F. Chopin - Impromptu F-sharp major Op. 36 - analysis. Greg Niemczuk's lecture

[@joannawronska4100]

SO WONDERFUL AS ALWAYS!!!!! Thank you for one of my favourite Chopin's masterpieces in an excellent rendition and for your analysis/tutorial, again my best regards, have a nice evening/happy relaxing weekend. Joanna

[@dopeddeer1818]

This channel is truly a gold mine, you really deserve much more subscribers with your amazing talent and dedication! Would be cool to see your interpretation of Chopin's Rondo à la Mazur op 5, not sure if you have done that one yet. Please keep the amazing work up!

[@gregniemczuk]

Thank you! I appreciate your words. Rondo op.5 will be done in February!

[@dopeddeer1818]

@@gregniemczuk That sounds amazing! Looking forward to it!

[@renatoparonidecastro6498]

Wow! That is how I am starting my New Year, listening to your analysis. Wunderbar! Happy 2023!

[@gregniemczuk]

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[@michelangelovaccaro8191]

Really interesting analysis (as always) for such a lovely yet mysterious piece! I didn’t know that Chopin ended his improvisations breaking the mood that he created, genuinely made me laugh ahahaahah

[@dijiutianchang]

Thank you SO much for your generosity in sharing your knowledge, this was wonderful just as the other videos (I watched a few Mazurkas and will venture into nocturnes, basically everything I am studying). All my best wishes

[@gregniemczuk]

Thank you!!!!

[@CatkhosruShapurrjiFurabji]

This is my favourite impromptu of the 4 but it's amusing to find parallel fifths in the last two beats of the 7th measure haha (0:22). Anyways, I don't think one instance of what is observed that is forbidden as per the rules of harmony and counterpoint should not ruin the quality of the entire piece. It's still a wonderful masterpiece!

[@davidvanmersbergen5335]

Bravo. A great lesson today...

[@gregniemczuk]

Thank you dear David!

[@jenskluge7188]

I thought about the A‘ part (what i call the fast part of A’) and came to the conclusion that while its not a variation in the strict sence it is more of a metamorphosis variation. The phrases have many similarities, they are still 6 bar phrases to begin with, the first two bars have the same or similar cadence formula and there are even more of such subtle similarities, such as an ascending c#d#e#f# motive with an additional chromatic passage note c##. But also differences, eg there is no modulation to the minor mode. The fast notes seem to be influenced or inspired by the long chains of notes in the A part. Beethoven or César Franck liked metamorphosis of motives but this is more a metamorphosis of a whole theme. Note the turn with which the 32 notes start, they are already in the small notes before. It was already longing to break out and be free. The 32 notes do not come unmotivated or unprepared, the seed of it was already planted way before.

[@zuzialebiedzinska7090]

Dziękuję.

[@aggroincarnate2763]

29:18 34:35 This does not sound like completely new material to me. But I think it’s not quite coming from the 1st theme played by the right hand, but the left hand accompaniment that begins the piece, its very first two bars (particularly the 2nd). Maybe not a straightforward variation but traces of it are there. The E flat is played at a later beat but I still recognize it being there. Also the first 3 notes of the left hand melody at the beginning of the piece (or the variant where the first note is transposed down by half a key) acts as a motif, in this part and the next before the return of Part B. It’s been transformed and embellished but I can still hear it being repeated inside each modulation. I’m not a music theory expert so I’m not sure if I’ve explained what I’m hearing very clearly but I really think what’s happening here is that Chopin is returning to the left hand material starting the piece, transforming it and playing it with the right hand. And it just sounds like a really natural thing to do, at least when I first heard the piece this part did not seem detached from the rest of Part A - or at least I think there is a way it can be played that doesnt sound like it comes from nowhere.

[@gregniemczuk]

Wonderful! Thank you, it makes sense indeed!

[@totallystar7]

Another great video! Thank you! I really enjoy all your talking about Chopin pieces! it's better than reading the book about chopin : ) by the way are you planning to do a quick analysis of another of my Chopin short piece: Cantabile in B-flat major, B.84? thanks and keep the video coming : )

[@gregniemczuk]

Probably next year after finishing about all his piano music which was published during his life. Thank you!!

[@totallystar7]

@@gregniemczuk Thanks and looking forward to that : )

[@dancohenhemsi163]

Thats funny. I allways laugh that the fast moment at the end is a variation on the first theme of the 3rd Impromptu hahahaha

[@miguelisaurusbruh1158]

i must admit this etude makes me sad, the part with the modulation and the building up with the passion is so good, but then the next part with the scales just doesn't really fit, i wish chopin had written the rest of the piece in a way that kept the inertia the previus part had, or someone else