F. Chopin - Nocturne in D-flat major Op. 27 no. 2- analysis - Greg Niemczuk's lecture.

[@Razor1933Arz09]

Hello, normally i dont write ANY comments, but for you i do. You dont want to sell us something, dont tell us to subscribe or like your videos. You create your videos out of passion and love to classical music. Every time i watch your videos, i believe in the good part of humanity. Your explanation is very deep and moving. The thing, i loved the most is that you said, you would sacrifice 1 year of your life, just to hear Chopin playing 1 time . Keep doing what you love. Greetings from Germany.

[@gregniemczuk]

Wow!! I'm so happy you mentioned that! You touched the deepest point of these videos! I don't make them to reach many followers, to present myself at any point. I just make them for love towards the music and Chopin. Every comment makes me happy, but yours made me especially touched! If I get to inspire anyone I will that I fulfilled my goals. Plus, this project helped me personally not to get depressed when the pandemic started and I lost about 50-70 concerts all together.... Best wishes! I'm grateful for your words.

[@xevivr]

​@@gregniemczukreally thank u , chopin is really genius that goosebumps part stuck in my hand like how can music be soo expressive ❤

[@yoyichen4470]

In this regard, I would like to thank this pandemic for me to start learning piano, and I have integrated into the ocean of music. In this sea, I captured this channel because of your passionate, pure and clean artistic heart without commercial means, and also because of the piano skills you taught and the story of Chopin, etc., etc... Thank you, Greg ! Greetings from Boston.

[@Cookerab]

I count this among his best and one of the best melodic piano pieces of all time.

[@gregniemczuk]

I agree!

[@alinevalade3964]

This is the second Nocturne of Chopin that I want to learn to play! What a privilege to watch you in this video tell us about the passion and the love that a pianist needs to feel inside for playing this piece. When I listen this piece of music I cry. So beautifull, so pure, so intense of passion, and love. Thank You Greg for this great sharing! This will help me a lot to learn how to play this piece like Chopin, I hope, will like me to do.

[@gregniemczuk]

Good luck with this! And thank you so much for the comment!

[@crashrr2993]

This is my favourite nocturne, and the reason why - at 55 years old - I bought a piano and have spent an hour a day for the last seven years teaching myself to read music. I love the drama you have uncovered in the score. Fabulous! One day, soon, I will learn to play this masterpiece.

[@gregniemczuk]

Wow!!!!! I'm so impressed!! Yes you will!!! I recommend to learn it hands separately first and after slowly start playing hands together

[@reinhardtkk]

That’s amazing

[@Chris-zi1we]

I recently played this piece for my grandparents when visiting them in a nursing home. They're both almost 100, dealing with cancer and other issues, but still together and happy. Your analysis made me tear up thinking about it lol.

[@gregniemczuk]

Touching!!!! Thank you

[@Bhotoshop]

In terms of Nocturnes from people I know that know them, this is probably the most underrated one. Everyone I know loves the common ones like Op. 9 no 2 or C# Minor (Which are also very beautiful don't get me wrong), but the fact that most of my friends don't mention this nocturne is a crime imo. This is the best Chopin Nocturne imo.

[@gregniemczuk]

I agree!!!! Fully agree!

[@wolowolowolowolowolowolowo2417]

i think op 27 no 1 is very underrated as well

[@lacrls]

I agree! It's full of the best embellishments. I can imagine he spent so much time redoing the transitions until it was all perfect. No part is phoned in or rambling like in a few other nocturne's transitional moments. Don't get me wrong, they're all amazing pieces, and even the phoned in transitions are gorgeous, but this one true has every note and rhythm and articulation in just the right place.

[@veryrealcat]

@@wolowolowolowolowolowolowo2417the first time i had a listen to the full piece i fell in love immediately definitely underrated

[@trailblazer_nomad]

For someone at the age of 39, who grew up in a pop culture, your lessons and interpretations helped me unveil the "mystery" and discover the real mastery of Chopin's music. I wish everyone had such lessons in school. Thank you very much for doing this. Great work :)

[@gregniemczuk]

I'm thankful and absolutely flattered by this comment. Thanks!

