Amy Beach was an amazing American composer. She was able to sing forty songs accurately when she was only one year old, capable of improvising counter-melody by age two, and she taught herself to read at age three. At age four, she composed three waltzes for piano during one summer at her grandfather's farm in West Henniker, New Hampshire, despite the absence of a piano. Instead, she composed the pieces mentally and played them when she returned home. "Fireflies" is the fourth part of her "Four Sketches." For each section she used a line from a work of literature to describe the emotions of the piece. For Fireflies, she used a line from Lamartine: "To be born with spring, to die with roses."
Leander, I know you won't let this comment go to your head, but we mere mortals are in awe of your talent and your knowledge of great musicians before you. May your smile always keep you grounded. Thank you for sharing Amy Beach with us and this great performance of her composition.
I continue to be amazed. I am an intermediate grade piano player. The very sight of the score for that piece of music would keep me engages for weeks. Alexander with no score sits and plays it from memory in addition to the rest of his enormous repertoire. He is someone very special.
@@Edwin48100 He most definitely has a photographic mind. I caught that the very first time saw one of his videos. And his finger and hand dexterity combined with his coordination is astounding for someone his age. I know pianists who have been playing for 40 years who don’t have that kind of dexterity or coordination! It’s really evident in the first strain of this piece, even.
👌🤩 avec un piano réparé et accordé cela t’a donné un nouvel élan 😍🤗👏 mais je ne comprends toujours pas comment tu arrives à avoir autant de partitions dans la tête sans lire la musique 🤔😃 C’est le mystère des petits prodiges 😉 … ❤️
What an interesting composition, played expertly as if in a concert hall. Leander, I don't have to tell you, you have an amazing talent, and you are so special to be sharing that talent with so many followers on this media. I am so grateful to be able to listen and watch you perform. Bravo! All the best to you and your family! Jerry
Thank you, that is a really nice thing to say to me. I think i have to learn a lot before I can play in a concert hall but I am happy that you are encouraging me
I feel the piano repairs have also given you a boost of energy i think the piano tuners magical hands transferred some extra piano DNA Into your veins an your 🧠 is piano wired 😮😅 ,Excellence appreciated, Leander thank you 😊 so. so amazing,
Can you please get a close-up camera that shows your hands on the keyboard? I want to see if there really is smoke coming off your fingers when you're playing the fast bits. You're amazing and incredible ‼ The way you learn new pieces so quickly is astonishing 🤷♂🤯
This appeared in my recommended as Amy Beach is my favorite composer. Her compositions are extremely rewarding to listen to and learn, and I'm thrilled to see someone so young playing one of her most difficult pieces!
Leander, wonderful job on this song. I'm so glad that you friend came to fix the piano. You're improving and I can't wait for your next one. I think you should have a contest to guess what state you call home! You know I'm in oregon and you came through it once. I hope I live long enough to see you at a concert.
Definitely one of your best! Awesome job, Leander! Btw, for your Holiday series (if you plan on doing one,) here are a couple suggestions: 1.) Silver Sleigh Bells by E T Paull (1906) 2.) Goodbye Summer, So Long Fall, Hello Wintertime, by Jack Mahoney and Percy Wenrich (1913)
That sounds like a very complex piece, Leander, but you did an amazing job with it. I also noticed that the D a couple of octaves below middle C on your piano is no longer stuck in the depressed position, and your piano sounds great in the last couple of videos, so I’m guessing you’ve had a visit from a piano technician?
This is amazing! Sounds like Amy Beach was amazing too. Thanks for the history facts about songs! Thanks for your music. This piece does not sound easy to play and you play it so well!
Hey, friend! I believe the musical term for a song like that is "Allegro Assai" and you played it perfectly. Whether or not I used the right terminology, I enjoyed the lively song.
Amazingly brilliant! Fantastic! Can you perhaps learn something soothing to play for us? Something we can listen to at bedtime? That would be very nice.
