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For those who need it: 1:45 Bolero - Maurice Ravel 5:46 An American in Paris - George Gershwin (kinda) 9:35 Piano Concerto - Aaron Copland 12:08 The Tempest - Jean Sibelius 15:15 Roman Festivals - Otto Respighi
Playing "Bolero" on the piano is kind of like rubbing your belly with one hand while patting yourself on the head with the other - with the difficulty cranked up to eleven!
the excerpts from 'an american in paris' are absolutely delightful. your ability to clearly articulate so many voices is nothing short of impressive. would love to hear a full performance
The algorithm just introduced me to your channel, and boy am I grateful. Spectacular piano renditions of some of my favorite pieces. American in Paris and Feste Romane. Excited that these will be more accessible to orchestras now. (though we'll have to wait for a few years to really get going on the popular version of the Gershwin, I guess.)
Years ago I had something of a Ravel obsession. I haven't listened to his music in recent years but your awesome rendition of Bolero got me very excited. I need to revisit his music again!
Ravel composed Bolero for Ida Rubenstein's dance company in about 1928. It's a 3/4 time slow dance based on seguidilla. As she was more of a stage mime artist than pure dancer, the insistent dramatic rise of the repetitious theme suited her. A bolero, then, having about 3 different meanings, the one in Ravel's mind probably quite literal, meaning one who takes flight, may be what holds the repetitive increase in volume in the orchestra. It is a BRILLIANT idea to make a piano reduction as theme & variations! (and even though i have attitudes about the sonorities, overtones, of different pianos, it's exciting to hear this pianist, who has the touch skills we hear in great artists)
Haha thanks, I wish I could do everything in one take! As a matter of fact this video required fewer takes/edits than last year's public domain video, so maybe next year I'll actually pull it off!
Love this. Thanks for the video! By the way, Cateen (Hayato Sumino) has a really effective “solo” piano arrangement of Bolero. I say, “solo” because he plays actually uses an upright with one key disconnected from the wires to get the snare drum effect and then a grand piano with his other hand for the rest. Not exactly easy to recreate but really effective!
Just watched it - wow that was something else! I'm normally not a fan of prepared piano stuff but that worked really well! (Also it seems he wisely cut it down to maybe 2/3rds the original length.)
Not true with Gershwin- he's got other things under copyright still, including the popular reorchestration of Rhapsody in Blue, which we have to wait until 2038 for.
Just discovered your channel. Took YT 14 years to introduce me so I have some catching up to do. Thanks for the info and also your performance. Top notch.
The greatest Basque composer! It's a test for whether a person should be allowed a place in a lifeboat or not. If you don't like it, you get to sink or swim. 😂
@@insearchofthemusesthey are legends of British sport. They opened an ice skating rink in their home town of Nottingham, which is on Bolero square, named after this song and their Olympic achievements. Nottingham is the home of British ice skating in part due to them!
You're playing is awesome.! I started playing piano ( well,a keyboard actually but it has 88 keys) & I mostly use fake books or Ultimate Guitar Tabs. In other words ,I cant really read music. I prefer to voice-lead though but admire any pianist who can play classical pieces like yourself. Btw,I was just literally talking about what's Public Domain yesterday w/my brother & I told him that I believed that the song "Happy Birthday ( To You)" was in public domain bcuz I hear it in movies & TV shows instead of its substitute " For He(She's) A Jolly Good Fellow". I asked Google & sure enough ,its been free to use since 2016.
I’m listening again a couple of days later. You have some amazing music here, love the American in Paris, Bolero, and Sibelius snippets. I’m wondering where and how long you studied to be able to play with such virtuosity. Bravo.
VG may be passed, but his state will still be receiving royalties. My father was a successful TV actor and we continue to collect, and expect, royalties from exploitation of his appearances.
nah, i'ts a spanish word , arrived to USA via Mexico, "ranchero" tradition. The Protestant English didn't "surround (rodear)" anything lol . "Ro-DE-o"... with the "E" sounding like in " Embassy", " Exercise", " Enterprise", etc.
