I am an amateur at intermediate at max, and apart from the insane runs in the end, this piece is really one of the easier ones to learn, as the main patterns repeat several times. If you haven’t learned it, give it a go, it’s so beautiful to be able to play it yourself. Expect for the 35 notes in the end, my brain still can’t compute that 😂
1. It’s a nocturne, and it really isn’t that hard without much technical difficulties 2. She’s only reading notes and not memorising it so it doesn’t build her repetoire 3. yes, she can do way better than me and it might look impressive (which it is), but she is a professional classical pianist, and when ur a professional, everything is super easy
#Chopinatmidnight There is something special about Chopin's music, and this one brings to light a thousand stars at night time. Especially the trills and run-ons. It makes the piece feel like the stars are gliding through the sky.
@@juliansmantillap8767 Hey! I'm currently learning this piece and it has taken me like 4 months alredy, but it's because I stopped practicing for some time, so I'd say with dedication you could leanr this in a month or two at full speed and perfect notes.
@@tonoguel_08 hi, I started learning that piece at the beginning of March, I'm at the difficult part rn, at the end with all those fast notes, I have to say it wasn't that difficult to learn, I could have been faster but I stopped for a few days
I've been playing piano for less than a year and just started learning this piece. I got 2 hours deep and got what you learned in 1 min almost performance ready. What you're doing is inspiring even though my level is much lower. I'm so excited to learn the rest of the piece!
@@chisstakateb4566 because it's super beautiful. It's not that hard technically, but more emotionally. So even a beginner can learn a lot from this piece about emotions, melodies, Intonation etc
@@chisstakateb4566 I agree. It's RCM 9 on the RCM grading scale (there are 10 grades). It's technically difficult. Coordinating the timing, especially with the triplets can be challenging for beginners who have played for less than a year. The quick runs also make it difficult for a beginner.
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@@MuAlexJS you do know that not everyone who plays piano can play organ, right? it may look similar on the surface, but they're two _completely_ different instruments. that's not to say that some piano skills like sightreading, hand posture, etc. can be applied to organ playing, but no pianist can just walk up to an organ and play it immediately. that's like saying that anyone who plays violin can play viola or cello. or anyone who plays guitar can play bass.
Episches Video, wird bestimmt legendär! ✨ Schöne Idee mit dem Mitternachtsspiel. 👍 Hier ist mir auch wieder einmal bewusst geworden, was für ein feiner Flügel dieser Boston ist! 🤩 Auch mit viel Gefühl gespielt von Dir. 😊
#Chopinatmidnight Chopin is my all time favorite composer, he delivers feelings within his music more than anyone else. I can't really wrap my head around it but everything he does is so beautifully written. This piece has such a dark, warm undertone and is melancholic and soft, it just amazes me how a few notes can have such a big impact on our emotions. And you played it really wonderful as well😊
So ein Genuss diese wunderbare Interpretation zu hören… ich bin noch Anfängerin und finde es faszinierend dass du es in 1 Stunde und 10 Minuten so perfekt spielen kannst! Wow!!!!
you are *extremely* lucky for never having had problems with your neighbours for playing the piano, but then again you probably live in a house so that's a great advantage
Ich lerne das Stück gerade und bin nach 1 Stunde noch nicht mal beim 10. Takt angelangt. Ich kann für mich auch nur bestätigen, dass die linke Hand so unglaublich wichtig hier ist. Macht riesig Spaß es selbst zu lernen und ist mega beeindruckend, wie du das mal grad so in etwas über einer Stunde lernst und wunderschön spielst. 👍
This was my second Chopin piece, I absolutely love the feeling inside of it! It’s absolutely my 2nd fav nocturne (my fav is the 21 c:) It’s a piece really easy to learn, but very very difficult in the interpretation, this truly have really deep feelings on it
You seem like you would be a good neighbor. This is very pretty music. I am sure they would listen as they drank some milk and ate some cookies. I woke up and she was playing something beautiful and dreamy.
In bar 7 the first C# (right hand) is tied to the second (so not repeated) in every edition I have seen (and the one you have onscreen). I know editions of this piece vary considerably in many places (including the middle section, where you are playing from a different edition to the one onscreen); nonetheless you may wish to check this bar 7 in your edition, as I've never seen it nor heard it played with the C# repeated as you're doing.
There are two versions :) One is like Annique played it in bar 7 and the middle part and the other one is like you wrote. My Henle Book contains both versions.
#Chopinatmidnight Fun fact, it was the first nocturne that I learned, and I did learn it at midnight too. There's something haunting, subtly threatening, subtly melancholic, yet unexpressable. It appears to me that the harder I understand Chopin, his life, and his works, the harder I find to properly play this piece: there's just no unique interpretation. Chopin was god-like in expressing emotions without words, but there are some that even music cannot either.
#chopinatmidnight I m amazed with your piano skills. I actually ady played this piece many times and I still love to play it. To me, I feel like this piece is a very beautiful piece. Thanks for posting this piece. Great job on this piece.
