This unique series teaches skills used by professional pianists to make their performances more expressive and dramatic. Students will explore five keys for achieving performance artistry: color, pedaling, rubato/rhythmic freedom, characterization and choreography. In-depth information helps students understand the concepts of balance, voicing, pedal techniques, and how to move at the piano.

Contents:

German Dance, D. 365, No. 12 (Schubert)

Dawn (Bartók)

Idylle, Op. 126, No. 1 (Chaminade)

German Dance, D. 783, No. 14 (Schubert)

Gavotte, Op. 36, No. 2 (Amy Beach)

Cradle Song, Op. 124, No. 6 (Schumann)

Mazurka (Glinka)

Impresiones intimas, No. 2 (Mompou)

Naughty Boy, from For Children, Vol. 1, Sz. 42, No. 21 (Bartók)

A Little Girl Pleading with Her Mother, Op. 37, No. 1 (Rebikov) * A Little Girl Rocking Her Dolly, Op. 37, No. 7 (Rebikov)

The Bell Tolls (Liszt)

Valse brillante, No. 5 from Valses poético (Granados)

Waltz in A Minor, Op. Posthumous (Chopin)

Waltz, Op. 12, No. 2 (Grieg) * Whimsy (Dennis Alexander)

Canon, from For Children, Vol. 2, Sz. 42, No. 31 (Bartók)

Waltz, Op. 39, No. 3 (Brahms)

Venetian Gondola Song, from Songs without Words, Vol. 2, Op. 30, No. 6 (Mendelssohn)

Rapsodia Española (Dennis Alexander)

Tarentelle, Op. 123, No. 10 (Chaminade)

Galop final (Casella)

Gallactica (Dennis Alexander)

 

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