Sunshine Etude Opus 10, No.8 played By Josiah

[josycal]

 We had a small recital at our house today and I played this Etude. I also played the Brahms Hungarian Dance but the video stopped recording so I'll have to do it again.

 

[rachfan]

Hi Josiah,

I enjoyed hearing your rendition of this etude.  You handled the right hand arpeggios very well and pedaled the lyrical bass melody judiciously affording clarity in your playing throughout. Congratulations on this very fine performance.  Your live audience really enjoyed it too.

David

[krystellle]

Really wonderful playing!  Such musicality.  It really did sound like sunshine!  By the way, this is the first time I've ever heard of this nickname.  Very appropriate!  If it's played this way, mind you.

[josycal]

Thank you! You both are very encouraging.

[pianoman53]

Ofc it's very good. The one thing I wish for was the balance. Right now, the right hand is way too loud for the left hand. For me, the right hand should be very light and leggiero (but still legato) and the left should be this nice melody.

But it is, as I said, already very good.

[kellyc]

A very nice performance. But where do you go from here with this. Well you know that no matter how nice, there is still room for growth. So just two  suggestions. The whole thing needs to generally get lighter with your fingers dancing over the keys. Please don't take this wrong. You played wonderfully. I am holding you to a very hight standard here in making this suggestion. The second thing I'm not really sure about. It was hard to tell with this recording and I couldn't see your right hand. There is a small passage where you must rapidly flip your Right hand Pinky up and strike a black note. This happens three times in a row. That leap to the Black note, might have sounded just a hair off. Of course like I said I may not know what I'm talking about on this.

All in All, I loved this. I hope you post again and again. Very nicely done.

Kelly

[josycal]

Thank you Kelly. Two weeks before this performance, my dad bought a new piano. We had it regulated by Tom Servinsky who did an excellent job but the action is so very different from my former piano. I really don't know how to describe the difference but with this etude I can especially feel the difference. It's like I have to concentrate on every single note whereas my old Kawai seemed to respond faster or lighter and I was able to acheive that lightness in the right hand. Anyway, I thought the etude was better on the Kawai but that piano is gone now and it took some real work to adjust to the C7 in just two weeks. In most ways I love the new C7, by the way. I appreciate your advice and encouragement.