"Rodeo stresses its western folk hero image and its being a genuinely American creation. But in fact it grew out of the practices of Spanish ranchers and their Mexican ranch hands (vaqueros), a mixture of cattle wrangling and bullfighting that dates back to the sixteenth-century conquistadors." . en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_rodeo
Interestingly Ravel himself made versions of Bolero for both Two Pianos and Piano Duet. Yeah it gets somewhat repetitive but there's enough variation even in those that it keeps its interest.
You can guess my approximate age by where I first heard Bolero, the film "10" with Dudley Moore and Bo Derek. 😂😂😂😂 George and Aaron are my absolute favorite American classical composers. Golly I love that bluesy bit from AAIP, thanks much for that. Honestly, I want the 1924 version of Rhapsody by George and Fanfare by Aaron played at my funeral. Ever heard ELP's version of Fanfare? Freaking wonderful, imho.
Gershwin example Shows how complicated copyright is. Just this specific arrangement enters public domain. Other arrangements still under copyright, and individual performances are under their own copyright, so can't use those. Need to be able to perform the work yourself based on the public domain arrangements.
What a glorious feeling to look through the recent additions to the public domain. (The referenced song in question, though notably appearing in a 1952 musical, originally premiered in _The Hollywood Revue of 1929,_ in which it is originally sung by Cliff Edwards and the Brox Sisters, and then by the entire cast in the finale, filmed in an early color format).
I loved studying the orchestration for Bolero. How he start adding volume not by dynamics but how he adds and used the instruments. That is untill the end with 22 measures of tutti.
My Kawai semi concert grand has a Piano Disc "attachment" with midi files that emulate over 160 sounds so drums could be added to what you are playing on the keyboard! Those midi sounds come through two 150 watt JBL speakers mounted under the piano sound board and out of sight! I love your talent on the keyboard, very IMPRESSIVE for sure!!! Nice to have the informative narrative also! ...many thanks
He started playing Bolero and I immediately thought, okay I'll click off in 3 seconds. A short while later I'm hypnotised and wishing he played the whole thing! 😅
As a composer I find it interesting that you view royalties as some sort of unjust burden. As if restaurants are ripping you off by charging you for the food, or mechanics for charging you for repairs.
Bolero is great. It turns up in the anime Digimon Adventure (Japanese, not the English dub) every so often, especially in the original pre-series movie. For the times when it's played, it becomes a bit of a motif for digimon activity in the human world.
Can't believe it took this long for some of these songs to get into public domain. Can you seriously imagine getting a copyright strike or a cease and desist for playing heckin' Bolero?
If you think that's bad, remember it was only until ten years ago that "Happy Birthday To You" was a major cash cow for Warner Chappell and they milked it for all it was worth! Thankfully the courts decided that particular claim was null and void.
Where does one find the complete list, I wonder. Beautiful and sensitive piano playing, sir, and you have an instrument that sounds really good, too, at least on my phone speaker! ;-)
Very interesting and enjoyable video. I played percussion on Bolero when I was in school back in the dark ages. I also enjoyed it as played by flash mobs. Did they violate copyright laws? Loved the other pieces too. Did Copeland re-use some elements in the concerto and Appalachian Spring?
Most schools will have some sort of educational license with BMI/ASCAP, but yes the flash mobs and any street performers would have been technically in violation of copyright. But it's impossible to chase them all down!
as for Copland, his distinctive style was clearly emerging by the time he wrote the Concerto, but I'd have to go back and listen to the whole thing carefully to pick out the overlap with Appalachian Spring.
Never heard of you till now, nor heard you play. You are quite an accomplished pianist. Enjoyed hearing you play. Hope to hear more from you. Also, Your piano sounds great. I too, have a Yamaha, G2 I think it is, from about 1976. I love it, especially considering I don’t play that great, to say the least. I believe yours is a much larger model.
If you want to hear an interesting rendition of Bolero that doesn't get boring, have a listen to Wolf Hoffmann's Bolero, set for electric guitar and band.
