I dont really listen to Handel that much, but hearing your interpretation of this makes me smile. Its a wonderful piece and brilliant interpretation! Will add this to my repertoire
A very fine performance indeed! Well done! The interpretation was great and the tempo worked very well. I have heard so many pianists play this piece way too fast. Once again, very well done! A joy to listen to.
Paul, thanks to this I finally know what Pip’s character in Great Expectations (and by extension Charles Dickens himself), was talking about. I had completely forgotten about Handel’s Blacksmith being mentioned in the novel, this was a couple of decades ago when I studied it in English literature in high school. Such a sweet and unusual piece! Especially those slightly cheeky tremolos in the first half. Thinking of Pip’s journey as I listen to this - suddenly I am 15 years old again and I feel all the delight of the world being new and fresh and my unknown future before me. What a lovely thing to experience in this time of great restriction. And yet, It is only in our minds we can truly be free! Wish you a lovely day Paul! Greetings from Bangalore. 🙂🌈🌞🙋🏻♀️
Is that extra A intentional (bar 1 beat 3, not in the score) or something you played growing up? I also remember playing trills (or a mordent?) before the end of each section - I believe you did it twice (not in the score). Great interpretation btw, I haven't played this beautiful piece in almost 28 years. Edit: I read the description late, sorry. Guess I can just look up the alternate versions
Yeah I wanted to give this comment but you did it first. I played this for my recital and was wondering why the trills and modernt aren’t being played here by him
Those musicians not in the historical performance or early music scene are not accustomed to all of the idiomatic idiosyncrasies of baroque music and therefore determine their stylistic decisions based on our modern traditions of music playing only drawing on historical idioms when absolutely necessary. Also, this is more of a tutorial of sorts than a proper more historically informed rendition.
Paul, can I ask if you are feeling the bar-lines where they are written? I can't help but feel the barline on beat 2. I've always got the feeling the bar-lines were written in the wrong place.
Hello, I have a small question and it would be wonderful if you could answer it. Do you think is is sensible for an intermediate pianist to tackle the Goldberg Variations? I've learnt the aria and now I'm in love with the other variations as well. Are there any especially technically/musically challenging variations that I need to looks out for? Thanks
Suryan Isaac BackScholar here on RUclips has a wonderful publication that makes the Goldberg variations much more accessible to less experienced players that I would highly recommend. It’s not a simplified version, but it’s a book of guided study and practice leading up to the full material of the piece.
Hi Suryaan, you can definitely try the Goldberg variations. I am an intermediate player myself and I learnt the Goldberg Variation No. 1, in fact it was searching for the tutorial to that that led me to Paul Barton’s channel three year ago! I had to work pretty hard considering I knew I was punching well above my weight limit (using a boxing metaphor there, even though I don’t watch the sport). I remember going absolutely bonkers playing Paul’s tutorial video back and forth dozens of times, and scribbling down the finger positions for each hand on my sheet music, except for one problem - I have tiny hands (classic violin hands but an octave is as far as I can go on the piano) and I had to work some of the finger positions out for myself - Paul’s hands are much larger than mine but luckily most of his fingering worked well for me. Well worth the effort. Only took me about a month of practicing to get the whole piece playing smoothly enough (if a bit slowly). I’m still astonished I managed to do it (I remember thinking - I must be nuts to try this, I’m self taught and my technique is rubbish, I can’t possibly play this piece!) Luckily for me I absolutely fell in love with the piece when I saw the movie The English Patient - the scene where Hannah joyfully plays on a piano with a broken leg in the middle of half destroyed church world war 2, in such exuberant and youthful defiance of the destruction around her, only to meet the man she would fall in love with who heard her playing it - that scene impacted me very deeply and has stayed with me. (That man in the movie was a Sikh soldier, the same community I was born into, though I’m