![]() ![]() “Winter Wind” is the eleventh of Chopin’s 12 Études, Op. A stormier section comes, where the raindrops sound like six-inch balls of hail, but the lamenting section returns and the piece ends solemnly and gorgeously. The piece begins with a slow, lamenting melody in the right hand over repeated notes in the left hand which sound like raindrops to some. The name “Raindrop” was given by legendary pianist and conductor Hans von Bülow, not by Chopin. Bach’s Well-tempered Clavier, which is organized in a similar fashion. Each of the 24 is in a different key, paying homage to J. ![]() While the genre of the prelude implies that they are introductions to something, they are instead a set of stand-alone pieces. ![]() The Pieces: “Raindrop” is the fifteenth of Chopin’s set of 24 Preludes, Op. He also fostered a 10-year liaison with George Sand (pen name for the female novelist Amantine-Lucile-Aurore Dupin), who was a great source of inspiration. Aside from performing and composing, another source of income was teaching, and he often dedicated pieces to his pupils. He established himself in Paris, and rather than develop a flashy virtuoso career, he preferred the bourgeois setting of the salon for its intimacy. Chopin sought to take the piano literature to new heights, combining his unique and highly emotional style with a brilliant instinct for dramatic phrasing and melody.īorn in Poland, he was proud of his homeland throughout his life and even drew on Polish folk music for his own compositions. His compositions helped to define virtuosity: they are not only technically difficult, but also require incredible nuance from the performer. Chopin (pronounced SHO-pan) established his reputation as the “poet of the piano,” as all of his works incorporate the instrument, and most of them are solo pieces. Recommended Recordings: Arthur Rubinstein for “Raindrop” and Maurizio Pollini for “Winter Wind” or Martha Argerich for bothĬomposer: Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849). Will you recognize them? You’ll get the feeling you do Étude - a piece intended for study purposes and to improve technique Section B, also try to make the right hand soft during the left hand voicing, it makes it more dark, and leads up to the booming climax of emotion that the piece holds.Genres: Prelude - a short piece meant as an introduction. I also noticed that you don't play some of the full chords in the piece, try rippling them like an arpeggio, gives contrast to the constant chords. The climax in section B should be played slower, and with greater dynamics - for it was the romantic period where the piano got softer and the forte got louder. some areas need to be slowed, like the end of sections A, B, A before the coda, while you do seem to play in tempo as the repeating Ab and G# notes, however, you should play it a tad slower all together to give a more dreamy feeling like a gentle patter of rain. Rubato, despite Chopin's dedication to tempo, the romantic era was quite known for tempo rubato. Quote from: chris2014 on August 01, 2016, 08:07:44 AM Hello, Really good attempt, I am quite a fan of this prelude myself. I am just a student, so you don't have to take my words seriouslyĪgain, I loved your playing, and happy practicing. I hope this helps improve your playing furthermore. From Measure 84 to the end, enjoy the different colors, and bring out more of the moving voices. For example, feel the relief of arriving back home from a storm. In Measure 76, have a different feeling than what you started with. In Measures 40 to 43, and Measures 56 to 59, imagine that you are dropping through the keyboard. Piano playing generally consists of dropping into the keys, the bouncing back from the keys (Newton's law of motion, for every force, there is an opposite and equal reaction). Pushing the keys is not the correct way to play the piano. Imagine your fingers are the raindrop soaking into the sand (keyboard). Try to drop into the piano, especially on the repeated notes. This how we do it in performances, and it is more professional that way. Try playing with out looking at the score (memorizing). I also loved your voicing of the counter melody of the right hand, in the B section. I loved how you brought out not just the top melody, but also the middle and the bass, making a full, rich color in the A section. First of all congratulations on your great performance! ![]()
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