F. Chopin - Rondo in C minor Op. 1 - analysis. Greg Niemczuk's lecture

[@CinderFelleth]

Wow thank you so much for enlightening me on this piece. I can see 15 year old Chopin working in his mind to make this a work of art as I did when I was 15. What a glorious insight into his younger thinking and thanks to your hard work and effort to explain to us this piece of history. Thank you thank you Greg. Much love brother.

[@joannawronska4100]

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

[@maayan480]

what I love so much about this piece, among its alleged "simplicity", is the fact that Chopin "hides" here lots of motives and musical ideas, almost like "fragments", as if he wants to remind himself, "check this later on". And we can actually hear some of them later on! For example, 54:33 there is a bridge written in the first piano concerto which is very similar to this one 56:20 Etude op 25 no 3 56:49 - Etude op 10 no 4 , the finle 57:21 - the left hand is like a "fingerprint" of Chopin. for example - Ballade no 1 , Fantasie Impromptu, scherzo no 2, and i am sure I forgot some of them. 59:27 It reminds me of ballade no 4 in a way 60:27 valse op 64 no 1 - the opening motive I am sure there are more! thank you so much for this great analysis, I loved it very much. I discovered some new things, but what I liked the most was the left-hand octaves at the end of the rondo. That's trully amazing!

[@pianoguyperson6268]

I really like this idea, it definitely is similar to what he is saying about how this piece is a marker of all the wonderful music that Chopin would go on to write. I'm really glad to see that you thought that part in part D reminded you of ballade no 4. When I heard that part that is what I instantly thought of as it is one of my favorite parts in the ballade.

[@中島百合子-g6o]

Ludwik Stefanski❤1960 Beautiful 😮 I didn’t notice this piece is so beautiful! Thanks Greg 🌹💐👏😘

[@shawnwilliamson9267]

Honestly i always loved this piece with it’s crazy opening

[@caterscarrots3407]

I'm so glad I found your channel and all these Chopin analysis videos. Chopin has been one of my favorite composers since I was a child. Not my most favorite, but definitely on my top 10. And I love listening to and watching analysis videos of pieces. But for a long time, I didn't find much when it came to deep dive analysis of Chopin. Short overview type videos like those from PianoTV, sure. Score videos with the harmonies annotated, sure. I could easily find those deep dive videos for a few other composers(Mozart, Beethoven, Bach). But a deep dive into a Chopin work like how Chopin composed it, when Chopin composed it, didn't find much. Until a few years ago when I came across Sonata Secrets one day when I was looking for videos on Chopin's nocturnes. And they had quite a bit about Chopin. But then I found your channel and holy cow do you have a lot of Chopin analysis videos, a lot of them very deep as well. My list of analysis videos to watch for Chopin is now much larger than even my Beethoven analysis list because of your channel. Thank you for all these videos that you make and for continuing to make them.

[@jeffsmith1798]

Over the years, what I really have come to appreciate with Chopin is how he redefines a conventional form, both classical (rondo, scherzo, etude, ecossaise, valse) and traditional (polonaise, mazurka).

[@gregniemczuk]

Yes, exactly. He was not satisfied with what was so called his starting point

[@mickizurcher]

Yes, I very much do hear the contemporary movie score in the left-hand of Chopin. I’ve noticed many jazz chords in his sonatas, etc., and his dissonant chords are very contemporary. Actually, he was contemporary, and everybody else is copying him! Movie composers didn’t pull their themes out of thin air. I’m sure most were classically trained. Lots of poignancy and thought in Chopin LH. I enjoy separating out the hands. Chopin, King of Modulation. Charming composition. Very worthy analysis! So glad you played it at the end. We will hold your feet to the fire on Op. 5! 🤣

[@fredericapianist5999]

Thank you again, Greg, for this wonderful video explaining this fascinating youth work by the genius Chopin, already at that tender age of 15...

[@gregniemczuk]

My pleasure! Thank you for watching!

[@goldie5788]

🥺 I wish I lived in Poland. you're inlove with music. Thanks for sharing your gift. I wish you were my teacher, husband and best friend. Your videos make everybody happy 🥰

[@gregniemczuk]

Thank you so much! It's touching... Husband is not really possible, but we can try lessons online 🙂

[@goldie5788]

@@gregniemczuk OK. I'll contact you during the summer vacation. I still have few lessons left with my current piano teacher. Thanks 🙂

[@davidEdwardsTalk]

This is great. To hear the first published piece & get a starting place.

[@josephemmanuel19]

I love the rendition of Germaine Mounier, her pace is very satisfying. Please tell me you are still planning to do a video for the Rondo à la Mazur… Thank you very much for the video!

[@gregniemczuk]

Yes I do!!!!

[@elsaesteves]

That was fascinating, your explanation I mean, Ashkenazy plays it beautifully too😍🔝🔝 Krakowiak is another of my favorites 💗💗💗💗💗💗 (Spielberg used part of it for 'Close encounters of the 3rd Kind' but of course ignorant didn't even notice it 😠) I somehow related that Rondó to one of his préludes, n 15 the heart beat prélude. Your description was brilliant absolutely brilliant 💗 personally I think this Rondó is a resumê of Chopin's life till he was 15, Chopin is describing his life, he's a bit sad/angry to someone and he's alreading saying good bye to Poland, but with few regrets. Brillant analysis, really really brilliant 👏👏👏I hadn't seen this video yet, watching it just now. That motif, 4 times he's just angry and asking : why, why Why, WHY... Chopin was so very clear 💗💗💗💗 He was the greatest genius on this planet. Have you heard Maria João Pires interview about Chopin one of the times she was in Poland? She refused to answer some questions cause she LOVES Chopin the most. Her performance of the 3rd Sonata is Insane, she barely hits an octave. Thank you for providing me this link, you got yourself another subscriber 👍 and I rarely subscribe to individuals, but we share the Love for Chopin's music. In Poland you have mountains? Here we don't, we have sunshine and the Atlantic Ocean, I hope to meet you someday, you've played that Rondó beautifully. I'm playing the 2nd Écossaice for this French actress girl to cheer her up, I think her husband is leaving her, or she's leaving him so I'll play the 2nd Écossaice. Chopin was being sarcastic, he was mocking the Scottish women, you know those right hand chords? Chopin is saying : bla, bla, bla, bla, you Scottish speak too much. Fabulous, he was just Fabulous ❤️💗❤️ and congrats again on your rendition and analysis 👍👍👍👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@carolynk2]

I live this piece. Your playing and analysis are wonderful. Thank you!

[@gregniemczuk]

Thank you! It's a true masterpiece indeed!!!

[@christopheschollaert6360]

Superb

[@yomismo3688]

Thank you, thank you. Enjoyed a lot.

[@heresy7266]

I first heard this piece played by Ashkenazy and it left me with a great opinion regarding this composition

[@gregniemczuk]

I personally don't like so much his interpretation, as I think he is rushing too much. I prefer Lilya Zilberstein

[@josac7602]

My Favorite Chopin piece is The Allegro de Concert op. 46

[@gregniemczuk]

I'll make analysis of it next year. I love it as well