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LIVE Schumann: Fantasie in C op. 17 | Cordelia Williams
Live performance of Schumann's Fantasie in C major op. 17, complete.
00:00 I) Durchaus fantastisch und leidenschaftlich vorzutragen; Im Legendenton. (Always fantastical and passionately delivered; In the tone of a legend.)
13:30 II) Mäßig. Durchaus energisch. (Moderate. Always energetic.)
21:30 III) Langsam getragen. Durchweg leise zu halten. (Taken slowly. Keep quiet throughout.)
Cordelia Williams: piano
Recorded live in concert at Turner Sims Southampton, October 2023.
// More videos from Cordelia Williams:
° How does it feel to play a Piano Concerto? ua-cam.com/video/ZmseldflXF0/v-deo.html
° Concert in Italy + new discoveries ua-cam.com/video/QHfbwqN-nKM/v-deo.html
° Schubert: Impromptu in F minor D935 no. 1 ua-cam.com/video/DJn9cjFBofc/v-deo.html
° Rach 2: Learning, practising & performing it, from notes to concert! ua-cam.com/video/hkbE75eLTaM/v-deo.html
Cordelia Williams 'Cascade' album listn.fm/cascade/
"This is playing that plumbs the essence of Beethoven's expressive genius. Deeply communicative... Don't miss it." (International Piano)
"Audibly in thrall to the music at the tips of her fingers." (Sunday Times)
"A profound aesthetic understanding conveyed through an interpretative technique of the highest order, which are rarely encountered these days." ***** (Musical Opinion)
Cordelia Williams 'Nightlight' album newalbm.link/nightlight/
“Extraordinary" (Gramophone)
“Williams’ understanding of this music is remarkable… An album to cherish.” (International Piano, Critics’ Choice)
"Exquisite" (Classical Explorer)
Cordelia Williams website www.cordeliawilliams.net
Cordelia Williams on Spotify open.spotify.com/artist/6h6E9YFg44wP65OPWdb9lV
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How to practise JUMPS on the piano | Pro practice tips & strategies (How To Practise in 20 Minutes!)
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For all those piano passages where you have to jump and you just keep landing with a smudge in the wrong place... These are the practice methods I use to secure tricky passages with big jumps or leaps in one or both hands. Part of my ongoing series of videos 'How to Practise in 20 Minutes' i.e. how I practise efficiently and effectively even if I only have a short time. Feat. Schumann and Rachm...
Schubert: Impromptu in F minor, D935 No 1 | Cordelia Williams
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Live performance of Schubert's heartfelt, shimmering Impromptu in F minor, the first of his second set of Impromptus (D935). Schubert: Impromptu in F minor, D935 no. 1, op. 142 no. 1 Cordelia Williams: piano Recorded live in concert at Turner Sims Southampton, October 2023. // More videos from Cordelia Williams: ° How does it feel to play a Piano Concerto? ua-cam.com/video/ZmseldflXF0/v-deo.htm...
Messing about with Bach / first experiments for a new collaboration | Misha Mullov-Abbado jazz bass
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Starting from scratch with a new musical collaboration - an as yet undefined project with jazz bassist and composer Misha Mullov-Abbado. Check out his work @MishaMullovAbbado This is a tiny clip from our first sessions, messing about with (sight-reading!) loads and LOADS of repertoire, seeing what we like, what could work, what we might explore together. There was also improvisation going on an...
Catching up with Teddy Otieno, Kenyan piano student, after his first year at conservatoire in UK
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On my recent visit to Nairobi I was very interested to find out how Teddy got on during his first year studying piano abroad at Royal Birmingham Conservatoire! If you didn't see my 2021 documentary-film On Being a Pianist in Kenya, that records my first meetings with Teddy, after which he applied for music college, got a scholarship and started his studies abroad last year. Here I got the chanc...
