Greg, I salute you from a land crossing the ocean. Indeed very close from heart because of beauty and poetry made music. This is what you are conveying with gentle sensitivity and passionate enthusiasm.
@@luismarquet7378 que chévere! Yo hablo español. No conozco México pero conozco muchos países latinoamericanos. Ojalá un día sea posible para mi tocar conciertos en tu país!!! Abrazos
it’s very special what you are doing here, so very valuable, nearly 200 years after the event the complex beauty of this work is still so relevant to the human spirit, the trials and tribulations of life lived even now, and you do it justice. Thank you for your service and for sharing your knowledge and insights to keep the work of this great human alive🏅🧡
The even handedness, delicacy, and patience you display at the beginning of this piece is entirely commendable. An absolutely mystifying interpretation. You find the perfect "golden mean" of Chopin without overflowing. As it's supposed to be played.
I feel so lucky that I found your piano lessons in the sea of the Internet. Every point you mentioned is crucial for piano students. Our ultimate goal is to make the piano sing! Thank you for your devout love of music and Chopin. Your enthusiasm, sincerity and generosity in teaching music for free to netizens like us who have never met will definitely make Chopin in heaven extremely moved and proud, and will also benefit us on earth and on the Internet a lot. Be satisfied and happy! thank you🙏
I love your explanations, interpretations, that inspire me (in my humble way) to feel…sing…and hope with the first of Chopin’s nocturne that i ever memorized. I truly appreciate your authenticity, passion and generosity in freely sharing your expertise and your knowledge.
Yesss, here we are now... The nocturnes are not my favourite work but it's so emblematic. I already sad that but i'll keep saying, this series from all Chopin's music is a great service for all of us, keep going, I watched all your videos and will keep watching every single one in the future. Cheers from Brazil! 🎹🎼🎶❤️
sos lo que busque por tantos años, alguien que sienta los nocturnos (o chopin en general), como lo que son, obras maestras, y que nos baje a los mortales un poco de conocimiento, para poder asi, vivirlos con una pasion lo mas cercano a la tuya. muchisimas gracias, sos un animal.
I like that you mentioned John Field in this video. I've heard his Nocturne no. 1 in Eb and I was like "Well, I can clearly see where Chopin's Op. 9 no. 2 nocturne got it's inspiration from" cause it sounded very similar to the Chopin nocturne I knew and loved for many years.
I am just learning about Chopin now, and this piece especially really "moves" me. It sounds like the story of my life. I interpret it as someone having feelings of sadness, grief, disappointment - then a glimmer of hope - but mixed with uncertainty. I'm teaching myself how to play it. I'm determined. Thank you for your lovely interpretation. 💗
This is my favorite Chopin nocturne. A half life ago my best friend left for Israel and she played this piece at the auditorium for me as a way of saying goodbye.
You're beautifully capturing all the emotions in the music! I love the way you explain it. I really feel the regret and sadness in part A, just as you described. Part B feels like he's dreaming about his loved one-it's so dreamy and full of longing. And then in the final A part, he returns to reality again.
thank you so much. I started the piano 1 year ago and i am currently learning this piece, i want to play it to perfection and your interpretation of chopins situation helped me a lot. thank you very much
Greg, you’ve so much knowledge to impart, even for this work of the younger Chopin, I gain so much in enjoyment after listening to your lecture. I like the symbolism of the distance between Chopin and the one he loved.
Searching for the analysis of Nocturn No1, which I am learning now, I got so moved by your passionate explanation .. the composer’s personal hidden love story, which I had no idear at all and the way you made its story connected to this music are mind blowing! Especially the middle part - octave code comes together like a couple living far far away, then coming closer at the end on Chopin’s mind scene... OMG that was so so brilliant analysis!! I had my own imaginary musical scenay (very simple and a little bit vague) and your analysis was so much clear and artistic. Thanks a million!
So happy to read these words!!! Welcome!! I made analyses of all Chopin's pieces! You can come back to watch them sometimes in the future. Greetings from Poland!
