Chabrier - "Scherzo-Valse"

[nanabush]

Eek!  My first video in the audition room.  I did one take of this, and was not looking to do another.  I resurrected this piece today after not playing for a long time; thought it would be fun just to see some [reactions] haha, because it's pretty damn rushed and a little sketchy in a few spots.

I have a Young Chang at home, and my iPhone video only works so well  so the dynamic goes from about mf to ff.

Posted for fun, mostly because not a lot of people are familiar with Chabrier, so please don't kill me (especially the last 5 seconds ack)

I'm tempted to do a retake, so I might get a better sound capturing device and spend a little more time working on it.

[mousekowski]

Well played Nanabush. Fantastic. Good dynamic control and fluent, confident passgework and a satisfying and exciting overall performance.

Perhaps work on shaping the long phrases triplet phrases so that they sound more 'musical' and less 'perfunctory'.

[rachfan]

Hi Nanabush

I'm not familiar with this piece, but you bring to it a fine articulation, control of touch, and expressiveness too.  This is certainly a convincing rendition.  I enjoyed listening.

[thalbergmad]

Never heard this before. What a delicate sparkling gem.

Well played that man.

Thal