Of Foreign Lands and Peoples | Schumann | with interpretive comments

[@FlexLessons]

I love how you did this!

[@PianistAcademy1]

Thanks!!

[@louisebailey3342]

Charles this was so beautiful. I was drawn to the first interpretation, so wistful, the yearning for days or a relationship past. Thank you.

[@PianistAcademy1]

Thanks, Louise! I know you've been waiting for this one for quite some time!

[@katttttt]

That was awesome to watch, including your comments. I can play the notes and add here and there a little dynamic, but my playing is never that thoughtfull 😂

[@serwoolsley]

i like a lot this format! it makes me understand even more the huge thinking that goes behind every single note played, even for a simple piece of music like this one. btw it hurts so bad the melody it never resolves

[@PianistAcademy1]

Do you think I should do more annotated interpretation videos? Thanks for always watching everything I release!

[@serwoolsley]

@@PianistAcademy1 yes definitely

[@vanessas.4625]

Von fremden Ländern und Menschen ... I love this piece! ❤ Impressive interpretations with very helpful comments, I like both (the first a little better). Thank you for this wonderful video!

[@PianistAcademy1]

Thanks so much, Vanessa! And congrats on being the first comment on this video!

[@dalelinney8437]

Excellent choice for this type of instruction. I'd love more like this: hopefully the algo picks it up a bit more too :)

[@PianistAcademy1]

Thanks, Dale! Which of the two interpretations did you prefer?

[@dalelinney8437]

@@PianistAcademy1oh, second for sure

[@bethanywakim6175]

I first heard this piece when I was four or five, watching ‘Milo and Otis’. Have always loved it; so sweet and nostalgic! I liked both interpretations, but the ending of the second was my favorite - the ‘hanging midair’ and slower tempo till the end really captured the child-like magic of the piece.

[@myhumbleopinion1036]

👏👏👏

[@Wootwootwooton]

Lovely piece -- and I have the sheet music, though it's in the Intermediate book, and I'm still trying to learn as much as I can in the Beginner one -- currently working on Schumann's "First Loss."

[@PianistAcademy1]

Beautiful piece, keep up the great work Nancy, and sometime we must hear you play on one of the livestreams!

[@RhodesyYT]

I got new samsung buds pro 2 and the sound quality is so good i can even hear your pedal uses it sounds like a mini trampoline

[@PianistAcademy1]

Congrats on the new buds! I love my AirPod pros.

[@RhodesyYT]

@PianistAcademy1 oh yeah did you find out the beethoven swing sonata?

[@PianistAcademy1]

@@RhodesyYT I looked it up and do know/recognize that spot, yes... I've honestly never thought about it as in swing! I still don't think I would because I don't think it would lend itself to quite the right emotion, but I definitely hear the resemblance.

[@Mark42393]

Now that I'm on to level 6 i have yo choose between this and the Chopin Waltz in A minor. Tough choice as both as so lovely. I would be remiss if I didn't point out the classic "Kinderszenen" title. Everytime....

[@PianistAcademy1]

At least "Kinderszenen" is Scenes from Childhood... unlike Schumann's "Album for the Young" which are definitely study pieces originally intended for young students. Personally, I view all of the pieces in Kinderszenen as reflections on childhood but from an adult perspective. Because of that, I think all of the pieces, individually and as a whole set, are completely viable to present on the professional concert stage. But contrary, you'd never hear Album for the Young performed by any of the greats live lol.

[@katttttt]

I just play both of them ;) play whatever you like, it's for your own enjoyment