I love and admire your passion for Chopin. This composer is my favorite as well . His beautiful compositions - the romantic emotional pieces just draw me into his music . I love the challenge - fulfillment and emotional peace brings me … I am working on this piece it and your analysis is exceptional …. You are a gift to music and aspiring pianist … I m analyzing and working on this specific piece … your instruction and wisdom is most helpful… it will take me a long time to put the piece together …. Phrase by phrase etc … thank you
I love your Chopin analysis videos. You really get to the heart of what Chopin was thinking when he wrote his masterpieces. I find the augmented chord in the final cadence interesting because about 15 years later Chopin would use a similar ending cadence in the slow movement of his Piano Sonata No. 3 in B minor.
Thank you very much! The information that you impart and the genuineness and passion of your presentation are so much appreciated. Can’t wait to get back to the piano.
It's amazing how Chopin could speak/sing so clearly without using words. I just started playing piano (at age 43!!) and learning this piece, but I have been listening to it for decades. I have always loved the conclusion to section b - it makes so much sense now!! I think I would have switched majors to music if I had you as a teacher in college. I hope to be able to play with your passion some day. Thanks for the analysis.
Thank you so much! What a wonderful class on Nocturne opus 9 no. 1. Such amazing insight and passion. Thank you! The Nocturne makes so much sense now, having heard your brilliant lecture and explanation.
Addicted to your video lessons; thank you so much. You are so gifted, and so heartful. You are sharing so much information that I am passing on to my own students. I'm so grateful that you have made so many excellent lessons for the public; we are so fortunate to have these free master classes. May God continue to bless you!
I love everything about your videos! Thank you so much. I'm already in love with everything Chopin, but you have a way of making it even more interesting. Nice to know other people are obsessed as me- ha! Love from New York City
Thank you so much for these videos Greg! I've listened to (and loved) Chopin's music for most of my life, especially the Nocturnes, but as I work through these videos...it's almost like they were black and white before, and now they are getting colour! Thank you for the inspiration to finally learn the nocturnes, I'll watch all these videos, listen to lots of singers, and then get to work!
Currently I am trying to learn playing this piece myself and your analysis is very helpful to me. Thanks indeed for sharing your expertise with this wonderful contribution.
A great introduction to the nocturnes and I loved this biographical information which I did not know about. Truly we need flowers on this singers grave. I had not truly appreciated the beauty of the No 1 nocturne. I must add it to my list. Thank you Greg for sharing your knowledge and experience.
Excellent explanation… I love this piece … listen to it… one day soon I’ll have it …. It will require a long study for me … I love Chopin and do have a few of his pieces in my repertoire… thank you great explanation and your passion
Would you say the ending has a sound of being incomplete, like the relationship with her, but the final note representing hope? As I listened to your playing of this Nocturne, this time with analysis in mind, the idea that kept coming to mind is that the most powerful note of a segment may be the softest one, opposite of so much of life that finds the loudest to be the most powerful. A tool Chopin was a master of by way of the Piano Forte.
Yes! There's definitely some hidden pain at the end and your explanation is so perfect! I love it. It really makes sense why Chopin put this strange note almost at the end of this piece. Thank you!
omg I am learning this piece, because like you, this is the type of music that fits my personality, and what I enjoy playing the most in Piano. And I always search for analysis of the pieces. I love art. The meaning behind a composition can be so rich. Every note has a purpose that evokes emotion. Once I started listening, having the love story's context, I couldn't help but cry and get emotional, because I can now feel what Chopin was feeling at the moment and his music transmits it so wonderfully. Thank you so much for sharing
@@gregniemczuk hii, thank you so much for responding! I am from the Dominican Republic. I've been binge watching your videos when i go to sleep. you are really amazing love youre commentaries and i high key have a crush on you
Thank you very much for this touching and, at the same time, interesting analysis. I love to follow all of your videos, they all are so inspiring for me.
@@gregniemczukI played the op 9 Nocturnes and the nr 3 was a spiritual intense experience. Remains my favourite ! Thank you for sharing your love of Chopin music !
It’s great that you play other relevant music whether by Chopin or others as needed to make your points; it’s very helpful and entertaining. And with all due respect to John Field, Chopin’s nocturnes are in an incomparable league of their own.
