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Chee-Hwa Tan (the composer of this piece) is a Malaysian pianist, teacher and composer. She emigrated to the USA in 1984 and is now head of piano tuition at the Lamont School of Music, University of Denver, Colorado. “The Swing” was inspired by a poem of that name from A Child’s Garden of Verses by Robert Louis Stevenson. Here is the first verse: How do you like to go up in a swing, Up in the a...

MD Piano performs Down by the salley gardens. The poem ‘Down by the salley gardens’ is by the Irish poet W.B. Yeats. It was set to this traditional Irish tune by Herbert Hughes in 1909. Here is the first verse of the poem: Down by the salley gardens my love did I meet; She passed the salley gardens with little snow-white feet. She bid me take love easy, as the leaves grow on the tree; But I, be...

MD Piano performs the Forget-me-not Waltz. Stephen Duro, the composer of this piece is an English pianist, organist, music teacher and composer. He writes mostly for young players in a variety of styles. The Waltz is a dance for couples in triple time, which has been popular since the 18th century. The left hand often has the characteristic repeated notes of the dance, whereas the right hand of...

MD Piano performs The Sick Doll by Tchaikovsky. This slow piece was composed with 23 other pieces in 1878 as part of the Album for the Young. This Album was inspired by Schumann’s Album for the Young. Today, this piece is brought to you! Hope you enjoy! The music starts at 0:05.

The MD Piano Channel plays Parson’s Farewell. From the English Dancing Master and arranged by David Blackwell, this piece is a traditional English country dance for couples. This song was published by John Playford, a 17th-century London music publisher. This piece made its way to being one of the most renown piece of the English Dancing master. At 0:05 the piece starts. Hope you enjoy!