Heitor Villa-Lobos "O Polichinelo" played by Nathan Qi

This is definitely a fun piece that Nathan learned at age 11. Again the video came from his second concert in 2010.

Here is the descriptions from internet about this work:

This very lively little piece is an excerpt from the great South American composer's "Prole do Bebe" suite, which contains musical descriptions of a baby's dolls. This is a popular encore piece for concert performers, played sometimes so quickly as to seem almost a blur.

O polichinelo depicts the popular clown-puppet, Punch, a likable rogue who carried a stick and had a habit of knocking over anyone who disagreed with him. This one was composed the year Villa-Lobos met pianist Arthur Rubinstein. The pianist was one of the composer's most important early champions, who thrilled audiences with O Polichinelo.

While this music evokes childhood as well as anyone has since Schumann, it is by no means children's music; it is difficult, often virtuosic, piano music. The composer encouraged Rubinstein to use it as an encore by authorizing a repeat and adding a rapid glissando at the end.

Nathan would like to dedicate this video to Mrs. Ellenwood, the orchestra teacher at elementary school. Mrs. Ellenwood gave him a music theory lesson every week. What she taught helps him a lot. Thank you very much for your hard work with Nathan!

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@Aimiklingsor93 Thank you so much for the compliment!