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All pieces uploaded are performed by me on my Yamaha piano. I studied with the late Dr. Ray Zeigler at Salisbury University and Dr. Paul Stewart at UNC Greensboro. I play pieces from the standard repertoire as well as compositions more off of the beaten path. Thank you for visiting my channel!
Liszt - Sancta Dorothea S.187
This piece written by Franz Liszt in 1877 takes as its subject a Christian martyr who was executed in the 4th century during the persecution by the Roman emperor Diocletian.
Jonathan Vroman, piano
Jonathan Vroman, piano
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Alkan - Barcarolle Op. 65 No. 6
Просмотров 49921 день назад
This is the final piece from Charles Alkan's "Recueil de Chants" composed in 1864 and published in 1869. Jonathan Vroman, piano
Czerny - Op. 636 Book 1 Nos. 1-9 Preliminary School of Finger Dexterity
Просмотров 192Месяц назад
After finishing Czerny's Op. 849 (the prep for Op. 299) I started working on Op. 636 the Preliminary School of Finger Dexterity, which is considered the prep for Op. 740. Here is the first of the three books from this set. Jonathan Vroman, piano
Arensky - Etude Op. 74 No. 3
Просмотров 303Месяц назад
This etude by Anton Arensky (1861-1905) focusing on chord changes, accidentals and alternately carrying the melody between the right and left hand nearly broke my brain. Jonathan Vroman, piano
Beethoven - Sonata Pathétique Op. 13 (3rd Movement)
Просмотров 1292 месяца назад
For this third movement, I used a monochrome 1st edition from 1804 found on IMSLP although I personally used my own Dover Books edition for practice, performance and recording. Jonathan Vroman, piano
Chopin - Nocturne Op. 27 No. 2
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This is a piece that has been played very many times by many very great pianists but even so I couldn't resist taking a stab at it. Hope you enjoy. Jonathan Vroman, piano
Beethoven - Sonata Pathétique Op. 13 (1st Movement)
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I realized that I hadn't played any Beethoven yet so here is my performance of the first movement of one of his most well-known sonatas. For the uploaded score accompanying it I used a monochrome 1st edition from 1804 found on IMSLP although I practiced, played and recorded the piece from my own Dover Books edition of the complete Beethoven Sonatas. Jonathan Vroman, piano
Cramer - Op. 30, 84 Studies Book I Nos. 1-7
Просмотров 1923 месяца назад
Johann Baptist Cramer was a student of Clementi and a peer of Beethoven. He was widely considered one of the best pianists of his day and is now most well-known for this collection of 84 etudes, from which Beethoven and Chopin themselves would assign pieces to their own students. Op. 30 contains studies 1-42 and was first published in 1804. Op. 40 is made up of studies 43-84 and was first publi...
Brahms - Intermezzo Op. 116 No. 6
Просмотров 3773 месяца назад
From Johannes Brahms' "7 Fantasien," composed in 1892. Jonathan Vroman, piano
Henselt - Etude Op. 2 No. 9 "Jeunesse d'amour, plaisir céleste"
Просмотров 2594 месяца назад
I wanted to resume tackling some etudes from the Romantic era and Adolf von Henselt seemed like a good place to start. Henselt was reported to have very large hands (but I don't) so I had to arpeggiate the intervals of tenths in the piece that involved both a black and a white key because I can't quite stretch that far. The full title of the piece is "Jeunesse d'amour, plaisir céleste, Ah, Tu T...
Alkan - Prelude Op. 31 No. 8 "La chanson de la folle au bord de la mer"
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This is from Charles Alkan's set of 25 preludes published in 1847. The title translates from the French to "The song of the mad woman by the seashore." I played five versions of this piece and ended up liking this one the best. Jonathan Vroman, piano
Liszt - Unstern S.208
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The piece's title translates roughly to "Evil Star," something along the lines of a bad omen. It's a lot of fun to play. The "quasi organo" section at the end of the piece reminds me of certain moments in Claude Debussy's "Sunken Cathedral" (which of course came later, more than 20 years). It contains a lot of characteristics typical to late Liszt such as whole tones, left-hand tremolandos and ...
