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Förster Festive Feature - O Holy Night Thheme + Variations

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Förster Friday Fun - O Holy Night Theme + Variations

11:54

Förster Friday Fun - Christmas Goes Bust

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Förster Friday Fun - Mary did you Know

8:54

Förster Friday Fun - Brahms 3rd Racket

9:49

Förster Friday Fun - Allegretto Extraveganza

10:43

Förster Friday Fun - Save The Best for Last

Hello and can't believe we are almost into the new year and hope you've all had a merry Christmas!!! To round the series off I am presenting to you a take on a popular 90s love song with an inspiring melodic nature!!! Series 4 for 2025 will be starting next week in the new reformatting straight after the new year with exciting ideas, adventures and surprises!!! In the meantime, hope you all have a restful and reflective new year!!!

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Förster Festive Feature - O Holy Night Thheme + Variations

11:54

Förster Festive Feature - O Holy Night Thheme + Variations

Просмотров 71День назад

Hello everyone and hope you are enjoying the run-up to Christmas ... can't wait to celebrate Christmas day with all the family this week-2 more sleeps!!! There will be other Förster Fridays the next weeks as I have decided to change the formatting of the series. I haven't chosen to do a concerto for 2025 to expand my exploration and experimentation, so series 4 for 2025 will start automatically...

Förster Friday Fun - O Holy Night Theme + Variations

11:54

Förster Friday Fun - O Holy Night Theme + Variations

Просмотров 22День назад

Hello everyone and hope you are enjoying the run-up to Christmas ... can't wait to celebrate Christmas day with all the family next week!!! There will be other Förster Fridays the next weeks as I have decided to change the formatting of the series. I haven't chosen to do a concerto for 2025 to expand my exploration and experimentation, so series 4 for 2025 will start automatically after next we...

Förster Friday Fun - Christmas Goes Bust

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Förster Friday Fun - Christmas Goes Bust

Просмотров 11214 дней назад

Hello, and welcome to the second of my Förster festive Fridays which is much more light-hearted and celebrating the best time of year ... wait ... what??? It's a calm silent night only to find out that Christmas may not be as it seems ... well what if Chopin finds out that he won't get his presie under the tree??? Plus ... who is responsible for busting Christmas??? Something may be hidden unde...

8:54

Förster Friday Fun - Mary did you Know

Просмотров 9821 день назад

Hello all and welcome to the first installment in the Förster festivities set for this year, 2024 the time has flown!!! I have never heard this song, Mary Did you Know, before, until I played this with a local choir!!! I thought the harmonies and melody were so wonderful I decided to combine this with some Christmas carols!!! Also since you may me as being a sneaker, you may recognise a popular...

9:49

Förster Friday Fun - Brahms 3rd Racket

Просмотров 68Месяц назад

Well hello to all of you!!! Here is the last Förster Friday of the November month before the festive season, yippeeee!!! I thought I would revisit some Brahms pieces, a pair of Intermezzi and one Cappricio all from one of his earlier sets of piano pieces!!! I did not know this before, but I was told that the expression "Brahms 3rd racket" was from Faulty Towers, a UK comedy series!!! Hope this ...

Förster Friday Fun - Allegretto Extraveganza

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Förster Friday Fun - Allegretto Extraveganza

Просмотров 101Месяц назад

Hello all and welcome to another Förster Friday!!! Well, you never guess, but I decided to honour two composers I have played quite a lot of, Beethoven and Schubert, while reminiscing on my incredible but short trip to Vienna a few months ago which was so amazing!!! On this episode, here is a pair of allegrettos in the same key written at virtually the same time, and both composers died within ...

Förster Friday Fun - Fanny’s Freedom Fantasy

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Förster Friday Fun - Fanny’s Freedom Fantasy

Просмотров 59Месяц назад

Welcome to another Förster Friday with a fantastic feast leading up to the weekend!!! Ever sinice I started listening to the music of Felix Mendelssohn's sister Fanny Hensel, I was absolutely bold over by the colours and textures she creates out of the piano. Fanny was one of those musicians who never got the mainstream recognition she deserved because it was so difficult in the 19th century fo...

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Förster Friday Fun - Moon Medley

Просмотров 193Месяц назад

Hello everyone and welcome to another Förster Friday!!! Are you in the mood for a light-hearted Jazz fest??? Well ... I certainly am, a moon medley in fact!!! There is also a catch, I will not mention the songs that I am playing in this medley so I will leave all of you to guess what they are!!! Get ready for some spirited high energy, some glittering surprises and some glorious orchestrations!...

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Förster Friday Fun - November Rain

Просмотров 2332 месяца назад

Hello all and welcome to another Förster Friday ... I can't believe it's the first of November!!! I have decided to change the scene a bit by featuring a famous 90s rock song but restyled slightly so it sounds a bit softer and more reflective. I introduce it with a snippet of a Chopin nocturne and a major version of the 6th prelude with a sprig of the raindrop prelude for good measure. Then I h...

Förster Friday Fun - Gather round the galaxy

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Förster Friday Fun - Gather round the galaxy

Просмотров 1212 месяца назад

Hello all, are you ready to fasten your seatbelts??? Let's go on an amazing adventure curtesy of none other than Gustav Holst and the Jupiter jet!!! For all those of you in the UK, you may recognise the theme of a really popular TV show that was around in my childhood and I thought it would be really appropriate to use that to introduce the Holst improv!!! In increasingly hard times, I would li...

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Förster Friday Fun - Paraphrase Punch

Просмотров 592 месяца назад

Wow, I am in a mood for a paraphrase this Förster Friday ... are you??? Well, believe it or not, I featured this amazing piece by Liszt on my new year feature, but decided that maybe it could go a bit further, so I am featuring this Rigoletto paraphrase by Liszt on this episode. What I love about it is how Liszt pulls the tempo around and creates the orchestra from the piano if that makes sense...

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Förster Friday Fun - Nobody Knows

Просмотров 862 месяца назад

Hello all, let's get all spiritual on this episode of Förster Friday!!! You may recognise the melody from a very old and well known American spiritual first published in 1867. The amazing thing is, you can do almost anything with it, you can make it tap dance or you can give it all the intention it deserves, so now I am giving you a combination of both!!! Here is the spiritual "Nobody Knows the...

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Förster Friday Fun - Autumn Song

Просмотров 1912 месяца назад

Hello one and all!!! I can't believe we are at the beginning of October already, well ... Friday 4th, to be precise!!! So on this episode which will be a bit of a shortie because of what I have in store, I wanted to present to you this amazing piece from Tchaikovsky's seasons which I featured on my channel a year ago, but this is so melodically stirring with sumptuous harmonies. It is the 10th ...

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Förster Friday Fun - Strauss Spirit

Просмотров 953 месяца назад

Hello and hope you're well!!! You never guess where I've been the last few days, but I went to Vienna to experience the amazing musical and cultural scenes, it's otherwise known as "The Mekkah of Classical Music" so I was so excited to sample the Beethoven museum and experiencing concerts in amazing acoustics!!! On this episode of Förster Friday, I am giving you a sprig of Strauss, Johann Strau...