I really like the #Chopinatmidnight challenge! Not just because of the nice lighting in your room, but the piece is also very emotional and calming - and your awesome playing as always 😉
I’m starting to learn how to play this and bar 15 is the most troublesome for me. It starts slow and then speeds up and the left hand has to hold steady. Thanks for showing us how to play it! Love what you do; keep going - glad you have nice neighbors. Sleep well
I am retired, so I can set any schedule I like. I have come to practice piano from about 4 in the afternoon to 12 midnight or 1. I take several breaks, so it is fairly relaxed. I have come to practice the same 24 pieces always in the same order. These are all pieces I love. This particular Nocturne in one of them. You did a VERY NICE job with it!!! Thank you!!!
#chopinatmidnight Just like with so many of his other pieces, the sound he creates is just exceptional. The melancholic atmosphere of this piece is just indescribable
Amazing how well you played it in 1 minute just straight sight reading… incredible!!! 🤩 I just practiced for 1.5 hrs and I can’t play just the RH as well as you did in a minute 😅 let alone both hands at same time
Some people call themselves pianists, but in reality they only play the piano. You can't see any emotion when they are playing the piano. And now I'm playing this piece and I can really see that in this piece you just have to show the feeling. But I see many people who just play it like they are fighting with the piano😅. Now I can see that you are a real pianist and you can show all emotions. The way you play the piece and move your hand is amazing. (Please don't mind my mistakes in this comment; English is my second language)
Such an ill-informed comment. Blinded by visual stimuli. Many great pianists don’t move much or “show emotions” when playing. The most well-known one has to be Horowitz.
Hallo Annique, ich habe vor 1 Woche mit dieser Nocturne begonnen. Ich bin kein guter Spieler, habe erst mit 56 Jahren begonnen. Nun bin ich auf diese Challenge gestossen und es hilft mir riesenhaft, mehr als Du Dir vorstellen kannst. Fingering, Fluss in der rechten Hand und all die Dinge, die Du gesagt hast, verbesserten mein Spiel schlagartig. TAUSEND DANK !!!
#chopinatmidnight I love how beautiful and flowing this piece is. This piece and all of Chopin’s other Nocturnes really warm my heart!❤ My favorite Nocturne is probably Op. 9 No. 3. I love the fantastic melody. I listen to this piece, (No. 20), No.3, and No. 2 amongst all the other Nocturnes. My favorite part is when it goes to A major (I think) at measure 21. I love the fantastic key change and the new lovely melody! Chopin is my favorite composer, and his Nocturne no. 2 is what got me into classical music!
I love how you present this type of challenge. Being able to follow along with the sheet music I think improves my sight-reading. (At least it lessens my fear of sight-reading.)
I learnt the nocturn in c sharp minor a few years ago expecting it to be behond my playing. I was glad with my efforts. You are though a professional !
I’m currently learning this piece and as someone who plays the piano since October 2019 it gets sometimes hard… I struggle sometimes at some points but I won’t give up! I don’t take lessons to not develop and stuff! I take lessons to get better and better and to achieve something! I always wanted to learn this nocturne! It’s so beautiful that I can’t even put it in words! I love this and I try to do my best!🤌🏻🥹💗aannnddd you played it so beautifully 😍
#Chopinatmidnight Chopin's music has a sort of intimacy unrivalled by any composer. The delicate nature of the nocturnes really reflect this but also chopins ability to make the piano sing also makes his music so beautiful. The way he conveys such complex emotions makes his music really personal. This nocturne is one of my favourites for this. There's such a heavy, solemn sadness about it that I can't help but feel a connection to it. The same goes for both Op.48 pieces and all his ballades. So beautiful and intricate...
I’m currently working on all of Chopin’s nocturnes along with Beethoven’s 3 part piano sonata in c minor. I’ll be starting w/ this nocturne so it was nice to see a professional play this 😀. Thx again Annique🥰
This is both depressing and inspiring. To hear someone play a piece better after an hour of practice than I do after countless hours is a bit of a downer. But for me, as a self-taught player, to hear so many insights into how to approach a piece like this from scratch is a real blessing. Thanks
#chopinatmidnight I love how chopin always gives an oppressive but also a pure sound in his nocturnes. I also find on Op. 55 no. 1 it is very nice how chopin first starts in the minor and then ends in the major. He just likes nice endings.🙂
After seeing your performance I can picture Chopin up at midnight composing this piece and yawning just as much as you. It has a certain flow to it. Starts to feel sad then it brightens up like he starts to fall asleep and quickly tries to wake up so he can finish writing it all down. (or maybe I'm reading to much into it) It's a beautiful piece played beautifully (as always) The only thing missing was at the end of the video I fully expected to see the last few seconds of you in the chair fast asleep :)
#Chopinatmidnight Dass ich diese Nocturne so liebe, ist dass sie so verletzlich klingt. Chopin hat sie für sich selbst komponiert und sie nie in der öffentlichkeit gespielt. Es ist so als hätte er seine tiefen emotionen in dieses Stück hineingesteckt. Und wie immer tolles Video👍 Dein Zimmer sieht im dunklen sogar besser aus
#Chopinatmidnight this is my favorite nocturne in the piano repertoire. I couldn't agree more with what you said in the video : what really stands out in this piece is its simplicity and vulnerability which creates its musical depth. I also just love the C sharp minor key in general because of its ominous and sorrowful feel. Everything about the character of this piece screams mine : it feels enclosed, introverted and sensitive, and I can almost identify myself through it. This might be why I'm attached to it so much. Also despite the out of tune top strings and you practicing late I night, your interpretation was nothing short of fantastic especially for a 1 hour long practice session!