Liszt - En rêve S.207
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This tiny nocturne was dedicated by Liszt to a student of his, the Czech pianist August Stradal. Stradal studied with Liszt near the very end of Liszt's life. I dedicate my performance of this piece to my youngest son Jude, who was born this year and baptized today. Jonathan Vroman, piano
Arensky - Nocturne Op. 36 No. 3
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This is from Anton Arensky's 24 Morceaux Caractéristiques, first published in 1894. As a young man, Arensky studied composition under Rimsky-Korsakov and in turn taught both Sergei Rachmaninoff and Alexander Scriabin at the Moscow Conservatory. Jonathan Vroman, piano
Berens - School of Velocity Op. 61 Nos. 37-40
Просмотров 3156 месяцев назад
This is the last set of pieces from Hermann Berens' Op. 61, so it took about 2 1/2 years practicing four pieces at a time once every four or five days to complete the entire opus. Since the development of technique is an ongoing pursuit and it's always something I've had to work hard at to improve, it won't be the last school of velocity I complete. I've really enjoyed playing Op. 61, what a de...
Czerny - Op. 849 Thirty New Studies in Technics - All Transpositions
Просмотров 2058 месяцев назад
Czerny - Op. 849 Thirty New Studies in Technics - All Transpositions
Alkan - Esquisses Op. 63 No. 5 "Les Initiés"
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Alkan - Esquisses Op. 63 No. 5 "Les Initiés"
Berens - School of Velocity Op. 61 Nos. 33-36
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Berens - School of Velocity Op. 61 Nos. 33-36
J.S. Bach - Prelude & Fugue No. 6 in D Minor BWV 875
Просмотров 49211 месяцев назад
J.S. Bach - Prelude & Fugue No. 6 in D Minor BWV 875
Clementi - Sonata Op. 40 No. 1 (2nd Movement)
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Clementi - Sonata Op. 40 No. 1 (2nd Movement)
Czerny - Op. 849 Book 6 Nos. 25-30 Thirty New Studies in Technics
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Czerny - Op. 849 Book 6 Nos. 25-30 Thirty New Studies in Technics
Really nice, Jonathan! I've never heard this work of Liszt. It makes me think of the Consolations in terms of the general level of difficulty (as compared with so much of his work which I consider far beyond my abilities). As always, your interpretation is sweet. And thank you for the explanatory comment.
You're welcome, Edward! Yeah everybody knows the supreme virtuoso side of Liszt like the Transcendentals, the Reminiscences, B minor Sonata, etc. but a lot of his late pieces are these delightful little miniatures that kind of get ignored. I'm happy to play them!
That's good to know. I like the sound of this particular piece and I'm now interested in learning about some of the other late miniatures such as you mentioned. I've mainly associated Liszt with intensely virtuosic pieces that aren't really my style anyway, although I studied some of his Consolations in high school and loved them. Recently I've been working on his transcription of Schumann's song Widmung. It is so very pretty. You probably know it or at least know of it.
@@EdwardLyrene Yes, that is an extraordinarily lovely transcription, though I've never played it. I would love to hear it when you get it worked up. Honestly I find a lot of his transcriptions to be as interesting as his original pieces.
Thank you for your encouragement. I should bite the bullet and record a few things that are below my playing ability just to prove to myself that I can do it. And I would love to have Liszt/Schumann's Widmung polished enough to record it one day. I appreciate you!
Nice piece !
Agreed!
Beautiful singing tone and phrasing. It really does sound like a boat song when played with minimal rubato
There is such a range of emotion in this piece, from plaintive to elated to somber......... I figured there wasn't a lot of rubato needed, Alkan already wrote in so much depth.
Really nice, Jonathan! Very soothing piece for bedtime. Soothing because of your very smooth left hand accompaniment figure, just like gently rippling water under the boat. Thank you!!
Thank you, Edward! It is a very liquid figure, isn't it? I've heard this piece played with a lot more rubato but I tried to be really selective with it and to keep the tempo basically steady like gently flowing water. Glad you enjoyed!
You're very welcome! I always look forward to your posts!
Seems almost like Bach
Yeah, he was a contemporary of Bach, the time they lived in pretty much overlaps.
Really pretty piece! Enjoyed very much. ❤ Hope 2025 is musically fulfilling as well as every area of your life. Love you 🥰
Thank you so much, love you too. Thanks for a year of support! :)
Not really a piano player but am subscribing just to hear the best you can do. (Sounded a bit off in the middle but again don't really know piano) Let's see how long i need to wait.
Thank you for subscribing, I hope you enjoy what you hear!
👏👏👏. Enjoyed the piece!
Absolutely BEAUTIFUL ❤👏👏👏
It's a great piece isn't it? I really labored over it in practicing.
A nocturne is perfect after a long day. Thank you. J
You're very welcome!