New album release: Cordelia Williams CASCADE | Vibrant miniatures CD trailer | SOMM Recordings
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A glimpse of the music and of the origin of Cascade as an album, finding connections between these scintillating, ferocious, dreamlike and intense miniatures. Release date: 15th September 2023 SOMM Recordings www.somm-recordings.com/ Cordelia Williams website www.cordeliawilliams.net Cordelia Williams on Spotify open.spotify.com/artist/6h6E9YFg44wP65OPWdb9lV // Other videos from Cordelia Willia...
Visiting Nairobi again: come and play to me! Piano classes plus concert dates | Music in Kenya
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I'm excited to give more piano masterclasses in Nairobi, Kenya next month. Here's how you can get a place to work with me on your piano repertoire or chamber music, and the class and concert dates you need to know. Please share as widely as you can to open up this opportunity to as many people as possible around the Nairobi area. I look forward to seeing you in a few weeks! Registration form: d...
Pre-concert routine for nerves (what I do the last 10 mins before I go on stage) | Concert pianist
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People often ask me how I manage nerves or stage-fright when giving concerts... Here's the answer. It's only taken me 22 years of performing to find it. // More videos behind the scenes of life as a concert pianist: ° How does it feel to play a Piano Concerto? ua-cam.com/video/ZmseldflXF0/v-deo.html ° Concert in Italy new discoveries ua-cam.com/video/QHfbwqN-nKM/v-deo.html ° Back-to-back concer...
Italy recital + new discoveries | Concert pianist | Professional piano behind the scenes | Vlog
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The reason why I haven't been making any videos recently - new musical discoveries, explorations, challenges. Also in this video: traveling to Italy for a piano recital - mini holiday ;-) - and editing my new CD, due out in September. Good to get back into filming and editing - I have a couple of others coming up too so stay tuned. 00:00 Day before 01:40 Concert day, what's been going on 06:02 ...
Rach 2: Last preparations + CONCERT DAY! Notes to concert video diary | Pro practice | Part 2 of 2
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PART 2 of 2! (Link to part 1 is below) Rachmaninov's Second Piano Concerto... What does it take to perfect and bring off the approximately 68294736067382 notes in this crazy, gorgeous concerto? In this video diary we get to the last few weeks before the performance, so I'm ramping up the technical work to really find the necessary power and effortlessness, lots of blind practice, still early mo...
Rach 2: Learning, practising & performing it, from notes to concert! | Pro practice | Part 1 of 2
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PART 1 of 2! Rachmaninov's Second Piano Concerto... What does it take to perfect and bring off the approximately 68294736067382 notes in this crazy, gorgeous concerto? In today's video (which I've been working on for a few months) - PART 1 of 2 (part 2 posting next week) - I show you the nitty gritty of how I learn, practise, go a bit mad, and prepare Rach 2 for a concert performance with orche...
Schumann: Violin and piano sonata no. 2 in D minor (I) | Tamsin Waley-Cohen and@CordeliaWilliams
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Live in concert: the first movement of Schumann's passionate second Sonata. Fireworks and tenderness from this vibrant duo. Tamsin Waley-Cohen: violin @CordeliaWilliams: piano Recorded live in concert at Wiltshire Music Centre, Bradford on Avon, UK 4th November 2022 Tim Walker - Technical Manager Sam Green - Technical Assistant Adam Laughton - Creative Producer
Debussy: Minstrels (arranged for violin & piano by Debussy) | Tamsin Waley-Cohen + @CordeliaWilliams
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Debussy: Minstrels (arranged for violin & piano by Debussy) | Tamsin Waley-Cohen @CordeliaWilliams
