Finally someone who understands my love for this prelude! 😂 It deserves to be played way more often. Il is one of my favorites. I would even say that it is Chopin’s most charming short piece. I personally like the fact that it is short. I think we would not appreciate it’s beauty as much if it was longer. Sometimes, unfortunately the beautiful things in life are ephemeral, but that’s what makes them unforgettable. 😊
@@laurie7357 Limite je pleure en écoutant ce bijou. Lorsque j'ai écouté cette pièce pour la première fois je me suis demandé si le Bon Dieu ne sifflait pas à Chopin quelques Notes dans ses compositions.
@@landryessono8267 J’ai aussi du mal à trouver une explication rationnelle à la beauté de cette musique. Chopin a laissé des petits morceaux de paradis sur terre avec sa musique. 😇
It's inspiring seeing you just enjoying yourself playing freely a piece you really enjoy. And how you openly talk about it too. I feel like that kind of enjoyment in music is getting more and more lost these days. People these days love to practice for the sake of showing off or because their teachers molded them into it. But in the long run it isn't sustainable and I feel like real music making is getting more lost. So nice to see and hear a top level musician so enthused to freely play in such a way that is not strict and not to show off their technical precision. It's just music for pure enjoyment.
I love this so so much. Its not about playing something difficult to impress, but rather bringing out the emotions 😮 Thank you for the great analysis. 🎉
This prelude is a gem and one of my favorites Chopin pieces. To me sounds so complete even if it's too short and that middle section is so beautiful. Thank you for this video, I'm really enjoying this series. Thank you very much!
This music relieves and heals our souls anytime, no matter what we feel. Sorrow will fade away and joy will shine brighter. Its rondo-like structure, underlines perhaps potential hidden needs of anyone to repeat "therapy". A sudden sigh of "divinity" reluctantly discovered and involuntarily disappeared. Thank you so much, Maestro Niemczuk !!!
That was perfect! Thank you! I subscribed! I’m the biggest Chopin fan and I play every piece that I can, and this prelude sends me into another dimension! So excited to see your other videos!
Hello Greg! Thank you for renewed inspiration! I love everything about your project, your enthusiasm passion dedication commitment, your excellent insights and your beautiful playing. May I add about the preludes, maybe it’s my own feeling, or I read it somewhere: to me this music is pure poetry. Nowhere else has a composer writen such short gems, yet nothing else needs be added, no development is necessary. We know Chopin loved Bach, and Bach did write some very short and masterful preludes, but pure gems like this only Chopin did. In such short exquisite poems, Chopin says everything he has to say and moves on. Of course, he also sensitively balances out the brief interludes with more developed materials. In that sense, the very short preludes are preludes to the prelude that follows, like 6-7-8 or 14-15 or 20-21 or 23-24 etc, making sets of prelude so beautifully effective.
Thank you! Very good point ! And thanks for such beautiful words about my project. It's a fuel to my motivation for doing it ! Best wishes from Poland!
Ho scoperto per caso su Yotube questo canale del Maestro GRZEGORG e ne sono rimasto letteralmente folgorato!!!Che meraviglia..il Maestro ci fa entrare letterlmente nelle note di Chopin e ci fa immergere in una dimensione assolutamente extraterrestre.....Qualcuno mi puo' dire dove posso comprare la discografia del Maestro Greg................grazie
Thank you so much for your explanation! I think this kind of videos are most useful, because as you said technique is not only speed. But unfortunately not all teachers tell about details. From Russia with ❤
SO WONDERFUL AS ALWAYS!!!!! Thank you for my favourite Chopin's Prelude known as "Ważka" in n excellent your rendition and for your analysis/tutorial, this great video will be helpful for many pianists, lately we Polish people are watching The International Chopin Competition, so exciting, again my best regards, have a nice evening. Joanna
I know I'm late to this piece, but one thing I just can't understand is Chopin's pedal markings in this piece. It doesn't seem like any pianist truly follows them - for example he says to keep the pedal down from bars 5-6, and then to leave it completely off in bar 10. Even bar 1-2 I think pianists just leave the pedal on. Would love to hear your take on this, as it sounds like you are also not strictly following Chopins pedaling. Thank you!
I just saw it again and I'm answering now: Chopin's pedal in this Prelude sounds FANTASTIC on his pianos. Pianos with shorter sound especially in the bass strings. On modern pianos it doesn't work and it doesn't sound well. His idea was: in bars 5-6 keep the bass B all the time, in bar no. 10 we have a modulation and many different chords in one bar so he decided to put it completely off.
