5 Amerisations

[pianowolfi]

This is the very first thing I played after a 4 week complete piano abstinence, so it's a bit like an experiment how much of my skills remained. As I see the pedalling suffered a bit..but anyway, I hope you enjoy though.

There are 5 miniature parts in this file:

1. Jetlag (after coming home, having been mostly awake for more than 24 hours or so lol )

2. Exotic bird. This is build on a motif that I heard sung by a bird in Virginia, unfortunately it's not the exact motif because I forgot, but it's similar.

3. Redwood chorale. I rode through the redwood forest in California and this represents a bit of my feelings there

4. Dark Moments. Well yeah such a trip can have it's dark moments, as well.

5. Lullaby on the road. I " played" this in my head for somebody and kept the melody in my memory until I came home

[Derek]

Hi Pianowolfi, I don't think there is any doubt---not a single iota of your skills eroded in your absence. I thoroughly enjoyed these miniatures. I'm currently enjoying a passage about halfway through minute 5, but that definitely wasn't the only place. I love the atmosphere you create, as always.

[m1469]

Hi, Wolfi.  I just listened to your entire track and I love them !!  I will need to listen again, but right off I will say that I *loved* the lullaby and that it is maybe a great music to fall asleep to, but also a great beauty to wake up to as well .

Cheers !

[pianowolfi]

Thank you both very much for listening and for the encouraging comments that makes my "mental practice heart" beat faster   There were really magic moments on this journey where my "mental practicing" was in an astonishing congruence with the fantastic nature.

[rachfan]

Hi wolfi,

You're so creative with your improvs.  This is a really varied set which makes it all the more interesting and enjoyable.  The one I liked best was the Redwood Chorale.  It must be difficult to translate the impression of trees into a sound poem, but you succeeded very well.  The only earlier case that comes readily to mind is Liszt's two "Les cypres a la Villa d'Este".   This is something not often attempted.  Nice work!

I'll admit though that when I closed my eyes for Jet Lag, I could see myself getting off the Red Eye from LA to Boston at 7:00 a.m., rumpled, unshaven, suffering from a fitful sleep in a coach seat on a jammed airplane, putting one foot in front of the other to reenter the world.  Your sound imprints of jangled nerves, a tired brain, and plodding steps were quite descriptive.

[pianowolfi]

Hi rachfan, again thank you for your comments:). The redwood (California, Avenue of the Giants) is an astonishing place to be. I came in there on a very hot day. Inside the forest it was really cool, and quiet, just birds singing (aside from the occasionally appearing motorcycles or cars with stereo turned on full volume   ) I felt like being in a church-- a church of nature. That's why I called it "chorale"
My jetlag was quite heavy since my time difference was 9 hours, and heading east, and when I arrived I ate dinner at 6 a.m. for two days lol