Still a boy, Leander means a lion among men, and I think you are aptly named. This is the first of your performances that youtube sent to my television set, and I was quickly enamored. I am working through everything, and I'm very impressed. I come from a very musical family. One of my cousins owned a piano given to her by Sergei Rachmaninoff. Her name was Emma Endres-Kountz, and she was a concert pianist. Your ability to commit so much to memory shows your innate talent, just as natural as a person like me who can sing without a score, even when it is a big work in another language. I hope that life allows you to pursue everything your mind and heart wishes for, and you get only the best encouragement as you grow. Maybe one day I'll hear you play the Overture to The Marriage of Figaro by Mozart, runs about up to 4:30, and I know that there are versions of the score made up for performance on piano. You have very special gifts, and we are all very fortunate to enjoy you sharing them with us. I wish you and your family and friends a happy and safe holiday season. Keep smiling, it brings joy to the hearts of those watching and listening, and comes from your both face and your heart. 😊
@@wisconsinatIon Thank you for writing such a nice message to me. I think that is really amazing that your cousin had a piano from Rachmaninoff. I like Rachmaninoff very much. Some day I will try to learn that Mozart overture. I am glad you like my videos and I am happy that you are able to sing without a score. I need to practice singing more.
Magnificent, very enjoyable. Thank you!! ❤ It sounds like the piano got tuned a little as well. I hope you enjoy it. I also hope you hurry up and wear that one out so they can get you a much bigger one! 😄 Thank you for sharing your playing with us.
Leander that is a tremendous technical display. Really fantastic! But I'm most amazed. . .FINALLY. . .the low D is fixed. Congratulations. Does it take some getting used to now that you get a response when hitting it? 😃🎵🎹🎶
Buddy! Holy cow! Your fingers and hands are in fire! I am so impressed with your performance! How long have you been practicing this busy piece of music??
Quite a powerful rendition ! -- Your little digits were "presto con molto agitato" -- a difficult line to read, yet play -- Easily a collegiate manner --- Flex your tempo to meet the bar, Angel -- Beautiful ❤
That's sweet. My great grandmother lived above a funeral home. My great grandfather was an Undertaker back in the day. But I always enjoyed visiting her. Maybe that's why I went to mortuary school. But I was about your age when she passed away. 8 Dan. @@Leander-piano
@@Leander-piano Piano teachers teach people who don't know how to play, you obviously know how to play. I don't think they would be able to help you much Fireflies was a very difficult piece and you played it from memory while smiling and not looking at the keys. You have great range from rag to classical. I think it would be frustrating for a teacher to find something to teach you that you don't already know. I hope you get some feedback from professional musicians or conductors about your music. I think you sound great as is. Thank you
@@jrpanciotti8863 Thank you for saying that you think I play so well. I think that a teacher will help me use good techniques for the way I move my hands and arms and fingers and that can help me play better
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Amy Beach was an amazing American composer. She was able to sing forty songs accurately when she was only one year old, capable of improvising counter-melody by age two, and she taught herself to read at age three. At age four, she composed three waltzes for piano during one summer at her grandfather's farm in West Henniker, New Hampshire, despite the absence of a piano. Instead, she composed the pieces mentally and played them when she returned home.
"Fireflies" is the fourth part of her "Four Sketches." For each section she used a line from a work of literature to describe the emotions of the piece. For Fireflies, she used a line from Lamartine: "To be born with spring, to die with roses."
Interesting. She seems to have been very talented at a young age much like you
An amazing composer, for certain. I wonder about a fellow named Leander, will he be composing someday?
@@dylan-kerry Thank you.
I think she was more talented than me
@@jna9888I would like to compose
I have started to improvise a lot
@@Leander-piano “to be born with spring, to die with roses”, reminds me of Chopin.
Crikey!
You’re like a firefly yourself: flying up and down the keyboard and lighting everywhere up.
Absolutely brilliant!
Lovely to hear and watch, so happy to see the "D" key has been repaired.
I could picture the fireflies dancing in the night sky outside my window as I listened. Beautiful!
Ikr? Amazing piece of music played by an extraordinary young man!
A recital from the highly talented Amy Beach, by the highly gifted (and talented ! ) Leander! You shine. ❤️
That smile gets me every time! This young lad is very happy when he is immersed in music!!