Okay that was actually cool. Though it helps that he adds some intro and outro material and doesn't repeat the melody quite as many times as the original.
I'm super excited about bolero! I'm a little confused though, roman festivals has been in public domain for years now. I've seen it on imslp since at least 2020. I know this because one of my hobbies is to download a score and play parts of it into logic pro. I've done this many pieces like Strauss' alpine symphony, Tchaikovsky's 4th, or Holst's planets. The funny thing is that i have projects of roman festivals that i made years ago and i used the score from imslp for it. I know that public domain occurs after 96 years and being written in 1928, that makes it public domain in 2025, but I have proof on my laptop that I've used it years ago 😅. What matrix of a world am I living in?
Doesn’t IMSLP have some music that’s passed copyright protection in some countries but not in others, with it being up to the user to conform to his or her own country’s status for that music? So if it has longer copyright in the USA than elsewhere, you’re not supposed to get a copy yet, whether or not the site lets you get it.
Respighi died in 1936, so all of his music is public domain in life+50 and life+70 countries and has been for almost 20 years. It's just in the USA that it hasn't been in the public domain yet.
Yeah IMSLP doesn't prevent you from downloading things that are under copyright in your country but public domain elsewhere. It's easy to get so used to the standard legal warnings they throw at you that you don't even think about it. Don't worry, I won't tell anyone what you did ;)
For those who need it:
1:45 Bolero - Maurice Ravel
5:46 An American in Paris - George Gershwin (kinda)
9:35 Piano Concerto - Aaron Copland
12:08 The Tempest - Jean Sibelius
15:15 Roman Festivals - Otto Respighi
^^^ wish creators would do this more. thanks!
Bolero plays rent-free (and copyright free) in my head all the time.
I raise you the video of the bassist complaining about how boring the bass part is by singing to the tune from that one Twosetviolin video
Playing "Bolero" on the piano is kind of like rubbing your belly with one hand while patting yourself on the head with the other - with the difficulty cranked up to eleven!
Same here. I declared to my mother that it was the best piece ever written when I was only five.
Can’t convince me otherwise even sixty years later.
This randomly popped up on my recommended. An unexpectedly fascinating topic and well presented! And great piano skills, of course
The history of copyright, and music publishing specifically, is a long deep dark rabbit hole well worth exploring!
Gershwin enters public domain, when his brother is dead for 70 years. Lyrics protects melodies longer than they would without
Or vice versa, if the lyricist dies before the composer
Not in the USA. We have a copyright term of 95 years, not the "death of the last surviving author plus 70 years" that is common elsewhere.
@@notthatyouasked6656 We have the international standard for later works, but it does not kick in for a few more years to come.
In the UK (and most other countries in Europe), song copyright term runs from the last surviving co-writer's date of death.
Ira died in 1983, but that would apply only to songs they wrote together, so 2078.
the excerpts from 'an american in paris' are absolutely delightful. your ability to clearly articulate so many voices is nothing short of impressive. would love to hear a full performance
Who knows, maybe someday on this channel when you least expect it!
whos in paris?
Not the same artist, but you can search YT and get many performances of that.
Bolero was made extra famous by the extraordinary Jane Torville and Christopher Dean ice dance champions in the Sarajevo Winter Olympics.
The algorithm just introduced me to your channel, and boy am I grateful. Spectacular piano renditions of some of my favorite pieces. American in Paris and Feste Romane. Excited that these will be more accessible to orchestras now. (though we'll have to wait for a few years to really get going on the popular version of the Gershwin, I guess.)
Gosh, you would be the best musicology professor.
My first viewing of any of your videos. Very interesting and informative; thank you.
Babe wake up! My favorite video of the year just dropped! (Thank you for making these!)
You're very welcome!
Haha same I love when this drops :D
Well-spoken, informative, entertaining, talented, and handsome! Thanks for your videos.
Years ago I had something of a Ravel obsession. I haven't listened to his music in recent years but your awesome rendition of Bolero got me very excited. I need to revisit his music again!