Do you listen to other pianists' recordings? Concert pianist interview honest Q&A, Cordelia Williams
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Do you listen to other pianists' recordings? Concert pianist interview honest Q&A, Cordelia Williams
The time I played to one of the finest pianists in the world | Vlog, pro-level piano lesson! &Brahms
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The time I played to one of the finest pianists in the world | Vlog, pro-level piano lesson! &Brahms
Concert pianist's children: Rach 2 for breakfast (Rachmaninov every day will keep the doctor away)
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Concert pianist's children: Rach 2 for breakfast (Rachmaninov every day will keep the doctor away)
something amazing happened 🌟 | RPS award, please help change someone's life
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something amazing happened 🌟 | RPS award, please help change someone's life
Mini PIANO RECITAL TOUR in France: piano soloist's life performing abroad (beautiful + tedious bits)
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Mini PIANO RECITAL TOUR in France: piano soloist's life performing abroad (beautiful tedious bits)
REAL first practice session: Schubert D959 (Sonata in A major)❣️ | professional piano practice
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REAL first practice session: Schubert D959 (Sonata in A major)❣️ | professional piano practice
Pianist BACKSTAGE: dressing room, rehearsal, day of concert, walking out on stage...
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Pianist BACKSTAGE: dressing room, rehearsal, day of concert, walking out on stage...
Brahms: 3 Intermezzi op. 117 | Live performance | Cordelia Williams, piano
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Brahms: 3 Intermezzi op. 117 | Live performance | Cordelia Williams, piano
Moving my STEINWAY GRAND PIANO (model B) into storage 😭😭😭(Seriously impressive stair piano removal)
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Moving my STEINWAY GRAND PIANO (model B) into storage 😭😭😭(Seriously impressive stair piano removal)
Liszt: Consolation no. 1 in E major | Cordelia Williams, piano (a moment of calm)
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Liszt: Consolation no. 1 in E major | Cordelia Williams, piano (a moment of calm)
Quickfire Q&A: How do you programme a PIANO RECITAL? How about a CD? Advanced pianist insights, tips
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Quickfire Q&A: How do you programme a PIANO RECITAL? How about a CD? Advanced pianist insights, tips
How does it feel to play a PIANO CONCERTO? 36 hr behind the scenes: traveling, preparing, rehearsing
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How does it feel to play a PIANO CONCERTO? 36 hr behind the scenes: traveling, preparing, rehearsing
How to play gorgeous Scriabin Prelude in C: deciphering cross-rhythms & managing leaps | Pro tips
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How to play gorgeous Scriabin Prelude in C: deciphering cross-rhythms & managing leaps | Pro tips
RELEASING A SOLO PIANO CD: full process from idea to manufacture | Concert pianist behind the scenes
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RELEASING A SOLO PIANO CD: full process from idea to manufacture | Concert pianist behind the scenes
Inspiring: Being a self-taught violinist in Kenya | David Ralak (Kreisler: Praeludium & Allegro)
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Inspiring: Being a self-taught violinist in Kenya | David Ralak (Kreisler: Praeludium & Allegro)
Thomas Tomkins: A Sad Pavan for These Distracted Times (piano)
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Thomas Tomkins: A Sad Pavan for These Distracted Times (piano)
On Being a Pianist in Kenya: documentary | classical music in Nairobi | Cordelia Williams
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On Being a Pianist in Kenya: documentary | classical music in Nairobi | Cordelia Williams