Hello maestro, how are you doing today, I hope you’re doing well. I’m currently learning this beautiful prelude, and I’m having hard time understanding the tempo of Chopin on 6/8, Why this prelude on 6/8 should be slightly slower, Does this mean prelude no.14 should be faster than normal Alegro because it’s on 2/2? My specific question is how Chopin tempo is slower on “”/8 and faster on “”/2.
you are too picky to want to define this music with one word only. I would say yes happiness, but happiness, serenity interwoven with a very slight melancholy that makes it even more discreet and fascinating. 🌿🎼
Ich denke es ist OK, dass dieses Stück kurz ist. :) Mein Freund würde meinen "wäre sonst zu viel des Guten" ;) . Wenn man sich beispielweise die Chupa Chups im Kiosk anschaut, diese werden ebenfalls nicht so gross wie ein Apfel hergestellt...
Frollicking :) Well made point about the tempo, the only thing that's maybe lost, compared to playing it faster, is the stutter effect of the repeated runs in the main melody - on the slower tempo I think a player should be careful to phrase each second run differently from the one before to avoid sounding repetitive.
@@gregniemczuk I keep thinking about your lecture... What also interests me about the time of nr.11 is the signature, which is 6/8 - but everyone I heard plays it like a fast 3/4: playing the notes in groups of 2, Ta-da Ta-da Ta-da (three accents per measure) instead of what's written by Chopin, Ta-da-da Ta-da-da - two accents per beat, groups of three notes. It really changes the feel of the song and why won't people play it like that? (In Venezuelan guitar music you often get both accent patterns at the same time, e.g. in Lauro's Negrito Valse, or Natalia. This is the rhythm of for instance Mm. 5 of Prelude 11) What do you think about the written grouping of three notes? Would you say you play them as groups of two?
Finally someone who understands my love for this prelude! 😂 It deserves to be played way more often.
Il is one of my favorites. I would even say that it is Chopin’s most charming short piece. I personally like the fact that it is short. I think we would not appreciate it’s beauty as much if it was longer.
Sometimes, unfortunately the beautiful things in life are ephemeral, but that’s what makes them unforgettable. 😊
Yeeey!
Les bonnes Choses comme celle-ci ne durent jamais. Quelle Merveilleuse pièce !
@@landryessono8267 Heureusement on peut la réécouter ou la rejouer aussi souvent que le coeur nous en dit!
@@laurie7357 Limite je pleure en écoutant ce bijou. Lorsque j'ai écouté cette pièce pour la première fois je me suis demandé si le Bon Dieu ne sifflait pas à Chopin quelques Notes dans ses compositions.
@@landryessono8267 J’ai aussi du mal à trouver une explication rationnelle à la beauté de cette musique. Chopin a laissé des petits morceaux de paradis sur terre avec sa musique. 😇
It's inspiring seeing you just enjoying yourself playing freely a piece you really enjoy. And how you openly talk about it too. I feel like that kind of enjoyment in music is getting more and more lost these days. People these days love to practice for the sake of showing off or because their teachers molded them into it. But in the long run it isn't sustainable and I feel like real music making is getting more lost. So nice to see and hear a top level musician so enthused to freely play in such a way that is not strict and not to show off their technical precision. It's just music for pure enjoyment.
To me, this prelude sounds exactly like a "vacation day": it's short, quick, happy, relaxing but ends when you least expect it.
Hahahaha
Spring. To me it had always felt like winter is over and now spring arrived and everything has a liveliness to it. The happiness is lighthearted.
Yes !!!! Eternal spring! This word has prevailed in my mind, since i first heard this prelude!
@@ΜιλτιάδηςΒιτσικουνάκης Hi! I am so glad to see you seconding my gut feeling! For a while I was thinking had I missed the point?
@@fungirene1520 Hi! The point is never missed within the framework of true, pure and chaste music! Go on expressing yourself!
I love this so so much. Its not about playing something difficult to impress, but rather bringing out the emotions 😮 Thank you for the great analysis. 🎉
This prelude is a gem and one of my favorites Chopin pieces. To me sounds so complete even if it's too short and that middle section is so beautiful. Thank you for this video, I'm really enjoying this series. Thank you very much!
Thank you for being here and watching!
I definetly agree with you. It's one of my beloved Chopin's work. It's a gem. So precious and delicate.
This music relieves and heals our souls anytime, no matter what we feel. Sorrow will fade away and joy will shine brighter. Its rondo-like structure, underlines perhaps potential hidden needs of anyone to repeat "therapy". A sudden sigh of "divinity" reluctantly discovered and involuntarily disappeared. Thank you so much, Maestro Niemczuk !!!
Beautiful words and so true!!!
it's so beautiful, that it gives you the opportunity to choose whether to finish or start over
This is one of my favourite preludes! Thank you for your amazing analysis :)
That was perfect! Thank you! I subscribed! I’m the biggest Chopin fan and I play every piece that I can, and this prelude sends me into another dimension! So excited to see your other videos!
Hello Greg!
Thank you for renewed inspiration! I love everything about your project, your enthusiasm passion dedication commitment, your excellent insights and your beautiful playing.
