1Min, 10Min, 1Hour Challenge: Chopin Polonaise Op.40 No.1

[@heartofthekeys]

40 degrees is just too hot to do these challenges 🥵😅 looking forward to your versions of this piece! ❤️

[@blinkieeee1699]

Hi annique

[@אריאל-מזרחי]

אוקיי אני יעשה את זה חחי לפחות אני ינסה תאחלי לי בהצלחה 😁

[@TpwkCaro]

Can I try this challenge although I learnt this piece some years ago and its not a new piece for me?🤔😅

[@gottfriedwilhelmvonleibniz9033]

Today here in Italy it's around 37 °C, it's really hard to practice much and everytime I touch the piano for more than a minute I need to have a shower afterwards...

[@rayzell4633]

Heyy Didn’t you say that you were going to try again Unravel ? Is it still scheduled or did you change your mind ?

[@rayswick4707]

Annique, I can't play piano at all but I watch your videos because you are very funny and you make it all seem so fun. I love your sense of humor.

[@Petrospect1ve]

You know she has great taste when a classical musician wears an ACDC t-shirt

[@KeepingOnTheWatch]

Yes! I appreciate her enthusiasm for both alternating and direct electrical current.

[@bjornviir3333]

i love Liszt, Scriabin, and Rammstein, also ACDC.

[@jpdj2715]

The AC/DC critics according to wiki: Throughout the band's career, their songs have been criticised as simplistic, monotonous, deliberately lowbrow, and sexist. [...] "regardless of the lyricist, [...] there's a deep strain of misogyny in the band's output that veers from feeling terribly dated to straight-up reprehensible." [...] "the brutal truth is that sexism has never kept a great rock-and-roller down-from Muddy to Lemmy, lots of dynamite music has objectified women in objectionable ways. But rotely is not among those ways", in regards to AC/DC. Fans of the band have defended their music by highlighting its "bawdy humour", while members of the group have generally been dismissive of claims that their songs are sexist, arguing that they are meant to be in jest. [end wiki] My thoughts go out to Frank Zappa's "The torture never stops"

[@landsgevaer]

@@jpdj2715 Wait until those critics realize that virtually 100% of all well-known classical composers were male...

[@marcellobello255]

The evil intro is fantastic hahaha

[@no-gh5hk]

I just cracked upppppp

[@MariaMagdalenaBujor]

I still absolutely love to play this piece after 10 years of first learning it( i was 14 at that time). It’s exhausting but fun 😂❤️

[@jh_esports]

This is one of the most fun-to-play pieces in existence imo. Even years after first learning it I don’t grow tired of it

[@bloemundude]

Beautiful Polonaise. I really like how you explain your mental processes in looking for repeating patterns and how much focus you give to determining the precise dynamics intended by the composer. Very professional!

[@rnz2363]

Hard to play this polonaise from start to beginning. Very exhausting piece

[@VibhasMaheshwari]

The intro was 👑EPIC👑

[@fsoniabardi3137]

You are professional , GOOD JOB❤❤❤

[@Isa-tn7ex]

Annique, besides your phenomenal playing, I love your goofy personality!! You never fail to bring a smile to my face 😄

[@karimcalled]

i love all of chopin’s polonaises, but the heroic polonaise is by far my favorite. could you try it with this challenge?

[@remmyreaction1968]

I play this piece and i get your exitement, such an awesome piece and i'd like her to try that as well

[@prof.m.19]

It is 102 degrees F in Los Angeles. This was the most fun challenge video for me. You made me laugh the whole time. I played the Polonaise in c sharp minor op. 26 for my final graduation concert. Thank you for the great videos.

[@pirate_hat_Ben]

Close to the same here in Ontario, Canada. Last week, the daytime temperatures were between 34-39 degrees Celsius. Tough to practice anything in that heat! 🥵🎹☀️

[@haleybellereynolds]

I'm finishing this piece right now! Its one of my pre-university goals!

[@fungaljungal]

did you get in? :D

[@samgwon4606]

I actually learned this piece a year ago, and thought it was absolutely underrated. I really loved how grand it felt!

[@lt.8590]

14:28 Your special technic! Bravo👏 So cool this piece!!

[@schrysafis]

This has been my favorite Chopin polonaise. I love it especially because I discovered the double press with a single finger by just trying to play these almost impossible chords...

[@sergioenriqueguadarramaesc5770]

Esta pieza musical es la que me gusta tocar de Chopin ❤ práctica y paciencia constancia y pasión excelente tu fuerza interpretativa animó😊

[@TXG8R]

I played Polonaise in A-Flat Op. 53 when I was 19. At first glance the Military Polonaise is less daunting yet still a stiff challenge. But I’m going to see what I can do in the next two weeks. I’ll be practicing here in Phoenix, Arizona where it is 110-115F most days but everyone in the Southern half of the US has air conditioning.