[@yingma9604]

Love this piece, reminds me of studying the piece with my teacher and it was like doing a duet just the two of us, completely transported to another world. I felt so much motivation to learn it with her. After that I moved to another country and never again did I have the same drive because the teachers kept on teaching me things that I did not like playing, none of them were comfortable with Chopin. Thank you so much for teaching this piece with so much enthusiasm and passion! ❤Kudos from Paris

[@sabayomatiku144]

i cried when i realized how measure 18 through 25 were expressing... you bring such love and such care to Chopin's pieces. thank you for sharing a piece of your beautiful heart-i'm moved to love. thank you, thank you 💗

[@annahuynh107]

Thank you for making these analysis for Chopin nocturnes, I absolutely love this piece and your explanations allowed me to dive deeper into this beautiful music. Keep up your amazing series!

[@shadxw6281]

I am performing this tomorrow evening, and I have been scouring the internet for artistic interpretations to find the emotiONs I want to express and the story I want to tell. Your passionate, unique love for this music is so enrapturing and comforting to watch, and many insights you have given me will surely help ease my nerves. Thank you for this Beautiful essay!

[@gregniemczuk]

Thank you so much! Good luck to you!

[@stephenvanwoert2447]

Thank you for this fantastic presentation. This is my favorite out of all of Chopin's works, and it seems to rise above the other Nocturnes. I often wonder if composers have their favorites and if they spent extra time lovingly writing them, for this seems lovingly written, and as you suggest, Chopin is writing about himself. I think that if you play it at a steady rhythm, it's a waltz, the last waltz of a couple deeply in love, but who, by necessity, must part, and never see each other again. They're all alone in a misty ballroom, sad and dreading the final moment, but at the end, they simply vanish away together. But also I see it as as Chopin's brief life. He hovered a little above the earth while he lived, and then he floated away.

[@millcreekx]

I'm so thankful for your Chopin analysis and tutorials! Your analysis of Nocturne in Eflat major opus 55 no 2 was quite frankly the key needed to unlock this piece for me to play it and with the passion and discernment it contains. The concept of an aria with the two voices in duet was amazing and got through to me so well. Am starting to listen to this nocturne in D flat major next.

[@michelecapizzi2905]

Complimenti, riesci a trasmette in modo emozionante il grande amore per la musica del Maestro Chopin. In questo meraviglioso notturno, che adoro , hai proprio esaltato l'assoluta bellezza della coda , ma di tutto l'intero pezzo. Bravo, sei forte!

[@gregniemczuk]

Grazie!

[@LenaSin]

God, it’s just fantastic, how easily you explained what I feel in this nocturne! Bravo! Wonderful! ❤

[@gregniemczuk]

Thank you so much

[@cocospops9351]

This piece is next on my list to learn. Loved your analysis. You are a poet like the great man himself.

[@vivienbenthem]

This video was the first one I watched on your channel on 26 nov 2021 via KZbin suggestions. You don't know how much I've learnt from your videos since then. I'm so grateful to you for all your lectures and your beautiful soul. You do make the world a better place. My heartfelt big thanks to you, Greg! I'm looking forward to seeing your concert in the Netherlands.👍👍👍❤️

[@gregniemczuk]

Thank you so much!

[@Dominik_K.]

Your playing is beautiful. This is my favourite piece of Chopin for the last 3 years. Your sound is timeless.

[@gregniemczuk]

Thank you so much

[@ΜιλτιάδηςΒιτσικουνάκης]

Amazing approach !!! Endless delight !!! What an inventing sensibility and persuading eloquence, both in analyzing and interpreting this celestial masterpiece !!! Innumerous thanks, Maestro Niemczuk from the depth of my heart.

[@gregniemczuk]

Thank you so much!

