Robert Hill Teaches Harpsichord: Francois Couperin

A clip from a teaching session (in German), demonstrating Francois Couperin's "Les Charmes"

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Music

Tags:

• harpsichord
• baroque
• keyboard
• classical

[snetzler]

Lacks charm

[Braybaroque]

(1) It all seems to show that he is not sight reading, (2) I did not say that Robert Hill's sight reading abilities are poor: this is most unlikely, (3) I did say that this is not a difficult piece at all.

[Terrdemarzielle]

@Braybaroque Do you think when he recorded those incredibly difficult pieces he was sight reading? Do you think a keyboard player whose sight reading ability is poor can not be classed as an 'advanced student?' Do you think a teacher who is focused on the objective of teaching is really concerned about playing everything as accurately as possible as opposed to conveying a point concerning musicality to their pupil?

[stasafify]

It is amazing what one can do in a recording studio.......

[Braybaroque]

It is good to show first the harmonic progression in arpeggio chords, and only then play the piece with is fully written-out broken chords. A very stylish performance. I fail however to understand the reason for so many wrong notes, in a technically undemanding piece piece that any advanced student can play with no problem at first sight. Issues with the instrument perhaps? Robert Hill has recorded-impeccably-pieces orders of magnitude more difficult.

[doutoreinstein]

Lindo instrumento

[cabottobac]

Robert Hill is truly a great musician ... you can find so many examples on youtube and CD's!

[Tat2NY]

Jeez... I need to find the music for this...  harmonies are wonderful. Hill is certainly a very suave man, besides a genius!

[rockmusscarcella]

Nice to hear and hard to play ;(

SUPER BEAUTIFULL (L)

[malibumusic]

Robert Hill is amazingly great ... I believe that the harpsichord may have been built by his brother, Keith Hill (another master).