Have you ever woken up and found yourself playing the piano? It looks like Annique may soon experience sleep-playing. Well done for making it through a whole nocturne whilst fighting the instinct to nod off. Though being a night person, I'm actually often playing after midnight. A Ballade before bed brings blessings.
One thing that I love about this piece is that it's quite open to so many interpretations while still sounding beautiful. This is undoubtedly one of the most emotionally resonant of Chopin's works and it makes sense why he never published it himself. #Chopinatmidnight
It was just beautiful you inspire me to keep practicing piano I know how to play violin and started to learn piano I sometimes feel I want to give up but just thinking that one day I’ll hopefully play as beautiful as you do makes me want to keep practicing.
Hi Annique! My brother and I are watching your video from Italy! We love listening and playng #Chopinatmidnight. We hope we have written everything correctly, a kiss from Italy 😘❤️
You are really extraordinary, in the midnight and in sight reading you play wonderfully good! For the next can you play hungarian dances no5, 2 or 1 by Brahms, please. 👍
#Chopinatmidnight:The thing that I really love about this piece is that it really penetrates my soul when hearing it being played. Reminds me of my grandma's funeral😢😢. And also this piece kinds of connects with the hardships we face in life in which joy and sorrow are transient and abstract feelings.They alternately strike us without warning.
Para mí, la pieza musical más bella de la historia de la música. La que más me conmueve! Y sé que hay otras maravillas pero, sobre todo, en la versión piano/violín me parece increíblemente profunda y bella.
It'd be amazing if you did the the challenge with Monti's Czardas! It's a great Hungarian piece, and it makes you see how good Listz's was at taking inspiration in Hungarian music, making the piece feel strangely familiar yet so foreign (at least as a French person who doesn't know much about Hungary ahah). A really great piece that is worth checking out, even if not played!
#Chopinatmidnight One of the first Chopin pieces I ever learnt to play, so it's special to me in another way adding to it being just such a beautiful piece. In my opinion, it's one of his most expressive pieces, and you captured it beautifully.
Been learning piano for just shy of 2 years at this point, this is on my list of things to learn lol. I started learning Chopin with the Waltz in A Minor.
Such a peaceful and beautiful piece this is though! And the night time does definitely suit on pieces like this. Also your house looks do good at night, specially those yellow lighted lamps!
#Chopinatmidnight Chopin has a way to transcribe pure emotion into music, only a few composers achieved such beauty in their writing ! And this piece is a perfect example of the talent of this composer. (Hello from France !)
I have one question regarding this piece and how it is interpreted by many pianists including her. The high high C# on the second line is only meant to be played once like it is written but for some reason people play it twice before playing the b. Does anyone know why? If so pls respond!❤️
@@dinny1902 and also in the c# minor scale at the end. There the top note ist also played twice by her even tho it’s not written like that in the score!
For this nocturne there are two different versions, the first one written by Chopin himself and the second one by someone copying it. You can find both versions in the Henle score.
@@vahankoshkaryan1868 The score that she shows in videos is always a public domain one, for copyright reasons. It's not necessarily the one she's actually using. If you click on the link in the description to the score at Stretta Music, you can actually see the 1st page (it's the 2nd image), and there is no tie.
#chopinatmidnight you played this piece sleep-deprived so much better than me when I'm awake! Guess I better go practice... In all seriousness, I fell in love with this nocturne after watching The Pianist. I printed out the sheet music without the intention of ever really finishing it. It sat on my piano stand for months and I would just occasionally sightread it, sometimes I would suddenly get the motivation to practice it, other times, I'd hate how it sounded. This is a piece that, for some reason, no matter how much I practice, it's never complete/performance ready. It's nice to come back to every so often and apply new things that I learned, and get it one step farther, as well as hearing how my scales improve at the end.
