F. Chopin - Polonaise in A-flat major Op. 53 - Analysis.Greg Niemczuk's lecture

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  • Опубликовано: 1 окт 2024
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    Concert pianist describes and analizes Chopin's Masterpieces for the piano.
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Комментарии • 83

  • @quebecyoshi
    @quebecyoshi 3 года назад +14

    Thank you for this great analysis! You were able to put words on things I felt, but couldn't articulate properly while listening to this fantastic piece (the meaning of the very first note, the motivic links of the intro with the rest of the piece, etc). I've watched a couple of your Chopin analysis, and I must say your deep understanding of theses pieces is quite remarkable. I haven't stumbled upon a content like this on RUclips since Andras Schiff's lectures on the Beethoven's sonatas. Keep on doing these videos, you are bound to reach a lot more people! Greetings from Quebec

    • @gregniemczuk
      @gregniemczuk  3 года назад +7

      It's an honor for me to receive such a comment from the beautiful Quebec! Well, the pandemic made me start this project and now I'm not going to stop until I'll make all the Chopin's music! Thank you so much for your support!!

    • @pianoguyperson6268
      @pianoguyperson6268 10 месяцев назад +3

      I too have loved listening to all of Greg's analyses, it has opened a world of music for me that I didn't even know existed. After seeing all his content with Chopin music, I tried to see if someone had done something similar with the Beethoven sonatas. I hadn't been able to find much of anything, but thanks to your comment, I was able to find all of the Andras Schiff lectures. Thank you for your comment that indirectly helped me!

    • @sissi7746
      @sissi7746 5 месяцев назад +1

      @francisdufresne4407
      Il semble que soyions tous deux d'accord sur l'expertise musicale de Greg de même que sur le don exceptionnel qu'il démontre pour traduire des notions musicales complexes dans un langage accessible aux passionné/e/s de musique classique sans études musicales formelles telle que moi. Et, comme vous, je suis québécoise et je rêve de le voir en spectacle au Québec. Je suis persuadée qu'il serait accueilli chez nous, les bras ouverts.

  • @Mikevanduinenpianist
    @Mikevanduinenpianist 3 года назад +6

    You are a really fascinating man, thanks for these videos 😁

    • @gregniemczuk
      @gregniemczuk  3 года назад +2

      Thank you! Share when you can please!

  • @raydf
    @raydf Месяц назад +1

    Illuminating analysis of perhaps Chopin's best-known piece. You helped me discover a lot of new nuances about it, THANKS!

  • @teomurelli4025
    @teomurelli4025 2 года назад +4

    Perfect execution of Chopin' s masterpiece.
    Exact timinig for this peace as Chopin wanted.
    Great great Greg! Thanks
    so much.

    • @gregniemczuk
      @gregniemczuk  2 года назад

      Wow! I bow to you and appreciate your words!!!

  • @A_Random_Pianist
    @A_Random_Pianist 22 дня назад

    My blood is now boiling, thanks for that amazing and passionate analysis!

  • @NN-rn1oz
    @NN-rn1oz 3 года назад +4

    I really enjoy your thoughts on this music! I have always been puzzled by the lyrical section on this piece as well. I feel it has the mood of a mazurka, but without the typical rhythm...

    • @gregniemczuk
      @gregniemczuk  3 года назад +2

      Thank you!! Yes, it might be some kind of longing for his mother land...

  • @giuseppetarabella4018
    @giuseppetarabella4018 11 месяцев назад +1

    Ehi Greg, it would be very interesting an analysis of the harmony of the pieces - details of chords, changing, modulations etc...

  • @mariarudolph264
    @mariarudolph264 4 месяца назад

    I’m 66 and have lost much of the dexterity that I once had. Having said that, this piece was never attainable for me. Despite that, I have decided to torture myself (and everyone else in hearing distance) by giving it my best shot. I’m hoping you can give me some advice. In the past, the way that I learned pieces was to first get all of the notes and fingering in my hands and then worry about voicing. Based on your video, I’m rethinking this. Perhaps I need to learn the voicing as I’m learning the notes and fingering. For instance, I wouldn’t have thought to learn the first difficult bits that you describe with the lower voice in the right hand playing staccato while the upper voice is legato. I could see this being difficult to unlearn later. Can you advise me on how you would recommend I approach this? One more question, if I may take more of your time, do you have a recommendation for how to approach the descending octaves if you can barely reach a 9th? Thank you so much for your most excellent tutorials. I’m grateful.