[@planespotterkarl2783]

Bro this is literally me, I’m nearly 19 learning the Polonaise in A-Flat Edit: I just now saw your reply to my other comment lol, oh well

[@kakasvk]

How did you end up with learning Op 40 no 1?

[@arielle2253]

Annique, I've seen one of your previous videos and I can tell that you're getting better in sight reading.

[@nalum1238]

I like it more with the silent X’s. Great video as always, thank you!

[@rahatabassian9682]

You played it so well after practicing just 1 hour !!! It was interesting ... I've been also fallowing other episodes of this challenge... And I'm gonna play this piece for the university exam next week !😊🎹

[@sergioenriqueguadarramaesc5770]

Saludos gracias por compartir tu talento

[@noob_sau3986]

I literally just finished this piece in 2 weeks, the day I finish I find this, the way you organise yourself for the piece is fascinating, definitely better than me. Going to sign up for this challenge.

[@andresmendoza3980]

One piece I think would be fun to do for this challenge would be the cakewalk by Debussy. It seems like it would be fun to play and I think it fits your personality:) bright and playful! That piece is always a mood lifter

[@kevinm6790]

Yes, Golliwog’s Cakewalk. Good suggestion.

[@santiagobalbi3798]

PLIS DOCTOR GRADUS AD PARNASSUM I LOVE THAT

[@andresmendoza3980]

@@santiagobalbi3798 I like it too :) but golliwog’s cakewalk just gives me a certain feeling of being a kid 😁

[@santiagobalbi3798]

@@andresmendoza3980 yess I play doctor gradus but cakewalk is other level.

[@alanmgraham]

It really does fit her personality, but she's played it before. You can find a couple of versions of her playing it on KZbin.

[@butt-chin8501]

It's amazing how well you played after only 1 hour and 11 minutes. BTW, i would love to see you try learning Chopin's Fantasie in F minor op. 49 in an 1 minute 10 minutes 1 hour challange video.

[@brunogiornoeberhardt7230]

My favourite Chopin polonaise!

[@jojoro8038]

This challenge sounds quite funny :), but right now I have other projects to do, I'm learning the Sonate No 10 in C K330, Nocturne in C# minor and Prelude in C minor (Bach) right now, but you're always giving me new ideas for new pieces to learn and I think I will learn the Polonaise in near future. Suggestion for the next video if you haven't already learned it, Liebestraum no 3 in Ab major. Btw sind es bei mir gerade 31° in BaWü, echt sehr anstrengend :)

[@pierrecohenmusic]

Are you studying for the RCM exams by chance? All the pieces you’re learning happen to be level 9 pieces on the syllabus. :-)

[@janeyre82]

Summing up... she's sweaty like hell 🤣 You're GREAT 💙

[@ozlemozturk5721]

Hi Annique, it's really amazing that you played almost the entire piece decently in only one hour. Could you make a video about ornaments in music? I am struggling in particular with the rolled chords in these Chopin pieces in terms of playing on the beat or before the beat, the sequencing of notes and the duration of the notes, etc. Such a tutorial would be great!

[@agustincammarota4595]

3:37 not warm at all lol, it's cold, REALLY REALLY COLD... Greetings from Argentina

[@TpwkCaro]

This is my favourite piano piece to play. I learnt it 4 years ago when I was 15 and I played it on my "Eignungsprüfung" for the HfMDK in Frankfurt where I am studying now

[@melmelsmusicstudio1800]

Oh I missed this!!! Do one again!!! I would love a lesson! ❤

[@melmelsmusicstudio1800]

I made it to measure 7 in 1 minute. Lol. I do the same thing you do on the sharps uh uh uh, lol! I will use this truck with my students, too. Love it!

[@martingourlet4431]

Really funny, I know that there was a lot of Chopin 1-10-1 challenge. But I will really like if you do a challenge with a Chopin Sonata.

[@dinny1902]

Hahaha, I feel the same with the crickets noise on this first altered chord! 😅 You are so funny!

[@aprilmay3796]

My favorite polonaise! Also Heroic Polonaise. Na inlove talaga ako doon sa version ni Anastasia Huppmann. Sa kanya ko kasi una narinig yan

[@electricalemerald3100]

I love watching these videos, your playing is amazing! A piece you could try for another 1 min 10 min 1 hour challenge video is Beethoven’s Piano Sonata No. 1 in F Minor I.

[@ЛукаЛапшин-к7ы]

Yes! At the end of last year I won with this polonaise in the repertoire at a competition in my country!)