Nice stab! Actually quite a beautiful interpretation. I love the Chopin nocturnes. I don't have the any of them up to performance level but can middle through several of them. Kind of like a kid splashing in the shallow end of the pool. Thank you for this!!
Thank you Edward, glad you enjoyed it!
Excellent!! This made my night! I recently began taking lessons after more than 25 years since any formal study. I love the late Romantic period and have loved immersing myself back into it, but recently my teacher said "you really should play some Bach". I've been sightreading his 2-part inventions and bits and pieces of the WTC, the French Suites, etc, and am being reminded that the Baroque period was always a close 2nd, behind the Romantics. And then I hear your excellent performance of the C# major prelude and fugue and am inspired to drink ever more deeply of Bach's vast repertoire. Thank you so much. I love your playing!!
Thank you so much, Edward, I'm so glad you enjoyed it. I think I agree with your teacher, Bach is so great for improving both the mind and the fingers, besides being ridiculously beautiful. My story actually sounds quite similar to yours, I started out as a music performance major in undergrad, got burned out and walked away from it, then hardly touched it for a very Faustian 24 years (!). Then a few years ago I got the urge to start playing again and I haven't looked back. It's great to be able to work on what you want, isn't it? 😊
@vromanspianovault6684 Very similar story. Undergrad degree in piano performance and then allowed myself to get talked out of pursuing music as a life work by my very well meaning father in favor of doing something more "important" in a manner of speaking. So I got on an entirely different path. In midlife, I'm now turning back to at least some of what I meant to do. I guess one perk to doing it as an avocation is that there's no reason whatsoever to labor over something that you don't absolutely love. What an enjoyable endeavor these last 3-4 years have been! And thank you for your comments about Bach. That inspires me even more!
@@EdwardLyrene Exactly, it's for the love of it and if you don't really care for a piece you don't have to bother with it. That's very appealing. I mean, there's a time for having a instruction and being told how to do things but eventually you get to be your own boss with it and it's so, so liberating. If you end up recording some pieces and putting them on youtube I would love to hear.
Certainly a joyful piece ❤
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LIKE ❤ THIS PIECE VERY MUCH! Nice work! 🥰
Glad you enjoyed! 🙂I'll probably play more of his etudes in the future.
Very strong piece! Reminds me of a score written for a dramatic screen play. ❤
I agree, it conjures up a lot of images in just a few minutes.
Beautiful piece ❤
I agree, glad you enjoyed!
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Sir, you play beautifully. Could I politely and humbly suggest that you investigate a little sound production work on your piano midi recordings? While I enjoy the stripped nature of the sound, it helps me analyse the music better, it does detract from the overall sound quality.
Thanks very much for listening! Honestly, I'm not sure what that would entail, it would be something I would have to look into and do a little research on.
WOW! Love it. 🥰 Love you more ❤
What a beautiful prelude, is the first time that I’ve heard it. You have played it, wonderfully!
Glad you enjoyed!
I love it!
Glad you enjoyed! I'm gonna play Czerny Op. 636 next.
@@vromanspianovault6684 Many thanks! I think Czerny has fantastic music, but tends to be underrated. Best for you on your piano playing, I will try to listen to most of the pieces that you have on your channel, very extensive and interesting collection!
I like music from all the different eras, it keeps it interesting playing things from the different periods. Thanks again for listening!
Nice music and very nicely played, thanks for sharing!
Sorry I seem to have missed this one. ❤
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Thanks for this beautiful piece and smooth playing. Henselt had a great influence on Russian composition and piano music, having moved there when in his 20s. There is a great recording of Rachmaninov playing Henselt's Opus 2 No 6 etude "Were I a Bird". Very much like a Chopin Etude, Rachmaninov's playing is so light and clear, it is perfection.
He was such a phenomenal pianist, I'll have to find that recording. Glad you enjoyed the nocturne!
Very nice!
Beautiful music and very talented pianist.
Thanks very much, glad you enjoyed it!
I would like to echo the several others who have thanked you for introducing them to Henselt. I have really enjoyed getting this particular piece under my fingers and I've enjoyed listening to his etudes. I've fallen head over heels in love with his Op.5, No.11 and began working on it yesterday! Thank you again for everything that you're doing!
You are very welcome! I agree, Henselt's 5-11 is absolutely beautiful. I'll probably cover at least some of his etudes in the future as well.
That would be great! I'll be looking forward to that!
A wonderful rendition
Thanks very much, glad you enjoyed!
👏👏👏. Loved it! Very lively spirited piece.