Maintaining proper posture at midnight is a challenge all on its own - so entertaining to see you figure out how make your brain work at a time of day when it would normally be at complete rest . . . watcing you fighting off "brain fade" is fun for us, but probably not as fun for you at the time - 💖 that you were willing to *_suffer_* for your art and would share that with us
#Chopinatmidnight Something about Chopin's pieces...wow. He has so much musicality in his pieces in general, including this nocturne. A poet of the piano he is, indeed.
and seriously after u did every part greatly... the ending part was just unimaginable amaizing soft silence and sophisticated fingercatch u rlly get into music ... if chopin saw that he could be rlly proud of writting that 😅😅😅
#Chopinatmidnight this piece reminds me of my childhood during holidays at my grandparents (in Poland) :-). Your interpretation is very beautiful (even though you were sleepy haha ;-) )
#Chopinatmidnight Chopin's Nocturnes are what inspired me to start playing the piano (two months ago, only; having a lot of fun learning!). I love how much emotion he conveys through them, in a soft, wistful, melancholy but also beautiful and often calming way, and this piece is no exception. I wasn't that familiar with this piece yet but am adding it to my listening rotation now for sure! You played it so beautifully and really highlighted what's important in this piece.
#Chopinatmidnight what I love about this piece and many of Chopin's other works is that he can bring out such deep emotions with so few notes. it feels like he strips down all the frivolities and we're left with just the raw emotion, and it's so beautiful
I always practice during the day. I'm living with a few others in my home and if I play in the morning and wake them they will kill me. If I play in the evening while they are watching TV they will kill me so I only have during the day 🤣🤣 I just finished this piece after half a year of practice. It is amazing to see you play it so good.
A magnificent piece that you played beautifully. I used to play the first part of this nocturne, I’d love to try it again! Fell in love with it the day I watched the beautiful movie The Pianist. #chopinatmidnight
#Chopinatmidnight I love Chopin! Everytime I hear a piece by Chopin, it makes me want to play piano, so I can't fall asleep while listening. I sometimes wish I could play at midnight, but I have a family and neighbors, so that's not a good idea. Your trills are beautiful! I really need to work on my trill technique. Thank you for sharing!
#Chopinatmidnight I've loved this piece since I first hear it, there is just something about it that draws me towards it, it expresses so much emotion, it sad at first, but then there's hope like a beam of light, but then it returns to sadness and desperation.
learning a chopin piece in an hour and 11 minutes is actually insane
I am an amateur at intermediate at max, and apart from the insane runs in the end, this piece is really one of the easier ones to learn, as the main patterns repeat several times. If you haven’t learned it, give it a go, it’s so beautiful to be able to play it yourself. Expect for the 35 notes in the end, my brain still can’t compute that 😂
1. It’s a nocturne, and it really isn’t that hard without much technical difficulties
2. She’s only reading notes and not memorising it so it doesn’t build her repetoire
3. yes, she can do way better than me and it might look impressive (which it is), but she is a professional classical pianist, and when ur a professional, everything is super easy
@@Hauri1972 the note are easy, but is musically impossible.
I have listened to this noturne every night for nearly a decade to fall asleep. You played it beautifully!
Same . it’s beautiful
So you heard it about 3600 Times?
Me too
@@dogtens1060 apparently.... ha!
What. This sad piece can make you sleep?
#Chopinatmidnight There is something special about Chopin's music, and this one brings to light a thousand stars at night time. Especially the trills and run-ons. It makes the piece feel like the stars are gliding through the sky.
I agree with you 😘
I agree with you greatly😚
Your tired practicing result is wayyyy better than my fresh, energized practice result
This was literally the first piece written by Chopin that I've ever played on the piano and I just really love it
On how much time playing the piano ? And how long did it take to you ?
@@juliansmantillap8767 Hey! I'm currently learning this piece and it has taken me like 4 months alredy, but it's because I stopped practicing for some time, so I'd say with dedication you could leanr this in a month or two at full speed and perfect notes.
@@tonoguel_08 hi, I started learning that piece at the beginning of March, I'm at the difficult part rn, at the end with all those fast notes, I have to say it wasn't that difficult to learn, I could have been faster but I stopped for a few days
Sameee
I've been playing piano for less than a year and just started learning this piece. I got 2 hours deep and got what you learned in 1 min almost performance ready. What you're doing is inspiring even though my level is much lower. I'm so excited to learn the rest of the piece!
Not to be rude, but what made you want to start learning this piece, which is relatively difficult, as a beginner to piano?
@@chisstakateb4566 because it's super beautiful. It's not that hard technically, but more emotionally. So even a beginner can learn a lot from this piece about emotions, melodies, Intonation etc
Man u can not play this shit for like playin with less than a year. Cmonn ur teacher would not even accept this
@@chisstakateb4566 As long as you don't try the coda you'll be fine :P
@@chisstakateb4566 I agree. It's RCM 9 on the RCM grading scale (there are 10 grades). It's technically difficult. Coordinating the timing, especially with the triplets can be challenging for beginners who have played for less than a year. The quick runs also make it difficult for a beginner.
This is one of my favorite pieces by Chopin and I think you did it justice. Especially while being so tired!
