Teammate on most recent team gave me this parting feedback: “I learned a ton, we got lots done, our team dynamics were awesome, and I’ve never felt this kind of team feeling before.”

If your business makes software, I might be good for your business.

https://schmonz.com/snac/schmonz/p/1750949585.435936

To celebrate 5 hours of #dailypiano, here's my favorite #Bortkevych by far — no #pianominiature even if well played, but rarely do we hear his strength and sweetness combine so organically.

"The Rocks of Uch-Kosh", from Sketches of Crimea. https://youtu.be/_3rAo9nbdN0 #ukraine 🇺🇦

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My Medtner performance was recorded by Joe Patrych, the big-dealiness of which I later came to understand. The main thing is, it sounds good. https://youtu.be/Dt7xzgkIQR4

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15 years ago today, I performed #Medtner in midtown Manhattan. My memory, evidently full from my first and last recital in many years, had not seen fit to record that someone played #Bortkiewicz just minutes before.

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Back in the land of properly tiny #pianominiatures, here’s the third of Bortkiewicz’s Op. 30 Aus Andersens Märchen (“From Andersen’s Fairy Tales”), Der standhafte Zinnsoldat (“The Steadfast Tin Soldier”).

https://youtu.be/GS7r3QAEk48

#dailypiano #pianominiature #classicalpiano #classicalmusic #romanticism #piano #bortkiewicz #bortkevych

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@aza_leah now I have kids and they require infinite time

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In Bortkiewicz’s world, every Lamentation is followed by a Consolation, every minor key by the major. Would that it were so in ours. Here’s the Op. 17 Consolation corresponding to what happened here yesterday 😜

https://youtu.be/oIHkJMXVF0o

#dailypiano #pianominiature #bortkevych

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@sevan@mastodon.sdf.org not prepared for THOSE kind of problems

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@sevan@mastodon.sdf.org that just about covers it

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Finally a bit more piano time in the morning, so a #pianominiature that’s a bit less mini. For today’s #dailypiano #Bortkiewicz, we open up his four pairs of Lamentations and Consolations. This is the first Lamentation, Op. 17 #1.

https://youtu.be/ubiHP-V4HvU

#bortkevych #ukrainian

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For today’s #dailypiano #pianominiature, another quick little one (compared to the usual, which is really saying something). Bortkiewicz Aus Andersens Märchen Op. 30 #2: Die Glocke (“The Bell”).

https://youtu.be/NQOmxAM8AgU

#piano #pianomusic #pianominiatures #classicalpiano #classicalmusic #romanticism #bortkiewicz #bortkevych #ukrainian

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No #dailypiano, just a few minutes to read through a piece.

"Is that Bortkiewicz?" asks B. Yup.

"It's _nice_." Yup.

Can't imagine his music changing anyone's life like Medtner's changed mine. You hear it, you've heard it. But it's serious, honest, tuneful, with great moments.

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Time’s tight today for #dailypiano. Here’s a quick little Bortkiewicz Prelude, Op. 33 #3 in D major.

https://youtu.be/LwnYxz2tsdE

#pianominiatures #pianominiature #piano #pianomusic #classicalpiano #classicalmusic #romanticism #bortkiewicz #bortkevych #ukrainian

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Bortkiewicz’s #pianominiatures are not exclusively idyllic fairy-tale settings. There are pairs of Lamentations and Consolations, (which we’ll visit), for instance, and some of the Preludes also run darker. For today’s #dailypiano, the Op. 33 #6 Prelude: https://youtu.be/E_REwc3rOCA

#pianominiature #piano #pianomusic #classicalpiano #classicalmusic #romanticism #bortkiewicz #bortkevych #ukrainian

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@joeyh an instant modern classic

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7 years ago today: https://agilein3minut.es/21

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@sevan@mastodon.sdf.org recorded before a live audience 🙂

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This is my 100th #dailypiano #pianominiature!

The full playlist, 4.5 hours of little morsels of good music played no less than half-decently: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLkuryjnRFclQJqoIVpk9W9-eIRswejo-R

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Yesterday, parents got a live Bortkiewicz show. Today, back to recording. Here’s another #dailypiano #pianominiature from Bortkiewicz’s Aus Andersens Märchen Op. 30, this time #4 Der Engel (“The Angel”). https://youtu.be/WX0oBZnHaO8

#pianominiatures #classicalpiano #classicalmusic #piano #pianomusic #romanticism #bortkiewicz

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Our next #dailypiano #pianominiature composer is usually spelled Bortkiewicz in Latin letters (Polish ancestry), but because he was Ukrainian, one sometimes sees Bortkevych.