Leander, I know you won't let this comment go to your head, but we mere mortals are in awe of your talent and your knowledge of great musicians before you. May your smile always keep you grounded. Thank you for sharing Amy Beach with us and this great performance of her composition.
Very well stated, indeed. BRAVO!
I agree with these sentiments!
I continue to be amazed. I am an intermediate grade piano player. The very sight of the score for that piece of music would keep me engages for weeks. Alexander with no score sits and plays it from memory in addition to the rest of his enormous repertoire. He is someone very special.
How…do…you…do…that? You certainly brought the glittering, darting, little fireflies to life.❤
His fingers and hands are on fire! That’s amazing for a person his age!
There you go again! Great job. 😂❤
Leander, you never cease to amaze us! Those cascading thirds in the right hand are very well-executed. Bravo!
Thank you!!!!!!!! for sharing your joyous music with us~~~~~and bringing light and beauty to so many~~❤❤❤❤❤
You are a star Leander,we are all thrilled to hear you play…won’t be long before we hear your own compositions I,m sure…keep smiling.
Wow, I’ve never heard a lot of your songs before Leander so now I’m learning a lot about them now. ⭐️👍👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
The ability to have all these pieces memorized is simply superhuman
I think he has a photogenic memory.
@@Edwin48100 He certainly has a photogenic smile.
@@Edwin48100
He most definitely has a photographic mind. I caught that the very first time saw one of his videos. And his finger and hand dexterity combined with his coordination is astounding for someone his age. I know pianists who have been playing for 40 years who don’t have that kind of dexterity or coordination! It’s really evident in the first strain of this piece, even.
@@stevenchacala
… that travels from one ear to the other!
👌🤩 avec un piano réparé et accordé cela t’a donné un nouvel élan 😍🤗👏 mais je ne comprends toujours pas comment tu arrives à avoir autant de partitions dans la tête sans lire la musique 🤔😃
C’est le mystère des petits prodiges 😉 … ❤️
Beautiful a very difficult piece to play and you did it wonderfully Leander ❤ keep smiling 😁
You amaze me each and every day!
Absolutely beautiful, to God be the glory!
Yes, amen!!
We can see the fireflies through this music🧚♀️! And this piece is so well played, bravo Leander!👏👏👏
What an interesting composition, played expertly as if in a concert hall. Leander, I don't have to tell you, you have an amazing talent, and you are so special to be sharing that talent with so many followers on this media. I am so grateful to be able to listen and watch you perform. Bravo! All the best to you and your family! Jerry
Thank you, that is a really nice thing to say to me.
I think i have to learn a lot before I can play in a concert hall but I am happy that you are encouraging me
I feel the piano repairs have also given you a boost of energy i think the piano tuners magical hands transferred some extra piano DNA Into your veins an your 🧠 is piano wired 😮😅 ,Excellence appreciated, Leander thank you 😊 so. so amazing,
Incredible skill and technique, Smiler. If finger gymnastics were an olympic event you'd be a serial GOLD MEDALIST ....
Well - THAT one ws a lot of fun! I like how you play pieces that make you happy -- you make us happy too!
For sure!!
Yes it is fun. I am going to learn the other parts too
Wow. That piece adds meaning to the phrase, "Tickling the ivories!"
Leander, you’ve caught those fireflies in this piece and put them in a RUclips jar for all of us to enjoy!
Awesome as always.
Can you please get a close-up camera that shows your hands on the keyboard? I want to see if there really is smoke coming off your fingers when you're playing the fast bits. You're amazing and incredible ‼ The way you learn new pieces so quickly is astonishing 🤷♂🤯
Mais comment fais-tu ? Tu es fabuleux !
Leander your playing and Smile and your new keys are Wonderful ✌️❤️
Yes I feel his playing and smile an enthusiasm are such agreat bonus,
Beautiful....As always my blessings...
Thank you for always encouraging me and enjoying my videos
Hello Leander.
Wonderful playing of a difficult piece.
Have a lovely day.
Kev, Manchester UK
It is such a lovely piece. I like how you're at the piano and then really go for it, no fear, all joy. Thanks for bringing a bright spot to my day.
I am glad that it helped your day be nice
Stunning Leander as always. I see the key / hammer has been repaired on your piano 👍🏻
Wow! Just wow! I'm speechless!
