Daydream M/V | Schumann: Arabeske, Op.18 - Tiffany Poon

[@TiffanyPoonpianist]

Arabeske is a philosophical concept, attributed to organicism in German philosophers like Goethe, Schiller and Schlegel. Curious to read what theories you have about the symbolism in this video 👀

[@I.amthatrealJuan]

Makes me want to dive into their philosophical works to be enlightened further. I wonder what you mean by this.

[@mludijosefknecht]

Well, he said while pouring himself a glass of wine, Valpolicella for those whom are interested to know, Goethe stated "The soul that sees beauty may sometimes walk alone. ..." surrounded by nature, where all elements influence and provide for each other in an indirect or direct way. None of them can stand alone thus forming an organic cohesion even between unrelated elements, thus having a relationship. The water provides... hum... water obviously, the tree shade, shelter and nest material, the animals provide for food,. from a simple seed to a mighty tree.. A continuous exchange and evolution were each part plays it's role. The reoccurance of events is embedded in their existence itself. As sure as there is a sunset there is a sunrise that will follow. Each winter is followed by spring.... The "all" is to be considered as one. When looking at sheet music, notes can seem as random dots on some paper, however they come alive when hummed, whistled or (expertly) played. The transformative nature of music leads us from ink to sound to images. Seeds becoming grapes becoming wine rejoicing many (when consumed with moderation of course), a child with a toy piano.... rejoicing many (without any moderation). PS: Did I pass this surprise test ?😉Two surprises in one go, a new video and a test.... PS 2: I am sure you will understand, simply by the nature of my name, that although I fully understand the predestination of the organic elements I am a strong believer of the self. Contemplation of our surroundings is an essential element to help us to understand our own behaviour which will help us to become a better version of ourselves. And isn't that what we all aspire ? Striving to become a better self with kindness in heart and action.

[@mludijosefknecht]

@@mzimmer1751 Interesting point about "Gödel, Escher, Bach". I must admit I didn't look at it from that angle. The reoccurance aspect certainly fits in with the organicism ideas. All is interconnected (ad infinitum in "GEB"). I considered it more as a formalistic, mathematical view. But, that being said, fractals are exactly on the crossroad of organic and mathematical. Thank you for sharing your idea. Now I feel I have to read "GEB" again (whish me luck). This vlog keeps on giving, so, thank you Miss Poon.

[@mzimmer1751]

At first, the video was just a "mood piece" for me, but after looking at the suggestion/challenge in your description :-) I found material on Wikipedia for "Arabesque", and saw they mentioned "rhythmic linear patterns" and "interlacing foliage". From that, it's easy to see the connection to the parts of your video involving rippling waves and images of trees. I especially liked the upward shot of the fractal-like structure of the bare trees - I guess this connects with the "repeating geometric form" mentioned in that article. I just looked at the Wikipedia article on "organicism" and so the nature setting makes sense for your video. I've only just started reading about organicism, but to me it feels like it's about "nested complexity", where at each level you have a world unto itself. In music I suppose you can nest a pattern once or twice, but you know more than me... Thank you for posting this with your description - it really added something to it! :-) Btw, have you read "Gödel, Escher, Bach" by Hofstadter? Seems it might be related, but maybe a bit technical.

[@neovxr]

@@mzimmer1751 The tree sky around 2:30 looks a bit like a fractal or a diffusion graph, anyway something that nature does all the time, it makes me feel like i'm in meditation to become spiritual part of it.

[@brodricj3023]

Tiffany is multi-talented. Fashion modelling is calling.

[@waggawaggaful]

I’ve been waiting for this arabesque. And I didn’t expect a beautiful video to come along with it. It’s a dream ❤️

[@TiffanyPoonpianist]

Thank you for waiting! It took a long time for me to make this. The piece itself is so beautiful, I changed the scenes so many times and almost didn't publish the video.

[@matthodek]

Schumann, Nature, and Tiffany, a beautiful combination. From what you have taught me of Mr. Schumann, I think he would have approved of this style of video for his music. Well done Tiffany and thanks for sharing!

