Chopin Barcarolle Op 60 - Analysis: SEAMLESS STREAMS

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  • Опубліковано 10 лип 2024
  • Pianist Henrik Kilhamn takes on this massive work by Chopin. Rocking back and forth like Gondolas in a canal, the Barcarolle is full of shimmering water sounds and the sections flow seamlessly into each other. The melody begins calmly but turns throughout the piece into powerful rejoicing. Between all the rich nuances the Barcarolle contains true beauty.
    0:00 Introduction
    1:10 Analysis
    15:36 Form
    16:40 Analysis cont.
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    Chopin: Barcarolle in F# major, Op. 60
    📄Score: Edition Peters, 1879, Editor: Herrmann Scholtz, imslp.org/
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 44

  • @Felix_Li_En
    @Felix_Li_En 3 роки тому +12

    16:55 That's one of the most important reasons I love Chopin! No matter you playing his music with both hands, right hand or left hand, it still would be a beautiful and fascinating piece! Thank you for sharing your excellent analysis of Barcarolle, one of my favourite Chopin treasure, very impressive!

  • @foljamb
    @foljamb 2 місяці тому

    wow, a pro who can talk and show a piece that's impossible for most of us--thank you, maestro

  • @CalamityInAction
    @CalamityInAction 4 роки тому +9

    Your piano skills are amazing

  • @yunqiwang6483
    @yunqiwang6483 Рік тому +4

    Just discovered this amazing channel. Thank you so much for sharing your musical insight, love it!

  • @margarethansen7480
    @margarethansen7480 8 місяців тому +1

    I love Chopin, but this Barcarole…. It’s a dream, and you play and explain so nicelly, Thanks👏👏👏

  • @madcube1581
    @madcube1581 3 роки тому +24

    Brilliant explanation and cute animations! I'm just here to say I was here when you were small, because I know you'll definitely get a lot more subscribers with this kind of quality! Good luck!

    • @madcube1581
      @madcube1581 3 роки тому

      I do wonder if it's possible for you to add a voiceover though instead of cutting in-between the piece, as in, the music can be softened a little whilst you explain specific parts of the piece. Then of course a grand finale repeat at the end.

    • @SonataSecrets
      @SonataSecrets  3 роки тому +1

      Thanks for the vote of confidence! :)
      I'm not sure what you mean, do you find the commenting interrupting the music too much? After more than a year I still think it's a hard to find the balance, because in a way it's a very unnatural thing to do...!

    • @madcube1581
      @madcube1581 3 роки тому +1

      @@SonataSecrets Yep! That's exactly what I mean, I've watched your newer videos and I rather liked the presentation in Fröso Flowers.
      Best of luck, thanks for responding!

    • @SonataSecrets
      @SonataSecrets  3 роки тому +1

      Hehe, you're one of the few then ;)
      I will probably continue to experiment some more. I think the Pathetique videos is more in your way of longer music chunks, if you haven't seen those.

    • @keeganjulian2360
      @keeganjulian2360 3 роки тому

      @River Gus Definitely, I've been using InstaFlixxer for months myself :)

  • @francoisjanwebermd3116
    @francoisjanwebermd3116 3 роки тому +5

    Such a gentle and comprehencive guide through the barcarolle, cool!

  • @PianoScenesMoviesandSeries
    @PianoScenesMoviesandSeries 3 роки тому +1

    This is amazing, thank you for sharing.

  • @annnguyen1031
    @annnguyen1031 3 роки тому +3

    My favourite chopin piece, thanks for your beautiful insights !

  • @Carmen-rs7hy
    @Carmen-rs7hy 4 роки тому +2

    Thank you!

  • @caterscarrots3407
    @caterscarrots3407 4 роки тому +8

    I hear graceful melodicism in 2 of my favorite composers, Mozart and Chopin. Oh how their melodies are so similar but so different.
    This is how I would describe Chopin's melodies:
    Virtuosic, but with the delicacy of the human voice. Sounds way easier than it actually is. Harmonically deceiving us. Primary source of complexity.
    And this is how I would describe Mozart's melodies:
    Each individual melody is easy to play, but combine them all and you get a very complex but harmonious piece. So graceful that it sounds like the instruments are singing. Not too much chromaticism, definitely less than in Chopin or even early Beethoven, but also not completely diatonic. Cantabile instrumental writing, even in the most energetic and dramatic of his pieces.
    Both have a grace to their melodies and for both composers, the complexity comes from their melodies. But for Chopin, this complexity is obvious. It is on the outside. The main melody itself is complex. For Mozart, this complexity is not so obvious. Instead of having individual melodies be complex, he is a lot like Bach in that the complexity comes from melodic interactions. It is what is on the inside that gives a Mozart piece its complexity.