You might enjoy my performance of La Valse from several years back: th-cam.com/video/27JdSkQQrRs/w-d-xo.html
@@insearchofthemuses Wow, thanks for the tip, I love it 😁👏
Ravel composed Bolero for Ida Rubenstein's dance company in about 1928. It's a 3/4 time slow dance based on seguidilla.
As she was more of a stage mime artist than pure dancer, the insistent dramatic rise of the repetitious theme suited her.
A bolero, then, having about 3 different meanings, the one in Ravel's mind probably quite literal, meaning one who takes flight, may be what holds the repetitive increase in volume in the orchestra.
It is a BRILLIANT idea to make a piano reduction as theme & variations!
(and even though i have attitudes about the sonorities, overtones, of different pianos, it's exciting to hear this pianist, who has the touch skills we hear in great artists)
I didn't know that about the actual derivation of the word, that's fascinating! And glad you enjoyed my playing!
I really enjoyed your imaginative arrangements and masterful execution of them- also your narrations. Thank you!
You're very welcome!
I feel like he does these all in one take. Great job as always!
Haha thanks, I wish I could do everything in one take! As a matter of fact this video required fewer takes/edits than last year's public domain video, so maybe next year I'll actually pull it off!
I have loved that bluesy bit of "American In Paris" for decades!
I might have over indulged in Sibelius a few years back. Apparently it is now safe to revisit him.
These videos get better every year!
Love this. Thanks for the video!
By the way, Cateen (Hayato Sumino) has a really effective “solo” piano arrangement of Bolero. I say, “solo” because he plays actually uses an upright with one key disconnected from the wires to get the snare drum effect and then a grand piano with his other hand for the rest. Not exactly easy to recreate but really effective!
Just watched it - wow that was something else! I'm normally not a fan of prepared piano stuff but that worked really well! (Also it seems he wisely cut it down to maybe 2/3rds the original length.)
Mr. Sumino's arrangement immediately came to my mind as well! It's quite successful at imitating the orchestra
Elsewhere, all of Ravel's and Gershwin's work has been public domain since 2012 or earlier :-)
But Copland abd Siebelius are years away:-(
Indeed, since 1 Jan 2008.
Not true with Gershwin- he's got other things under copyright still, including the popular reorchestration of Rhapsody in Blue, which we have to wait until 2038 for.
Gershwin wrote his songs (not his orchestral pieces) with Ira, who died in 1983. 95 years after that would be 2078.
Just discovered your channel. Took YT 14 years to introduce me so I have some catching up to do. Thanks for the info and also your performance. Top notch.
Thanks and welcome to the channel! I don't post on any sort of regular schedule these days so you've got plenty of time to catch up!
@@insearchofthemuses I totally understand. It's been a while since I've posted. Take care and thank you.
“Copyright expires next year on ‘American in Paris,’ but I’m sick of waiting…” lol Lovely video. thanks.
Ravel said people call his Bolero his greatest piece, and it doesn't have any music in it.
It was "just" an orchestration exercise for him :v
@@jmft I heard he wrote it to educate kids on the instruments of an orchestra.
Love Ravel, hate Bolero😂sorry
He was commissioned to write it for ballet dancer Ida Rubinstein. It was choreographed by Bronislava Nijinska.
The greatest Basque composer! It's a test for whether a person should be allowed a place in a lifeboat or not. If you don't like it, you get to sink or swim. 😂
Things can get pretty creative with the bolero, I particularly love Cochereau's take on it for the pipe organ.
I remember when Torvill and Dean ice skated in dance and wowed everyone with their routine to this incredible song. Great video!
Just watched it - what a fabulous performance by the two of them!
I remember this too. Their performance was magical. Has Been many years ago now.
@@insearchofthemusesthey are legends of British sport. They opened an ice skating rink in their home town of Nottingham, which is on Bolero square, named after this song and their Olympic achievements. Nottingham is the home of British ice skating in part due to them!
Love your passion for the music! Nice to discover this channel.