  • @iggykarpov
    @iggykarpov 3 месяца назад

    5:55 Start of analysis
    6:14
    6:28 is the Intro connected to rest of piece
    6:39 Intro played
    7:58 It is connected - here is how
    8:13
    8:24 First theme
    9:13 Two notes - suspension - tension released
    10:30 Back to Intro
    Starts with one note
    10:54 then a chord going up

  • @GeorgiosMarinakis
    @GeorgiosMarinakis 3 года назад +3

    Great video!! Congratulations!
    Best regards, Georgios Marinakis, Istanbul, Turkey :)

  • @pilot349
    @pilot349 3 года назад +3

    Akurat celuje w mojej drodze nauki gry na fortepianie w nauke gry poloneza as dur op 53. Bardzo dobrze jest zapoznac sie z tym utworem tak dokladnie z Pana pomocą. Świetnie pouczajace. Pozdrawiam z Polski.

    • @gregniemczuk
      @gregniemczuk  3 года назад +1

      Również serdecznie pozdrawiam i życzę powodzenia! To gigantyczne wyzwanie ale i piękna motywacja!

  • @cuppigillhum6930
    @cuppigillhum6930 2 года назад +2

    I wish I could give you more than one like!

  • @pianoforteyt
    @pianoforteyt 3 года назад +4

    Amazing video!! I really enjoyed it 😁

  • @nt1448
    @nt1448 3 месяца назад +1

    Bravo and thank you for sharing your knowledge. I've been listening to this piece on repeat for many years now (on and off) and I learned many new analyses/interpretations because of how you explained it.

  • @ridhamprajapati5430
    @ridhamprajapati5430 3 года назад +2

    I'm so grateful to you for giving us deep insights, thank you love from India! 🙏

    • @gregniemczuk
      @gregniemczuk  3 года назад +2

      Wonderful!!! Welcome to my musical world!

  • @nerrdinho
    @nerrdinho 3 года назад +2

    Great analysis, however the buzzing from the audio is very distracting. Regardless, thanks for sharing!

    • @gregniemczuk
      @gregniemczuk  3 года назад +1

      Oh God , sorry!!!! I wanted my voice to be louder maybe that's the reason ☹️. Hopefully other videos are better. There's nothing I can do with this video now. Thanks for watching!

    • @gregniemczuk
      @gregniemczuk  3 года назад +1

      I know what was the problem. I put the recorder on my piano! And it absorbed some sounds from the piano. That was a mistake which later I changed.

    • @nerrdinho
      @nerrdinho 3 года назад +1

      @@gregniemczuk just finished watching, no need for apologies. This video was a delight, beautiful performance at the end! Looking forward to more!

  • @eduardo-v5b2t
    @eduardo-v5b2t 8 месяцев назад

    heard once Lang Lang playing .....too fast....hopeless

  • @GB-ek2em
    @GB-ek2em Месяц назад

    Impressive!
    I've been "tackling" this masterpiece for over one year and a half, and was trying to import myself on how to play it better. I've read a lot and seen a lot of videos on the subject, but I have to say that your analysis is by far the best of all! This video you made should be in every music school, and even in history classes (whether one is a musician or not). Indeed, the links you point out between Chopin's masterpiece, the historical context and the resilience of the Polish people (which could serve as an example to many other peoples) appear obvious and enlightening, and wonderfully help pianists to better interpret F. Chopin's score.
    Your explanations and pianistic interpretation often gave me goose bumps, and I even shed a tear even though I'm a man.
    Greg, you too are a Pole like Chopin, and I'm sure you feel what Chopin must have felt playing this piece, and you demonstrate it remarkably well.
    As a Frenchman, I would have liked F. Chopin to have felt French too, but he kept his Polish soul, and so much the better!
    Very humbly: thank you!

    • @gregniemczuk
      @gregniemczuk  Месяц назад

      Thank you so much! I deeply appreciate your comment. But Chopin's father was French and he loved his father deeply. I am sure he also felt a bit French inside. But the fact that he was raised in Poland and spent there 20 years is the main reason for his feelings. Good for us - his music came from all that!