КОМЕНТАРІ

  • @freethinkerpodcast1798
    @freethinkerpodcast1798 15 днів тому

    Shouldn't it be in 10/8 instead of 2/2?

  • @pierrejulien9990
    @pierrejulien9990 25 днів тому

    Wonderful touch and inner expression. Bravo for the calm and voluptuous atmosphere. Not sure why tempi vary so wildly.

  • @ubiestinsula
    @ubiestinsula Місяць тому

    terrific tutorial, thank you!

  • @danieljunior7821
    @danieljunior7821 Місяць тому

    Bravo!!!!

  • @danieljunior7821
    @danieljunior7821 Місяць тому

    Amazing to see all these preparations and all the (very) methodic approach required !!!! It DEFINITELY shows how its NOT for everyone ....!!!! I heard your Schubert and was going to point what I'd do differently .... Now I won't say nothing anymore!!! Lol ...

  • @danieljunior7821
    @danieljunior7821 Місяць тому

    Congratulations, this one is beautiful !

  • @danieljunior7821
    @danieljunior7821 Місяць тому

    Beautiful, super clean and energetic interpretation !!! Perfect tempo!!! I loved to be able to hear so much from this performance ...

  • @danlds17
    @danlds17 Місяць тому

    You have set the gold standard for this piece, so beautiful ! (And I've listened to every online version of Ondine.)

  • @vaxx2007
    @vaxx2007 2 місяці тому

    певучесть звука так себе, не хватает все же. басы третьим пальцем тоже удивляют, так ведь хороший звук и не получишь

  • @georgewaihenya2348
    @georgewaihenya2348 2 місяці тому

    This is really encouraging

  • @dalemiller5893
    @dalemiller5893 3 місяці тому

    No uniforms on look like straight off the street 😊

  • @suzanneburg8363
    @suzanneburg8363 3 місяці тому

    I'm so taken with your economy of movement.

  • @FelipeAguinaga
    @FelipeAguinaga 5 місяців тому

    Thank you very much, this was very helpful!

  • @theenglishalpinist5031
    @theenglishalpinist5031 5 місяців тому

    The perfect antidote to Horovitz (I"d say that of the repertoire in general and all Cordelia's playing). It's good to hear all the notes, and with no destruction of tone, just beauty.

  • @PK-se2jh
    @PK-se2jh 5 місяців тому

    awesomee

  • @Seeker_forever
    @Seeker_forever 6 місяців тому

    Absolutely underrated channel ❤

  • @Nakestra
    @Nakestra 6 місяців тому

    That piano is beautiful

  • @user-rt4vx6kd7e
    @user-rt4vx6kd7e 6 місяців тому

    這甚重的三角钢琴,三位师傅从楼上搬到楼下真为你们担心,愿你们多多保重,也令人佩服,向你们致敬!

  • @Simpaulme
    @Simpaulme 6 місяців тому

    Schubert anticipated the UA-cam attention span 😉

  • @steveelmer2610
    @steveelmer2610 6 місяців тому

    Lovely playing. Beautiful sound and touch. Brava.

  • @jejunemoon
    @jejunemoon 6 місяців тому

    This is music and playing of surpassing beauty!

  • @SilvioNobre
    @SilvioNobre 6 місяців тому

    So delicate, fabulous! ❤️😍🤗🌹💕🥰🌷

  • @iansdigby
    @iansdigby 6 місяців тому

    I was there. I was enthralled, as were the rest of the audience. I hope Cordelia Williams comes to Turner Sims again soon. or better still, to Freshwater Memorial Hall, on the Isle of Wight. They have a great Steinway 🙂. She might even play Mozart's Rondo in A Monir. Or Chopin's Scherzo No.2. Well I can dream can't I?

  • @ivanbrito196
    @ivanbrito196 6 місяців тому

    Que bella mi amor!! Demasiado buena! Crack. Enhorabuena. A seguir mostrando arte. Gracias

  • @seuradu8065
    @seuradu8065 6 місяців тому

    Knowing Robert Schuman's romantic style is obviously an art. Congratulations Cordelia Williams you are a truly special artist.

  • @pascaljasserand961
    @pascaljasserand961 6 місяців тому

    Lovely music, really moving, bravo Cordelia!!

  • @hughlazarus7806
    @hughlazarus7806 6 місяців тому

    Thank you for Uploading, you played with allot of passion and feeling! All my best!

  • @reallynotpc
    @reallynotpc 6 місяців тому

    Deeply satisfying performance. Thank you!

  • @AtlanLD
    @AtlanLD 6 місяців тому

    Did you learn it the first time straight from the beginning to the end? I started learning it but I started with the A Tempo section of the 1st mvmt and going to bounce around

    • @CordeliaWilliams
      @CordeliaWilliams 6 місяців тому

      I actually can't remember now! I think it's OK to learn in sections but important to get a sense of the overall structure before you start jumping around, so the shape of it is integrated into your learning. Sometimes I also learn in sections backwards, so the last chunk, then the last two chunks, then the last three chunks etc. Good to have the end really secure. Good luck!