From his Op. 30 Aus Andersens Märchen (“From Andersen’s Fairy Tales”), here’s The Princess and the Pea.

https://youtu.be/1E-tiPp861s

#pianominiatures #piano #pianomusic #classicalpiano #classicalmusic #romanticism #bortkiewicz #bortkevych

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CD the fourth is ready for my parents. #grieg #dailypiano #pianominiatures

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I’m putting my foot down, and I don’t mean on the pedals. The 4th CD of #dailypiano #pianominiatures is full; this has to be enough Grieg for now. Here’s Skogstillhet (“Peace in the Woods”), Op. 71 #4, without that wooden piece corresponding to C sharp. https://youtu.be/pKE_yKxgSoY

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Today’s #dailypiano #pianominiature is short and sweet, like some kids I know. Grieg Lyric Piece Op. 38 #3 Melodi. https://youtu.be/N2a_dsTADzw

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Gotta figure out how #dailypiano will work on Saturdays. Usually I record in the morning, but German classes for my boys just started up. Germany’s one of their countries. Here’s one of Grieg’s Lyric Pieces to match: Op. 43 #3 I hjemmet (“In my homeland”). https://youtu.be/BmIzGx0UAE0

#pianominiatures #pianominiature #piano #classicalpiano #classicalmusic #romanticism #grieg

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Beautiful summer weather. In a few hours, slightly bigger than usual Friday family get-together, at our place. Using my minutes between shuttling kid 2 and kid 1, here’s Grieg’s Lyric Piece Op. 71 #2 Sommeraften (“Summer’s eve”), dappled sunbeams and all. https://youtu.be/5gJ-hVhz4J8

#dailypiano #pianominiature #pianominiatures #piano #classicalmusic #classicalpiano #romanticism #grieg

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Another strange and wonderful find among Grieg’s Lyric Pieces, heard for the first time yesterday and playing through for the third time here: Op. 54 #1 Gjetergutt (“Shepherd’s boy”).

https://youtu.be/fhn-UjB_YKg

#dailypiano #pianominiatures #grieg #classicalmusic #classicalpiano

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Tiny, tasteful twists of Beethoven’s Moonlight and Schumann’s Fantasie garnishing a unique sound world. Fascinating piece.

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Drizzly café morning listening to more new-to-my-ears Grieg’s Lyric Pieces, some of them astonishing. Here’s one. I doubt much of the magic made its way into my third reading, but my body’s still vibrating as I type this.

Op. 62 #5 Drømmesyn (Phantom).

https://youtu.be/ii16kGewt1Y

#dailypiano #piano #classicalpiano #romanticism #pianominiature #pianominiatures #grieg

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@CodingItWrong@mastodon.technology congratulations!

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It’s been a solid couple #dailypiano weeks of Grieg’s Lyric Pieces. I sorta want to get into something else. But when flipping through scores keeps turning up gems I’ve not yet heard, it’s hard to step away.

Here’s another: Op. 43 #5 Erotikk (“Erotikon”). https://youtu.be/djzrKDOFFjY

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Before we head out for the day, here’s a quick phone recording of Grieg’s Op. 71 #1 Der var engang (“Once upon a time”).

https://youtu.be/CWGR_Y2IJCE

#dailypiano #pianominiature #pianominiatures #classicalmusic #classicalpiano #romanticism #grieg #lyricpieces

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Today’s Grieg Lyric Piece is the Op. 38 #1 Berceuse. It rocks, in the back-and-forth sense. https://youtu.be/atR9sRhlJZQ #dailypiano #pianominiature #pianominiatures #piano #classicalpiano #classicalmusic #romanticism #grieg

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Home from driving around a sick kid for an hour’s nap, with a few minutes before everyone’s quiet time, here’s an almost-but-not-quite-solo reading of Grieg’s Lyric Piece Op. 43 #2 Ensom vandrer (“Solitary traveler”).

https://youtu.be/W6Zz5EaAkTs

#dailypiano #pianominiature #pianominiatures #piano #classicalpiano #romanticism #grieg

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@ryan_harg 💖

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Today’s #dailypiano #pianominiature was selected from Grieg’s Lyric Pieces to appeal maximally to my dad’s musical tastes, and was embargoed until he and I could listen to it together — several times. Success!

Grieg’s Op. 65 #5 I balladetone (“Ballad”): https://youtu.be/eeAw66MIqIU

#piano #pianominiatures #classicalpiano #romanticism #grieg

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For today’s #dailypiano #pianominiature, it’s yet another old favorite of mine from Grieg’s Lyric Pieces: Op. 71 #6 Forbi (“Gone”). Not a lot of notes, but some of them are C#, and the rest are tricky to hold together on the maybe 5th read-through.

https://youtu.be/eAYlrvgpa4w #piano #pianominiatures #classicalpiano #romanticism #grieg

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Another Grieg Lyric Piece that I’m playing for the first time today, acquired quickly thanks to decades of listening: Op. 54 #4, Notturno (“Nocturne”).

https://youtu.be/HVMYfxetZRc

#dailypiano #piano #pianominiature #pianominiatures #classicalpiano #romanticism #grieg

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Hoo boy, today’s #dailypiano #pianominiature could REALLY use a C# that works. And maybe some more nuance in the keyboard action. (And more technique, but let’s be realistic.)