[@yuji2219]

I love so much this concept 👌

[@angelageneblazo7436]

hahaha when u had to blow on the sheet music when u turned the page-my favorite part lol

[@crivuw6989]

great idea i think im gonna try it but i dont expect so much

[@LazlosPlane]

Brava!

[@merel3248]

Ich lebe in die Niederlanden. Es ist hier 23 Grad. Love your vids. I am always looking forward to it ♥️. Always super motiving Grüse von mir, Merel

[@fluffycows1670]

The Heroic Polonaise, as some call it! Great performance as always! While I would love to attempt my best shot at this piece, I'm a grade 6 Henle player at most. Auf Wiedersehen!

[@pedropicapiedra9381]

Can you tell me what are you currently practicing? just curious

[@taiteyard3567]

This is the “military” polonaise. The Abmaj polonaise is the one called “heroic.”

[@fluffycows1670]

@@pedropicapiedra9381 I’m learning Nocturne Op 55 no 1, and have been trying my best at Ballade no 1 in G minor (obviously way out of my league) but am around bar 200 on that👍

[@27jegs]

Bravo!!! and that after only an hour. Wien is hot too, about 35°

[@LeeGamerYT]

can you do chopin “heroic polonaise” next? love the content ❤️

[@1389Chopin]

Im in usa, texas - its hot here too. Great idea. Watching you vids has motivated me to become a better site reader - i'm terrible and at best amateurish even though ive been playing for almost 40 years lol. My fav is f minor - horowitz has a great interp

[@AnonYmous-ry2jn]

The temperature in NY feels like A-Major, = FIRE!!!! (A major to me is usually volcanic energy. Beethoven 7th symphony for example, and the explosive IV in Beethoven op. 101). Sometimes softer, gentler music can be in A-major, obviously (like first piece in Brahms op.118), but the default is A = raw power, like the sun itself or exploding artillery.

[@utvpoop]

There's a Haydn symphony in A major sometimes called "Fire"

[@AnonYmous-ry2jn]

@@utvpoop wow!! So confirms my point!!!

[@raffichen]

I think you should try Mozart's K 576 3rd movement for another 1 min 10 min 1 hour challenge. It's quite a monster. I love this piece, by the way, and am glad that you did it.

[@sherlockholmes5197]

Love this…❤️, please play Alkan etude op. 76 no. 3 🙏🙏

[@Travelingman-1980]

Yes it must be hot in Germany, given your buildings are not prepared for hot weather. In Australia, we suffer the opposite, our houses are cold in winter, but have air conditioning for summer.

[@otaviobettega2492]

Please do the submission thing for all challenges!! I’m traveling so I can’t practice but I really want to next time ❤️

[@victorpereiraattanz7956]

When I read "Chopin Polonaise" in the title, I clicked on it faster than the light speed.

[@Fly-SanDiego]

It’s also hot here in the US but we have and use a wonderful invention called air conditioning.

[@MarcusVinicius116]

It's quite unusual yet, but things change with the climate, and more and more households here in France choose to equip with AC. By the way we experience a hot wave since almost two months, with no rainfall at all. Never see that before.

[@abielalgravez9399]

I would love to learn one of the songs you play for these challenges! This one is a little bit tough for me at the moment, but maybe I can play a future one if you challenge us again!

[@iamtheprotagonist5614]

Could you please do Animenz’ My Dearest or continue on Unravel next? Would really love to see your take on My Dearest or have you see just how much more there is to Animenz’ Unravel.

[@bertrandolf9733]

Hi, you recorded the lid, but you should get the soundboard. If you really want the lid fully closed set your KSM141 on cardioid and aim the mics to shoot above the hammers and mutes towards the soundboard. Or open the lid at least 5cm (you can find sth to put in between, we often use a roll of black gaffer tape) and then put the mics in small AB stereo in the middle of the curve outside the lid aiming for the soundboard (mics could be level with the down face of the lid). Kind regards :)

[@bayareapianist]

This is also called The Military Polonaise because it sounds like soldiers marching / drilling in the town and getting ready for a war. It is an energetic and an up beat piece (A Maj). BTW, when I was a teenager I had a bet with my brother that I could play a "Chopin's Polonaise" when I was still a novice player. I did it in a two weeks up to the middle part. But I didn't get the prize and I didn't continue to finish! This was Polonaise #3 in my book. I guess the next Polonaise challenge will be op 53 /#6 :)

[@polak9576]

Hello from Chopin's country 🇵🇱 greetings ❤️

[@white.gloves3166]

you're from France too, amazing mon ami

[@FootballEric926]

Heroic polonaise is my favorite, probably because that's the first one I heard!