  • @mrosok
    @mrosok 7 місяців тому

    Back in my student years I fell in love with this piece, but I felt it was out of my league technically. Life took me in different directions after studies, and it's only the last couple of years I've had the time and motivation to practice more seriously and add more to my repertoire. These videos have helped so much and now I feel like I might actually be able to play this properly. What a dream! Thank you so much <3

  • @bobbygadourymusic5476
    @bobbygadourymusic5476 7 місяців тому

    Gorgeous.

  • @iansdigby
    @iansdigby 7 місяців тому

    I was there too (can actually see myself I think in this video lol). I've seen a few of the great pianists in live performance over the years and can honestly say Williams is right up there with the finest you are likely to hear. I love her clarity of touch, thoughtful articulation of every note, richness of interpretation, power and extraordinary delicacy...one could go on but my recommendation would be just go to one of her concerts and hear for yourself.

  • @jamess4960
    @jamess4960 7 місяців тому

    Wow

  • @jdbrown371
    @jdbrown371 7 місяців тому

    Excellent practise tips. Thanks.

  • @jdbrown371
    @jdbrown371 7 місяців тому

    This advice is golden. Thank you.

  • @xxs5241
    @xxs5241 7 місяців тому

    thank you cordelia!your practical methods are very inspiring! I am looking forward the more practice video! Many thanks from China!❤

  • @adrianwright8685
    @adrianwright8685 7 місяців тому

    Couldn't this piece more sensibly have a time signature of 5/8 and be barred accordingly?

  • @user-jx2wq7ut6v
    @user-jx2wq7ut6v 7 місяців тому

    It’s practice not pratise

  • @TERRYBIGGENDEN
    @TERRYBIGGENDEN 8 місяців тому

    Gorgeous musicality. The first piece was just sublime! :Brahms ws the greatest exponent of wistfulness.-) Loved it all. :-)

  • @skriabinlover
    @skriabinlover 8 місяців тому

    Excellent interpretation! Love the tempo, dynamics, overall feeling. Splendid work! Would love to hear you play Ligeti's etudes :)

  • @militaryandemergencyservic3286
    @militaryandemergencyservic3286 8 місяців тому

    I am made of that self mettle as Schubert And prize me at his worth. In my true heart I find he names my very deed of love; Only he comes too short, that I profess Myself of the lineage of Beethoven (and thus Schubert's teacher Salieri) and am an enemy to all other joys Which the most precious square of sense possesses, And find I am alone felicitate In your dear Highness’ love. Here are 4 impromptus that I composed in the style of Schubert: ua-cam.com/play/PLYUhuuvIrJm1cBxcbTuQO1GgPCfkptQTt.html

  • @lospopularos
    @lospopularos 8 місяців тому

    Great tips! Thank you.

  • @eddydelrio1303
    @eddydelrio1303 8 місяців тому

    Oh don't stop there (in the Rach)! This "Creme-de-menthe" variation (that even Rachmaninoff had reservations about) has more difficult leaps for the LH further on!

  • @reallynotpc
    @reallynotpc 8 місяців тому

    My teacher is also a great fan of blind practice. I still don't remember that often enough.

  • @mnmleung
    @mnmleung 8 місяців тому

    Thank you, Cordelia

  • @annamilluzzo8077
    @annamilluzzo8077 8 місяців тому

    GRANDIOSO !

  • @robb3788
    @robb3788 8 місяців тому

    I had the pleasure of attending this performance and greatly enjoyed it. This particular impromptu holds a special place among my favourite piano works by Schubert. Thank you for sharing!

  • @stevenbeer6005
    @stevenbeer6005 8 місяців тому

    Thank you so much for useful info on octaves! Should help on the tremolo in Pathetique sonata!

  • @oscarmmn5881
    @oscarmmn5881 8 місяців тому

    Hi Cordelia, thanks very much for sharing your expertise on Ravel's Ondine. Studying this piece is a life-long mission and in this it is always so refreshing to find alternatives to practicing the most difficult passages. Especially in "un peu plus lent" and "rapide et brillant". I am preparing for a concert the coming weeks, so finding this was really a bonus. Regards, Oscar