  • @robertmueller2023
    @robertmueller2023 6 месяцев назад

    The most difficult part for me (a 4th year player) is the very beginning. Those close parallels. They seem to be hard on my long spindly fingers. Plus, it's a jarring start. Like going from 0-60 mph. Crack your knuckles first?

    • @gregniemczuk
      @gregniemczuk  6 месяцев назад

      I understand you. I recorded a tutorial on this piece. Try to find it on RUclips. I hope it will be helpful for you.
      Maybe don't play it legato?

  • @michaelminihane6660
    @michaelminihane6660 3 года назад +2

    Bravo! This was both an inspiring lecture and an uplifting interpretation. Thank you very much! Mike Minihane from Massachusetts, USA.

    • @gregniemczuk
      @gregniemczuk  3 года назад +1

      Thank you very much! All the best!

  • @miguelisaurusbruh1158
    @miguelisaurusbruh1158 Месяц назад

    thank you for ALL of these videos, my dad loves this piece and i want to see if i can learn it for him, could you tell me what's the most technically demanding part?, i always test a piece by trying to play well the hardest section of it, and if i'm able to, i have a shot at learning the piece

    • @gregniemczuk
      @gregniemczuk  Месяц назад +1

      Wonderful! Definitely the middle part with octaves in the left hand. Start from that! It's a great strategy!

    • @miguelisaurusbruh1158
      @miguelisaurusbruh1158 Месяц назад

      @@gregniemczuk thxxxx :D

  • @falkush
    @falkush 3 года назад +2

    Thank you for this!

  • @NinaAnnaOstasiuk
    @NinaAnnaOstasiuk 3 года назад +3

    💐💐💐💐🙂👌🏆

  • @goldentaurus429
    @goldentaurus429 2 года назад +2

    I am practising this masterpiece thesedays. Your analysis definately help me understand the music better!

    • @gregniemczuk
      @gregniemczuk  2 года назад +1

      I'm so happy to hear that! Good luck!

  • @marctaras9455
    @marctaras9455 3 года назад +1

    Thank you for offering so much insight into this wonderful Polonaise. I live in Canada from Polish ancestry. Naturally, I love to play Chopin and by listening to you it inspires me to want to learn this Polonaise .
    I enjoy all your lectures on Chopin pieces.

    • @gregniemczuk
      @gregniemczuk  3 года назад +1

      Thank you very much! Nice to meet you and see you here. All the best!

  • @dinamariadupreez9287
    @dinamariadupreez9287 5 месяцев назад +1

    You are so inspiring and so good. Thank you. What a privilege for young pianists to have all this. Thank you! Thank you very much. This interpretation sent shivers down my spine❤ Will listen to it many times more❤

    • @gregniemczuk
      @gregniemczuk  5 месяцев назад

      Thank you so much for your comment!

    • @sissi7746
      @sissi7746 5 месяцев назад

      ... and mine as well❣️

  • @briancoveney3080
    @briancoveney3080 Год назад

    Thinking about listening the Mr C. actually play, his own AND others pieces, too, blows my mind.

  • @yingma9604
    @yingma9604 2 года назад +1

    Thank you for your generosity and for the powerful vibes, I really loved this video and everything you say here is so fascinating, it brings our interpretation to the next level! There is a lot of deepness to what you say, I had countless music teachers and many of them just teach students to read the scores and press keys, understanding the core of the music we play is so essential but it looks like often it is not given to everyone.

    • @gregniemczuk
      @gregniemczuk  2 года назад +2

      Thank you so much! You have no idea how happy you've made me with this comment. Absolutely!!!! I agree with you! I love teaching and inspire people. I love music and I love sharing my passion to it with the world. I made analyses of all Chopin pieces during COVID-19 times. You are invited to watch them all! You can find them on playlists on my channel. Thank you again and all the best!!

    • @yingma9604
      @yingma9604 2 года назад

      @@gregniemczukWe can feel your passion in the video, it is very uplifting! It will certainly push many of us here to work harder :) and I look forward to watching all the other videos! Thanks again for the inspiration!

  • @winfriedg.hallerbach6249
    @winfriedg.hallerbach6249 2 года назад +1

    Thank you very much for your video ! In enjoyed your deep analysis, enthousiastic style, and well-thought interpretation of this marvelous piece. And the same compliment applies to your other videos on Chopin’s masterpieces !

