two lessons (Video)

Posted on September 21, 2011 by

Ilyana, 8 and her sister Albertina, 12, explored “hopping” in consecutive thirds at their lessons. (Dozen a Day, Book I, no. 3) They enlisted a spring forward wrist, and tapered the end of a phrase with a swing out elbow … Continue reading →

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A Piano Masterclass in a universal language

Posted on September 4, 2011 by

Into the wee hours of the morning I was mesmerized by a Masterclass conducted by Dimitri Bashkirov at the Théâtre des Bouffes du Nord, Paris, France. The great Russian virtuoso and teacher, a descendant of the Leschetizky era by his … Continue reading →

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