Dearly Beloved Concert Paraphrase

Top of the Most Challenging Uploads playlist, easily
So, hi, hello it's been a while! I say this quite often, don't I? Maybe you're used to it by now? Though I can't promise I'll upload regularly again just yet - I'm almost done with my master's degree! It's eating up a lot of my time now.
You might think - but Caliko, you've played Dearly Beloved like 5 months ago - and yes! That's true! But this is a very special arrangement, and in my head it's completely separate from "regular" Dearly Beloved variations I like to play. This is the Piano Collections Concert Paraphrase, which is completely insane and I love it precisely for that reason.
Really, I've been craving to record something challenging again. I haven't really pushed myself when recording since the grand piano change! That was over a year ago. I've been playing pretty easy/comfortable stuff for a while now, and while that's still likely what I'll be focusing on, I do love playing something like this once in a while!
Don't be fooled, though, much of my practice time off-camera consists of these types of pieces. I've been practicing this track for years...many years. And yet! I still feel like I could have done better - some bits are sloppy in my eyes - but to be fair, getting through it without a mistake feels impossible to me. There's always something, simply because it's so tiring that I get sticky fingers after playing through it a few times lol. And some of the jumps are brutal! Landing those is a pure lottery, I'd say I get through that One Worst Jumpy Part without a mistake about... 40% of the time.
So, that was that for an update! Thanks for reading, thanks for listening, and see you next piece!
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sheet music: musescore.com/caliko
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Dearly Beloved from Kingdom Hearts
Composer: Yoko Shimomura
Arrangement: Kaoru Wada

[@Erainia]

Thank you KZbin for NOT NOTIFYING ME ABOUT CALIKO RECORDING A MASTERPIECE

[@mistersir4180]

Thanks so much , You and Kyle inspired me to learn and play.

[@Soraiko]

2:07 The moment we all waited for. Majestic performance.

[@DemonDarknezz]

I love your interpretation of this soundtrack, the way you play the piano is captivating and you express great talent, greetings from Argentina

[@gabrielzambrano8117]

I'm not gunna lie that bass note at 1:22 hurts, but your so talented, I hope to be as one filth as talented as you are one day.

[@aliassecret]

There is always something different with the way you play. There is something in the pieces you choose and play that makes me wistful and lost in them. As if you are telling stories or without words. This is one of the best pieces so far. I feel all the love and emotion from you in it. Thanks for sharing and I hope you do well in your Masters! :D

[@faridanwar4127]

Schön wie immer. Good luck for your masters! Also for your professional cameo at 0:16 😂.

[@Caliko]

Good doggo catch 😂

[@andreaconocchia725]

I love your concept about this song please continue !

[@estelle5981]

this is a pure masterpiece your videos always give me inspiration to keep going so thank you!

[@XiaoTongPiano]

Bravo!!! I am so delighted to see an upload from you first thing early in the morning, this concert arrangement is insane and you nailed it!!

[@Caliko]

Thank you!! It's such a challenging arrangement haha

[@Theziad]

I wasn't expecting that. Smoothly beautiful

[@elliotchan745]

Yay! I've been hoping you'd do this version for awhile since, like you say, it's separate from the others but in a good way! Thanks for uploading, and good luck with your masters!

[@Derekdach344]

Phenomenal performance

[@michaelvastarelli8019]

This is easily the best performance I've ever witnessed from you, and by a mile (or km)!

[@familybarton]

I just genuinely enjoy the way you play piano.

[@jdq2612]

beautiful! Every time I felt lazy playing piano, I open CALIKO video. so encouraging!

[@su3395]

You are out of this world. How is that even possible? Amazing!

[@tvolz9749]

Just wanted to say that your channel is really underrated. I found you a while back when I was looking for Ori arrangements but all your work is just incredible. I could listen to it the whole day. Keep it up!

[@yuniaamaya7472]

Dearly Beloved became one of my favorite pieces since I first heard it being played by you. This is a really amazing arrangement, inspires me a lot🌼 Congratulations for all your hard work, you deserve to receive the master's degree ^^

[@LucasPianoRoom]

I haven't visited your channel in a long time. I'm glad to see you're still making such awesome covers. 😊 And this performance... OMG this was absolute amazing! 😲

[@bri-notthecheese]

Soooo gorgeous!!!