not religious anymore). Go for it. It’s only in challenging ourselves to do things that are beyond us that we grow and evolve. I’m self taught like Paul (though nowhere in his league!) and it’s the pieces that challenge you the most that give you enormous joy when you finally start to play them with ease. I wish you luck and much fun! Hope you enjoyed me sharing my story when it comes to the Goldberg variations 🙂 🌈💫 Paul’s tutorial video on the Goldberg variations are excellent, plus I have a soft spot for the one I used back in November 2017 - was instantly mesmerised by his hands and the gentle yet deeply expressive way he played. Thanks to that video I discovered his channel and his lovely family. PS. Thanks for sharing your life and gifts with us Paul. Much love to you, Emilie and Khwan from Bangalore, India. Don’t take this the wrong way please - but I do very much enjoy playing your pieces on the tv as I wash the dishes every night (especially the Goldberg Aria), the sounds of you playing the piano turn a chore into a delight and I don’t know where time flies before it’s all done! 🙂🙏🏼🌈
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I dont really listen to Handel that much, but hearing your interpretation of this makes me smile. Its a wonderful piece and brilliant interpretation! Will add this to my repertoire
A very fine performance indeed! Well done! The interpretation was great and the tempo worked very well. I have heard so many pianists play this piece way too fast. Once again, very well done! A joy to listen to.
Wow, this is a beautifully done masterpiece
how do i keep finding you
@@KevinDevZ ikr he's becoming the new Justin Y.
My goodness, his hand independence and voicing technique are superb!
Paul, thanks to this I finally know what Pip’s character in Great Expectations (and by extension Charles Dickens himself), was talking about.
I had completely forgotten about Handel’s Blacksmith being mentioned in the novel, this was a couple of decades ago when I studied it in English literature in high school.
Such a sweet and unusual piece! Especially those slightly cheeky tremolos in the first half.
Thinking of Pip’s journey as I listen to this - suddenly I am 15 years old again and I feel all the delight of the world being new and fresh and my unknown future before me.
What a lovely thing to experience in this time of great restriction. And yet, It is only in our minds we can truly be free!
Wish you a lovely day Paul! Greetings from Bangalore.
🙂🌈🌞🙋🏻♀️
My love for this piece in particular and for classical music in general grew out of my love for Dickens so I totally feel ya! ❤
Great dynamics and precisely played. Love it!
Bravo, delightfully performed
What a charming piece of music!
Excellent interpretation, great to listen and forget the uncertainty of the future. Thank you uploading.
Wonderful piece. Great performance, Paul! Brava!
Bravo, lovely performance 🎹
Very good. At first I thought it was Bach as don’t usually associate Handel with Contrapuntal piano but this was an eye-opener. Great stuff.
He disfrutadooooooo!!!!!! Qué belleza. Gracias
Sending singing blessing's from the UK always 🌬️🌏🕊️
I am working on this one
Master piece 🙌
Hola desde México
Heandel, ...lascia pio pianga !
Saludos Emillie !!!
Nice
Is that extra A intentional (bar 1 beat 3, not in the score) or something you played growing up? I also remember playing trills (or a mordent?) before the end of each section - I believe you did it twice (not in the score). Great interpretation btw, I haven't played this beautiful piece in almost 28 years.
Edit: I read the description late, sorry. Guess I can just look up the alternate versions
Yeah I wanted to give this comment but you did it first. I played this for my recital and was wondering why the trills and modernt aren’t being played here by him
well done!
Спасибо, Пауль!!!!!
Why don’t you do the trill on that F# around 0:38
Those musicians not in the historical performance or early music scene are not accustomed to all of the idiomatic idiosyncrasies of baroque music and therefore determine their stylistic decisions based on our modern traditions of music playing only drawing on historical idioms when absolutely necessary. Also, this is more of a tutorial of sorts than a proper more historically informed rendition.
Relax and enjoy my friend!
From what I understand embellishments back then were more freestyle and performer was expected to add his own touch
Ezra, Just enjoy the music, without trying to show us how knowledgeable you are. Chill out.
abz124816 lol I was just wondering why, not showing anything off
Bravo!