What an absolutely lovely video! Your love for music just radiates throughout the entire video, and is a great way to share the vast amount of knowledge. Thank you for this~
Thank you for this video, Greg. Your insight and interpretation is beautiful. I want to ask: do you have any advice for learning the polyrhythms that show up in the A section? They are giving me trouble. Thank you.
Good day. Thank you for your comment. Yes, I do! Divide this section to smaller parts (Max 4 notes in the left hand) and first master only these small parts, later put them together. Drop me a line to gnpiano@aol.com, and I'll send you a photo of my score so that you can see how I divided it. Best!
Thank you very very much for sharing. This is never ever a vaste of time. Beautiful music and very informative Content and helpful Interpretation and sensible Communication. Greetings from Germany. Regine
I started learning this piece, because as a child I fell in love with the Nocturnes, and since I fell asleep to them every night, I know the main melody of Op9No1 really well. However, I could never feel the whole piece as one coherent unit, the same way I do with No2. Your video really helped bring a beautiful story to this piece, and will definitely help me in my playing. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge and passion!
Hi, I'm practicing Nocturno Op 9 in Bb m #1 on my own..hard to fit 11 notes on 6 notes.😊 Lots of practice but I'll get there. I hope someday I can play as well as you. Will listen to your other videos and get inspired. I love to listen and to play the piano Greetings from California!!!
feel free to use more technical terminology. i liked the explanation of the chord intervals as representations of what the music is supposed to say. beautiful playing as well. better than a lot of recordings.
I would honestly become even more interested if he could go further to talk about the harmony and the interpretation possibilities. But I understand that his intention through these videos is rather to deconstruct these great works in a way that is comprehensive to everyone.
Hello Greg, Thank you for this informative and inspiring lecture. You taught me important new things about this piece, and about how to make better music.
Amazing! I should have been at the piano following along... But I was relaxing on my couch ready to watch a movie, but I'm glad I ended up watching this tutorial instead. Thank you for this amazing video!
What an interpretation of this hauntingly beautiful nocturne. There on the piano Chopin was looking and smiling at what this artist could do with his nocturne. I am confident that Chopin was very pleased. As an extra treat the artist took us took us on a musical journey. We have some of Chopin’s thoughts and variations on this particular piece.
Thank you Greg again! I have been enjoying current Chopin Competirion a lot and a lot more because of your lecture! Though I have to confese that I have been spending less time for your video due to the competirion. THANK YOU!!
@@gregniemczuk By the way, I have good friends, a couple, who teaches physics at a state university in neighrboring town. I don't know where you live, but they are from Warszawa. She is very good cook as well a good physicist.
Thank you for making me discover Nocturne N°5 from ? I love to listen to music and how you play the piano and Chopin. I think I have the partition N° 1 of the Nocturne from Chopin. You are a passionate of Chopin and so am I. Thank you so much.
Greg, have you considered doing concerts of the Schubert song cycles and Schumann's Dichterliber? That would be an excellent project if you found a promising young Polish tenor or baritone, as I think those songs are a great entree to the performance of opera.
You are brilliant, Greg! I love all your inspirational ideas and I always enjoy watching you deliberately express them with a lot of passion. I'm learning a lot from you. Just one remark as I now verified with my nocturnes scores, all Chopin nocturnes end in major with the exception of the c minor nocturne op.48 no.1.. Now I feel like questioning: is there a hidden message from Chopin by choosing to end only this particular stunning nocturne in minor? Again, bravissimo!
Hello! Just saw your comment. Not all end in Major! Also op.32 no.1 ends in minor. Yes, definitely it was deeply thought of and has some meaning. It usually means: "there is no hope"....
Thank you very much for your Video(s). It is so nice that you share your knowledge and skills. Many Thanks and all the best vor you! ♥ ♥ ♥ I love your playing!
I wish i could make the left hand sound as smooth when i play it. I guess i will go back to practice! 😂 Listening to this analysis again also made me very sad that we will never get to hear Chopin's interpretation on Field's nocturnes. I love them so much.
