Chopin Nocturne E minor Op. 72 no. 1 - Analysis: HEARTBREAK and HOPE

[@SingHouse]

Thank you, Edward Snowden. I really like the use of smiley faces on the sheet music. You play superbly and obviously you love Chopin so I can only commend your video, I shall watch some more.

[@SonataSecrets]

Thank you and welcome to the channel! I just passed 17h of content so that should last a while ;)

[@BachBusoni]

I wanted to jump in also and playfully comment on your likeness to Edward Snowden, as well as give compliments on your playing and cute use of emoticons. Innovative :)

[@sinus-sq]

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[@naomiquirion7725]

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[@TheHealthConscounist]

Shhh you're blowing his cover, now he goes by the name Henrik who plays piano and makes KZbin videos

[@TheSinose]

For me is the most beautiful nocturne! Thank you for the explanation! Greetings from Brazil 🇧🇷

[@PianoScenesMoviesandSeries]

I love your analyses of Chopin's work, it greates so much more depth to the pieces. Also, your performance was one of the better ones I've heard.

[@SonataSecrets]

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[@n.s.3410]

Whenever I'm about to embark on a new piece, I always check to see if you've done an analysis on it. Always helps!

[@BangNguyen-gd2fc]

Really nice analysis. Nice performance as well. Love it.

[@ginaschrader]

Mr. Snowden - thank you for explaining this piece of music with sensitivity to what you felt Chopin was attempting to express as a teenager. I agree with you that he was fleshing out some melancholy and trying to weave into it a hopeful ending. I didn't realize until you pointed it out that he was influenced by Bach. That signature tone of Bach brought a touch of magic along with layers of warmer colors. When I first heard this song, I felt like I was riding in a sail boat that encountered rough waters. The sky dark and uncertain. Then suddenly the skies opened and light sparkled on calmer water. Your comments about the waves of music and the brightness of the tones uplifting the mood as it switched from minor into major in mid piece were spot on. Your insights really resonated with me. Thanks again. Gina

[@jessevallejo8797]

The theme is not hope Mr. Snowden, it's more like acceptance. Chopin wrote this piece after his sister died of tuberculosis. The whole piece is tragic & melancholic, the major sections are bittersweet & at the end, there is just the realization that nothing can bring back his sister, & that all he can do is accept that reality & strangely enough, that brings some level of peace. I guess closure might be a better word.

[@celinedagnas7712]

Merci infiniment pour cet enseignement, très clair, juste et ô combien précieux, félicitations pour votre talent, vous interprétez Chopin à merveille

[@all7509]

Beautiful touching Chopin, Thank you for precise, knowledgeable analysis, Most importantly uploading it to share.

[@SonataSecrets]

Thanks, glad you enjoyed it!

[@tak5098]

first couple of notes of this piece always instantly change my mood , love the video

[@ktd9]

Great presentation….even greater playing….Thanks 🙏

[@thewordbtrue2461]

Your performance -- Too touching! Deeply moving,!! 🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹 Take your bow💯

[@marilenamolino6575]

È uno dei notturni di Chopin che amo di più. Grazie

[@all7509]

Sincerely. Thank you for helping people who love. to play Chopin Nocturne . God Bless. Most importantly being so patience , your performance is. marvelous . Learn a lot from. you. Thank you. .

[@steveberry4998]

Lovely playing and insightful analysis. Thank you for this gift.

[@ceciliafernandes6214]

😊Wonderful turorial,fine pianist, Mr.Hendrik Kilman and his "Rönisch" beautiful piano!Thanks!

[@violinousa]

Beatiful performance. Thank you!

[@robertlange9107]

Wondeful analysis. You have such a wonderful touch with this pieace...

[@wasfuerkeksigkeit]

I love the annotations on the right side of the video during the main performance. Very helpful for understanding the piece. Thanks!

