Piano Performance: "Minute Waltz" and "Rustle of Spring"

Myself (David Hopkins) performing two pieces at a piano concert in November 2007. They are:

1. "Minute Waltz" (Waltz in D flat major Op.32 No.3) by Frédéric Chopin

2. "Rustle of Spring" (Frühlingsrauschen Op.32 No.3) by Christian Sinding

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Music

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• piano
• solo
• concert
• piece
• music
• classical
• performance
• chopin
• minute
• waltz
• rustle
• of
• spring
• sinding
• fruhlingsrauschen

[AlanLeonheart]

Excellent!!! Continue so, you will be able to become a great pianist: you're so accurate and conscious, I like your style!

[aberri12311]

i play rustles of spring too!

[thrippleton]

@wateva2234 It is the "mi-newt "waltz-nothing to do with time.

Chopin wrote this whilst watching his girlfriend's dog chasing its tail.

Apt isn't it?

[chopinchef]

Two minute waltz. Hah! Joking aside, good job. Well played.

[Sempertacsil]

@atinitiny Not to discourage an1, but you never know where path of life's gonna take you. At 16, I aspired to be an accountant or electrcal-engineer but now im a security contractor overseas hopping from one country to another(currently in romania). But hey, that was my path..i wish all the BEST for your aspirations!

[atinitiny]

@Sempertacsil hey im 16 and im learning rustle of springs. :) but im going to a music college majoring in education so i dnt think ill loose any "artistry"

[Sempertacsil]

Rustles of spring was the last piece i ever 'memorized' when i was 16...then i got a driver's license & stopped caring about piano lessos :-| but now at 28, I long for those 6 yrs when I had a bit of 'artistry' in me

[wateva2234]

My friend plays rustle of spring heaps good. Almost or if not better than the quality of a high professional!!

By the way you slowed down a lot in the middle untill it got back to part A

[wateva2234]

Is the Minute waltz mi-newt or mi-nut??

lol I heard before but i can't be botherd with the piece anymore...

[Misteribel]

On "Rustle": try to choose a tempo both your hands can cope with. Rather a tad slower overall, but constant, then slowing down everytime it gets a bit harder for your left hand. I liked your beginning, though.

It's a very hard piece and unfortunately, many never master fully it but perform it nonetheless. Keep up the good work, you have enough talent to make this one shine!