I loved when you said you would pay anything to hear Chopin himself play just even once… it would be incredible. thank you for the fantastic video and explanation 😊
My thought was always that the sixths where of course the climax, and then the same melody but in PP and thirds with the pedal is the same thing but in the distance
Soo nice to have this video with me after a tiring study day!❤ I study Sociology and Political Science, in which the content sometimes can be too serious and frustating. Music is always the best friend to help me escape from reality. Goona buy the book Chopin and His Pupils. I also found another Chopin Study book by Alan Walker (I guess that's also a good option?) Wish you have a nice day!
Oh my Goodness, I fell in love with this man.
My personal interpretation this Nocturne
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Greg, I salute you from a land crossing the ocean. Indeed very close from heart because of beauty and poetry made music. This is what you are conveying with gentle sensitivity and passionate enthusiasm.
Hello! Where from! Thank you so much! Greetings from Bali, Indonesia, where I currently am.
@@gregniemczuk Mexico
@@luismarquet7378 que chévere! Yo hablo español. No conozco México pero conozco muchos países latinoamericanos. Ojalá un día sea posible para mi tocar conciertos en tu país!!! Abrazos
it’s very special what you are doing here, so very valuable, nearly 200 years after the event the complex beauty of this work is still so relevant to the human spirit, the trials and tribulations of life lived even now, and you do it justice. Thank you for your service and for sharing your knowledge and insights to keep the work of this great human alive🏅🧡
Thank you so much David. Beautiful words!
You are very talented! I love Chopin's nocturnes.❤
The even handedness, delicacy, and patience you display at the beginning of this piece is entirely commendable. An absolutely mystifying interpretation. You find the perfect "golden mean" of Chopin without overflowing. As it's supposed to be played.
I feel so lucky that I found your piano lessons in the sea of the Internet. Every point you mentioned is crucial for piano students. Our ultimate goal is to make the piano sing!
Thank you for your devout love of music and Chopin. Your enthusiasm, sincerity and generosity in teaching music for free to netizens like us who have never met will definitely make Chopin in heaven extremely moved and proud, and will also benefit us on earth and on the Internet a lot. Be satisfied and happy! thank you🙏
Thank you so much! You made my day with your comment!
Thank you for playing this piece for all of us out here. It's so beautiful, and you play it so well.
Thank you dear Jeanette
Your passion for Chopin’s music really comes through! Thank you for sharing your knowledge - a great gift!
Thank you Barbara!
I love your explanations, interpretations, that inspire me (in my humble way) to feel…sing…and hope with the first of Chopin’s nocturne that i ever memorized. I truly appreciate your authenticity, passion and generosity in freely sharing your expertise and your knowledge.
Thank you so much for watching and enjoying it!
This piece just affirms why I love Chopin music … truly emotional and passionate… just started this piece ….you play this beautifully.. thank you
Thank you so much for your love of Chopin. Beautiful music !
I can see how much you enjoy music. So lucky to know you. Thanks for your great music and lecture!
Thank you! All the best to you
Yesss, here we are now... The nocturnes are not my favourite work but it's so emblematic. I already sad that but i'll keep saying, this series from all Chopin's music is a great service for all of us, keep going, I watched all your videos and will keep watching every single one in the future.
Cheers from Brazil! 🎹🎼🎶❤️
Thank you so much!
I lives in Brazil too!
My personal interpretation this Chopin Nocturne
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It is an essential joy in itself to watch these analyses by you, sir.
Thank you for your beautiful playing and analysis 😊
Thanks for the comment
Me too, I think I fell in love with this man. He is so cute speaking English. Oh, and his playing is adorable.
And it is in English too. Super! Thanks a million!
My Chopin Nocturne interpretation!
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So thankful to find this channel. Love your passion for Chopin’s music and also enjoy your teaching. I subscribed!
It's so amazing the way you put into words all the explanations and above all your passion. Can't wait get started myself
sos lo que busque por tantos años, alguien que sienta los nocturnos (o chopin en general), como lo que son, obras maestras, y que nos baje a los mortales un poco de conocimiento, para poder asi, vivirlos con una pasion lo mas cercano a la tuya. muchisimas gracias, sos un animal.
Gracias!
