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Offline kalospiano

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Van Gogh's "Starry Night" - a Piano Improvisation
on: April 27, 2021, 10:34:23 AM

Sat at the piano inspired by one of Vincent Van Gogh's most famous paintings and played this little thing, very much following the style of Ravel and Debussy. Possibly my favorite of all my improvs so far...

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Re: Van Gogh's "Starry Night" - a Piano Improvisation
Reply #1 on: May 03, 2021, 11:46:14 PM
Your fondness for this one is well founded. The playing forms admirably suit your natural strengths of simplicity, definition and clarity. There are a number of effective harmonic changes and at a deeper level the piece triggers a sense of vastness appropriate to its subject.
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Re: Van Gogh's "Starry Night" - a Piano Improvisation
Reply #2 on: May 04, 2021, 09:03:14 AM
Very impressionistic! I particularly liked the harmonic change just after 0.50.
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Re: Van Gogh's "Starry Night" - a Piano Improvisation
Reply #3 on: May 04, 2021, 08:17:18 PM
Thanks a lot Ted and Ronde!

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Re: Van Gogh's "Starry Night" - a Piano Improvisation
Reply #4 on: May 04, 2021, 09:48:23 PM
Totally agree with ted and ronde; I also really liked the shift at around 1:30-2:00 from the B to Bb and back to B in the bass. The colors are really nice and all your arpeggios bring them out.

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Re: Van Gogh's "Starry Night" - a Piano Improvisation
Reply #5 on: May 17, 2021, 04:21:06 AM
Beautifully improvised!

What I enjoyed was how you limited the piece to primarily arpeggios and used harmony, shape and ambitus of the arpeggio to convey your ideas.  Your presentation of an impressionistic landscape is vivid and focused. 

You might be interested in the music of Alexina Louie, she has written a number of pieces around the subject of stars.  There are things about this improvisation that are reminiscent of her music. 
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Re: Van Gogh's "Starry Night" - a Piano Improvisation
Reply #6 on: May 20, 2021, 11:36:27 AM
Thank you so much Quantum, I'll listen to Alexa Louie right away.

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Re: Van Gogh's "Starry Night" - a Piano Improvisation
Reply #7 on: August 01, 2021, 07:30:51 AM
your music
 like sunrise color beams out of the dew drops on a wild flower meadow
in a warm mediterranean night

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