Paul, can I ask if you are feeling the bar-lines where they are written? I can't help but feel the barline on beat 2. I've always got the feeling the bar-lines were written in the wrong place.
I totally agree! This piece does not feel like the meter it is written in.
The sheet music links are NOT free , they are demanding a subscription now. Can you email me the sheet music?
You can certainly handle this Handel xD
nice so far! It has been 20 seconds lol
How can i get the softy copy of this harmonisation plz I need help😮💨
if you wanna listen to guitar version, there you go: ruclips.net/video/xGF7Yl_ltqM/видео.html
*Mr Barton Remember Me im from India*
Could you play Passacaglia in g minor by Handel?
0:45
Play something of dave grusin please.
🎹👍🏻
Hello, I have a small question and it would be wonderful if you could answer it.
Do you think is is sensible for an intermediate pianist to tackle the Goldberg Variations? I've learnt the aria and now I'm in love with the other variations as well. Are there any especially technically/musically challenging variations that I need to looks out for?
Thanks
Suryan Isaac BackScholar here on RUclips has a wonderful publication that makes the Goldberg variations much more accessible to less experienced players that I would highly recommend. It’s not a simplified version, but it’s a book of guided study and practice leading up to the full material of the piece.
@@JFroTheMusician Thanks, I'll try that soon
Hi Suryaan, you can definitely try the Goldberg variations.
I am an intermediate player myself and I learnt the Goldberg Variation No. 1, in fact it was searching for the tutorial to that that led me to Paul Barton’s channel three year ago!
I had to work pretty hard considering I knew I was punching well above my weight limit (using a boxing metaphor there, even though I don’t watch the sport). I remember going absolutely bonkers playing Paul’s tutorial video back and forth dozens of times, and scribbling down the finger positions for each hand on my sheet music, except for one problem - I have tiny hands (classic violin hands but an octave is as far as I can go on the piano) and I had to work some of the finger positions out for myself - Paul’s hands are much larger than mine but luckily most of his fingering worked well for me. Well worth the effort.
Only took me about a month of practicing to get the whole piece playing smoothly enough (if a bit slowly). I’m still astonished I managed to do it (I remember thinking - I must be nuts to try this, I’m self taught and my technique is rubbish, I can’t possibly play this piece!)
Luckily for me I absolutely fell in love with the piece when I saw the movie The English Patient - the scene where Hannah joyfully plays on a piano with a broken leg in the middle of half destroyed church world war 2, in such exuberant and youthful defiance of the destruction around her, only to meet the man she would fall in love with who heard her playing it - that scene impacted me very deeply and has stayed with me. (That man in the movie was a Sikh soldier, the same community I was born into, though I’m not religious anymore).
Go for it. It’s only in challenging ourselves to do things that are beyond us that we grow and evolve. I’m self taught like Paul (though nowhere in his league!) and it’s the pieces that challenge you the most that give you enormous joy when you finally start to play them with ease.
I wish you luck and much fun! Hope you enjoyed me sharing my story when it comes to the Goldberg variations 🙂 🌈💫
Paul’s tutorial video on the Goldberg variations are excellent, plus I have a soft spot for the one I used back in November 2017 - was instantly mesmerised by his hands and the gentle yet deeply expressive way he played. Thanks to that video I discovered his channel and his lovely family.
PS. Thanks for sharing your life and gifts with us Paul. Much love to you, Emilie and Khwan from Bangalore, India. Don’t take this the wrong way please - but I do very much enjoy playing your pieces on the tv as I wash the dishes every night (especially the Goldberg Aria), the sounds of you playing the piano turn a chore into a delight and I don’t know where time flies before it’s all done! 🙂🙏🏼🌈
Why is the fast version longer that the moderate one?
Maybe he repeats the sections more often in fast mode? I'm guessing
I’m here because I’m reading Some Tame Gazelle by Barbara Pym.
Bravo!