I like that you mentioned John Field in this video. I've heard his Nocturne no. 1 in Eb and I was like "Well, I can clearly see where Chopin's Op. 9 no. 2 nocturne got it's inspiration from" cause it sounded very similar to the Chopin nocturne I knew and loved for many years.
wunderschön gespielt und erklärt ❤️
I am just learning about Chopin now, and this piece especially really "moves" me. It sounds like the story of my life. I interpret it as someone having feelings of sadness, grief, disappointment - then a glimmer of hope - but mixed with uncertainty. I'm teaching myself how to play it. I'm determined. Thank you for your lovely interpretation. 💗
Bravo! I'm sure you'll play it beautifully
I can hear the voice now, Mr. Niemczuk. I can hear it. You bring it all to life. Thank you.
Yeyeyy!!! I'm so happy!
若き日に習った曲の意味を初めて 深く知りました。改めて込み上げてくるような懐かしさを感じます。80歳を過ぎた今になって人生が広がります。有り難い事です。サンキュー。
This is my favorite Chopin nocturne. A half life ago my best friend left for Israel and she played this piece at the auditorium for me as a way of saying goodbye.
Thank you for sharing this story. So beautiful!
27:10 I can't wait until you analyze the Larghetto movement. It melts my heart!
Agree!
My interpretation this Nocturne
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Just gorgeous in composition and how you played it. I'd love to be your neighbor and hear you play every day.
You're beautifully capturing all the emotions in the music! I love the way you explain it. I really feel the regret and sadness in part A, just as you described. Part B feels like he's dreaming about his loved one-it's so dreamy and full of longing. And then in the final A part, he returns to reality again.
thank you so much. I started the piano 1 year ago and i am currently learning this piece, i want to play it to perfection and your interpretation of chopins situation helped me a lot. thank you very much
You’re the best piano teacher gives such beautiful Interpretation of the piece ❤
Thank you!
Thank you for the sharing and analysis!
Greg, you’ve so much knowledge to impart, even for this work of the younger Chopin, I gain so much in enjoyment after listening to your lecture. I like the symbolism of the distance between Chopin and the one he loved.
Thank you Richard. Yes, it can be! It's so melancholic
Searching for the analysis of Nocturn No1, which I am learning now, I got so moved by your passionate explanation .. the composer’s personal hidden love story, which I had no idear at all and the way you made its story connected to this music are mind blowing! Especially the middle part - octave code comes together like a couple living far far away, then coming closer at the end on Chopin’s mind scene... OMG that was so so brilliant analysis!! I had my own imaginary musical scenay (very simple and a little bit vague) and your analysis was so much clear and artistic. Thanks a million!
So happy to read these words!!!
Welcome!!
I made analyses of all Chopin's pieces! You can come back to watch them sometimes in the future. Greetings from Poland!
Beautiful Analysis and Display. I hope I can master this one day. Thank you
I love and admire your passion for Chopin. This composer is my favorite as well . His beautiful compositions - the romantic emotional pieces just draw me into his music . I love the challenge - fulfillment and emotional peace brings me … I am working on this piece it and your analysis is exceptional …. You are a gift to music and aspiring pianist … I m analyzing and working on this specific piece … your instruction and wisdom is most helpful… it will take me a long time to put the piece together …. Phrase by phrase etc … thank you
Thank you so much for this comment! It's so nice to read that!
I love your Chopin analysis videos. You really get to the heart of what Chopin was thinking when he wrote his masterpieces. I find the augmented chord in the final cadence interesting because about 15 years later Chopin would use a similar ending cadence in the slow movement of his Piano Sonata No. 3 in B minor.
Love this series - keep going!
Yes you really pointed the most important things to play it. Great work you did and great help for me learning this piece now.
Still learning ... :-)
Thank you very much! The information that you impart and the genuineness and passion of your presentation are so much appreciated. Can’t wait to get back to the piano.
It's amazing how Chopin could speak/sing so clearly without using words. I just started playing piano (at age 43!!) and learning this piece, but I have been listening to it for decades. I have always loved the conclusion to section b - it makes so much sense now!! I think I would have switched majors to music if I had you as a teacher in college. I hope to be able to play with your passion some day. Thanks for the analysis.