Roman Festivals (Respighi) is one of my favorite works. I love Pines of Rome also (as everyone does), but I find Festivals even more exciting!
what a delightful and charming video! thank you for sharing
Gotta love this guy's dedication, obvious talent and insights
deadass thought you were going to start playing the zelda theme when you said "next best way to imitate it"
What you're supposed to do is play the "summon orchestra" motif on the ocarina and then sit back and let the whole piece play itself.
it was based on bolero! the only reason zelda didnt use it is because it wasnt public domain yet in 1986
oh wait i didnt get to the part of the video where he says that yet
As a Brit of a certain age I know Bolero from Torvill & Dean's performance in the 1984 Olympics.
Me too! They're also what I think of when I hear Cecilia by Simon & Garfunkel.
Your technique is really good man I'm impressed and I love the style of video
Yooo that photo transition around 1:50 was **clean**!!! Well done 👏
I dont know if anyone noticed but the last 3 minutes of Jean Michelle Jarre's Oxygene pt 5 is clearly based on Bolero
So glad to find this as I enjoy your playing and knowledge that you bring to each piece. Your piano has a lovely sound.
Thanks for posting.
He returns.
You're playing is awesome.! I started playing piano ( well,a keyboard actually but it has 88 keys) & I mostly use fake books or Ultimate Guitar Tabs. In other words ,I cant really read music. I prefer to voice-lead though but admire any pianist who can play classical pieces like yourself. Btw,I was just literally talking about what's Public Domain yesterday w/my brother & I told him that I believed that the song "Happy Birthday ( To You)" was in public domain bcuz I hear it in movies & TV shows instead of its substitute " For He(She's) A Jolly Good Fellow". I asked Google & sure enough ,its been free to use since 2016.
Great video! I like the framed photo in the back, nice touch 😂
I was just thinking he clearly doesn’t have any gay friends because his background isn’t ver visually appealing.
fantastic video
Thanks!
I’m listening again a couple of days later. You have some amazing music here, love the American in Paris, Bolero, and Sibelius snippets. I’m wondering where and how long you studied to be able to play with such virtuosity. Bravo.
My father taught me almost everything I know about playing the piano, starting when I was about four. It was a far from typical musical education.
VG may be passed, but his state will still be receiving royalties. My father was a successful TV actor and we continue to collect, and expect, royalties from exploitation of his appearances.
Love your playing!
So looking forward to your future videos.
You video is great. I thoroughly enjoyed it. Thanks!
Toccata Marziale by Vaughan Williams also became public domain this year I believe
If you ever release a full transcription of An American in Paris, I'd pay for it!
If I ever do a complete piano arrangement of AAIP I'll be sure to share it on this channel!
Me too!
Nice Playing!... and Interesting !..
so in the case of zelda it was a good thing that bolero was still under copyright.
Thanks for clueing us in to what's now public domain and for the impressive piano playing. (BTW, Copland's Rodeo is pronounced roh-DAY-oh.)
nah, i'ts a spanish word , arrived to USA via Mexico, "ranchero" tradition. The Protestant English didn't "surround (rodear)" anything lol . "Ro-DE-o"... with the "E" sounding like in " Embassy", " Exercise", " Enterprise", etc.
"Rodeo stresses its western folk hero image and its being a genuinely American creation. But in fact it grew out of the practices of Spanish ranchers and their Mexican ranch hands (vaqueros), a mixture of cattle wrangling and bullfighting that dates back to the sixteenth-century conquistadors."
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_rodeo
Interesting series! Will definitely come back to check out what the new list will be
great video, i wish i knew this series existed before!
Always an intriguing share into history - just to think, 96 years ago...
Interestingly Ravel himself made versions of Bolero for both Two Pianos and Piano Duet. Yeah it gets somewhat repetitive but there's enough variation even in those that it keeps its interest.
To be honest I hadn't been aware of his four-hand arrangements, I'll have to check those out!
I wonder if that arrangement doesn't shorten the length of the piece at least a bit?
@ As far as I know, no. The recordings I have are 12:50 and 14:00 respectively while the orchestral one is 14:11.
@@TerraEpon interesting.