Thanks, really pleased to complete all of Op. 849.
Enjoyable.
Interesting observation. For some reason, Henselt is afraid of tonal sequences. Although they are intuitively guessed by the inner ear. Tchaikovsky was not afraid. :)))
Obrigada por compartilhar!Não conhecia este compositor!❤❤❤
Seja muito bem-vindo! Ele não é tão conhecido quanto seus contemporâneos Bach, Scarlatti ou Handel, mas escreveu algumas peças muito deliciosas e é muito divertido de tocar. 🙂
@@vromanspianovault6684 🙏🙏❤️❤️
Hermoso.
Estoy de acuerdo, ¡es una pieza maravillosa!
Liszt, profundidad y armonía.
Don't discredit yourself! I would describe your playing as having a "velvet paw" touch, and Henselt is a fantastic composer. Thank you!
Thank you very much, controlling the articulation is so hard and takes so much effort and repetition, that's probably why I feel like I'm not good at it.
@@vromanspianovault6684 Nah. Hearing it again, just as beautiful. It made it into my illustrious "piano gems" playlist. Remember Henselt himself struggled with stage fright and probably self-esteem, and thus we were probably deprived of many more of his gems.
@@NormalPianist It is too bad he didn't leave us more. I had read that somewhere, that he was basically done as a concert artist by 33? That is really young to be leaving the stage, I'm sure he was at the height of his ability around that age.
This is so welcoming. A little over a year ago a drunk driver crashed into a historic fountain at a park in our town and they just completed the restoration. Perfect music for the occasion.
Outstandng, I'm glad your town got its fountain back!
❤️ Love this piece 😊
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From the look of it, this seems a digital instrument. Yet you seem to be recording with a microphone close to the keys - the key clicks are quite distracting. Does the piano not have a possibility to record directly to USB ?
It does, I just didn't think to record the video and USB audio as separate files at the time and then to combine them later, the instrument was still new to me.
A wonderful piece, in a perfect performance. Great work !
Thanks very much!
Beautiful.
Glad you enjoyed it!
@@vromanspianovault6684 Very much so. There are a couple of absolutely delightful passages that take my breath away. Or... you make them such. Thank you.
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idk Vroman... you did a pretty darn good job with the Henselt nocturne and my head is turned just seeing all the output you've assembled & uploaded on your channel. I am a composer first and amateur pianist 2nd...or 3rd... I am particularly impressed how so many pianists out there - yourself included - have the ability to learn pieces so quickly... and play them so beautifully. I slave on 1 or 2 pieces for years before i have them polished enough to release... I am most at peace when I am composing... and ...while listening to your playing :)Thnx for introducing me to Henselt.
Honestly I feel the same way, like I wish I could learn pieces more quickly, but I guess it's all relative. Like when you read about someone like Sviatoslav Richter learning the entire Well-Tempered Clavier in two months, it just boggles the mind. But the composer's gift is the most important one of all, without it, those of us who are trying to be strictly pianists would have nothing to play. The ones like Henselt who did both at such a high level, it's just mind-blowing.
@@vromanspianovault6684 amen brother. We’ll just know you got another LIKE & SUBSCRIBE from me. Keep uploading and stay to course. You’re playing is marvelous!
@@thecelestialvoyager Will do, my friend!
Thank you for this post. It was wistful.
You're very welcome!
thank you so much, you did an amazing job
You are very welcome, glad you liked it!
@@vromanspianovault6684today, first day of trying to play it !
@@francoislechampi2002 Nice, how did it go for you?
@@vromanspianovault6684since I am no pianist, I went trought the whole piece just to see it they were spots that I would not be able to play and I think it will be ok. I will never play it like you do but maybe I will reach something that is not horrible for the listeners. I will let you know but again : thank you very much and please continue to let us discover composers who should never have disappeared
@@francoislechampi2002 According to one musicologist, only about 2% of all piano music from the Romantic era gets played in concerts, so there's a lot to be discovered!
deze nocturne is werkelijk de mooiste ooit gehoord! En heel lyrisch gespeeld!! dank u wel!
Het is een geweldig stuk, nietwaar? Ik ben erg blij dat je ervan genoten hebt!
@@vromanspianovault6684 ik zou dat zo graag leren. Het is ook zo troostend vind ik.
@@miastrobbe2164 Ik ben het ermee eens, het is heel rustgevend, heel zoet met een vleugje zuur
Is there a reason you're playing all the lower mordents as upper mordents instead?
Interpretive license