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Offline ranjit

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Schubert Impromptu op 90 no 2 -- thoughts?
on: August 10, 2025, 07:27:20 PM
This is finally getting to a point where I'm pretty happy with the interpretation. Some of the technique requires work. Please let me know what you think!

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Re: Schubert Impromptu op 90 no 2 -- thoughts?
Reply #1 on: August 10, 2025, 09:59:54 PM
a bit one dimensional. Make more drama. Play some wrong notes.

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Re: Schubert Impromptu op 90 no 2 -- thoughts?
Reply #2 on: August 11, 2025, 06:56:41 PM
I listened up to a few bars into the second section - -

a lot has been accomplished, excellent work
nice tone, nice phrasing, nice attention to dynamics
it's very even, which is a worthy accomplishment, however you could bend the tempo a little bit here and there for more expression, and to clarify the structure for the listener, the beginning and ending of phrases, and of sections

you have a light technique, you're more on the keys, than in the keys, I guess this suits your physical mechanism and/or is how your teacher taught you, but you could get more expressivity by playing into the keys more, perhaps watch how Brendel plays this piece or other Schubert pieces

aside from all that, I think you have plenty to be pleased about here

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Re: Schubert Impromptu op 90 no 2 -- thoughts?
Reply #3 on: August 11, 2025, 07:59:03 PM
Does this help?

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When I said earlier it was one-dimensional, I was being too abtuse. Maybe what i meant was that the middle section should have a very different feeling. Angry. Threatening. More contrast between ff and p bars (I don;t have score in front of me). There is a lot of yearning in the middle section too - I feel the melody should be stronger, you can relax the tempo a bit maybe?

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Re: Schubert Impromptu op 90 no 2 -- thoughts?
Reply #4 on: August 14, 2025, 04:19:47 AM
Thank you everyone for your feedback! Sorry for the late response, I agree with what has been said here about the playing of the piece and I don't have anything more to add really. So I'll come back when I've made some changes.
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