You can guess my approximate age by where I first heard Bolero, the film "10" with Dudley Moore and Bo Derek. 😂😂😂😂
George and Aaron are my absolute favorite American classical composers. Golly I love that bluesy bit from AAIP, thanks much for that. Honestly, I want the 1924 version of Rhapsody by George and Fanfare by Aaron played at my funeral. Ever heard ELP's version of Fanfare? Freaking wonderful, imho.
Gershwin example Shows how complicated copyright is. Just this specific arrangement enters public domain. Other arrangements still under copyright, and individual performances are under their own copyright, so can't use those. Need to be able to perform the work yourself based on the public domain arrangements.
Thanks for posting! A great celebration for marching arts arrangers everywhere!
You are such a good pianist
Hell yeah! Loved this, thank you for your work. Very interesting and impressive. Be well!
I still cannot believe the Bolero was supposed to be the main theme of The Legend of Zelda. That’s so incredible as a Zelda fan!
Incredible playing man!
What a glorious feeling to look through the recent additions to the public domain.
(The referenced song in question, though notably appearing in a 1952 musical, originally premiered in _The Hollywood Revue of 1929,_ in which it is originally sung by Cliff Edwards and the Brox Sisters, and then by the entire cast in the finale, filmed in an early color format).
The whole Great American Songbook really deserves its own separate video series as we slowly claw it back from the publishers.
The last extension of copyright laws was when Disney bought Congress to extend protection for Mickey Mouse
I loved studying the orchestration for Bolero. How he start adding volume not by dynamics but how he adds and used the instruments. That is untill the end with 22 measures of tutti.
My Kawai semi concert grand has a Piano Disc "attachment" with midi files that emulate over 160 sounds so drums could be added to what you are playing on the keyboard! Those midi sounds come through two 150 watt JBL speakers mounted under the piano sound board and out of sight! I love your talent on the keyboard, very IMPRESSIVE for sure!!! Nice to have the informative narrative also! ...many thanks
Cool! Does it let you add in a whole orchestra so you can play concertos?
Your Gershwin is beautiful.
He started playing Bolero and I immediately thought, okay I'll click off in 3 seconds. A short while later I'm hypnotised and wishing he played the whole thing! 😅
very enjoyable and informative, thank you 🎵
First time listener and now a subscriber. Thanks for mentioning the crew, but surely you must have had a personal assistant to mr nacar.
He quit. Said he was too busy.
legend
Didn't realize Bolero was that recent
The 2,000 year old man considered Ravel “repetitive….very repetitive.” 😂
There's a great RadioLab episode about a lady who couldn't get this out of her head
Bolero becoming public domain sent a shiver of fear down my spine. I forever dread the day I have to play Bolero 😂
I _knew_ without clicking on your username that you had to be a percussionist!
Good video idea. I love using public domain stuff in my videos.
My favorite use of “Bolero” is in the Italian animated film Allegro Non Troppo.
As a composer I find it interesting that you view royalties as some sort of unjust burden. As if restaurants are ripping you off by charging you for the food, or mechanics for charging you for repairs.
Bolero is popular with audiences for sure, but the orchestral musicians have an entirely polar opposite opinion of it!
Bolero helped popularize the saxophone with the gorgeous sexy solo.
George enescu and other composers that passed away in 1955 are now in the public domain in the EU
Facebook censored a video of me playing Beethoven on my own piano claiming copyright violation.
I know Bolero from the movie 10.
Bolero is great. It turns up in the anime Digimon Adventure (Japanese, not the English dub) every so often, especially in the original pre-series movie. For the times when it's played, it becomes a bit of a motif for digimon activity in the human world.
Can't believe it took this long for some of these songs to get into public domain. Can you seriously imagine getting a copyright strike or a cease and desist for playing heckin' Bolero?
If you think that's bad, remember it was only until ten years ago that "Happy Birthday To You" was a major cash cow for Warner Chappell and they milked it for all it was worth! Thankfully the courts decided that particular claim was null and void.
I never hear enough of Amy Beach music.
