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Bravo!! Keep up the practice and in no time you will totally dominate!!

Thanks, I will...  at least practice, don't know about dominating though =)

Well, so far, so good, considering you've only been studying 1,5 years?!?!?   Amazing.  And you're self-taught, you say.  In a way, you can sort of see it (by the way, the next time place the camera exactly over your head or in a normal position, because this was wierd!) by your hand position.  If the only intentions you have are just having a good time playing whatever music you want, I see no harm in continuing in this way.  But if you want to do something serious, you should take a few lessons from a piano teacher.  they can open up new horizons for you, and you may discover things that you wouldn't be able to on your own.
Are you going to post the second half?

Thanks for the encouraging comment. I had to angle to camera a bit from the right so that the whole keyboard was visible. For an exact center angle I would have had to mount it on the ceiling(not really but too high for me to be bothered).
I have considered taking some lessons. Maybe when I really feel I'm not advancing fast enough, but for the moment I seem to be do well enough.
I won't be learning the complete second part for quite a while, I'm concentrating on other pieces at the moment. But I can play the first 3 pages of the friska fairly well, I just came across some other exciting pieces I had to learn.

You have some very good dexterity going on in the piece. Lovely tone also.
Some suggestion that I think would help you

Rhythm
Practice the piece with oth grace notes so you can get an overall sense of the rhythm and so the grace notes do not alter the rhythm. . Many times you did not play the main rhythm of notes incorrectly, particularly the dotted rhythms in the melody.

Grace notes- The grace notes should reflect the overall speed of the music which I believe is largo. You should do rubato like your doing but in generally the grace notes can have more time and slower.

Arpeggiated grace notes
Try rolling your hand upward like a harp and gaining a lighter touch.

Those are major suggestion. The big one is the rhythm because if you do not have the rhythm right essentially you are playing another piece. For someone self taught, I echo the sentiments that you have done an excellent job learning a very challenging piece of music. Congradualations on your success

Thank you for your thoughtful advice. I will try keeping a stricter rhythm next time I play. But I have no idea what you mean by practicing with oth grace notes. I know what a grace note is but how do I incorporate them to the piece (oh, and whats oth?)?

edit, Oh I think I know what you mean now, 'without grace notes', right? I now realize that I was playing that part wrong, I was playing the LH 16th note at the same time as the first grace note(bar 13) when they should come in quick succession. Same thing at bar 17, 21 and 25. Is that what you mean? That's an easy fix.

Thank you all again for your comments.