August 12, 2010

[Derek]

Sorry I've been away for so long---I'm still playing. Here's one from august.

[furtwaengler]

Welcome back home again, Derek - you've still got it! This is the spontaneous Derek flight we've been missing for a while here, plenty of harmonic interest, some unexpected turns...and Oh, an absolutely BEAUTIFUL ending! Yes, welcome back indeed! 

[lostinidlewonder]

Yes I like this too, welcome back Derek!

[pianowolfi]

Hi Derek

I enjoy this very much, too
haunting and lyrical, alternating and sometimes both together.

[Derek]

Thanks  Another hobby-horse of mine reared up over the last couple of years and kind of took over for a while---piano has been taking a back seat still doing it, though. My biggest quandary of late has been trying to figure out what role learning more classical repertoire will play in my musical future. I keep trying to learn a piece, then I get overwhelmed with option paralysis (but I'd love to learn THIS piece!) and then I never finish one. I guess I should probably bring that up in another sub-forum.

[goldentone]

Good to see you and hear you back, Derek.

[ted]

The musical material itself is still unquestionably Derek but there is something about the form which is new. I haven't quite worked out what it is yet. As usual there were certain phrases and harmonies I felt inclined to hear developed further but then I suppose that would be Ted and not Derek. I wonder if anybody else saw the friendly ghost of Chaminade in the second section ? Not that it matters one way or the other of course.

I hope this is the first of an impending cluster of improvisations from you. I also look forward to hearing some improvised baroque on the clavichord.