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We've seen basically almost every famous composer here except Bach. Would love to see a 1 min 10 min 1h Bach piece at some point!
go to a church and do toccata and fugue in d minor
@@MuAlexJS you do know that not everyone who plays piano can play organ, right? it may look similar on the surface, but they're two _completely_ different instruments. that's not to say that some piano skills like sightreading, hand posture, etc. can be applied to organ playing, but no pianist can just walk up to an organ and play it immediately. that's like saying that anyone who plays violin can play viola or cello. or anyone who plays guitar can play bass.
@@apianbelle1343 brother it was a joke
@@MuAlexJS oh. apologies then!
#Chopinatmidnight
I love that this piece sounds dark and intimate, but, at the same time, so beautiful and majestic
Whenever i play piano in the dark, i always play better. There's something special about it
Episches Video, wird bestimmt legendär! ✨ Schöne Idee mit dem Mitternachtsspiel. 👍 Hier ist mir auch wieder einmal bewusst geworden, was für ein feiner Flügel dieser Boston ist! 🤩 Auch mit viel Gefühl gespielt von Dir. 😊
Your comments on how to play this piece, was a great help, in every way, thank you.
#Chopinatmidnight Chopin is my all time favorite composer, he delivers feelings within his music more than anyone else. I can't really wrap my head around it but everything he does is so beautifully written. This piece has such a dark, warm undertone and is melancholic and soft, it just amazes me how a few notes can have such a big impact on our emotions. And you played it really wonderful as well😊
So ein Genuss diese wunderbare Interpretation zu hören… ich bin noch Anfängerin und finde es faszinierend dass du es in 1 Stunde und 10 Minuten so perfekt spielen kannst! Wow!!!!
How can I forget this one. I first heard this in one of my favourite movie "The Pianist"
This beautiful nocturne is played at the beginning of the movie The Pianist in a very impressive scene!
you are *extremely* lucky for never having had problems with your neighbours for playing the piano, but then again you probably live in a house so that's a great advantage
Ich lerne das Stück gerade und bin nach 1 Stunde noch nicht mal beim 10. Takt angelangt. Ich kann für mich auch nur bestätigen, dass die linke Hand so unglaublich wichtig hier ist. Macht riesig Spaß es selbst zu lernen und ist mega beeindruckend, wie du das mal grad so in etwas über einer Stunde lernst und wunderschön spielst. 👍
This was my second Chopin piece, I absolutely love the feeling inside of it! It’s absolutely my 2nd fav nocturne (my fav is the 21 c:) It’s a piece really easy to learn, but very very difficult in the interpretation, this truly have really deep feelings on it
You seem like you would be a good neighbor. This is very pretty music. I am sure they would listen as they drank some milk and ate some cookies. I woke up and she was playing something beautiful and dreamy.
In bar 7 the first C# (right hand) is tied to the second (so not repeated) in every edition I have seen (and the one you have onscreen). I know editions of this piece vary considerably in many places (including the middle section, where you are playing from a different edition to the one onscreen); nonetheless you may wish to check this bar 7 in your edition, as I've never seen it nor heard it played with the C# repeated as you're doing.
Might just be her not noticing it at first due to being tired and then not looking at it twice to check 😅
There are two versions :) One is like Annique played it in bar 7 and the middle part and the other one is like you wrote. My Henle Book contains both versions.
The version I'm currently playing has a slur over the whole phrase but no tie, so the note is repeated. I guess it just depends the version
My AMEB (Australian Music Examinations Board) Piano Series 17 Grade 8 book doesn’t use a tie either.
Hearing that c# twice made me vomit.
This was the 1min, 10 min, 1 hour challenge for you, it was a do not yawn challenge for us!
You played it really well, this is such a beautiful piece!
#Chopinatmidnight I adore Chopin!! I dont know if I can live without his music.
#Chopinatmidnight Fun fact, it was the first nocturne that I learned, and I did learn it at midnight too. There's something haunting, subtly threatening, subtly melancholic, yet unexpressable. It appears to me that the harder I understand Chopin, his life, and his works, the harder I find to properly play this piece: there's just no unique interpretation. Chopin was god-like in expressing emotions without words, but there are some that even music cannot either.
Crikey! Would love to have a neighbour like you!! That's so well played! Loved how you made the music breathe (or sigh)! Thanks!
#chopinatmidnight
I m amazed with your piano skills. I actually ady played this piece many times and I still love to play it. To me, I feel like this piece is a very beautiful piece. Thanks for posting this piece. Great job on this piece.
I really like the #Chopinatmidnight challenge! Not just because of the nice lighting in your room, but the piece is also very emotional and calming - and your awesome playing as always 😉
this was a really great idea for a spin on the challenge
I’m starting to learn how to play this and bar 15 is the most troublesome for me. It starts slow and then speeds up and the left hand has to hold steady. Thanks for showing us how to play it! Love what you do; keep going - glad you have nice neighbors. Sleep well
My favorite #Chopinatmidnight nocturne! Beautiful playing and keep up the great work!!