    • @gregniemczuk
      @gregniemczuk  2 года назад +1

      Thank you so much dear Winfried. I appreciate your comment. Have a happy New Year!!

    • @winfriedg.hallerbach6249
      @winfriedg.hallerbach6249 2 года назад

      @@gregniemczuk Happy New Year to you too, dear Grzegorza ! Let 2022 be filled with music & your inspiration to make more videos - I hope that many more people will discover them here & enjoy them !

  • @syaoranoni54326
    @syaoranoni54326 7 месяцев назад

    15:54 saving this timestamp for my own purposes

  • @mariarudolph264
    @mariarudolph264 4 месяца назад

    Thanks!

    • @gregniemczuk
      @gregniemczuk  4 месяца назад

      Thank you Maria! I appreciate it!

  • @cg8233
    @cg8233 2 года назад

    This is one of my favorite pieces and all I can say is thank you for unveiling some of its mysteries and making me reflect deeper about it! I appreciate so much all your hard work as I'm sure all your viewers do as well! Please keep going! Your passion I felt so clearly and encourages me so much as a musician! Wishing you all things wonderful in this life!

  • @anickas.58
    @anickas.58 11 месяцев назад

    Ahoj Greg :).Your video tutorials are amazing, full of emotions and enthusiasm. I truly enjoy watching your piano channel.

  • @brianscalley6866
    @brianscalley6866 Год назад

    Wonderful! Thank you.

  • @smichelin19
    @smichelin19 Год назад

    that part in g major at 35:55 is so calming and satisfying

  • @goldie5788
    @goldie5788 2 года назад

    I love your devotion.
    I teachers in my country were Iike you.
    Thanks.
    You matter to me ❤️🎼❤️

  • @sissi7746
    @sissi7746 5 месяцев назад

    Merci!
    🌷🥰🌷🥰🌷

    • @gregniemczuk
      @gregniemczuk  5 месяцев назад +1

      Thank you!

    • @sissi7746
      @sissi7746 5 месяцев назад

      @@gregniemczuk You deserve so much more.

  • @luctorres9161
    @luctorres9161 Год назад

    Great tutorial thanks a lot !!! I noted that you are not repeating the first "mi" of mi mi trill ré mi la in the main theme, as written in the text .... any reason ? Thanks a lot

    • @gregniemczuk
      @gregniemczuk  Год назад +1

      Hi! Yes, the reason comes straight from Chopin's suggestions. In his piano methods he wrote (or also was saying to his students) that when there is a small note written before the trill, which is the same note as the trill note, it DOESN'T mean to repeat the note, but it means that the trill should START from this written small note. Otherwise, without this note we would start it from the upper note.

    • @luctorres9161
      @luctorres9161 Год назад

      @@gregniemczuk crystal clear !!! Thanks a lot Greg

  • @yoyichen4470
    @yoyichen4470 9 месяцев назад

    Wow! Your lecture was so exciting! This was the first time I heard an analysis of this familiar and famous polonaise. learned a lot! Thank you 🙏, your passion for music has always inspired me and of course your playing. I was lucky enough to find you on the Internet, an outstanding Polish pianist. I have always liked Eastern European music, folk melodies with singing and dancing...
    I just heard a Chinese music critic last night talking about a Chinese piano concerto called "Yellow River" created by China's "collective composers" during the Cultural Revolution in the 1970s. This play is adapted from the oratorio "Yellow River" created in 1930 when Japan occupied the birthplace of Chinese civilization. She said this concerto was deeply influenced by Chopin. After listening to your lecture today, I really understood what she was talking about. Yes, the familiar Polonaise waves of the Yellow River.
    Merry Christmas !

    • @gregniemczuk
      @gregniemczuk  9 месяцев назад

      Thank you so much! I'm happy to hear that

    • @yoyichen4470
      @yoyichen4470 9 месяцев назад

      @@gregniemczuk Can you kindly recommend some books about Chopin’s music story or life?

    • @gregniemczuk
      @gregniemczuk  9 месяцев назад

      @@yoyichen4470 I strongly recommend Alan Walker's biography!

    • @yoyichen4470
      @yoyichen4470 9 месяцев назад

      @@gregniemczuk great, I will get it.

  • @pnielloj.m3265
    @pnielloj.m3265 2 года назад

    Fantastic analysis

  • @daffyduck4195
    @daffyduck4195 Год назад

    The video sound is too low.