[@aryavirmohanty8510]

Incredible performance Caliko!! I loved the repeated note sections alot, it was very well done! The entire piece really. Its been a while since we got a difficult piece, and this was perfect! Good luck with your degree, and congrats on accomplishing this piece!

[@eduardojali]

Well done!

[@Train_Sounds]

At 3:13 I‘m happy that you have found the right fingering for the last third parallels, so have I 🙂 So many pianists here on KZbin failed, went up the third parallels with both hands until the last third and then there was a short break because of jumping to the low E note with the left hand. This is not quite nice, because this passage is so powerful and shouldn‘t be interrupted - it‘s literally a climax! It‘s very elegant that the right hand takes on the last third parallels so that the left hand has enough time for the jump! You could just begin one or two thirds earlier (from a-c, then b-d, c-e, d-f# and use the fingering 1-3, 2-4, 1-3, 2-4, and then the e-minor chord), then it would be perfect 😊 you don‘t really have a break, but a technically conditioned ritardando, which you could get rid of by using that fingering for example 🙂

[@JesterRace21]

Brilliant. Well done!

[@abdullahmusical8245]

Never stop doing this 👍🏻♥️

[@alexyan7762]

Impressive, keep it up!！

[@mistersir4180]

Your Xion cover is still my all time Fav . I hope you upload another version of it since It’s your favorite theme 😊

[@RandomPerson-fs5wq]

Impressive as always, probably one of the best performances of this piece I've ever seen! Thank you for posting this, its clear the effort and care you put in every video you upload, that's remarkable. I've read the description and I wanted to ask you what is your major. I'm actually close to finish mine too, can't even imagine how difficult it was to prepare such a difficult piece with university duties. Good luck!

[@Caliko]

Thank you - and my major is biology!

[@pianosenzanima1]

You are an excellent pianist!

[@franciscomaky]

Impressive!! That's a great interpretation, I love the way you play piano! I tried a couple of your covers, but it never sounds as good as you. Do not stop playing ever!

[@saucekei]

A very nice classic virtuosic ending

[@elio564]

Yep, this certainly is something different xD And I don't mind at all!!! Playing a complex piece can be very relieving after more relaxed pieces even if you don't get all the notes correct. Good luck with your master degree! I'm almost finished with my studies as well :)

[@paridecoppelli6804]

Meraviglioso

[@chilly4685]

A dearly beloved video always get me :)

[@ikonik2k181]

Good job 🎵

[@user-gv1mk3jh8b]

Спасибо большое! Вы очень красиво играете :)

[@andrefaisol]

OMG that amazing, make me want to learn and play piano.

[@goldentrout4811]

Awesome!

[@rukiauchiha6486]

beautiful

[@ash_ish]

Hey, hello, and welcome back... Glad to see you back again.. First thing first, I have to say I am speechless lol, like I am speechless. I have no idea what I just watched. This is too much to absorb.. I better go and watch this, again and again, 10+ times. Just to comprehend what I just witness. If I am being 100% honest.. This comes out of nowhere, like seriously this one has to be a big surprise performance. I am also more mesmerizing by the way you played.. I don't know what it is, maybe something to do with your fingers or how you are playing or a combination of all things... But this one was a treat. This performance was outstanding. And thank you for sharing this version of Dearly beloved, as I have no idea about Concert paraphrase. I am learning so many things from you, nice. Also, I got the notification of this video after 24+ hours.. I have no idea what is going on with youtube. I almost missed this upload. And got to know about this upload while listening to your previous plays. Apart from this, you pretty much said everything in the description so I don't have to ask anything here. This one was a treat and I am still speechless. Plus this performance was very mesmerizing. I like it, I love it. A favorite of yours. Lastly, take care of yourself. And say hi to doggito( 0.16 ). See you in the next piece. And All the very best with your master's degree. One more thing, thank you again for Dearly beloved ( this become a signature of yours). Bai Bai, Caliko. Again C u in the next piece. 😏👀

[@ash_ish]

Forget to add it here. This performance was just overkill. 💖

[@Caliko]

Thank you, as always, for the lovely, long comment! It feels really nice to come back with a special-type, overkill video now and then :) I'll see you next time!