[@eclipsee9773]

i literally cant get this song out of my head bc of you ❤️❤️😭😭

[@OctopusContrapunctus]

Honestly, this is one of the channels that is closer to my heart❤, the mixuture between poetic and genuine passion for music is simply so heartwarming and filles me with determination everytime i have doubt in the sacrifices I do for music

[@TiffanyPoonpianist]

🥺❤️🎶

[@manfaifung4351]

This is a truly lovely episode. We are being taken on a sentimental journey through the eyes of a young woman lost in a daydream. She just kind of drifting round the place and you'll see there is something on her mind. There is beauty throughout-music to your ears and natural beauty to your eyes. Beauty is intrinsically edifying. So hopefully, the dreamer's persistence inspires you to pursue your dream. Multi-talented, she is truly loved for her kind and true heart. But her kind heart is just one of her endearing qualities. So much for daydreaming! 😅

[@nandovancreij]

i just love the sequence of shots at 4:07, also those shots of the sunset perfectly capture that last section

[@clh3239]

I got my cd a few days ago. It's breathtaking. No other words. You've inspired to me pull out all my Schumann sheet music. Thank you for this beautiful recording. I look forward to many more. You've really captured what feels to me the authentic character of Schumann.

[@Amateursammlung]

Спасибо!

[@henrywong8922]

Classical MTV.... done exceptionally well matching scenery with playing the Schumann..

[@ffggddss]

Daydream indeed! What this evokes simply can't be put into words. Thank you (& Robert!) for taking me to this place for several delightful minutes. Fred

[@ministryofdressing]

Ohhhh my goddd i am dying for the this music videoooo it’s soooooo beautiful !!!! Yes please ! This concept is Marvelous ❤❤❤

[@Katie8158]

Beautiful playing Tiffany and love all the shots of the animals 😄

[@PianoManCamille]

This is a masterpiece, thank you for your music!

[@JohnStevens-j6l]

Tiffany, this was very beautiful and awesome. Thank you dear for sharing❤🎹🎶🎵🎶

[@BlackHermit]

This music video is very nice. I think it showcases her exceptional musical talent and nuanced interpretation. Her performance skillfully captures the Schumann's nuances, and the accompanying music video adds a visual dimension to the journey. Her dedication to her craft is evident, and to my brutally honest opinion, this rendition is a delightful and immersive experience.

[@rinardman]

The perfect follow-on to the previous *musical diaries: how a classical pianist started playing the piano...*. All of the natural talents of young Tiffany shown in that video are on display in the making of this video! 🤗

[@mzimmer1751]

Beautifully played, Tiffany. Looking forward to the release of your CD next month! This artistic video (& the description) really adds another dimension for appreciating your music. Thank you!

[@denmarq]

Beautiful scenes, and what an imaginative approach.

[@f.d.robben159]

From the first shot, I thought that this was what Robert Schumann had in mind when he composed this music. His beloved Clara in harmony with nature. Even the dress and shoes look authentic. You have brilliantly captured the romantic, sad but beautiful atmosphere.

[@lindakelly2691]

Very beautiful and reflective. Thank you 🙏

[@robscalise]

Beautiful playing and if you shoot and edited this yourself, you skills are really impressive. One of the things I’ve always admired, you DIY. Great work Tiffany !

[@davidgarcia-lq1pm]

srsly in love with this piece. so lovely. cute video too!

[@maheshbabu-fj3tx]

The uplight and the crows jumping were perfectly timed !! Kudos !

[@PaulIvers]

Your recording was my introduction to Arabeske. To connect the title to the music I did some research, all before your film was released. Ah insight! Enjoyed hearing it through your recording and now visualizing it through your lens.

[@ced1401]

Absolutely wonderful.

[@olyaallez7924]

This place reminds me of the park near my parents' house. Such a beautiful approach to the Schumann's music. I love it 😍 Tiffany, you are amazing 🥰

[@eclipsee9773]

This is so Heavenly 🥹

[@JosephStrandt]

beautiful

[@katiejune1602]

It's all about healing😊

[@davidstrumsky7012]

Loving the repeating patterns, simple audible and organic and inorganic objects make, the daydreamable associations. Nicely done!

