Balakirev - Valse melancholique (pf. Vincent Lo)

Surprise! This is video of myself performing a piece by my favourite composer.

Valse mélancholique is the second of five waltzes composed by Mily Balakirev. It follows a sort of rondo form: A B A B A C A B A Coda. The C section is longer than the A and B sections, and can be subdivided further into C and C'. It features a characteristic pedal point on the tonic which brings out the warmth in contrast to the more brooding A and B sections. Essentially, the C section repeats itself with more elaboration with broken octaves in alternating directions, which creates a sort of elegance. As with much of Balakirev's music, this waltz is full of quick modulations that constantly pull the listener deeper and deeper into the music, creating a sort of immersive effect on the listener.

You can read more about Balakirev on Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mily_Balakirev .

Sorry for the crappy-ass video and audio quality. I really want to share with you my appreciation for Balakirev's music, but I only have a crappy webcam. :(

Hope you enjoy it!

Comments and suggestions are welcome.


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Category:

Music

Tags:

• romantic
• russian
• waltz
• melancholy
• depressing
• piano
• five
• borodin
• cui
• mussorgsky
• Rimsky
• Korsakov

[gundam606]

very beautiful sequence of notes!!!! sounds like u have an influence of chopin???

[zeryx28]

@gundam606 Thanks. The composer of this piece is Mily Balakirev, and not me, however (wish I could compose like that too). Balakirev came after Chopin, so I suppose Chopin did have some influence on Balakirev. Thanks.

[stayka]

Please post Valse Impromptu. That's like my favorite song and I'm not even into all this classical music stuff.

watch?v=MMoQlLMbx8Y <= like that one but better.

[zeryx28]

@stayka Thanks for the suggestion. I'll consider it. (Sorry for the late response.)

[BlackIsOut]

which op number is this

[wscedwin]

i love this piece but i wish your recordings were better. :(

[reinux]

he looks like an angry terrier wahaha