[@Camustang]

Beautiful rendition of that piece, thank you for sharing ! Good luck with your master's degree, and keep at it with the practice, with more stamina you could always practice more. Though I'm unable to notice the sloppy bits myself, so I wouldn't say that's very much necessary c:

[@stephen129]

Beautifully played as always. Also I've only just realised the Bosendorfer is gone!

[@purpleschala]

ahh welcome back Caliko!!! Glad to see you're well aaaaaand...is that a Steinway I see? 😍😍😍😍😀 No more Bosendorfer?!? What's the story there lol!?? Gorgeous playing as usual, this one is a tough arrangement and you absolutely killed it!! ❤️❤️❤️ No such thing as too many Dearly beloved covers hahaha it's such a beautiful theme!!!!! Be well and hope you've got fun things planned for the summer!

[@Caliko]

Happy to see you here!! And yeah, it is a Steinway 😂 Simply put, my Bosendorfer completely gave out, it was a very old instrument and the resonance board was in such bad shape it started making weird sounds when I played, and at the same time, the mechanism kept breaking to the point of it being irreparable. My piano technician tried to break it to me gently that it's time for a piano change, and here we are LOL, I can't really complain, I love this instrument so much!

[@florianvancitters3674]

Another beautifully played piece, especially impressed with 0:36 - 1:10, that fingering speed & range is just pure magic to me. First found your channel through your Ori Medley, which I've been practicing for the last month or so. I'm nowhere near as skilled as you are, so it's taking me quite a bit of time to figure it out, but I'm really enjoying the process! Still got a way to go, but maybe in a month or so I'll feel confident enough to actually record myself. Just wanted to thank you for all the high quality sheet music you put out there for free, it's genuinely impressive how you manage to translate such a variety of music into coherent piano pieces.

[@Caliko]

Thank you! I'm always happy to hear that someone is having fun practicing my arrangements :)

[@johnmichaelarellano9162]

Hey we're not complaining whether how many different covers of Dearly Beloved you make. We just glad and thankful you're still uploading period. I hope your studies are not stressing you that much because I can now clearly notice that you lost weight (comparing to your old videos). More uploads to come!!!

[@Caliko]

I'm not too stressed, thankfully! I've just been more active lately lol that's why

[@pitzu]

OH WOW

[@Artemis823]

Love your work so much!! COULD U PLAY PLEASE “ to your eternity ” 😍😍

[@Artemis823]

Anime ost **

[@racernatorde5318]

Just wanted to suggest a song to you: "Empire of Angels" by Thomas Bergersen. It's one of the few songs by him (Or Two Steps from Hell in general) that actually works well with just one instrument. I got the impression that it would be to your liking. Short side story about it: I remember a story of a worker, a plumber I believe, who had to fix something in a retirement home. Apparently they had a piano in there and every single time he was working there, the old people wanted him to play that song again. Definetely one of those songs that resonates with people no matter the age. It's just one of those short, randoms story you hear in your life that you just never forget, because they almost put a smile on your face

[@rhythm4165]

🤩🤩🤩

[@muonswitch]

holy crap

[@angelolima4811]

What a great arrangment I bet your excited for kingdom hearts 4

[@Rimc21]

You can play dearly beloved as many times as you want, i will love every one of them

[@deividde1379]

Awesome. Would be nice to hear swing version of dearly beloved ^^

[@nguyenminhphuc3816]

Sakayume of Jujutu Kaisen please, thanks for your beautiful music

[@DawnsTower]

[@Fuchsia_tude]

I'm pretty sure looped plays count. They did on Vine back when that was a thing, at least.

[@heavybreathing6696]

While this piece is challenging, I'd love to hear you re-play / remaster Howl's Moving Castle from years ago!

[@Caliko]

Huh, I actually have that pretty much ready, I've been playing it a lot ever since... I'll think about it 👀

[@Effdddgr]

Whew it has been a while, what are you mastering in?

[@Caliko]

Biology!

[@Protegit]

Okay that's just an overkill lol

[@Caliko]

perfect word to describe this arrangement LOL

[@angelolima4811]

Have you ever played any aura kingdom music

[@giabao2807]

Hi have a good day ^^ You can cover pavane

[@angelolima4811]

More beautiful everytime you play this would you be able to do a piano arrangement from the netflix movie bubble by tetsuro araki so beautiful you have to hear it and see the movie do you know when belle will be able to watch streaming services thank you

[@jeffjr84]

You can play so fast that the camera can't track all your movement. wow.