[@simontabz]

I forgot to watch this when it was uploaded. I was waiting for this for a long time! One of Chopin's greatest compositions in my opinion. As always, great lecture, Mr. Niemczuk! It's also nice to hear you fully play the piece (twice even!) in a video. I normally treat Liszt's Reminscences de Norma as the epitome of sounding in love, but you have convinced me here that this piece is definitely another physical manifestation (of sound) for being in love. I would definitely learn this now, if only just to play it to someone I love. Also, I would not have known you already analyzed the Waltzes had you not mentioned it here, I thought I had to wait more for those lectures 😅

[@gregniemczuk]

That's awesome! Yes, do learn it! It's such a pleasure even though the left hand might be a bit tricky to memorize. If you subscribe to one of the playlists I have here in my channel you will find all the videos in one place: All Chopin works - Lectures.: kzbin.info/aero/PLXV2RLvTljMgPBeJm3Ss81zi-yCccyBqT

[@Juan-hs8qq]

Thank you for sharing your knowledge and discoveries with such enthusiasm.

[@Isuzu81]

The left hand itself, in the 8 measures leading up to the final ff of the original (A) melody, is a magnificent foundation on which the right hand plays.

[@emj0nes]

It was late as I finished your lecture on Opus 27 no.1 but felt the "need" to continue directly on with the colossal no. 2 and so glad I did. Your analysis made a deep impression and has left a smile on my face and warmth in my heart. The viewer can truly feel the emotion you bring to this piece, especially as you played in full for the second time the end. Thank you.

[@gregniemczuk]

Thank you so much dear Ed! I'm happy that you enjoy my videos. It's the fruit of the pandemic and I'm so glad I decided to do it!

[@zihaohuang662]

lovely playing

[@mark80mark80]

One needs to come look around (inside) this channel: It's a mine of gold. I had the privilege to be linked to your video from one of Josh Wright's internet members (student). I am eager to hear the insights you are sharing. And keep bringing flowers to that women Chopin must have loved. I love this idea.

[@gregniemczuk]

Oh, I deeply appreciate your words! There is no better reward to my job than such a gratitude and enthusiasm. Thank you and keep in touch!

[@heleninekwok]

Thank you so much for your analysis, just found your video in KZbin, I am learning this song for my LTCL exam, it’s really helpful and I never think of this way. Thank you once again 🥰🥰

[@gregniemczuk]

Good luck! And welcome to my music world!

[@cloudrouju526]

In my ears, Chopin’s musics are all full of love. But instead of the small love of man and woman, it’s more of the big love and longings he had for his home country. In this piece I hear so much love, so much longings, so much regret and so much calamity. At the end, he finally returned. But he knew, that would probably never happen in his lifetime. So that was in his dream.

[@ConradILIius]

Very helpful! Your analysis and guide is brilliant and listening to your interpretation makes it clear why Chopin wanted his heart back in Poland… must be something in the wod(k)a

[@gregniemczuk]

LOL ! 😀😀😀😀

[@PhilipGarciaReacts]

I love your analysis here

[@gregniemczuk]

Thanks!

[@laurie7357]

The melody starts with the same note as the highest voice in the beginning of the duet from op 27 no 1 coda. It is the same voice and same person that continues the story. Another genius thing that Chopin sure did on purpose!! 😍

[@Jbgoat]

Thank you for your videos they are very interesting !

[@graceg.105]

Beautiful analysis. Thank you. Such an overwhelming outpouring of passion. Chopin at his best. Note the genius of Chopin’s phrasing in measure 28 in the repeat of part A: after the tie, the notes are grouped in 2s, sounding as if Chopin is begging (for love?). He seems to be desperate. Thanks again.

[@gregniemczuk]

You're so right! Thanks for these words

[@JimHoh3]

Thanks! You interpretation is extremely well.

[@gregniemczuk]

Thank you so much

[@raskolnikov9248]

These videos are fantastic. Keep it up dude, much love.

[@ЕлизаветаЗябрева]

Hi Greg, I write this comment after 3'30" of your video - after your question about a form of nocturne. I always considered this is like a circle - endless, every time comes to the beginning. Now I' ll continue with your video and find the correct answer!💖

[@gregniemczuk]

Wow! Let me know what your feelings are when you'll finish!

[@ЕлизаветаЗябрева]

@@gregniemczuk I almost guessed: rondo = circle!

[@gregniemczuk]

@@ЕлизаветаЗябрева exactly. Wonderful!!!!

