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Thanks! Wasn't too bad honestly, but I'm not sure OSHA would approve.

Awesome! I guess we both live and learn, because this is the first time I've heard her name. I'll definitely check her out

@@sjaakdouma I think she is quite young, but played superbly :)

Thanks so much Anton! Hope you're well out there

Haha yes, I'm glad I finally got this out of my system. What's that symbol next to your name btw? Are you youtube-verified or something? Is that even a thing?

@sjaakdouma I had to go through some rigmarole when some of my videos got combined with another Blumen, so at some point I got it all merged into like an "artist channel" I think? So my albums and stuff also show up on my channel somewhere rather than those like auto-generated "artist - topic" youtube music ones.

@@blumenmusic ah sick, makes sense!

Haha, for sure! I'm glad I finally got it out of my system ;)

@@kobitoergosum Thanks Kobito! I missed your cheeky comments ❤️ Is Germany as freezing cold as Holland at the moment?

@@sjaakdouma Thanks Sjaak! 🥰 I missed your weekly uploads, but I always knew you'd be back with a banger. It sounds super challenging as well but you pulled it off perfectly! Yeah, here temperatures are mostly around the freezing point. Got some snow a while ago, but was nowhere near the snow chaos around this time last year. Hope you're staying warm and comfy in your cosy cardigans. ✨ Btw love how even you guys call your own country Holland hahaha

​@@kobitoergosum I was actually hesitating to call it Holland haha! And yes, this time of year means 24/7 cozy cardigan game. You could say I'm heavily invested (I'm in vest? Anyone?...I'll show myself out.)

@@sjaakdouma Great pun! Like your comfy cardigans, it is appreciated 😌

Thank you so much! It's one of my favorites of his as well, such a gorgeous song.

Oh wow, too kind! And thank you so much for your elaborate reply. I think I spent 3 weeks with this piece. You're absolutely right in regards to the left hand in general, lots of ways to go still :)

Thank you good sir! Have a great weekend out there in the real world.

Kapustin is the bee's knees man! You should look him up, he has this whole 'Hide the Pain Harold' thing going on, very funny. The man's a bonafide genius though. Thanks for noticing my cardigan, it might be my all time favorite. It has lots of color going on to offset my drab personality <3

@@sjaakdouma Just listened to the 8 Concert Etudes and daaamn, they slam. And I see what you mean, his face is splendid 💕 Sjaak "drab but fab cardigans" Douma

@@kobitoergosum one of his best sets for sure! Not for the pianistic faint of heart though gah damn

Hint taken!

Thanks Chris! I've been following your work for a few years by this point. Very inspiring to say the least! I would love to see you take a crack at it. You can find the transcription right here: drive.google.com/file/d/1SOFm518levKccc1ybExA0sAJBJ4YZTGz/view?usp=sharing

@@sjaakdouma Thanks so much ! And great to hear you appreciate my channel. Previn was my hero, more than any other conductor. I many LP's from his productive tenure as chief conductor of the LSO. Anything he touched he turned to gold, you just could not go wrong with any recording. I knew he was an awesome pianist (also have his LP with Gershwin's Rhapsody and Concerto with André Kostelanetz) but have never really listened to his solo work. That should be about to change now. I'll dive into this lovely piece right away - just what the doctor ordered :)

Thanks again for the love Joseph!

Right?! Criminally underrated fur sure (let's ignore the fact that I barely heard a single note of his up until last year). I guess we live and learn.

​@@sjaakdouma A Scriabin discovery is never late, nor is it early. It arrives precisely when it means to. (Ha, UNO Reverse'd that Gandalf-ism right back atcha!)

Many thanks Joseph!

Apparently they also keep the views away

@@sjaakdouma No you just gotta eat more of them, that's surely how this works. Remember, comments on the internet never lie, so get that good nutrition!

@@kobitoergosum This sounds exactly like something an apple would say

​@@sjaakdouma Hahaha, I am SURELY not an operative of Big Apple trying to infiltrate your channel 👀🥷

Thanks Jasper! ben je al een beetje bekomen van The Substance ?💉

Thanks Joseph! Glad you like it

A lullaby is never late, nor is it early. It arrives precisely when it means to

@@sjaakdouma Sjaakdalf the Greyscale, piano wizard ✨

@@AlexeyKuznetsov-Music many thanks Alexey! Your interpretations of Bach’s WTC is really lovely. Great cinematography as well!

@@DarjanBar thanks so much Darjan, much appreciated!

That made me laugh out loud <3

Thanks so much Charlie, I'm actually dabbling in studying the imprompu, so who knows it might show up at one point ;)

I agree :))

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Wonderful ❤ 🎉 i Like This - See you soon ❤🎉❤

That silly ol' bugger had some tricks up his sleeve for sure

I'm right with you! I've really grown to love these pieces over the past few months. Quite tricky to master if you're so tonally oriented like I am! I'm a regular visiter to your Piano Piece Op. 1 No. 1 btw, discovering something new with every listen. Thanks for your art!