[@antoniavignera2339]

Bravissimo mi ha fatto rivivere il mio esami di diploma di pianoforte,Grazie

[@lynetteperthwa.7774]

I am new to your channel but you are my ‘go to’ now. You play beautifully and sincerely and your tutorials are so helpful - like talking one pianist to another. I love that you are genuine - not ‘high brow’ in any way. Thankyou. I too love the emojis 👍🏻🎹

[@beatnickPL]

Such a great performance, such a interesting breakdown of this masterpiece. Great channel 👍

[@yonghwieong8123]

Chopin is amazing! Always pierces my heart. Thank you for sharing

[@notseelen]

oh wow! this is fantastic content. I'm a fairly new player (~RCM 5, can play first movement of moonlight sonata), and I'm just starting to move into "real" rep like easier Chopin and Beethoven pieces. Anyway, my point is, I found this channel at just the right time!

[@SonataSecrets]

Thanks, glad to hear it Joseph! Good luck with your piano playing!

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[@SonataSecrets]

Thank you Ana! :)

[@libertatus]

Beautifully played.

[@MusicaAngela]

I’m about to learn this piece so this was very helpful. Thank you!

[@michaelfairley4157]

Very helpful analysis as I’m learning this piece now but it would be even more helpful if while you are playing the piece in it’s entirety you would show the music so I could follow along note by note, as I live on every note. Thank you so much.

[@england670]

Thanks for explaining this beautiful piece of music I have always listened to

[@Coltphi]

Henrik your videos are so so so helpful. Thank you for what you do.

[@daniwarlo96]

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[@SonataSecrets]

Hello Mexico, welcome to the channel :)

[@panchitoborja]

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[@peterpolo6303]

this channel is a gem, thank you!

[@renatobdacosta]

I enjoyed your playing and your analysis! Thanks for posting the video. I'm studying this nocturne now and, at least to me, holding the B while making the trill and the A# right after that has been difficult to manage.

[@stephenn77]

Even the major episodes are “sad”. One of my favorites! Just worked on the Db nocturne as my newest favorite. Can you discuss this one if you haven’t already? Just gorgeous moments in that piece too! Major to minor sections with a lullaby quality and a sublime finale.

[@suelycunha3120]

Muito lindo Bela interpretação e Explicação,

[@claudiasignorello5618]

Thank you so much for this video!! I love this peace and I love Chopin 👏❤️

[@ValmonteCristo]

Be blessed for your incredible work Henrik. You made me start piano and discover such lovely pieces. If I had a music teacher like you when I was a kid ... Just a question : you treat a lot of "expert pieces", which is great, but not always affordable when you are not a professional. So, do you think, it'd be possible for you, to rank every pieces you treat - let's say from 1 to 10 - to help us. I mean if I see a Bach prelude ranked to 3, or a Chopin's nocturne to 8, it is a lot of information to decide if I can consider to start playing the considered piece. Anyway great job !

[@keys6]

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[@omarbouyahyaouiidrissi7424]

Great work. Thank you

[@mikolajochocki2810]

Hi Henrik, may I ask, how does the polyrhythm work with this piece? Is this 2 to 3 polyrhythm throughout the piece, or is it 3/4 polyrhythm? Do I align the right and left hand and play both in the same rhythm? Thank so much!

[@SonataSecrets]

It's mostly 2:3 (one 4:3 and some faster), you lign up the first note together and then the next note together, then play each hand in their right rhythm. 2:3 is best to start to learn, other polyrhythm can come after that. I show a bit about it in a video on Chopin's Fantasie-Impromptu (there it's 4:3 though, but the same principle).

[@Olivman84]

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[@chiaraguglielmi4648]

Brilliant! Bravo!

[@christophercharlesworth5411]

Really really great! Good explanation and incredibly use-full in preparing for my exam. Subscribed

[@dalvarrb]

This is great! I love your analyses!🥰🥰🥰

[@lucasconte1973]

Awesome and fantastic...thank you for that lovely video...

[@katrinehammer]

Very good analysis - and very nice playing - of this beautiful nocturne. At 7:39: Any tips on how to combine the quadruplet with the triplet?

[@SonataSecrets]

Thanks! Hm well it's one of those things that if you practice long enough one day you can do it. It's about the hands becoming autonomous enough. I show a little bit about it in the video on Fantaisie-Impromptu here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/eqmtm5-barJ-e5o Also in this particular place, practice first without the trill.

[@JohnDoe-tt4fm]

Wow amazing, I learned a lot. Thank you!