May I add about the preludes, maybe it’s my own feeling, or I read it somewhere: to me this music is pure poetry. Nowhere else has a composer writen such short gems, yet nothing else needs be added, no development is necessary. We know Chopin loved Bach, and Bach did write some very short and masterful preludes, but pure gems like this only Chopin did. In such short exquisite poems, Chopin says everything he has to say and moves on.
Of course, he also sensitively balances out the brief interludes with more developed materials. In that sense, the very short preludes are preludes to the prelude that follows, like 6-7-8 or 14-15 or 20-21 or 23-24 etc, making sets of prelude so beautifully effective.
Thank you! Very good point ! And thanks for such beautiful words about my project. It's a fuel to my motivation for doing it ! Best wishes from Poland!
Theese Chopin videos are very inspiring.
Thank you very much!
Ho scoperto per caso su Yotube questo canale del Maestro GRZEGORG e ne sono rimasto letteralmente folgorato!!!Che meraviglia..il Maestro ci fa entrare letterlmente nelle note di Chopin e ci fa immergere in una dimensione assolutamente extraterrestre.....Qualcuno mi puo' dire dove posso comprare la discografia del Maestro Greg................grazie
Thank you so much for your explanation! I think this kind of videos are most useful, because as you said technique is not only speed. But unfortunately not all teachers tell about details. From Russia with ❤
Thank you!
Its wonderful and short , reminds me of life.
Yes , it is like opening a small musical box.
SO WONDERFUL AS ALWAYS!!!!! Thank you for my favourite Chopin's Prelude known as "Ważka" in n excellent your rendition and for your analysis/tutorial, this great video will be helpful for many pianists, lately we Polish people are watching The International Chopin Competition, so exciting, again my best regards, have a nice evening. Joanna
I feel soft breeze and sunlight on my skin. Innocent joy...
One word for Chopin's B major prelude: "Buoyant."
Perfect
0:18-0:25 is my favorite part of this piece it’s too pretty.
Yeeeees!!!!
I know I'm late to this piece, but one thing I just can't understand is Chopin's pedal markings in this piece. It doesn't seem like any pianist truly follows them - for example he says to keep the pedal down from bars 5-6, and then to leave it completely off in bar 10. Even bar 1-2 I think pianists just leave the pedal on. Would love to hear your take on this, as it sounds like you are also not strictly following Chopins pedaling. Thank you!
I'll answer you soon!
@@gregniemczukhi
I just saw it again and I'm answering now:
Chopin's pedal in this Prelude sounds FANTASTIC on his pianos. Pianos with shorter sound especially in the bass strings. On modern pianos it doesn't work and it doesn't sound well. His idea was: in bars 5-6 keep the bass B all the time, in bar no. 10 we have a modulation and many different chords in one bar so he decided to put it completely off.
@@gregniemczukI reminded you to reply haha 😆
@@justintimetoclashandbrawl3348 YES!!!!!!
Hello maestro, how are you doing today, I hope you’re doing well.
I’m currently learning this beautiful prelude, and I’m having hard time understanding the tempo of Chopin on 6/8,
Why this prelude on 6/8 should be slightly slower,
Does this mean prelude no.14 should be faster than normal Alegro because it’s on 2/2?
My specific question is how Chopin tempo is slower on “”/8 and faster on “”/2.
Normally we should count the way the composer tells us. So when you can count on 6 and play this Prelude, than it's ok. That's why it must be slower.
you are too picky to want to define this music with one word only. I would say yes happiness, but happiness, serenity interwoven with a very slight melancholy that makes it even more discreet and fascinating.
🌿🎼
You're right... It's so hard to describe using one word only
Les bonnes Choses ne durent jamais.
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Ich denke es ist OK, dass dieses Stück kurz ist. :) Mein Freund würde meinen "wäre sonst zu viel des Guten" ;) . Wenn man sich beispielweise die Chupa Chups im Kiosk anschaut, diese werden ebenfalls nicht so gross wie ein Apfel hergestellt...
Frollicking :)
Well made point about the tempo, the only thing that's maybe lost, compared to playing it faster, is the stutter effect of the repeated runs in the main melody - on the slower tempo I think a player should be careful to phrase each second run differently from the one before to avoid sounding repetitive.
Good point! I agree! Haven't thought about that. 🌹🌹
@@gregniemczuk I keep thinking about your lecture... What also interests me about the time of nr.11 is the signature, which is 6/8 - but everyone I heard plays it like a fast 3/4: playing the notes in groups of 2, Ta-da Ta-da Ta-da (three accents per measure) instead of what's written by Chopin, Ta-da-da Ta-da-da - two accents per beat, groups of three notes. It really changes the feel of the song and why won't people play it like that?
(In Venezuelan guitar music you often get both accent patterns at the same time, e.g. in Lauro's Negrito Valse, or Natalia. This is the rhythm of for instance Mm. 5 of Prelude 11)
What do you think about the written grouping of three notes? Would you say you play them as groups of two?