[@matthewbarnes2653]

Thank you! Your analysis is truly a gift to better understand the music of this nocturne

[@manndhanik3266]

This is so cool! I love it

[@muktarsayeed9198]

You explained this very poetically. Thank you ☺️

[@gregniemczuk]

Thank you for watching and for the comment

[@emmettforrestel1071]

Loved the analysis!

[@JayU10]

Great video and analysis. I learned so much and will watch your videos on any Chopin pieces I plan to learn in future.

[@shuohan2790]

Thank you for sharing your interpretation and analysis. Very insightful and inspiring

[@gregniemczuk]

Thank you for watching!

[@olb852]

I so appreciate these videos; I love watching and learning from you - your passion makes me more passionate about my own playing! thanks so much

[@15837pawimomo]

I like "good boy" explanation

[@m1k3br4v0]

This series of yours is absolutely fantastic. Thank you for sharing your art, analysis, and interpretation of Chopin. It's wonderful.

[@gregniemczuk]

Thank you for watching and for the encouraging comment. I appreciate it!

[@m1k3br4v0]

@@gregniemczuk I have been a fan of Chopin's work ever since I heard Arthur Rubinstein's recordings of him. Having these works explained with such passion and detail is a treat and a gift. Thank you again.

[@laurie7357]

I was really curious to see if iyour analysis would match my perception of the piece but obviously it did. The genius of Chopin was to turn human emotions into music in a way that makes it even easier to understand than words. Sometimes i wonder how is it possible to feel so connected to someone who has been dead for over 200 years but i know he still lives with us through his music. I sometimes talk to him as well. We are normal! 😂😂

[@gregniemczuk]

I'm so happy to hear that! It's extremely hard to satisfy someone's favorite music with my analysis!

[@laurie7357]

@@gregniemczuk 🌹🌹🌹🌹

[@vanewfies]

Extraordinary lecture and performace. An huge thank you maestro!

[@gregniemczuk]

Thank you very much!

[@lornahann4401]

Such an interesting lecture. Thank you so much for sharing.

[@bottom.tier.pianist]

Thank you very much, Greg! for this amazing video. Your lecture brings me to understand this nocturne into a next level. Please keep this up. I can feel your passion in music. Many thanks and Happy New Year!

[@vivienbenthem]

This tutorial is just priceless. Thank you so very much Greg for sharing your knowledge and this gorgeous music of Chopin. I'm so glad KZbin gives me this tutorial video of you randomly. I'm going to check out your other videos for sure and will spread your channel to my connections. Thank you once again Greg. ❤️👍

[@gregniemczuk]

Thank you so much! Yes, please do so! I've done analyses of almost every Chopin's piece already. It took me almost 2 years to complete this monumental project. Enjoy!

[@vivienbenthem]

@@gregniemczuk You are amazing Greg. I'm based in the Netherlands. Hope there'll be a chance after the pandemic to have a TV interview with you about your fascinating project. Keep safe and stay healthy. Cheers, Vivien.

[@gregniemczuk]

@@vivienbenthem I'd love to!

[@vivienbenthem]

@@gregniemczuk I'll email you in due course. Hope this pandemic will be over soon. Cheers.

[@jbishoprwc]

Thanks very much for this analysis of one of my favorites! Very novice piano player myself, but enjoying playing this piece, very slowly of course, to enjoy better its beauty. Your analysis improves my enjoyment very much!

[@gregniemczuk]

I'm happy to hear that! Great! Keep going and good luck! I love this piece as well!

[@atiana27]

Mind blowing!🎹

[@gregniemczuk]

Thanks!?!

[@butchkoch1775]

Marvelous insight on this Nocturne, thank you so much.

[@gregniemczuk]

Thanks!

[@monsieur171]

thank you for those insights

[@Lynkevmusic]

An Excellent analysis, I really enjoyed watching. I'm enjoying this series, thank you for creating these wonderful lectures.

[@gregniemczuk]

Thank you so much!