[@UdoBender]

Thank you for the invitation for dreaming. This piece is really for daydreaming and relaxing. Wonderful!

[@GarryGomersall]

This whole piece and video is a thing of timeless beauty. Just like the multi-talented artist and publisher who produced it.

[@neovxr]

Thank you for a beautiful music video, of a kind that was missing so much in this loud and flashing world.

[@judithnelson1665]

Beautiful video, you are a true Schumannist, nothing higher.

[@thomasbunner734]

Beautiful in so many ways, Schumann's Arabesque expresses the feminine side of nature. This video captures that so well. Thank you!

[@Luc7an]

Tiffany, wholeheartedly, you've successfully corralled the channeled intimacies related to lyrically conveying the expressive movements of Schumann's works in a way few artists will ever know. Unquestionably, to give yourself over as such - as though you were a selfless dreamtelling conduit of Robert's very own interior ideations - a remarkable feat... fated, perhaps. Though, the unfathomable hours you've clocked… confounding, no doubt.

[@m.merchant6255]

Congrats Tiffany! Classic FM played u on the radio! Well done! u have come so far ❤

[@cherylschenck9943]

An incredibly beautiful video interpretation of mood in music!

[@christophercelecia1262]

Natural beauty. Tiffany descended from Heaven😊❤

[@RolandHuettmann]

I love this piece of Schumann, so tender and magical. I play it myself in all parts. The last part "Coda" is supposed to transcend to something higher. Many pianists play the three repeated main sections much faster, but I like your reduced tempo. For me it is a matter of my current mood. I will join in purchasing your CD.💚 Keep playing for us.

[@Ferrer-385]

Que gran poeta del piano fue Robert Schumann. Si además esta bien interpretado, es una maravilla.

[@tombufford136]

A further comment perhaps should be considered. A visual and real life expression using the intelligence and skills developed in fine music performance and study. I like the Tall Trees with the slender moon and rising, setting Sun. The gentle, natural movement in the surroundings. A great offering from Tiffany. One for the Collection !

[@fredranger7385]

Beautiful

[@ottochan7000]

Such beautiful music and scenery 🦆🐿, a serene haven from city life! 🤍

[@JS-ms5uv]

Your musical expression is, as always, exquisite. But now you've added the same mind to visuals?!?! WOW!

[@BerndSperberg]

adorable!!!

[@dinobucz]

So lovely! And such awesome nature scenes with the artist! ❤️❤️

[@francescocarletti5453]

You're such a delicate creature. I'm in love. Thanks for this!

[@hartwigheine]

Wunderbare Aufnahme und Musik, vielen Dank! Gruß aus Deutschland.

[@cziffrathegreat666]

I love how the duck at the beginning is swimming in tempo with the music :)

[@cherylschenck9943]

Perfect! Such a beautiful and calming musical video .

[@piano.is.a.language]

❤❤❤

[@ornleifs]

Wonderful piece and so well played - For my taste Schumann is at his best in short piano pieces like this.

[@gheraraujoo503]

❤❤

[@jdones5475]

Love it! 😍

[@andersjonsson9867]

❤

[@stevek5332]

Beautiful, Tiffany, both the music and your video! I'm buying and downloading your music from Amazon and will also buy the CD when it eventually drops. 🎶😍

[@TiffanyPoonpianist]

Wow. Thank you for going the extra mile! 🙏

[@vipassana72]

what a beginning. we'll be immersed in Chekov before sunset. I do love the paintings from this era. excellent detail. thank you for encouraging appreciation. you needed lighter Alexander Under-pantage, if you don't mind my saying. here's to Dawson City and peaceful sunsets from the 45th floor at 200 Victoria Street, Toronto. 🙂

[@Nobiru85]

le renouveau, la croissance et l'equilibre

[@fielevatan]

so aesthetic! i love it 😍

[@j.victordp885]

I have been watching your videos for years now but I never subiscribed. Yesterday when I saw the title of this video, I went crazy, this is becuse this piece is one of my favourites. Very interesting interpretation and sound. I have also subscribed :)

[@bloodgrss]

Not sure if you saw this Tiffany, but you got a fine mention on the ClassicsToday website review of a Llŷr Williams’ Schumann recording release. Reviewer Jed Distler wrote: "Tiffany Poon (Pentatone), for example, brings more abandon to No. 4’s broken chords while liberating No. 6’s rapid left-hand triplets from their usual cookie cutter uniformity. ". So nice for you!