Thank you! Good luck to you and all the beautiful repertoire you will learn in the future!
Thank you so much! What a wonderful class on Nocturne opus 9 no. 1.
Such amazing insight and passion. Thank you! The Nocturne makes so much sense now, having heard your brilliant lecture and explanation.
Addicted to your video lessons; thank you so much. You are so gifted, and so heartful. You are sharing so much information that I am passing on to my own students. I'm so grateful that you have made so many excellent lessons for the public; we are so fortunate to have these free master classes. May God continue to bless you!
Thank you so much! Welcome to my music world! I'm so happy that you watch my analyses!
I love everything about your videos! Thank you so much. I'm already in love with everything Chopin, but you have a way of making it even more interesting. Nice to know other people are obsessed as me- ha! Love from New York City
Hahahah, thank you so much! Yes, I am totally obsessed..... Happy that you love my videos! You have almost 200 of them to watch LOL
Thank you so much for these videos Greg! I've listened to (and loved) Chopin's music for most of my life, especially the Nocturnes, but as I work through these videos...it's almost like they were black and white before, and now they are getting colour! Thank you for the inspiration to finally learn the nocturnes, I'll watch all these videos, listen to lots of singers, and then get to work!
I'm so happy to hear that!!!!
Thanks Master! 👏🏻
Currently I am trying to learn playing this piece myself and your analysis is very helpful to me. Thanks indeed for sharing your expertise with this wonderful contribution.
Good luck!
The passion, the beathing as if you were singning. This is the only way i know to play Chopin. Thank you
YES!
Jak miło przypomnieć! Posłuchać, by wsłuchać się w każdy dźwięk, każdą nutkę przezyć!
A great introduction to the nocturnes and I loved this biographical information which I did not know about. Truly we need flowers on this singers grave. I had not truly appreciated the beauty of the No 1 nocturne. I must add it to my list. Thank you Greg for sharing your knowledge and experience.
These analysis are the best thing I found lately. Thank you for the passion.
Thank you!!!
Thank you so much for this!!!❤
Excellent explanation… I love this piece … listen to it… one day soon I’ll have it …. It will require a long study for me … I love Chopin and do have a few of his pieces in my repertoire… thank you great explanation and your passion
This is brilliantly done. Love your passion for Chopin (Which I share wholly!).
Thank you!!!!
Would you say the ending has a sound of being incomplete, like the relationship with her, but the final note representing hope?
As I listened to your playing of this Nocturne, this time with analysis in mind, the idea that kept coming to mind is that the most powerful note of a segment may be the softest one, opposite of so much of life that finds the loudest to be the most powerful. A tool Chopin was a master of by way of the Piano Forte.
Yes! There's definitely some hidden pain at the end and your explanation is so perfect! I love it. It really makes sense why Chopin put this strange note almost at the end of this piece. Thank you!
I agree!
My personal interpretation this Nocturne
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Thank you very much for sharing your knowledge, you surely is a very passionate teacher/lecturer, learnt so much from your channel!
Thanks!!! That was a COVID project. I'm happy people are still watching that!
Such a delightful class. Thank you
omg I am learning this piece, because like you, this is the type of music that fits my personality, and what I enjoy playing the most in Piano. And I always search for analysis of the pieces. I love art. The meaning behind a composition can be so rich. Every note has a purpose that evokes emotion. Once I started listening, having the love story's context, I couldn't help but cry and get emotional, because I can now feel what Chopin was feeling at the moment and his music transmits it so wonderfully. Thank you so much for sharing
Hi Maria! Where are you from? Welcome to my musical world!!! There are almost 200 videos like that one on my channel! Enjoy!!!!
@@gregniemczuk hii, thank you so much for responding! I am from the Dominican Republic. I've been binge watching your videos when i go to sleep. you are really amazing love youre commentaries and i high key have a crush on you
Greg I love your great musical personality and your passion for Chopin ..you and Chopin inspire me...
I'm honored. Thank you so much!
wonderful. just truly amazing. looking forward to slowly enjoying the others. thank you.
Thank you very much for this touching and, at the same time, interesting analysis. I love to follow all of your videos, they all are so inspiring for me.
