Laurien Goedemans plays Dennis Alexander

Laurien plays the first piece of "With These Hands" by "Dennis Alexander who wrote the following in the Foreword of With These Hands: "This collection of pieces was written close to a year following the very unexpected and untimely death of my handsome and talented son, Darren Andrew Alexander,"...The following collection is a musical tribute to the life of a very special young man..." There are seven pieces in this outstanding, tender, emotional and sentient offering of the best of Alexander. His immense talent as a composer is nowhere more evident than here where the finest composing he has done is immediately evident! Each piece is lovingly and skillfully crafted. The titles of the more reflective pieces are portrayed with the use of beautiful tone colors, warm harmonies and impressionistic hints here and there. The gentle, yet expansive "Topaz Nocturne" is so poignant it captured my heart and soul on first hearing. The most robust pieces, "Dolphin Quest" and "Best Buddies," are energetic and full of life. Mr. Alexander says that the final piece, "Forever In Our Hearts" represents an "epilogue that would, in essence, summarize my feelings of love for Darren and loss over his untimely departure." For any student at this level, or teachers who love the composing of Dennis Alexander, all the selections in With These Hands should be explored in depth. The "Performance Notes" on the last page (by Alexander) give additional meaningful and helpful insights for the imagination needed to perform these pieces successfully. They are technically and musically challenging but, as always, very pianistic and accessible. Finally, Dennis Alexander is a superb pianist! The CD is absolutely wonderful and includes his "Planet Earth" and seven other pieces, all played with equal aplomb!." -----Dr. Martha Baker-Jordan, The California Music Teacher Magazine

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[jamesjung330]

omg this song is SOOOOO HARDDDD

and Dennis Alexander's songs are amazingly difficult

How long do u think i hav to practice

to become this good?

i've been playing for only like 9 years

and all i can do is Chopin and Liszt

(for the confused, the above statement is wat

u call SARCASM)

[mirmaks]

WHAT'S YOUR POINT????

[ewgrummons]

did you even let up on the pedal once? seriously,.

[tigergirl562]

Easy on the pedal.... It was good though :D

[TheMarioBrosFan]

@jamesjung330 You have no love for music. Your love is only to play the piece correctly. Go the hell.

[TheMarioBrosFan]

I swear I shook hands with him. I was in the Dennis Alexander Competition 2011 and came in 3rd place. I SWEAR :D

[x8tiffany8x]

@jamesjung330 wow, you're an asshole. who cares? i play chopin's nocturnes BECAUSE THEY'RE BEAUTIFUL. i also play dennis alexander's songs BECAUSE THEY'RE BEAUTIFUL. if you feel the music, then you feel the music...the difficulty level doesn't matter. why are you trying so hard to make yourself sound so great? haha

[Purplexold]

James, you are not welcome to the world of music. True musicians do not hate other musicians, but give them encouragement, or at least constructive criticism.

[PianoBea]

Yeah Jamesjung, you're pretty lame to say that shit. Go play some freakin' Liszt -- to NO ONE who wants to listen to you.

[palmnut]

I love this song!!!

one thing.. you might want to let up on the pedal a bit.

good job!

[Saverosso]

if you play chopin's prelude 28, its not hard

and nocturne op.10, the most beautiful piece from the composer, its not hard, only difficult to memorise ;]