Russian Rag, by Elena Kats-Chernin

[zalewusful]

beauty!

[mysterywhiteboy41]

Fazioli nice. The playing is beautiful.

[c1h2e3r4r5y60]

Loved it, but the 2nd last bar, it's A sharp

[barriefeldman]

@c1h2e3r4r5y60 You're right about the A#. I can't believe I never noticed that before!

[PianistofAnime]

How old were you when you did Amus?

[barriefeldman]

@PianistofAnime 37. Better late than never.

[tigerfishgirl]

Lovely :) I'm going to record this on my next album! Can't wait.

[ASAngelo]

Magic!

[MultiAlice1998]

I am soo glad you recorded this!! I'm playing the Russian Rag for my Amus too! But people think I'm too young to pass (I'm in year 7). :'( Anyway, you played great!

[dtjazzyjazzy]

You play very nicely!

What's your piano? I've never heard of a Fazioli!

[xxgwyloxx]

sounds great :) I have to perform this for my music class

[dtjazzyjazzy]

@xxgwyloxx OMG ME TOO!

[23andyz]

i wish this was my Amus piece except i'm doing the romanian folk dances but this song is way better i think . Nice work!

[rhye93]

What else did you play for your amus?

[barriefeldman]

@rhye93 Nocturno by Manuel De Falla, Scherzo from Bartok's Suite for Piano, and a Haydn Sonata in F-major. I passed second time round.

[rhye93]

@barriefeldman Nice work, well done.Are you doing your Lmus?

[barriefeldman]

@rhye93 Lmus is going to have to wait quite a while. For now it's on the maybe one day list.

[iSpySchool]

Beautiful playing and I love your piano!

I have just had a sign read of Sunday Rag in her book of rags and that is a lot of fun too. I might attempt the Russian Rag.

[coldredblood]

this song is so majestic..

It's great the way you play much better than alot of people who play loud and fast.

[n4wgt]

I love this. I'm quite addicted to this song having heard it innumerable times during Late Night Live on RN

[Hermiester]

i'm playing this piece for AMus and i'm finding it extremely hard

[co0kii]

this i heard on Mary & Max!

it is such a lovely, haunting piece - searching up the sheet music now :)

[Petychka]

Thanks Barrie. After hearing you play this piece, I'll be choosing it for my AMus.

[maurabazzarelli]

I absolutely love that piece. Lovely playing, well done! :)

[poofypeach]

you passed ur amus?

[barriefeldman]

@poofypeach Yes - at my second attempt.

[poofypeach]

@barriefeldman congrats

I might do mine next year

your doing Lmus?

[barriefeldman]

@poofypeach Maybe one day - at the moment, LMus would be a bit out of my reach, and besides, with work, there's just no way I could fit in enough practice. Good luck with your AMus!

[poofypeach]

is thispiece hard to play?

[barriefeldman]

@poofypeach I played it for my AMusA, which should give you a rough idea of the level of difficulty. I basically chose it becuase I enjoyed it. It takes a lot of concentration, as there are various lines of melody going on at the same time which need to be shaped, but from a technical perspective, it's probably not one of the most challenging on the syllabus. I had a lot of fun with it, which has to be the best reason to choose a piece to play.

[Extraordinarium]

@poofypeach It's in the performer's certificate list for Trinity, which is meant to be a stepping stone between 8th grade and ATCL (Trinity equivalent of AMusA).

[mickey725]

hahahahahahahahah! I love this! Especially the last part. For me, it somehow gets humourous and haunting and beautiful at the same time. So complicated... love it!

[pyronaught]

I'm surprised more pianists have not discovered this piece, especially after it was used in the movie Mary and Max. It's such a great composition, yet this is the only video on youtube of anyone playing it! The sheet music is published in a book of rags by Elena for anyone that wants to aquire it.

[knighterrantfilms]

@pyronaught it does not have original themes that's why, I would say. It is like music from the US 1910-1930 and central European tunes

[lidfok]

Stunning and haunting piece, beautifully played! Thanks.

[lidfok]

Stunnung, haunting piece, well-played!

[poonietwo]

love it :)

[sooniamasinner]

oh wow.. great job :)

[ratopal]

A melancholy rag? Only in russia...

[bulboflight]

Australian composer

[ciliaspippi]

Who hails from Russia

[hdetli]

Very Good !!! Thanks for sharing this video with us :)

[tellurium]

Very well done on this piece :) I'm very jealous of your fazioli as well!

[missprincess1993]

This is great!! I've been looking for a vid of this song for ages and your playing is lovely :D