Grieg Sonata in E minor, op7 (1st mvmt) - Thomas Guiot

This is me playing first movement of grieg sonata in e minor.
The tempo says "allegro moderato", which, in my case is not moderato at all! i realised that only after listening to this video... anyway for those who had seen my mendelssohn concerto, this is same concert, one year after... imho this is musically far better than my previous performance (but still far from perfect either :-)
this will be part of my conservatory exam in september, i still have time to improve everything that's "wrong" in this...

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[vvozzeck]

hi! I like your musicality, very sensible, i like how you blend things, phrases, and make rythms also have expressive meaning, and how you build shapes, i like the playing!. I might just say try to make them fit even more into a bigger picture -decide an overall hierarchy of meanings... Keep tension and direction especially in those "quieter" passages where very little happens! Nice!

[tguiot]

yes, that's something i noticed too... sounds more like i added small parts of the piece together, and they don't always connect well... anyway, thank you for your comment !

[AnatTheMusketeer]

Amazing!

[maxi36440529]

well... i'm almost 18 n i know i CERTAINLY can't xD

it doesn't depend on ur age, but on the years u've been studying piano, n the feelings u may have about music :)

stupid comment, i know, sorry xD

good luck! :D

[englishplayer40]

It's strangely difficult to capture the right tempo for this movement, so don't be too apologetic! Yes, you took it a bit fast, but it's a much more msuical and authentic performance than many give it. The key is to capture the romanticness of the theme and allow the phrases space to breathe (hence 'moderato') but not lose the dramatic impetus and forecful elements of it. Not easy!

[addeex1]

Well everyone find things diffrent right?;)

[kakeygirl9312]

im playing this now and it looks easy but it isnt when you add all the proper dyamics. Also the perfect touch on each key

[grayzkule]

I love this song. It's my life theme song.

[addeex1]

I was around 12-13 when I played this and I found it not hard at all.

[yesruocbc]

How hard is this piece? i am 13 and really want to play it, do you think i could?

[rickelmonoggin]

Am thinking of learning this piece. Notice that the left hand in the first few bars stretches from the E to the octave of the G above it. Do you need big hands for this piece, or can you play it with small stubby fingers?

[MCarey0608]

Mr. Guiot, I love your musical and technical expression. This is perhaps the most exciting interpretation of the first movement of Grieg's E-Minor Piano Sonata (Opus 7) I have heard to date. What an inspiration. I feel compelled to rush into my music library to retrieve and relearn this fine work.