Cécile Chaminade: Sérénade, Op. 29 for piano

Only two pieces by Chaminade (1857-1944) are regularly heard: the concert study 'Automne', and the flute Concertino, but most of her piano works are now available on disk. The Sérénade is representative of her style. It could be open to criticism for lacking textural variety, although the melody does switch between registers several times.
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Played by Phillip Sear
http://www.psear.co.uk

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[cornwall59]

I have got this piece arranged for the organ, its really something special, i enjoyed your playing of it very much.

[PSearPianist]

@cornwall59 Thanks very much. Although I play the organ, I can't see myself doing justice to this on the instrument.

[cedricrlongreen]

Can you please play Chaminade's Nocturne op.165. I can't get a hold of the sheet music and Peter Jacobs is the only one who's recorded the piece I believe. It's a beautiful piece. I think I can't find the music because it was published in 1925, copyright stuff

[PSearPianist]

@cedricrlongreen Thanks for your comment. I don't have the nocturne. Unfortunately for posterity, Chaminade lived a long time, and her music is still in copyright in the EU for a few more years. If I am still making videos in 2015 I will certainly do it from any copy I can get, but until then, I could only do it from bought or borrowed original printed score.

[cedricrlongreen]

Okay I pressed pause and I still heard the piano lol. That was a little freaky.

[PSearPianist]

@cedricrlongreen Like me, you probably have a computer that is a bit slow processing the real time streaming from YouTube.

[cedricrlongreen]

@PSearPianist Actually I had another window up playing the same thing without knowing it.lol

[PSearPianist]

@kingjepoy Thank you for that. I must play some more Chaminade myself!

[kingjepoy]

Delightful piece! I'm looking for something to complement Chaminade's Autumn which I've recently learned. I think this one is pretty good!

[jglsd1]

@EdwardWhelanPiano I find her music much more suited to my tastes than Debussy or Ravel. I know I'm in the minority on this..