[@margarethansen7480]

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[@linneapecigos6259]

hjälpt så mycket ! tack

[@CliveBricksby]

Thanks for the great video! One question, at 5:13, the last bar 8th note on the left hand, is that an error in the sheet music? Should it have been a B rather than a E?

[@graceabounds394]

So perfect…..🥺🥺🥺❤❤❤I love the emojis too…🥺❤️

[@siuchristina]

Thank you for the analysis. What a stunning piece. Any plans to do a 'Simple Solutions' version? I'd love to be able to play it! I'm looking forward to more Simple Solutions pieces :)

[@dore6731]

nice analysis , thanks :)

[@Jimbarleyy]

Wow i’ve never noticed that Bach influence in this nocturne. Great video love to see more Chopin😄

[@SonataSecrets]

I'm preparing some more Chopin right now for later in the spring!

[@Jimbarleyy]

@@SonataSecrets Can’t wait!!!

[@zombies4life22]

Thank you for sharing your wisdom, have you done Chopins first ballad?

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[@РоманДуменков]

Super прекрасный инструмент ❤

[@AnaPaula-np5rq]

Poor Fred with a broken heart, sad and lonely.

[@alijoyce2169]

U are a legend

[@bateman7573]

might want to change title, says op72 no2 not op72 no1

[@SonataSecrets]

Thanks, I can't believe I didn't catch it sooner and it's been like that for over a year 😅

[@bateman7573]

no worries, thank you for the interesting analysis

[@diatonicdissonance]

have you considered covering liszt’s romance in e minor ? it’s a similar and beautiful piece

[@SonataSecrets]

Thanks for the tip, that's a lovely piece! I might do some Liszt after the summer, and I might consider this actually.

[@diatonicdissonance]

@@SonataSecrets its the only piece I've heard to date that literally contains a reverse tierce de picardie at the end and I'd love to hear your thoughts on that

[@SonataSecrets]

Interesting! There is one of the Chopin Nocturnes, B major Op 32 no 1 that ends in B minor, kind of a reverse picardy, but in a quite extended way in the coda. (Haven't done a video on that one either unfortunately!)

[@thomasmcdonnell1957]

I must learn this piece once my electric keyboard arrives.

[@MullahSteinberg]

Ah Edward Snowden again , wonderful video thank you very very much

[@AnaPaula-np5rq]

Edward is charming, as well as being smart too.

[@josephfarrar6525]

You know any Stephen Foster?

[@demetrios3232]

Why was this particular piece not published during Chopin's lifetime?

[@elias7748]

I don't know. Maybe it was special to him, or that he just didn't like it, which I doubt.

[@Henk_H]

Henrik…. I sent to you an email about this Nocturne? Are you able to see/read it? Thank you, in advance, for considering it. Henk..

[@SonataSecrets]

Yes, I just answered your email!

[@Henk_H]

@@SonataSecrets THANK YOUUUUUUUUU!!!!!

[@Henk_H]

@@SonataSecrets one more in reply to email… I like it TIED!!!!! THANK YOUUU!!!!

[@aliediskasoglu7998]

"The job of C is to make B sad"

[@Henri.d.Olivoir]

I love how people just spam this everywhere pretending they know what it means when they actually have no clue, but end up actually commenting it where is makes sense 💀💀💀

[@johnyns3437]

At 8:22 (the fourth time, I think it is the third time?) Great video by the way!! 👌👏👏

[@SonataSecrets]

Well I count it two times the first section and then two times in the returning section after the section in B major.

[@johnyns3437]

You’re just amazing overall and I’m a big fan of yours. Your advice transformed how I play some pieces and the emotion it makes me feel. Really inspiring

[@benjaminyaary8419]

Yea baby

[@mikehughes6582]

Thank you for this beautiful interpretation. It's hard to believe that Chopin was only 17 years old when he composed it, and didn't publish it because he wasn't satisfied with it. It is my favorite of all of the nocturnes.

[@alijoyce2169]

My analysis: i cri evrytime

[@Gabinree]

06:48

[@sirchoppy1810]

Beard

[@pianoworld233]

Personally I like this piece very much but I think that the switch to major destroys the whole harmony and tragedy of the piece

[@ygtandoh]

Your new name is piano Snowden 😂😂

[@DC-vv5ii]

Very nice.