Archives for category: 10/9

102: Spots

April 21, 2014 //

Lots of playing this time:

Memory attempts at 25/7,8,9 and N1,2,3, with the spots in Op. 10 I’m practicing every day.

Tags Chopin, classical music, Etude, Etudes, Frédéric Chopin, how to practice, Opus 10, Opus 25, Piano, podcast, practicing

Categories 10/1, 10/10, 10/11, 10/12, 10/2, 10/3, 10/4, 10/5, 10/6, 10/7, 10/8, 10/9, 25/7, 25/8, 25/9, Nouvelle 1, Nouvelle 2, Nouvelle 3

93: All of Opus 10

July 30, 2013 //

All of Op. 10, from memory, in one big chunk, for the first time here. As you’ll hear, it’s still completely a work in progress (especially that my concentration really gave out in the middle), but I wanted you to hear the pieces coming together as a coherent whole.

The podcast will be on hiatus in August but will return in September. Best wishes for an enjoyable, productive rest of the summer, and thanks for being my practice buddy!

Tags Chopin, classical music, Etudes, Frédéric Chopin, Opus 10, Piano, podcast, Practice

Categories 10/1, 10/10, 10/11, 10/12, 10/2, 10/3, 10/4, 10/5, 10/6, 10/7, 10/8, 10/9, Op. 10 complete

85: Tired

April 1, 2013 //

85: Tired

Here’s what 10/8,9,3,4,5 and 12 sound like when I’m tired.

Tags Chopin, classical music, Etude, Etudes, how to practice, Opus 10, Piano, podcast, Practice, practicing

Categories 10/12, 10/3, 10/4, 10/5, 10/8, 10/9

84: Sticky Notes

March 18, 2013 //

Some of Op. 10 heads towards concert-ready, or at least concert; some spots to fix in 10/4, 10/5, 10/8, 10/9, and 10/10, with a little bit of theory geekery in the latter.

Sticky Notes

Tags classical music, Etude, Etudes, Frédéric Chopin, how to practice, Opus 10, Piano, podcast, Practice, practicing

Categories 10/12, 10/4, 10/5, 10/8, 10/9

75: Back to Chopin

November 10, 2012 //

A report on how practicing Chopin helped me play Brahms last week; some quotes from Chopin (and one from Chuck Close); thinking through my next performance (with a request for your ideas); snippets of all 24 etudes (I’m ignoring the other three for now); an impromptu play-through, with some yelling, of 10/5; how I’m practicing 10/11 (and a couple of minutes of actual practicing).

Thanks so much to listeners who have written reviews on iTunes. Unless I get 100 reviews by December 20–and it doesn’t yet look like I will–there will be only five more episodes of this podcast. Thanks for being my practice buddy!

PIAS 75

Tags Artistic process, Burton Kaplan, Chopin, classical music, Etudes, how to practice, Opus 10, Opus 25, Piano, podcast, practicing

Categories 10/1, 10/10, 10/11, 10/12, 10/2, 10/3, 10/4, 10/5, 10/6, 10/7, 10/8, 10/9, 25/1, 25/10, 25/12, 25/4, 25/6, 25/7, 25/8, Chopin

68: Time travel

June 22, 2012 //

A visit to the old stomping grounds leads to some thoughts on competition and motivation; some insights from playing an 1860s Broadwood piano; a danger of detail-oriented practice; the plan for next week. With bits of all of Op. 10.

PIAS 68

Tags Chopin, classical music, Etudes, Opus 10, Piano, Practice

Categories 10/1, 10/10, 10/11, 10/12, 10/2, 10/3, 10/4, 10/5, 10/6, 10/7, 10/8, 10/9, 25/8

Episode 18: Not Quite Memorized

April 25, 2011 //

PIAS 18

10/1, some improv, and the start of 10/2; 10/8, 10/9 and 10/12 with some yelling; getting closer with 10/10 and 10/11.

Categories 10/1, 10/10, 10/11, 10/12, 10/2, 10/8, 10/9, Chopin

Episode 7: Life and Death

January 24, 2011 //

episode 7

In which:

Some ruminations about the last couple of weeks (which, frankly, have not been conducive to practicing) and the big picture; trying for bite-sized goals; assigned shopping lists; crash-throughs of 10/1 and 10/4; a truly dreadful pun.

Recorded Sunday, January 23, 2011

N.B. Please bear with, and accept my apologies for, the sound on this one; it sounds like a scratchy LP in places. I’ll take my gear (some of which is new) into the experts this week and try to figure out what’s wrong.