[@landsgevaer]

1:29 "I'm sweating like a pig". I enjoy your frankness, your mastery of idiomatic expressions, and appreciate your ability to convey a picture. But... pigs have few sweat glands and can hardly sweat. 🐖 Let's not propagate the idea that pigs are dirty animals. Apart from that beasty detail, thanks for a wonderful video, and channel... 😉

[@Samuel-wf6kk]

Happy Sunday Annique 🥳🥳

[@vl4dutziuu]

4:26 yes, now im learning Chopin Polonaise op 71 no 1 (op. Posth.) Can u do the 1m 10m and 1h challange with that piece?

[@IvanGueorguiev]

Coool! I might give this a try. I’ve never played this Polonaise but it seems simple enough. A great challenge to keep myself in check and take a break from my current project. Thanks for hosting this, it is exciting!

[@Samuel-wf6kk]

After watching tons of your videos, I just noticed your dimples 😇

[@blashumberto9637]

40 degrees is so hot that you should have a fan. Like we do in Mexico.

[@andrescortes9726]

You should play the girl with the flaxen hair by Debussy! It’s sooo beautiful :)

[@rbmelk7083]

I so much enjoy these videos. Would you consider a 1min, 10min, 1 hour challenge for the finale from Dukas’ Variations, Interlude, and Finale on a Theme by Rameau?

[@Elijah24553]

Could you please do the scherzo op. 31 no. 2?

[@Unknown-nu3cf]

can you do it with chopin's polonaise-fantasy op. 61 in a♭ major?

[@pianoten]

I like how she is frightened of the alarm. I think its cute

[@YoavMarciano]

hi can you do Schubert's impromptu op.90 n.2 plssss. Thanks.

[@MM-we9yl]

It's winter in Australia - today we had 24° and a beautiful clear sunny day. Not looking forward to summer😯

[@bidkonic]

While on the topic of Chopin, the next piece for the challenge could be Nocturne in C minor op 48 no 1

[@zharkin350]

She probably played this nocturne

[@bidkonic]

@@zharkin350 it is a less-known one, so I'd say it's pretty possible that she hasn't played it, given that she did the challenge with another nocturne

[@gorilla_highlights2055]

@@zharkin350 yes, she played this nocturne, more than once

[@janadrienlim9318]

@@bidkonic less-known for listeners but trust me, a lot of pianists know the C minor nocturne

[@sergei-prokofiev]

Can you please do Chopin fantaisie in f minor?

[@Kpopstanfp1234]

Hey! Can you do the Chopin polonaise op 26 no 1

[@alejandrinacharry]

I'll do the challengeeeeeeee, wait for my videooo. Love ya

[@gabin8284]

Can you do this challenge with Walts No. 2 by Shostakovich please

[@omondiowuor1637]

Polonaise op 58 no1 a flat major ?!

[@thaleosaurus]

Next could be: Romance For The Left Hand Alone by WillsKeyboardSink? It's a beautiful piece, and I'd love to see you handle a one-hand piece

[@elik1246]

Could u pls do Prokofiev piano sonata 1 op. 1 next it’s super fun and a very interesting piece.

[@PrototypeZZ]

9:39 Synthesizer (piano keyboard) players usually don't need metronome cuz playing with accomponiment styles.

[@georgeclayton7466]

Can you do Arabesque No.1 in E Minor by Debussy!

[@Y3llow_Submarin3]

My country Malaysia is average 30 degree Celsius daily :)

[@davidraveh5966]

My favorite polonaise is op 40 no 2, but I did enjoy learning no 1 as well

[@ronkaika4181]

Can you do heroic polonaise?

[@zharkin350]

We are waiting for 1 min 10 min 1 hour Rachmaninov-Polishinelle! Please!

[@englischdude]

Hi, where in DE are you? im just across the border in Vorarlberg.... just as hot here!. Was that you playkng i heard or the festspiele? 😀 LG aus Bregenz

[@prosperhuang]

I had to play this piece for my level 10 RCM exam and absolutely hated it. This piece killed my hands 🙃

[@marramtes]

Here in Seville (Spain) we are 45ºC

[@juangerardojaraflores1281]

I love you, you're great

[@AdorbablyBrianna]

The fact that i just got this video reccomended when i'm currently working on this piece 😭 Yt is STALKING me

[@landryessono8267]

Please Can You play Chopin Waltz Op 42 🙏 🙏

[@mradoniszhao]

An hour practice? You got it all? I dont believe you, it just unbelievable

[@xristosdimakis8946]

Hi Annique! Could you do the 1 min, 10 min, 1 h challenge playing Mozart's Sonata in A minor (no 8, K. Nr. 310)

[@adeline6559]

It s beautiful

[@Arabienberg]

can you do liszt/Paganini etude no 6

[@calvinhu8922]

Annique you are so funny

[@xPeakPerformanceTV]

Can you play Scott Joplin's Maple Leaf Rag on the next one please!