Ricordi di Querceto

In August I participated in a piano camp in Querceto, Tuskany.
Now back at home I turned some of the musical key moments into a composition. If you look and listen closely, you might find the following fragments:
* Gnossienne 4 by Erik Satie - my first recital ever, I was so nervous that my interpretation probably should better be called "improvisation over a theme by Satie". But also I am so proud that despite of my fear I did it - and survived! And people who didn't know the piece told me they liked it, so obviously my wrong notes were interpreted as interesting harmonies by Satie haha. Although I "failed" the recital was a huge benefit for me, it took away lots of fear, and later that evening I played 4 more pieces (one fully improvised!) almost without glitches at the open piano bar!
* Passacaglia pattern: The Passacaglia in descending fifths was a main topic on improvisation patterns. Also members of the course might get reminded of the random "throw a dice" broken chord scheme, although it's very reduced here, because I mixed it with
* Burgmüller's Courante Limpide (Klarer Bach). A fellow musician's recital piece.
* The beginning has it's roots in the improvisation performance of a children's group with violins. They improvised rhythmically with just 2 different notes, together with a string ensemble. It had quite some impact on me, because these kids were beginners, but already with just a handful of simple tools they could improvise with other musicians and create something special. It showed me that you don't have to be a genius to have fun and play with others, and helped me overcome many inhibitions.
* "Fantasy" - the piece was our companion for the whole week. We learned it by heart without music, just by visual and tactile patterns.
* directly followed by some notes of "Someday over the Rainbow", another pianist's recital piece
* directly followed by Sonata facile first notes, the piece I took private lessons in
* Polyrhythm - a lesson topic
* Blues - I improvised with another player, and he also played some blues pieces during the week
(Sorry, I couldn't add the correct ternary rhythm we talked about, because it doesn't go with the pulse here)
Someone also played Einaudi pieces, but I couldn't remember which ones. I also forgot which Chopin Nocturne was played at the recital. And I resigned from adding parts of my composition About Lukas. It was probably the most emotional moment for me to hear it played with violin and piano, but it's just my special moment, I think it's not meant to be part in this Passacaglia.
So many thanks to Jens Schlichting, for teaching us, help me lose performance anxiety, help me "just play". This week has changed a lot in how I percieve my own playing and helped me dare to "just make music". So valuable!

[@michaelamatthe]

Dieses Piano Camp hat sich definitiv für dich gelohnt. Du hast die Musik im Blut und deine Kreativität ist einmalig. Mach weiter so!!!

[@dagmarintreble]

Ganz lieben Dank 🥰

[@jensschlichting2709]

Gratuliere! Da hast du wirklich sehr vieles auf eine sehr schöne Art und Weise umgesetzt und integriert. Freut mich sehr, dass dich die Woche so inspiriert hat!

[@dagmarintreble]

Oh danke dir!

[@Tautropfenoase]

Wunder, wunderschön deine Komposition. Und so schön, dass du ganz viel lernen konntest dort. Liebe Grüße 👋

[@dagmarintreble]

Wie lieb, dankeschön :) War echt musikalisch sehr bereichernd für mich!

[@sabrinagad1742]

Richtig guuuuut ❤

[@dagmarintreble]

Lieben Dank