Yes the Nocturnes! I loved the Mazurkas and now we're finally onto the Nocturnes. My favorite opus from the nocturnes is Op. 62.
Mine as well!
This Nocturne is Beautiful!
My personal interpretation this Nocturne
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@@gregniemczukI played the op 9 Nocturnes and the nr 3 was a spiritual intense experience. Remains my favourite ! Thank you for sharing your love of Chopin music !
It’s great that you play other relevant music whether by Chopin or others as needed to make your points; it’s very helpful and entertaining. And with all due respect to John Field, Chopin’s nocturnes are in an incomparable league of their own.
Thank you! Yes, agree!
What an absolutely lovely video! Your love for music just radiates throughout the entire video, and is a great way to share the vast amount of knowledge. Thank you for this~
Thank you!!! There are 170 more videos like than in English, so you can enjoy them! Yes, I LOVE music and especially Chopin!
@@gregniemczuk I will definitely be doing this! I think I'm almost ready to move to another piece so I'll go have a look around~
Thank you for this video, Greg. Your insight and interpretation is beautiful. I want to ask: do you have any advice for learning the polyrhythms that show up in the A section? They are giving me trouble. Thank you.
Good day. Thank you for your comment. Yes, I do! Divide this section to smaller parts (Max 4 notes in the left hand) and first master only these small parts, later put them together.
Drop me a line to gnpiano@aol.com, and I'll send you a photo of my score so that you can see how I divided it. Best!
Excelent video!
My personal interpretation this Nocturne
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Thank you very very much for sharing. This is never ever a vaste of time. Beautiful music and very informative Content and helpful Interpretation and sensible Communication. Greetings from Germany. Regine
Danke schön Regine!
I started learning this piece, because as a child I fell in love with the Nocturnes, and since I fell asleep to them every night, I know the main melody of Op9No1 really well. However, I could never feel the whole piece as one coherent unit, the same way I do with No2. Your video really helped bring a beautiful story to this piece, and will definitely help me in my playing. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge and passion!
I cannot thank you enough for this amazing, wonderful video!!!!
Thank you for the comment!
Hi, I'm practicing Nocturno Op 9 in Bb m #1 on my own..hard to fit 11 notes on 6 notes.😊 Lots of practice but I'll get there. I hope someday I can play as well as you. Will listen to your other videos and get inspired. I love to listen and to play the piano
Greetings from California!!!
awesome as always!!
thank you so much for these videos
My pleasure! Thanks for watching!
Excelent pianist and Class!
My personal interpretation this Chopin Nocturne
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feel free to use more technical terminology. i liked the explanation of the chord intervals as representations of what the music is supposed to say. beautiful playing as well. better than a lot of recordings.
I would honestly become even more interested if he could go further to talk about the harmony and the interpretation possibilities. But I understand that his intention through these videos is rather to deconstruct these great works in a way that is comprehensive to everyone.
My personal interpretation this Nocturne
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Hello Greg, Thank you for this informative and inspiring lecture. You taught me important new things about this piece, and about how to make better music.
The nocturne by John Field sounds like Op.32 No.2 by Chopin, especially the middle part where there are many repetitive chords
Amazing! I should have been at the piano following along... But I was relaxing on my couch ready to watch a movie, but I'm glad I ended up watching this tutorial instead.
Thank you for this amazing video!
Oh.. thank you for these words!!
@@gregniemczuk Thank YOU for sharing your valuable knowledge and your beautiful playing!
You explained something new and genuine to me, thank you!🇧🇷😘
I love that piece and you play the piano very beautiful! 😊❤
Thank you Linda!
Beautiful. And helpful. Thank you.
Thank you so much. I really enjoy listening and learning from you!!
I'm happy to hear that!
Finally we have reached the nocturnes! Yes!!!
Wonderful and passionate explanations ! I am working on that nocturne and you opened me to a lot of things !! love from France
I'm Happy to hear that! Merci!!
@@gregniemczuk ❤️ I will spent hours watching you now that I found your channel !
