F. Chopin - Impromptu A-flat major Op. 29 - analysis. Greg Niemczuk's lecture

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[@hshlom]

I just love your analysis videos. You never get technical enough for me, not much about how to play. But the way you describe the flow is eye opening! The 2 short, one long; questions and answers; you even show the different parts of the difficult falling parts; all this gives me a new perspective in how to play this song that I've never seen anywhere else. Bravo Grzegorz!

[@sparx1599]

18:40 the best part of the piece for me. Such a cathartic outburst of pure exultation and joy. Great analysis!

[@ezequielordonez2032]

Great and brilliant masterclass! Such a good criteria of all of this piece

[@Vinodivinoguay]

Omg😮 que coincidencia! esta musica tambien es la que estoy estudiando ahora! Me gusta mucho y me ayuda muchisimo mil gracias

[@joannawronska4100]

SO WONDERFUL AS ALWAYS!!!!! Thank you for one of my favourite Chopin's masterpieces in an excellent rendition and for your analysis/tutorial, this great video will be helpful for many pianists, again my best regards, have a nice weekend. Joanna

[@winfriedg.hallerbach6249]

Again a wonderful episode, thank you for your contagious enthousiasm & clever metaphores !

[@roym4498]

Thank you! Currently working on this wonderful piece.

[@gregniemczuk]

Good luck!

[@michelecapizzi2905]

Sei fantastico Greg bravissimo! Ascolto e suono da 35 anni da amatore autodidatta, qualche pezzo del grande Maestro e ogni volta che seguo i tuoi video mi trasmetti una gioia incredibile, la conferma del mio grande trasporto per la sua immensa arte. Amo Chopin con tutto me stesso e tu riesci ogni volta a confermare quanto questo meraviglioso Artista abbia, nei suoi pochi anni di vita, creato con la sua musica. Incredibile. Grazie.

[@therealdtbtw244]

Somehow found this masterpiece. Subbed/Amazing work!

[@gregniemczuk]

Welcome!

[@jenskluge7188]

I enjoyed this piece very much, with its bristling a part and the heartfelt opera aria in the b part, so i chose it as my 3rd Chopin piece for public performance after Minute walz and etude op 25, 1, a choice that was also dictated by the circumstances (only short pieces allowed and uplifting mood preferred). A bit brushing over it in explanation mode, no wonder, its not that easy, especially with the multitasking, hehe. Oh yes the Bass in the b part, i believe its a Variation of the idea of overcoming resistance, it symbolizes an inner conflict, heavy mood that is gradually overcome during the b part, so that why it does not return.

[@gregniemczuk]

Great choice of the repertoire! Thank you for the comment

[@laurie7357]

I love the middle part of this piece so much! 😍 Your French prononciation wasn’t too bad but it still made me smile. 😆 I am sure you would laugh as well if you heard me trying to speak polish! 🤡 I’ve heard speaking to ourselves is a sign of intelligence. I do it all the time as well. We are not crazy, we are smart! 🤩🤣

[@gregniemczuk]

Thank you so much! Sure! French is hard, but I love it! Sometimes I'm using it even though it seems impossible to speak like a native 😀

[@laurie7357]

@@gregniemczuk No need to speak like a native. Accents are charming! 🙂

[@slkchao]

Hi Greg, great analysis and thought provoking🙏 Do you happened to have an analysis of Chopin’s Concerto in E minor? Thanks!

[@gregniemczuk]

Not yet!! But I'll try to make it this year

[@franciscopetracco5553]

Hi, Greg! Thanks for the great video. I would like to recommend you my 93 years old teacher interpretation of this piece. She recorded every Impromptu, a couple Nocturnes, three Etudés and some other stuff in this Chopin-only album. We are brazilian, by the way. I find her interpretation very poetic, even though the recording wasn't well uploaded to KZbin, resulting in poor quality. Thanks again for the quality content and keep it up! PS: She recorded the whole album in one take!

[@franciscopetracco5553]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/anvPmoOlZphrZ68 here's the link

[@gregniemczuk]

Thank you so much!

[@gregniemczuk]

It's absolutely beautiful. She feels Chopin very well

[@yosefGames]

Its so hrad

[@SCRIABINIST]

A very underrated piece but I love Op.36 impromptu the most, also have you played Scriabin by any chance?

[@gregniemczuk]

Not yet!

[@SCRIABINIST]

@@gregniemczuk You should! His pieces ranges from easy to extremely difficult, especially his Sonatas. Great reward for a pianist

[@benharmonics]

37:35

[@kgardens3421]

Chopin's op 15 Gm has the same left hand

[@CatkhosruShapurrjiFurabji]

True! Also, the melody of the first theme in the 2nd Impromptu is probably a diminution of the melody of the second section of this piece at 20:25, in a major key. It will sound very similar when you listen to them one after another.

[@lourdesdahl6728]

My Dear Gregg, this impromptu is fantastic, in my opinion you have the answer, of what Chopin was trying to explain, he actually wanted or wishing for a better life, looking and implying for a change in his life, and also for his country and not be able to do anything,.and also ,no hope to see his family, how lmportan it is for us too,.

[@gregniemczuk]

Yes! Yes! And yes!

[@lourdesdahl6728]

@@gregniemczuk Hi Greg, it is wonderful to learn about chopin, it is like he is part of my life, to know all the things that he did during his short life,but we have alot music for us to learn, l would like to ask you if you had the opportunity to visit Chopin ‘s home ,tell me about it,l long to be there, and I know that,because I have seen videos of people visiting his home,thank you so much, I am so excited to just listening and watching all your music,thanks,

[@user-ci5gh3gi9p]

Actually can someone explain why chopin impromptus are quite so fast? For example when compared to the nocturnes. Because, if you improvise something on the spot, you are unlikely to be able to play it at such speed. It looks to me that comparatively, if someone tell me one of the genre are improvised, i would say the some of the nocturnes, or even some of the chopin preludes are improvised. But definitely not the impromptus.😊 I dont really know much about the melody form and structure of whatever it is called. But the speed and the lack of time to think make the impromptu totally unlike what i assume improvisation on the spot should be like.

[@Seleuce]

Well, Chopin took the time and made the effort to write the pieces down (he dreaded that), so they are not real improvisations. They may have started as such, but became compositions. He was indeed a master improviser, however, and some contemporaries said his improvisations were magical and often even better than his compositions (hard to believe). Since he was called a one-of-a-kind pianist (even by Liszt) and a genius as well, it's not impossible that he could improvise in very fast tempo. He was insanely quick-witted and known for his original and funny come-backs in conversations, which indicates a fast moving, agile mind. But he also often had a hard time to classify his pieces. Some ended up as Fantasia or Impromptu for not fitting any other class. Some of his Waltzes could be Nocturnes, some of his Nocturnes are Waltzes as well. His classification system was as liquid as his music. :)