[@roym4498]

Gorgeous ❤

[@tombufford136]

I am unfamiliar with organicism in German philosophers like Goethe, Schiller and Schlegel. However seeing Tiffany as a dream in this video, brightens the very tranquil, serene surroundings. Wholesome and imaginative. I think Tiffany is a realist and this helps keep us with her !

[@angellarraga4951]

Magical ✨ Bravo 👏🏻👏🏻

[@ThatBoomerDude56]

Love your talking vlogs. This is every bit as good as your talking vlogs -- or better. 😎

[@fentoncummings5059]

Beautiful, some how my eyes are wet.❤❤❤

[@Ben777News]

Prettiest KZbin right now.

[@oxoelfoxo]

love the moon shot

[@beammeupscotty3074]

very nicely done an recorded which is usually a nightmare of a problem

[@leetony2337]

❤🎉❤🎉❤🎉

[@joeysavings4756]

❤❤❤

[@thenameremainsthesame8339]

Let me start with my - maybe not that sophisticated 😅 - theory about the symbolism in your (magnificent) video: we‘ve got the river, that means something in between, the great divider and uniter, cause on the one hand it’s dividing two parts of the land. And on the other hand, it gives you the opportunity to get from one side to the other. And also, to get further away, if your curiosity thrills you. The same with the path through the park. I mean, for me personally, the whole video is based on a feeling of lightness, curiosity, joy. So, maybe the video is a symbol for these (rare, light and precious) moments of being in between things, situations (or whatever), without the necessity to decide which way to choose and with the freedom to enjoy and make the most of these situations. But maybe I‘m just primed in my interpretation because you have placed the Arabeske on your album between the Kinderszenen and Davidsbündlertänze… 😅 And the music! There‘s something in your Schumann, that is so inspiring! I mean, it sounds beautiful. But there‘s something more. It‘s like, let me think, maybe like eating an orange and when you close your eyes you‘re not only tasting the orange, but you can get an impression of the smell and taste of the ground, where the orange tree spread and grow, you can smell and feel the wind, that blows through its leaves, you can see the burning sun going down behind the orange tree. So, by eating the orange you get a full packed story and narration! And that‘s what happening, when I listen to your Schumann! It‘s simply great, unique and very inspiring! (So inspiring, by the way, that I ended up buying the scores of Davidsbündlertänze and the Arabeske in the Henle-App. 😅 You should make a deal with them 🤭). To sum all up: Thank you so much for giving me and all of us these wonderful musical moments, Tiffany!

[@tegarlagajoebhaar8936]

The coda in particular depicts the a possible ending of a tokusatsu movie should there be an additional scene. Schumann’s music can portray the post battle events. With or without the wonder ride book if we’re using Kamen Rider Saber terms, the heroes have restored peace and have finally been able to finish their story. What was once known as the Trio of Deep Sin, now they have repented their “sins” and can finally live in tranquility. Back to the MV, the music definitely depicts a tranquil state of mind hands down, add to that the scenes. Great video to watch whenever we feel down or if we feel happy and want to wind down.

[@PapaKryptoss]

❤

[@rasheedlewis1]

The scenes are composed well 4:26 for example. Lots of rules of thirds and golden ratios used lol

[@gert.korthof]

Hi Tiffany, on 4:14 you have captured an Hooded Crow (Corvus cornix). Nice! Am I right that you have a video assistant?

[@TiffanyPoonpianist]

Interesting 🐦‍⬛ No, I don't have a video assistant

[@gert.korthof]

@@TiffanyPoonpianist I mean by 'video assistant' someone in the field, not at home. Because the camera is moving while you are visible at some distance, so you cannot film yourself at the same time. So, how do you do that?

[@TiffanyPoonpianist]

99.9% of this was shot by me and my tripod

[@gert.korthof]

thanks for your reply! your videos skills are getting better and better over the years!