    • @SonataSecrets
      @SonataSecrets  4 роки тому +1

      Thanks for sharing your thoughts. I absolutely agree that Mozart and Chopin share that "graceful melodicism" as you put it. For the complexity issue, I find that in these late Chopin works he relates back to Bach as well in some sections that are denser with counterpoint, and melodic interactions.

    • @jessevallejo8797
      @jessevallejo8797 Рік тому

      @@SonataSecrets Chopin's favorite composers were Mozart & Bach. Chopin also loved opera & the female voice. I'm guessing Mozart's music provided the elegance & Bach added to Chopin's development in counterpoint. Both Mozart & Bach wrote a great deal of music for multiple voices & this was a strong influence for Chopin.

  • @matteosassariolo4927
    @matteosassariolo4927 2 роки тому

    Amazing explanation about the coda and fast chords

  • @viggojonsell9754
    @viggojonsell9754 2 роки тому +3

    The 13:14 thing honestly made me crack up, anyways this is a great video analysing one of chopins loveliest and most difficult pieces.. I wish Ill get to perform it one day but thats just a dream haha

    • @samaritan29
      @samaritan29 Рік тому

      i don't understand, was the implication that he nutted - ie emptying???

  • @Hjominbonrun
    @Hjominbonrun Рік тому +2

    I think this is probably 1 of my top 5 pieces.
    I am unfortunate that I don't have the memory to learn this one though.

  • @CalamityInAction
    @CalamityInAction 4 роки тому +1

    Thank you :D

  • @vishtayeganeh174
    @vishtayeganeh174 3 роки тому +1

    Could I ask you to analyze momento musical no.4 from rakhmaninov ?

  • @Scherzokinn
    @Scherzokinn 4 роки тому +6

    Hi! Cool video! Will you do his Polonaise-Fantaisie one day? I'd be very interested!

    • @SonataSecrets
      @SonataSecrets  4 роки тому +1

      Thanks! I haven't played the Polonaise-Fantasie, I can't decide if I think it's going too far in trying and ending up being weird, or if it's just genius... In any case it's a unique and impressive piece!

    • @Scherzokinn
      @Scherzokinn 4 роки тому +1

      @@SonataSecrets yes! Thanks for answering! I hope you'll do it! I'd really like to know more about this one. Have a nice day!

  • @benedictdsilva3954
    @benedictdsilva3954 9 місяців тому

    Nice on an upright..just the C# octaves is the bass not quite musical..
    Which piano is this ?

  • @ChiKitWong426
    @ChiKitWong426 Рік тому

    13:26 really coming that close
    you cheeky
    🤣

  • @ChopinIsMyBestFriend
    @ChopinIsMyBestFriend 3 роки тому +3

    you should do Chopin’s Mazurka Op 17 No 4

    • @SonataSecrets
      @SonataSecrets  3 роки тому +3

      If I ever do a Chopin mazurka it's that one!

    • @SonataSecrets
      @SonataSecrets  7 місяців тому +1

      a few years later... ua-cam.com/video/znXaTwHMvj4/v-deo.html

  • @CatkhosruShapurrjiFurabji
    @CatkhosruShapurrjiFurabji 3 роки тому +1

    10:09 that reminds me of the middle a major section in Chopin ballade #1 :)

    • @samaritan29
      @samaritan29 Рік тому

      more like at the recap of the third theme . the left hand figurations (16:56) are almost identical to that section in the ballade

    • @CatkhosruShapurrjiFurabji
      @CatkhosruShapurrjiFurabji Рік тому

      @@samaritan29 yeah

  • @AnaPaula-np5rq
    @AnaPaula-np5rq 3 роки тому +3

    ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️👍

  • @Henri.d.Olivoir
    @Henri.d.Olivoir 2 роки тому +4

    13:20 did you just tell me there is a fornication section in the Barcarolle?

  • @petertyrrell3391
    @petertyrrell3391 Рік тому +1

    It seems rather fast for a barcarolle.

    • @JIM-ot4ws
      @JIM-ot4ws 4 місяці тому

      The first part is good but then it got too fast in the middle.