rybnik 18 | 1,454 23 Jan 2012 #1My 16yo daughter has agreed to learn and her music teacher has agreed to teach her a Chopin piece. I'm not quite sure which one she should tackle. I need some suggestions. What is/are your favorite Chopin piece(s). Please include any etudes and mazurkas you likenot solely his polonaises.Thanks
JonnyM 11 | 2,611 23 Jan 2012 #3I like the Preludes. It's good to listen to all of them all in one go, in sequence, but 8 and 17 are my favourites.10 and 21 are relatively easy; some of the others are most definitely not; 14 is quite a short one but none of them are long. The Polonnaises are great but challenging to play.youtu.be/CVL4XPLluXkPrelude no 4 might be a good one for a 16 year old learner:youtu.be/HiwPzHJ-PicAlso think about Mazurka 6/1 or Mazurka 68/3
modafinil - | 416 23 Jan 2012 #4Only problem with this one is that it is so well known that it makes it easier for the most casual listener to spot bum notes.youtu.be/Xj7GriyF8cM
OP rybnik 18 | 1,454 23 Jan 2012 #5As soon as I get home from work, I'll be checking out your suggestions.Thanks DE, Johnny M and modafinil!!
Bzibzioh 23 Jan 2012 #6This one, "Black keys etude" is very popular among young virtuosos. It looks difficult though.youtu.be/7j1kbA1pLiM
OP rybnik 18 | 1,454 29 Jan 2012 #7Thanks again to all for your suggestions. We're going with the Nocturne.
modafinil - | 416 21 Mar 2012 #8FYI, for anyone in the UK interested, there will be a BBC4 radio programme on the life and struggles of Chopin and how it influenced his compositions on the 27th March at 11.30am titled 'Robert Winston's Musical Analysis'.
modafinil - | 416 22 Mar 2012 #10If you can view/hear this: bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b01dhrml/Robert_Winstons_Musical_Analysis_Series_3_Tchaikovsky/you will be able to catch next week's episode on Chopin a day after broadcast. I think it may be only available for those with UK ip addresses, though.
pawian 224 | 24,455 7 Oct 2015 #11Merged: Chopin Competition in Warsaw PolandI am listening to performances on 4th day of 17th edition of Chopin Competition. Critics claim that the pianists are technically perfect. What matters, then, to win the competition, is this sublime impalpable atmosphere they create with their music.youtube.com/embed/0kwQZopTLEwen.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Chopin_Piano_CompetitionThe International Chopin Piano Competition (Polish: Międzynarodowy Konkurs Pianistyczny im. Fryderyka Chopina), often referred to as the Chopin Competition, is a piano competition held in Warsaw, Poland. It was initiated in 1927 and has been held every five years since 1955. It is one of few competitions devoted entirely to the works of a single composer,[1] in this case, Frédéric Chopin.chopincompetition2015.com/?lang=en
Atch 22 | 4,128 8 Oct 2015 #13I'm not quite sure which one she should tackle.Don't want to sound condescending but coming from a family of musicians I would say that her teacher is the best person to choose the piece, based on your daughter's abilities and technical skill, unless you are a pianist yourself, in which case you should reach a conclusion after discussion with her teacher. My sister is a singer and harpist, my mother a singer and pianist. That's how the pieces were chosen when my sister was beyond the beginner stage.
Looker - | 1,134 18 Oct 2015 #14I like Chopin and this competition in Poland is fascinating - I'm sure other Poles share that opinion too :)
Dougpol1 31 | 2,640 18 Oct 2015 #15I struggled as a teenager on grade 6/7 piano.I hate Chopin (don't have long fingers)Franz Schubert - now we're talking!What is/are your favorite Chopin pieceBallade No 1 in G minor, as played by Peter Frankyl....
dany_moussalli 13 | 259 19 Oct 2015 #17nocturne no.20youtu.be/-4quKyrOVwwnocturne 9 no.1youtu.be/ZtIW2r1EalM
Crow 154 | 8,996 5 Aug 2016 #18Merged: Chopin and His Europe piano festival in Poland - Warsaw, Aug. 15-31Good to see Poland keeps memory on her people that contributed to Polish and world cultureCelebrating Chopinwarsaw voice /WVpage/pages/article.php/28486/article.... Polish capital again for the 12th Chopin and His Europe festival Aug. 15-31
Lyzko 45 | 9,436 7 Aug 2016 #19Greatest, i.e. most satisfying, performances to date of Chopin's waltzes and mazurkas are by Dinu Lipatti! All else, of course, by the Polish-American pianist Josef (Joźió) Kazimierz Hofmann, including the Nocturnes and Etudes:-)
NoToForeigners 9 | 995 13 Sep 2019 #21Sounds like funeral music.LOLIT IS THE MUSICOnly a genius can COMPOSE anything close to that.And this is how much effort it takes to even play it:Let alone compose that.Now compare that with todays "music" lolSzopen was a frigging Alien :)
NoToForeigners 9 | 995 13 Sep 2019 #23Szopen was a great patriot... now in Poland we have Fake Teeth Schetyna, Ginger loser TuSSk and Borsuk Budka that gonna sale Poland to EU elitist leftrads without blinking.... Chopin must be turning over in his grave.... sadly.