This appeared in my recommended as Amy Beach is my favorite composer. Her compositions are extremely rewarding to listen to and learn, and I'm thrilled to see someone so young playing one of her most difficult pieces!
@@ZWheels_ What are some of your favorite pieces that she wrote?
Very colorful piece!
You will be a concert pianist one day. What an amazing memory you have.
Your pianoplaying is fearless Leander!
A very accomplished performance! You brighten everyone’s day.
What a lovely rendition by a very clever boy. Well done, love it. 😊
thank you......
One word : BRILLIANT !!
🎹🎼🎵🎶🎵🎹
You are amazing, Leander! Thank you.
Amazing job Leander. I'm a beginner piano player at the old age of 54 and it's a very hard instrument to master. You make it look so easy. Well donr
Thank you for saying that.
I think you can get really good if you keep practicing.
What kind of songs do you want to play?
Great work Leander!
Leander, wonderful job on this song. I'm so glad that you friend came to fix the piano. You're improving and I can't wait for your next one. I think you should have a contest to guess what state you call home! You know I'm in oregon and you came through it once. I hope I live long enough to see you at a concert.
Beautiful
Definitely one of your best! Awesome job, Leander!
Btw, for your Holiday series (if you plan on doing one,) here are a couple suggestions:
1.) Silver Sleigh Bells by E T Paull (1906)
2.) Goodbye Summer, So Long Fall, Hello Wintertime, by Jack Mahoney and Percy Wenrich (1913)
I am glad you thought it was one of my best songs.
I will listen to those songs that you told me about
@Leander-piano thanks. Happy Holidays!
That sounds like a very complex piece, Leander, but you did an amazing job with it. I also noticed that the D a couple of octaves below middle C on your piano is no longer stuck in the depressed position, and your piano sounds great in the last couple of videos, so I’m guessing you’ve had a visit from a piano technician?
Just beautiful Leander 😊
Your fingers fly like the fireflies! Breathtaking! 👏👏👏
Wow!
That was amazing! 🤗
Glad someone fixed the Piano----
Wow! I love it!❤
You are incredible
Your piano sounds GREAT!!!
This is amazing! Sounds like Amy Beach was amazing too. Thanks for the history facts about songs! Thanks for your music. This piece does not sound easy to play and you play it so well!
BRAVO! ❤
Great tune.. And your dynamics are getting better as well.. Keep up the practicing 😎💙
I love your playing and I think you love to play.
Ciao dall'Italia! Bravissimo!
Ciao
I am very happy that you can watch my videos in Italy.
Thanks for the bright spot in my afternoon
Glad to see your piano's stuck key got repaired.
Hey, friend! I believe the musical term for a song like that is "Allegro Assai" and you played it perfectly. Whether or not I used the right terminology, I enjoyed the lively song.
I am really glad that you liked it
New to the channel but wow, I'm blown away. Amazing skill, kid! I can't imagine how skilled you'll be a few years from now. Keep up the great work!
Thank you for saying such a nice thing. I will keep practicing.
Very nice 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉Thank you❤❤❤❤❤
You're special.
Como é bom ver a tecla Re consertada !!!
You're getting better and better. Impressive.
Afinou o piano 😊.
I can just picture the fireflies in my mind thanks to your expert performance. Thank you!
👍👏👏👏👏👏
Amazing!
Great tune. I'm very happy your sticky key got some attention. Hopefully a nice piano tuning is coming soon too. :)
Bravo! : )
your kicking butt with that new (fixed) pianoforte. Thanks for some Amy Beach an amazing composer/musician.
Bravo! Greetings from Lake Zurich
@@peterm.8386 I am very happy that you watched me in Switzerland.
Someday I will go to Switzerland
Leander, you are the King of the Keys!
Загадковий Леандре! Вітаю з оновленим інструментом! Тепер, напевно, грати набагато приємніше! А музика - неперевршена!
Marvelous work, Leander! What a delightful piece, well played! Bravo young Sir!
@@RobertJohnsonmusic I am glad you liked it.
I think it is a really beautiful song.
@@Leander-piano Thank you so much for the kind reply!
