drive.google.com/file/d/1H4V9vvjpmqB5_RtQMXVT4AZzsPAbxLDL/view?usp=drivesdk If the first étude of Chopin's Opus 25 is a pastoral idyll and the second, as Schumann wrote, a child's dream, then this third is a horseman emerging from that dream. I played this In honor of the New Year at the church in Parainen, last sunday, where I was serving as an organist, at the end of the service. It went okay, so I thought I’d try to see if I could get something out of it at home. This horseman étude isn’t the most difficult - nor does it rank among my best études - but it’s still quite a strain. In my current, not good playing shape, my hands can manage about four full run-throughs before running out of steam. This horseman did not turn out to be a poet on an Arabian steed gathering flowers, nor little Frédéric with a hobby horse, but rather a warhorse. In a way, the piano is to the pianist what a steed is to the horseman. I'm moving forward to the fourth étude, which I consider one of the most difficult. Apologies for all the dog hair.
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If the first étude of Chopin's Opus 25 is a pastoral idyll and the second, as Schumann wrote, a child's dream, then this third is a horseman emerging from that dream. I played this In honor of the New Year at the church in Parainen, last sunday, where I was serving as an organist, at the end of the service. It went okay, so I thought I’d try to see if I could get something out of it at home.
This horseman étude isn’t the most difficult - nor does it rank among my best études - but it’s still quite a strain. In my current, not good playing shape, my hands can manage about four full run-throughs before running out of steam.
This horseman did not turn out to be a poet on an Arabian steed gathering flowers, nor little Frédéric with a hobby horse, but rather a warhorse. In a way, the piano is to the pianist what a steed is to the horseman.
I'm moving forward to the fourth étude, which I consider one of the most difficult. Apologies for all the dog hair.