I am retired, so I can set any schedule I like. I have come to practice piano from about 4 in the afternoon to 12 midnight or 1. I take several breaks, so it is fairly relaxed. I have come to practice the same 24 pieces always in the same order. These are all pieces I love. This particular Nocturne in one of them. You did a VERY NICE job with it!!! Thank you!!!
Always happy to see a new video from you
#chopinatmidnight
Just like with so many of his other pieces, the sound he creates is just exceptional. The melancholic atmosphere of this piece is just indescribable
Your rendition of Chopin etude in C#m op 10 no.4 is probably the best thing in existence, and definitely the best thing since sliced bread.
Such a genuine, welcoming, and warm video. Loved it!
Amazing how well you played it in 1 minute just straight sight reading… incredible!!! 🤩 I just practiced for 1.5 hrs and I can’t play just the RH as well as you did in a minute 😅 let alone both hands at same time
Some people call themselves pianists, but in reality they only play the piano. You can't see any emotion when they are playing the piano. And now I'm playing this piece and I can really see that in this piece you just have to show the feeling. But I see many people who just play it like they are fighting with the piano😅. Now I can see that you are a real pianist and you can show all emotions. The way you play the piece and move your hand is amazing. (Please don't mind my mistakes in this comment; English is my second language)
Such an ill-informed comment. Blinded by visual stimuli. Many great pianists don’t move much or “show emotions” when playing. The most well-known one has to be Horowitz.
Hallo Annique, ich habe vor 1 Woche mit dieser Nocturne begonnen. Ich bin kein guter Spieler, habe erst mit 56 Jahren begonnen. Nun bin ich auf diese Challenge gestossen und es hilft mir riesenhaft, mehr als Du Dir vorstellen kannst. Fingering, Fluss in der rechten Hand und all die Dinge, die Du gesagt hast, verbesserten mein Spiel schlagartig. TAUSEND DANK !!!
#Chopinatmidnight, this piece has a certain sadness to it. Like a faint memory of person you knew a long time ago. Beautifully played.
#chopinatmidnight I love how beautiful and flowing this piece is. This piece and all of Chopin’s other Nocturnes really warm my heart!❤ My favorite Nocturne is probably Op. 9 No. 3. I love the fantastic melody. I listen to this piece, (No. 20), No.3, and No. 2 amongst all the other Nocturnes. My favorite part is when it goes to A major (I think) at measure 21. I love the fantastic key change and the new lovely melody! Chopin is my favorite composer, and his Nocturne no. 2 is what got me into classical music!
I agree! I love Chopin’s flowing music too!
Agreed! Lovely melody and bass line😍
I love how you present this type of challenge. Being able to follow along with the sheet music I think improves my sight-reading. (At least it lessens my fear of sight-reading.)
I learnt the nocturn in c sharp minor a few years ago expecting it to be behond my playing. I was glad with my efforts. You are though a professional !
I’m currently learning this piece and as someone who plays the piano since October 2019 it gets sometimes hard… I struggle sometimes at some points but I won’t give up! I don’t take lessons to not develop and stuff! I take lessons to get better and better and to achieve something! I always wanted to learn this nocturne! It’s so beautiful that I can’t even put it in words! I love this and I try to do my best!🤌🏻🥹💗aannnddd you played it so beautifully 😍
Omg! I’m literally practicing this piece right now. 🙃🙃
Same here
ahaha samee i’ve learnt the whole piece:P
@@alice-8016 me too
I also practice it now and then since I learned it.
Me too!
Very nice! As always impressed and I love your interpretation of the pieces you’re playing!
You played it so well and the nightime suits the piece after all !
#Chopinatmidnight Chopin's music has a sort of intimacy unrivalled by any composer. The delicate nature of the nocturnes really reflect this but also chopins ability to make the piano sing also makes his music so beautiful. The way he conveys such complex emotions makes his music really personal. This nocturne is one of my favourites for this. There's such a heavy, solemn sadness about it that I can't help but feel a connection to it. The same goes for both Op.48 pieces and all his ballades. So beautiful and intricate...
I’m currently working on all of Chopin’s nocturnes along with Beethoven’s 3 part piano sonata in c minor. I’ll be starting w/ this nocturne so it was nice to see a professional play this 😀. Thx again Annique🥰
This is both depressing and inspiring. To hear someone play a piece better after an hour of practice than I do after countless hours is a bit of a downer. But for me, as a self-taught player, to hear so many insights into how to approach a piece like this from scratch is a real blessing. Thanks
I discovered this channel 2 weeks ago and I just fell in love with her
#chopinatmidnight I love how chopin always gives an oppressive but also a pure sound in his nocturnes. I also find on Op. 55 no. 1 it is very nice how chopin first starts in the minor and then ends in the major. He just likes nice endings.🙂
She needed to dim the lights a little to suit the mood. Certainly one of the more popular Chopin pieces and much loved. Thank you.