[@zebulonspruijt1645]

Mr. Greg Niemczuk really doesn't like pianists who love to show off their technique 😂. At least, not when playing Chopin. Lovely analysis, by the way. So interesting how many of Chopin's endings are full of symbolism (e.g. Ballad 1, Op. 27 nos. 1&2 etc.)

[@christian0509]

Beautiful performance, Greg! I am currently practicing this pieve, and your analysis is very helpful. There is one thing I'm struggling with, and that is interpretation. I feel I am struggling with finding a 'story' of the piece. Your interpretation was very helpful, but I'm not understanding why there are some sad moments in this piece & what they might represent. To me this piece feels like seeing a piece of forbidden love. Meeting someone in a market, absolutely beautiful & you fall in love, realizing you will never meet again. I feel as though this story doesn't fully match up with the piece, so I'm a little bit stuck. Any suggestions on how to find my interpretation?

[@mikelemie768]

On the 40th bar, i see i very similar motif from Waltz 62-2 in c sharp minor

[@rigel48]

This nocturne is one of the finest that Chopin composed, and your musicological and psychological analysis is very interesting. But I would be curious to have your opinion on Chopin's metronomic indication for this nocturne (dotted quarter note = 50). You play it beautifully, but much slower than the tempo indicated by Chopin. If it's about love, Chopin's tempo gives a much more passionate character to this love than the languorous side that we usually hear.

[@gregniemczuk]

Oh yes, thank you for mentioning this. I definitely think that this original very fast tempo works for instruments which Chopin used. Nowadays the sound is my bigger and richer and longer so the slower tempo works better for the acoustic(we don't hear too many notes at the same time).

[@richardyu4881]

You described this music as only you can do it. It’s so wonderful!

[@gregniemczuk]

Thank you Richard!

[@artirjaj-l3481]

Mistrzu powiedz proszę gdzie mogę znaleźć Twoje własne kompozycje ? .. to było by coś i zapis, domniemam że rękopisy ... Czy istnieją ? Proszę odpowiedz ...ja piszę nuty codziennie i mam nadzieję że przyjdzie dzień w którym ośmielę się poprosić o interpretację mojej muzyki... To bardzo ciekawe co by Mistrz poczuł grając moje dźwięki ... Od początku kiedy trafiłem na pierwszy film zrozumiałem że to nie przypadek... Ciekawe.. pozdrawiam Mistrzu . dziękuję za wspaniałe video 😉

[@chrischris4373]

Dobrze, że motywujesz ludzi do tego co piekne i dobre...Grüße aus Köln

[@gregniemczuk]

Dziękuję! Pozdrawiam serdecznie!

[@barbmiller9285]

Hello everyone, what edition do you recommend for the nocturnes?

[@gregniemczuk]

Hi! I'm using Jan Ekier National Polish Edition. I can recommend it

[@ebiouc7184]

What do you think about make a lecture about the two concertos of chopin

[@gregniemczuk]

Yes!!! But probably only piano version....or Piano reduction of the orchestra.

[@samaritan29]

@@gregniemczuk Dear Greg, after the concerti You MUST make a video about chopin's last published piece - the cello sonata (preferably with a cellist friend, but of course you can play the cello version on the piano as well). I haven't found any thematic/motivic/structural analysis on YT but would love to hear your take , as i think its quite a structurally masterful piece (like the 3rd sonata)......

[@gregniemczuk]

@@samaritan29 yes it is! Absolutely and undoubtedly!!! But it would be hard with a cellist .. maybe I take your advice to play it solo...

[@guangyang249]

Please make a tutorial video about Chopin's 1&2 concerto! I am desperate wanting to hear about your interpretations! ​@@gregniemczuk

[@annemeson7820]

This note should note be here ? it's the fifth of Edisminished, which he is arpeging in the left hand...so why should this note not be here ? it's the 5th of II minor flat 5

[@Mazurking]

He most likely knows, but for the non-musicians to which he wants these videos to reach too, this explanation is to complicated and not relevant to his analysis.

[@netotrx]

Interesante

[@shhYyoo-8666]

Greetings dear teacher Can you please add Persian subtitles?

[@gregniemczuk]

Ok, Done!

[@shhYyoo-8666]

Thanks 🙏