You take my breath away! You are in a class with the angels! Is there a book about this child prodigy, Leander? What is his story?
Amazingly brilliant! Fantastic! Can you perhaps learn something soothing to play for us? Something we can listen to at bedtime? That would be very nice.
Leander, I almost saw those little fireflies dancing in the dark evening sky...
Still a boy, Leander means a lion among men, and I think you are aptly named. This is the first of your performances that youtube sent to my television set, and I was quickly enamored. I am working through everything, and I'm very impressed. I come from a very musical family. One of my cousins owned a piano given to her by Sergei Rachmaninoff. Her name was Emma Endres-Kountz, and she was a concert pianist. Your ability to commit so much to memory shows your innate talent, just as natural as a person like me who can sing without a score, even when it is a big work in another language. I hope that life allows you to pursue everything your mind and heart wishes for, and you get only the best encouragement as you grow. Maybe one day I'll hear you play the Overture to The Marriage of Figaro by Mozart, runs about up to 4:30, and I know that there are versions of the score made up for performance on piano. You have very special gifts, and we are all very fortunate to enjoy you sharing them with us. I wish you and your family and friends a happy and safe holiday season. Keep smiling, it brings joy to the hearts of those watching and listening, and comes from your both face and your heart. 😊
@@wisconsinatIon Thank you for writing such a nice message to me.
I think that is really amazing that your cousin had a piano from Rachmaninoff.
I like Rachmaninoff very much. Some day I will try to learn that Mozart overture.
I am glad you like my videos and I am happy that you are able to sing without a score. I need to practice singing more.
@Leander-piano Thank you for sharing your gift with the world, Leander.
Magnificent, very enjoyable. Thank you!! ❤
It sounds like the piano got tuned a little as well. I hope you enjoy it. I also hope you hurry up and wear that one out so they can get you a much bigger one! 😄 Thank you for sharing your playing with us.
Leander that is a tremendous technical display. Really fantastic! But I'm most amazed. . .FINALLY. . .the low D is fixed. Congratulations. Does it take some getting used to now that you get a response when hitting it? 😃🎵🎹🎶
Buddy! Holy cow! Your fingers and hands are in fire! I am so impressed with your performance! How long have you been practicing this busy piece of music??
Seemed to take so much concentration
Quite a powerful rendition ! -- Your little digits were "presto con molto agitato" -- a difficult line to read, yet play -- Easily a collegiate manner --- Flex your tempo to meet the bar, Angel -- Beautiful ❤
Wonderful stuff! And... looks like you got that stuck key fixed.
Yes one of my subscribers named Jeremy Borum fixed it for me and tuned the piano too
great pumpkin waltz plz
Your key got fixed! Yay
I can't believe how fast those dainty digits get to going. I like your title, The Dreaming Piano. Very nice but what does the 1445 stand for
I bet it's his house number 🤔
@@bevtooth it was my great grandmother's house number because that was one of my favorite places to go
@@Leander-piano 💫❤️💫
That's sweet. My great grandmother lived above a funeral home. My great grandfather was an Undertaker back in the day. But I always enjoyed visiting her. Maybe that's why I went to mortuary school. But I was about your age when she passed away. 8
Dan. @@Leander-piano
Oh my, such talent! How old are you?
would you like to be in my piano contest?
beautiful, you played it masterfully. Are you still getting lessons or did your teacher throw up their hands and say this kid does not need a teacher.
I have not had lessons because I don't have a teacher yet but we are trying to find one for me
@@Leander-piano Piano teachers teach people who don't know how to play, you obviously know how to play. I don't think they would be able to help you much Fireflies was a very difficult piece and you played it from memory while smiling and not looking at the keys. You have great range from rag to classical. I think it would be frustrating for a teacher to find something to teach you that you don't already know. I hope you get some feedback from professional musicians or conductors about your music. I think you sound great as is. Thank you
@@jrpanciotti8863 Thank you for saying that you think I play so well.
I think that a teacher will help me use good techniques for the way I move my hands and arms and fingers and that can help me play better
Another masterpiece, and a big thank you to Jamie for fixing the piano
Wow!
Amazing!