@@jean-francois.duchauffour 🥰🌹🌹🌹🌹
What an interpretation of this hauntingly beautiful nocturne. There on the piano Chopin was looking and smiling at what this artist could do with his nocturne. I am confident that Chopin was very pleased. As an extra treat the artist took us took us on a musical journey. We have some of Chopin’s thoughts and variations on this particular piece.
Thank you Greg again! I have been enjoying current Chopin Competirion a lot and a lot more because of your lecture! Though I have to confese that I have been spending less time for your video due to the competirion.
THANK YOU!!
Sure! You're forgiven 😀. The Chopin Competition is important! But you can always come back here!
@@gregniemczuk For sure I will！
@@gregniemczuk By the way, I have good friends, a couple, who teaches physics at a state university in neighrboring town. I don't know where you live, but they are from Warszawa. She is very good cook as well a good physicist.
@@hiroshitanimoto6234 I live in the South of Poland, so not so close from Warszawa.
Grazie per il tuo insegnamento con così tanta passione.. lo sto studiando ed è molto molto utile il tuo video.. grazie 😊
I'm happy to hear that!
Thank you for making me discover Nocturne N°5 from ? I love to listen to music and how you play the piano and Chopin. I think I have the partition N° 1 of the Nocturne from Chopin. You are a passionate of Chopin and so am I. Thank you so much.
Thank you so much!! Yes, I love his music with all my heart!!!
The B part of this Nocturne hypnotizes you into forgetting the original melody and then when he melds it back in it's a wonderful surprise.
YES!!!! That's exactly what I'm thinking about every time I perform it!
So admire your passion for music! I wish I could play the piano. I'm so into Chopin's nocturnes.
Greg, have you considered doing concerts of the Schubert song cycles and Schumann's Dichterliber? That would be an excellent project if you found a promising young Polish tenor or baritone, as I think those songs are a great entree to the performance of opera.
You are brilliant, Greg! I love all your inspirational ideas and I always enjoy watching you deliberately express them with a lot of passion. I'm learning a lot from you.
Just one remark as I now verified with my nocturnes scores, all Chopin nocturnes end in major with the exception of the c minor nocturne op.48 no.1.. Now I feel like questioning: is there a hidden message from Chopin by choosing to end only this particular stunning nocturne in minor?
Again, bravissimo!
Hello! Just saw your comment. Not all end in Major! Also op.32 no.1 ends in minor. Yes, definitely it was deeply thought of and has some meaning. It usually means: "there is no hope"....
Beautiful interpretation and excelent class!
My personal interpretation
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Thank you very much for your Video(s). It is so nice that you share your knowledge and skills. Many Thanks and all the best vor you! ♥ ♥ ♥ I love your playing!
Thank you for watching and for your kind words!!!
I wish i could make the left hand sound as smooth when i play it. I guess i will go back to practice! 😂
Listening to this analysis again also made me very sad that we will never get to hear Chopin's interpretation on Field's nocturnes. I love them so much.
Yes!! He probably played them absolutely Amazing!
Estou estudando este noturno!
Maravilhosa análise!! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Obrigado Carolina!!!
this helps so much! thank you! your channel is so underrated :((
Thank you! Don't worry, at least I have space to personally answer you 🙂
@@gregniemczuk aww you’re so nice
awesome video!!
you are Amazing!!!
I loved when you said you would pay anything to hear Chopin himself play just even once… it would be incredible.
thank you for the fantastic video and explanation 😊
Thanks!
Dziękuję bardzo!!
What an interesting video!
I always like to imagine what Chopin was thinking about at the time🤔
My thought was always that the sixths where of course the climax, and then the same melody but in PP and thirds with the pedal is the same thing but in the distance
Very good point
You’re the best!
Soo nice to have this video with me after a tiring study day!❤ I study Sociology and Political Science, in which the content sometimes can be too serious and frustating. Music is always the best friend to help me escape from reality. Goona buy the book Chopin and His Pupils. I also found another Chopin Study book by Alan Walker (I guess that's also a good option?) Wish you have a nice day!
Yes! Absolutely. Alan Walker is the best
I was practicing this piece last night. The notes of right hand was complicated
Thanks a lot for this very, very interesting lecture, Greg! I'm happy to see and hear you in five hours in the Wiener Konzerthaus.