The emotion of this piece always captures me. Especially when it’s well and sensitively interpreted.
nothing reminds me of my dad like this piece, thank you for playing it. i can't help but cry when i hear it.
After seeing your performance I can picture Chopin up at midnight composing this piece and yawning just as much as you. It has a certain flow to it. Starts to feel sad then it brightens up like he starts to fall asleep and quickly tries to wake up so he can finish writing it all down. (or maybe I'm reading to much into it) It's a beautiful piece played beautifully (as always) The only thing missing was at the end of the video I fully expected to see the last few seconds of you in the chair fast asleep :)
#Chopinatmidnight
Dass ich diese Nocturne so liebe, ist dass sie so verletzlich klingt. Chopin hat sie für sich selbst komponiert und sie nie in der öffentlichkeit gespielt. Es ist so als hätte er seine tiefen emotionen in dieses Stück hineingesteckt. Und wie immer tolles Video👍 Dein Zimmer sieht im dunklen sogar besser aus
I wish I could be your neighbour and wake up at midnight to a Chopin nocturne played as beautifully as you do! Keep your content coming!
#Chopinatmidnight this is my favorite nocturne in the piano repertoire. I couldn't agree more with what you said in the video : what really stands out in this piece is its simplicity and vulnerability which creates its musical depth. I also just love the C sharp minor key in general because of its ominous and sorrowful feel. Everything about the character of this piece screams mine : it feels enclosed, introverted and sensitive, and I can almost identify myself through it. This might be why I'm attached to it so much.
Also despite the out of tune top strings and you practicing late I night, your interpretation was nothing short of fantastic especially for a 1 hour long practice session!
Have you ever woken up and found yourself playing the piano? It looks like Annique may soon experience sleep-playing.
Well done for making it through a whole nocturne whilst fighting the instinct to nod off. Though being a night person, I'm actually often playing after midnight. A Ballade before bed brings blessings.
Messy hair, pajamas and midnight.
The perfect vibes for this piece😂❤️
One thing that I love about this piece is that it's quite open to so many interpretations while still sounding beautiful. This is undoubtedly one of the most emotionally resonant of Chopin's works and it makes sense why he never published it himself. #Chopinatmidnight
It was just beautiful you inspire me to keep practicing piano I know how to play violin and started to learn piano I sometimes feel I want to give up but just thinking that one day I’ll hopefully play as beautiful as you do makes me want to keep practicing.
Hi Annique! My brother and I are watching your video from Italy! We love listening and playng #Chopinatmidnight. We hope we have written everything correctly, a kiss from Italy 😘❤️
I've been waiting for decades for you to make this video.
You are really extraordinary, in the midnight and in sight reading you play wonderfully good!
For the next can you play hungarian dances no5, 2 or 1 by Brahms, please. 👍
good idea
Can some please help me? I have been trying to find out what the piece in the background at 7.48 to 8.00 is for 2 hours! PLEASE I NEED TO KNOW🙏
@@ingrid5910 sorry but i don't know
@@N4th. It's ok. I still haven't found it, but I'll not give up
I love your bed-head and PJs look! It feels so real and like we’re just hanging out with you :).
*I ABSOLUTELY LOVED YOUR NIGHT "SCENARIO"!*
I adore you! Thank you for your refreshing and kind spirit in the world of professional pianists. Blessings! ❤
#Chopinatmidnight:The thing that I really love about this piece is that it really penetrates my soul when hearing it being played. Reminds me of my grandma's funeral😢😢. And also this piece kinds of connects with the hardships we face in life in which joy and sorrow are transient and abstract feelings.They alternately strike us without warning.
love this nocturne, it made me get back to learn piano after 3 year brake.
Para mí, la pieza musical más bella de la historia de la música. La que más me conmueve! Y sé que hay otras maravillas pero, sobre todo, en la versión piano/violín me parece increíblemente profunda y bella.
It'd be amazing if you did the the challenge with Monti's Czardas! It's a great Hungarian piece, and it makes you see how good Listz's was at taking inspiration in Hungarian music, making the piece feel strangely familiar yet so foreign (at least as a French person who doesn't know much about Hungary ahah). A really great piece that is worth checking out, even if not played!
I agree with you
Allez L'OM
Ich übe das stück seit 2 Monaten und du spielst es nach 1 Minuten besser. Ich bin frustriert :)
If I could play like you after just 1 hour, I would sit at the piano playing everything I could until my back gives out.
#Chopinatmidnight
One of the first Chopin pieces I ever learnt to play, so it's special to me in another way adding to it being just such a beautiful piece. In my opinion, it's one of his most expressive pieces, and you captured it beautifully.
Been learning piano for just shy of 2 years at this point, this is on my list of things to learn lol. I started learning Chopin with the Waltz in A Minor.
Such a peaceful and beautiful piece this is though! And the night time does definitely suit on pieces like this.
