Exploration on Mvt II of Grieg Piano Concerto by Gwilym Simcock

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Something a little different. I rarely transcribe other pianist's performances as I find the process very lengthy and tedious, but when I heard Simcock's beautiful and sophisticated improvisation on Grieg's enchanting melody I decided I had to try and notate what he played. What you hear is my performance. You can listen to Simcock's wonderful performance here: • Exploration on Mvt II ...

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Music sheet available from SheetMusicPlus: www.sheetmusicplus.com/publishers/rupert-austin-sheet-music/3017008?isPLP=1&Ns=displayName&recsPerPage=50&

[@TheDusty1920]

Incredible! What an amazing piece. Thank you so much for transcribing this

[@rupertaustin]

You're welcome. Glad you liked it.

[@stephenshooterfineartist9635]

absolutely mind blowingly emotional and beautiful...so intelligent.....

[@rupertaustin]

Lovely to hear you enjoyed this

[@sxs1103]

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[@boreumkimlmlm]

It is slow music but my heart beats constantly on the contrary. It must be hard work to transcribe such exquisite art. Thank you for your work, I appreciated every single note.

[@rupertaustin]

Glad you liked it.

[@theforbiddenfruit2300]

The edge ha sorry had to point it out but ur not wrong that this is amazing.

[@moop.3549]

this is beautiful...I can't even imagine how much time you spent on this! thank you

[@rupertaustin]

Glad you enjoyed it. Yes, I spend some long hours working on this.

[@soniaborden9717]

What an elegant transcription, Rupert! You have captured Grieg’s soul and my heart with this exploration of his concerto. And your performance is sublime. Bravo! Thank you for giving us a glimpse of one of the great works of art.

[@rupertaustin]

Thanks for listening. Glad you enjoyed it!

[@giselaquerol6605]

Es una belleza es uno de mis conciertos preferidos

[@cltherrien]

This is beautiful Rupert! What a great job of transcribing my favorite movement of this concerto - thank you!😊

[@rupertaustin]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@wendyjohn8315]

Oh! buying it now. thanks, Rupert.

[@rupertaustin]

Hi Wendy. Thanks for the purchase - appreciate it! once I had gone through the pain of transcribing Simcock's performance I had so much enjoyment playing this piece. It really is a lovely thing to play.

[@seanrm06]

this is so beautiful! you should put your music on Spotify

[@rupertaustin]

Thanks for your compliment. Spotify is a possibility.

[@AlbertoSegovia.]

Keep exploring these adaptations that come from other else than Grainger, please,

[@willwest4736]

More fine work - right up my street, this - well done!

[@rupertaustin]

Thanks Will. Glad you enjoyed it!

[@aldeswimmer]

Sublime; thank you.

[@rupertaustin]

Thanks for listening!

[@philandsueblakemore6255]

Thank you Rupert for your patience in transcribing this piece and for your beautiful performance. Well done.

[@rupertaustin]

Many thanks!

[@nezkeys79]

Are the time signatures changes how he hears it while he is playing or are you transcribing rubato literally?

[@rupertaustin]

Good question! When transcribing a piece like this which has so much rubato and freedom I tried to find a solution where the notation does not become horribly complex, but also where I don't just keep writing "rubato" above note values that have little resemblance to what Simcock played. In some places I think I can feel changes in metre and have notated them as such, in others I am just switching metre to approximate Simcock's rubato.

[@nezkeys79]

@@rupertaustin is it necessary to even write rubato? Maybe just write out the chart and then the person reading it can apply their own rubato? I'd be very surprised if he wasn't just thinking in one tempo the whole time anyway. Just from one pianist to another if i was sight reading this chart the sheer amount of time signature changes would just be annoying for me

[@ricardoromeromartinez8656]

Very nice👏👏

[@rupertaustin]

Thanks for listening!

[@roddykennedy9476]

You’ve saved me a lot of work here Rupert, thanks! I transcribed some of the orchestral score for piano myself a few years ago and was planning to work on this recording but haven’t got round to it. Possibly my favourite of all Simcock’s recordings. Like several other jazz artists that I was blown over by in their early days I find he has gone a bit too “clever” and less musically exciting for me now.

[@rupertaustin]

Thanks for your thoughtful comment. I'm glad I helped you out here, and I hope you enjoy playing this.

[@anoukimusic8340]

I wanted to transcribe this piece but could never find the time... thank you so much for doing this amazing work on the transcription! I just bought your sheet 🤩

[@rupertaustin]

Hello, nice to hear that I have saved you a rather time consuming task - and thanks for the purchase! Grieg's original has always been a favourite of mine - it has some real magic, and Simcock added some of his own magic to it.

[@piyagi0705]

I'm your big fan Mr.Austin

[@rupertaustin]

Thanks for listening and glad you enjoyed it!

[@annsimcock2037]

Have you never heard of copyright?

[@rupertaustin]

Yes I have, and I have a moderate knowledge of it. Copyright law considers arrangements and improvisations derived from existing musical material as "derivative" and not worthy of protection - and it is only the copyright holder of the original musical material who can benefit from copyright protection. With this piece the copyright on Grieg's piano concerto elapsed many years ago, so Grieg's estate can no longer benefit from copyright protection. Mr. Simcock's improvisation on Grieg's music does not qualify for copyright protection, so I am free to notate it and post my own performance on KZbin. However, Mr. Simcock might have copyright protection on the audio of his performance, but that is not used here so I have not infringed that. All of my arrangements that are available for purchase at Sheet Music Plus or Sheet Music Direct pay the required proportion of the proceeds to the copyright holders through a scheme called ArrangeMe which is administered by the Hal Leonard Company.

[@danielpetersilcock3836]

Thank you for putting in all the work and transcribing this. So sophisticated and moving.

[@rupertaustin]

You're welcome. Glad you enjoyed it!

[@pianosenzanima1]

Excellent!!

[@rupertaustin]

Thanks for listening!

[@johanestjahjono9449]

👍

[@dalcassian8351]

Just come across this Rupert and it's fantastic you've surpassed yourself again if that's possible can't wait to give it a try

[@rupertaustin]

Thanks for your kind comment. Hope you enjoy playing it.

[@dalcassian8351]

@@rupertaustin I most certainly will . I'm no musicologist but it seems like an improvisational fantasy that takes you from the beautiful main well known theme to a pensive beautiful wonderland and back again heart rendingly exquisite (other similar adjectives available; ) . So enjoyable. .

[@ДмитрийСавин-з5т]

May be Pennies from heawen?

[@Maderso]

Amazing !

[@rupertaustin]

Thank you!