Cool
Where does one find the complete list, I wonder. Beautiful and sensitive piano playing, sir, and you have an instrument that sounds really good, too, at least on my phone speaker! ;-)
I'm mostly going off of IMSLP: imslp.org/wiki/Category:Works_first_published_in_1929
Boléro is the sexiest piece of music of all time. ❤
Nice to know...
Very interesting and enjoyable video. I played percussion on Bolero when I was in school back in the dark ages. I also enjoyed it as played by flash mobs. Did they violate copyright laws? Loved the other pieces too. Did Copeland re-use some elements in the concerto and Appalachian Spring?
Most schools will have some sort of educational license with BMI/ASCAP, but yes the flash mobs and any street performers would have been technically in violation of copyright. But it's impossible to chase them all down!
as for Copland, his distinctive style was clearly emerging by the time he wrote the Concerto, but I'd have to go back and listen to the whole thing carefully to pick out the overlap with Appalachian Spring.
@@insearchofthemuses Perhaps it is just a similarity in style.
Bolero, wow. The orchestra scores were "rental only."
PSA: Szymanowski is pronounced "Shi-man-OV-ski" not Zi... Sz is always "Sh" in Polish (and the reverse in Hungarian, but that's another story).
Good to know, I'll keep that in mind for future videos!
Never heard of you till now, nor heard you play. You are quite an accomplished pianist. Enjoyed hearing you play. Hope to hear more from you. Also, Your piano sounds great. I too, have a Yamaha, G2 I think it is, from about 1976. I love it, especially considering I don’t play that great, to say the least. I believe yours is a much larger model.
Thanks! I'm playing a C6 that my parents bought new circa 2004-2005. It's gotten kind of a beating over the last two decades but still a great piano.
Any chance you're working on a full transcription of the Respighi? Your snippets sound amazing!
I didn't have any plans for Roman Festivals, but I had intended to do a complete rendition of Pines of Rome at some point. Thanks for reminding me!
Isn’t it 70 years after their death and not how long after it’s written?
If you want to hear an interesting rendition of Bolero that doesn't get boring, have a listen to Wolf Hoffmann's Bolero, set for electric guitar and band.
Okay that was actually cool. Though it helps that he adds some intro and outro material and doesn't repeat the melody quite as many times as the original.
@@insearchofthemuses It definitely is a modern take on a classic, with an intro and an outro, and a 5 minute play time.
The second movement of Ravel’s piano concerto in G.
Amazing!
th-cam.com/video/o3uFDGCgGf8/w-d-xo.htmlsi=_ATyPD3cIcrkLEuA
I'm with you. It's otherworldly.
Favorite version, Aldo Ciccoloni.
I'm super excited about bolero!
I'm a little confused though, roman festivals has been in public domain for years now. I've seen it on imslp since at least 2020. I know this because one of my hobbies is to download a score and play parts of it into logic pro. I've done this many pieces like Strauss' alpine symphony, Tchaikovsky's 4th, or Holst's planets. The funny thing is that i have projects of roman festivals that i made years ago and i used the score from imslp for it. I know that public domain occurs after 96 years and being written in 1928, that makes it public domain in 2025, but I have proof on my laptop that I've used it years ago 😅. What matrix of a world am I living in?
Doesn’t IMSLP have some music that’s passed copyright protection in some countries but not in others, with it being up to the user to conform to his or her own country’s status for that music? So if it has longer copyright in the USA than elsewhere, you’re not supposed to get a copy yet, whether or not the site lets you get it.
Respighi died in 1936, so all of his music is public domain in life+50 and life+70 countries and has been for almost 20 years. It's just in the USA that it hasn't been in the public domain yet.
Yeah IMSLP doesn't prevent you from downloading things that are under copyright in your country but public domain elsewhere. It's easy to get so used to the standard legal warnings they throw at you that you don't even think about it. Don't worry, I won't tell anyone what you did ;)
What was the last suite that you said listen to? I missed the name of it.
I don't think it matters much, no one listens to it anymore. Great music is now long gone.
How long did it take you to get both hands together? That's really hard.
You make Bolero sound so easy.
GREAT JOB