Also your house looks do good at night, specially those yellow lighted lamps!
I really like how you share your passion for the piece. I’ve decided to play it after this video!
Brava..! That besa beautiful wonderful rendition..! I give you a 10
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Chopin has a way to transcribe pure emotion into music, only a few composers achieved such beauty in their writing ! And this piece is a perfect example of the talent of this composer. (Hello from France !)
I am currently learning this piece and you played it beautifully! You inspire me so much. 😊
I’ve been teaching myself this piece for months but that 35 note run always gets me! I keep giving up and coming back to it lol
This peice is amazing especially when you played it . I really like the way you wanna fall asleep to it
I have one question regarding this piece and how it is interpreted by many pianists including her. The high high C# on the second line is only meant to be played once like it is written but for some reason people play it twice before playing the b. Does anyone know why? If so pls respond!❤️
Thanks I was wondering why too and looking for some comments about it! 😅
@@dinny1902 and also in the c# minor scale at the end. There the top note ist also played twice by her even tho it’s not written like that in the score!
For this nocturne there are two different versions, the first one written by Chopin himself and the second one by someone copying it. You can find both versions in the Henle score.
It can also be due to preference. In her score it does have a tie, so it’s not meant to be played twice but she does.
@@vahankoshkaryan1868 The score that she shows in videos is always a public domain one, for copyright reasons. It's not necessarily the one she's actually using.
If you click on the link in the description to the score at Stretta Music, you can actually see the 1st page (it's the 2nd image), and there is no tie.
#chopinatmidnight you played this piece sleep-deprived so much better than me when I'm awake! Guess I better go practice... In all seriousness, I fell in love with this nocturne after watching The Pianist. I printed out the sheet music without the intention of ever really finishing it. It sat on my piano stand for months and I would just occasionally sightread it, sometimes I would suddenly get the motivation to practice it, other times, I'd hate how it sounded. This is a piece that, for some reason, no matter how much I practice, it's never complete/performance ready. It's nice to come back to every so often and apply new things that I learned, and get it one step farther, as well as hearing how my scales improve at the end.
Maintaining proper posture at midnight is a challenge all on its own - so entertaining to see you figure out how make your brain work at a time of day when it would normally be at complete rest . . . watcing you fighting off "brain fade" is fun for us, but probably not as fun for you at the time - 💖 that you were willing to *_suffer_* for your art and would share that with us
amazed of how u made it to play so good yet never played those pieces before. nice video
#Chopinatmidnight Something about Chopin's pieces...wow. He has so much musicality in his pieces in general, including this nocturne. A poet of the piano he is, indeed.
and seriously after u did every part greatly... the ending part was just unimaginable amaizing soft silence and sophisticated fingercatch u rlly get into music ... if chopin saw that he could be rlly proud of writting that 😅😅😅
#Chopinatmidnight this piece reminds me of my childhood during holidays at my grandparents (in Poland) :-). Your interpretation is very beautiful (even though you were sleepy haha ;-) )
#Chopinatmidnight Chopin's Nocturnes are what inspired me to start playing the piano (two months ago, only; having a lot of fun learning!). I love how much emotion he conveys through them, in a soft, wistful, melancholy but also beautiful and often calming way, and this piece is no exception. I wasn't that familiar with this piece yet but am adding it to my listening rotation now for sure! You played it so beautifully and really highlighted what's important in this piece.
Ho imparato questo meraviglioso Notturno.Ho impiegato un intero anno😂!Difficile per me ma l'adoro❤
Grazie per l'ispirazione❤
#Chopinatmidnight what I love about this piece and many of Chopin's other works is that he can bring out such deep emotions with so few notes. it feels like he strips down all the frivolities and we're left with just the raw emotion, and it's so beautiful
I always practice during the day. I'm living with a few others in my home and if I play in the morning and wake them they will kill me. If I play in the evening while they are watching TV they will kill me so I only have during the day 🤣🤣
I just finished this piece after half a year of practice. It is amazing to see you play it so good.
A magnificent piece that you played beautifully. I used to play the first part of this nocturne, I’d love to try it again! Fell in love with it the day I watched the beautiful movie The Pianist. #chopinatmidnight
This was played in a scene from The Pianist (late 90s film). Great job.
#Chopinatmidnight I love Chopin! Everytime I hear a piece by Chopin, it makes me want to play piano, so I can't fall asleep while listening. I sometimes wish I could play at midnight, but I have a family and neighbors, so that's not a good idea. Your trills are beautiful! I really need to work on my trill technique. Thank you for sharing!
great piece to learn to "help" w/ learning trills and control of them!
#Chopinatmidnight I've loved this piece since I first hear it, there is just something about it that draws me towards it, it expresses so much emotion, it sad at first, but then there's hope like a beam of light, but then it returns to sadness and desperation.
Very nice piece. I learned it some time before, but didn't play it that well. Now I basically forgot it. Nice video