HELEN 3/1: Finally . . . welcome to the Rachmaninoff Preludes! My hands hurt after playing slowly through the first one! But it’s beautiful music (and I’m trying not to think about his home country today). In other news, we are glad that Grace is joining us — with her assistant!
GRACE 3/2: I think of this first prelude as an etude on chord inversions. I also think it would be much easier memorized so you can just jump around without thinking.
HELEN 3/2: I agree!
NADIA 3/2: Sabrina and I played through the first 2 preludes today! All I have to say is between the 2 of us it took about an hour to sight read both of the pieces😂, but we had fun. In addition, I’ve also been learning the G minor prelude which is in my “piano masterworks” book.
Also, my hands were definitely feeling tired after all of the octaves.
HELEN 3/2: That’s hilarious, only because I know how long both of these preludes have taken me thus far.
CRAIG 3/2: I had to split #3 over two days…that one was quite epic!
HELEN 3/2: Opus 3 no. 2? Epic is definitely the word.
I’m suddenly disappointed that I didn’t do something proactive like start the month on Opus 23 No. 1 instead of Opus 3 no. 2. Going through them in Opus order, as I’m doing, means that I’ll never be on a number that matches the day of the month. One of the very small problems of life that vex me.
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