Grieg Lyric Pieces, Op. 68 No. 5, Bådnlåt (“At the cradle”):

https://youtu.be/o1EV-MKOyRY

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Yesterday was #playmusicontheporchday. Today, we’re back to one (and only one) #dailypiano #pianominiature from Grieg’s Lyric Pieces, another that I’ve known and loved and am finally playing with my own two human hands: Op. 47 #3 “Melodi”. https://youtu.be/2JM6ORSxKxM

#pianominiatures #piano #classicalpiano #romanticism #grieg

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For #playmusicontheporchday I sat out on the almost-porch and played for a couple hours. Medtner, Alkan, Satie, Grieg, Rachmaninov, and Schumann. Maybe there's a piece you'd want to hear again, after I've worked on it. 🤪 #classicalmusic #classicalpiano

https://youtu.be/rhLZjKO5NXU

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It’s #playmusicontheporchday! I won’t be playing music on the porch. Piano’s in the adjoining room, though, and the windows’ll be open.

For those of you not in my neighborhood, follow my Twitch to be notified when I’m playing: https://www.twitch.tv/schmonzie #dailypiano

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Here’s one of Grieg’s Lyric Pieces that I’ve heard (and loved) for decades. Finally putting hands to Op. 57 #6, Heimweh (“Homesickness”). Hands are pretty happy. What differences in style do you notice from the earlier Op. 12 works?

https://youtu.be/bdNng0lclOo #dailypiano #dailypiano #pianominiature #pianominiatures #classicalpiano #romanticism #grieg

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Just an ordinary neighborhood omen. I like how this one’s boding.

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Continuing my discovery-by-hands of Grieg’s Op. 12 Lyric Pieces, here’s #5 Folkevise (“Popular melody”). Characteristic of this thread, we really miss that C#. #piano #dailypiano #pianominiature #pianominiatures #classicalpiano #romanticism #grieg

https://youtu.be/lDp4mZs39Kw

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Getting a kick out of playing music I’ve never met; equivalently, out of meeting music by playing it. My first read-through of Grieg’s Lyric Pieces Op. 12 #4 Alfedans (“Elves’ Dance”) was almost as good as this one. What even is going on here. #dailypiano #pianominiatures #grieg https://youtu.be/N5FSOh1jyAo

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Yesterday’s #dailypiano was a new and exciting formula:

1. Share myself playing something I’ve never heard
2. Find a recording and see how I did

So here’s another of Grieg’s Lyric Pieces I’m not familiar with: Op. 12 #3 Vektersang (“Watchman’s Song”).

https://youtu.be/BFzYtryY71s

#piano #pianominiature #pianominiatures #classicalpiano #romanticism #grieg

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Brought my folks the “complete” Daily Piano Miniatures on 3 audio CDs. They’ve been having a listening party.

Today’s Grieg Lyric Piece is Op. 12 #2, Vals (“Waltz”), and a #dailypiano #pianominiature first: to my knowledge, I’ve never heard it before.

https://youtu.be/0v_7AG6V5-8

#piano #pianominiatures #classicalpiano #romanticism #grieg

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It’s gonna be a tricky couple weeks for #dailypiano, with camp over and school not yet in session. I’m counting on Grieg’s Lyric Pieces to be simple and forgiving enough. Here’s the first one from the first set, Op. 12: “Arietta”.

https://youtu.be/Ah0NNxBXayE

#piano #dailypiano #pianominiature #pianominiatures #classicalpiano #romanticism #grieg

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Until we meet Alkan again, here’s not a Prélude but an Op. 63 Esquisse (sketch), the fourth, called “Les Cloches”. I wonder if Mompou, from a family of bell makers, was familiar with this one.

https://youtu.be/V8fEnlBNa9c

#piano #dailypiano #pianominiature #pianominiatures #classicalpiano #romanticism #alkan

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We’ll wrap up our visit with Alkan tomorrow. But first, let’s bring back some weird.

Op. 31 #22 “Anniversaire” starts Baroque and ends in the parallel major (redolent of that era, sort of). In between, it’s all newer harmonies and odder progressions.

https://youtu.be/5tZW7a51Hvg

#piano #dailypiano #pianominiature #pianominiatures #classicalpiano #romanticism #alkan

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