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I've been forced to retire from playing due to a second finger injury, not that I had any real talent to begin with---I was just mediocre at best, as my videos will attest. I decided to turn to composing because I wanted to see what it felt like to write a piano concerto, seeing as how I couldn't play 'em I might as well try to write 'em.
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The Second Concerto is bigger in scope than the First. Most of the Second is already mapped out in my mind. It's just a matter now of being able to get the sounds I hear in my head onto manuscript---a difficult task as this is the first serious large-scale orchestral composing I have ever done in my life.
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"@RichBatsford I think there are many here who follow you (myself included) who would love to see a video of that jam session on Completion if you m..."
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My first ever recorded piano improvisation - a very peaceful and mellow number with a beguiling sense of calm. I hope you like the video containin...
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JoeTownley commented on Completion - performed Live by Rich Batsford
"Nice music. I'd love to see some videos of you jamming with a trio (base and drums). Possible?"
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We are waiting for the 3rd movement. Where is it?;)
And by the way.. are you the author of On ghost trails?
Thank you very very much for your comment.
Max Janßen-Müller and Benedikt Eggemeier ;)
Kind regards
Deniz
No, my name is Gijs. I host the channel. You can find my own compositions under compositions by Gijs.
If by studying you mean to one day play him, I can only say that you need a very advanced technique for 99% of everything he wrote. There are a few scattered shorter pieces he wrote that someone with medium technique could tackle, but Rach's style of writing was different from just about everyone else's. As THE greatest pianist of the 20th century (IMHO) he developed an idiom all his own. His harmonies and multiple voicings are very complex and it takes a pianist of top caliber to properly interpret his pieces.