[@rondythurlow7200]

😇😇❤❤

[@marcius7308]

✨️💖 🎶🎵🎹 🕊 👋🙂🌷🙏👏👏👏

[@wbiro]

Symbolism in this Video: The Duck The duck symbolizes free will, which is what anything has that can move upstream has. The duck also symbolizes a strong free will, swimming against social and traditional currents (since it looks like it is swimming against a current). It also symbolizes The Search (for true love) (since it is alone and moving about). The Girl The girl symbolizes human spirit, though with melancholy (not having found her true love yet). She is also searching for enlightenment, which humans have not had yet (only pretenders). She also symbolizes hope. The Lake Symbolizes the offering of reflection, on life and on oneself, and on what enlightenment really is. The Flowering Tree Symbolizing humanity, still flowering, but as obtuse as a tree. It also symbolizes beauty, waiting to be appreciated, if but with a glance. The Animals Symbolize narrow learned behaviors. They also symbolize their dependence on humans to address the issues of Broader Survival (which includes their well being as individuals), and which humans are failing to do in favor of folly. They also symbolize the value of all of life, since any species can evolve the brain capacity to become enlightened beings, given that humans evolved from microbes (according to evidence and not speculation, religion, myth, or make-believe, evidence being the best that we can do). The Girl's Shadow Represents art, and the spirit that underlies true art (and not commercial or financially mercenary art). Ideally, creating something that gives people the opportunity to spend time with better company. The Sunset Symbolizes our mortality, and fatalistic feeble human thinking that has not realized yet that resurrection via technology is a possibility and worth working for, as is continued existence (since we are obligated, being endowed with it). The Starry Sky Symbolized the Philosophy of Broader Survival, emphasizing the word 'broader'. The Music Symbolized the mixed, even confused, moods that humans have had toward life while still in their clueless state (humans are still in their Clueless Era of history, which, given the philosophy, is soon to change). The Credits Symbolize that we all need a little love, credit, and approval, if but to enhance our odds of continued primal survival among still-clueless humans.

[@Isaac-qe2in]

Anyone who believes that humans evolved from microbes IS in their own right an example of a feeble-minded, clueless human. And though you may believe that any species can evolve the brain capacity to become enlightened beings, let me assure you that this reply isn't coming from an 'enlightened' squirrel time-traveling from a future millenary.

[@ferdinand9802]

Look out for the beautiful and cute, from various perspectives, as long as there is still light?

[@ral8452]

did you film some of this when you were up in Hudson ?

[@sadlonelyandpathetic8412]

Rêverie

[@henrikmulders8633]

This may be „leicht und zart“ but remember that „Op. 18 und 19 sind schwächlich und für Damen“. (Light and tender - op. 18 and 19 are feeble and for ladies) …Said Schumann. It is funny how composers were often dismissive of the pieces that would become their greatest hits. Debussy never wanted to publish “Reverie”, Saint-Sans wrote “Carnival” only to entertain his friends, Tshaikovsky was generally selfcritical

[@jannis11]

NoIce

[@sorrowking6097]

Is your role here, Clara Schumann?😁

[@TiffanyPoonpianist]

No

[@frzkd5053]

3:50 xD

[@emanuelegilio8801]

già la musica . oggi il senso di essa. . andiamo dunque. si dice anima. . tutti . il concetto è "tutti" .

[@李启瑞-n3t]

Beautiful body.

[@dummag4126]

I have many Asian friends, and a wife, I believe you are the most romantic people today in the world. This is why you love 19th century European music.

[@luigiiacoletti8134]

Tiffany! Eat something of mest!..you are too slim! I enjoi you study of Beethoven the hunt

[@Vivaldilover]

Very pretty dress... Until your shoes appear.

[@brightlightdun]

It reminds me a Japanese movie. I think you may like it Wikipedia Paprika_(2006_film) Paprika (Japanese: パプリカ, Hepburn: Papurika) is a 2006 Japanese adult animated science fiction psychological thriller film directed by Satoshi Kon.

[@ashleylim2954]

beautiful