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Pianist Jocelyn Swigger plays and talks you through her journey learning the Chopin etudes, some of the most difficult and beautiful music ever written for the piano. Sometimes exuberant, sometimes rueful, always thought-provoking, Play It Again, Swig is her weekly practice report. For more informat…

Jocelyn Swigger

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October

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 10, 2020


Not practicing very much in the pandemic; Bach as comfort food (and an example of how muscle memory is totally unreliable); a perk of playing music by live composers; three of the Four Pieces for Piano by Katerina Ruzickova Pinosova; Valse Boheme by Celeste Heckscher (and some thoughts on ledger lines); Cortege by Lili Boulanger. […]

137: Last week’s porch concert

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 11, 2020


Play-throughs (with some a little yelling) of last week’s porch concert: Katerina Ruzickova’s Four Pieces for Piano, Lili Boulanger’s Trois Morceaux, Dorothy Rudd Moore’s A Little Whimsy, and Florence Price’s Silk Hat and Walking Cane. Plus a first play-through of Rachmaninov’s Prelude in G major, Op. 32 No. 5.

136: Porch Concerts

Play Episode Listen Later May 28, 2020


A project I hope will help me find meaning in these strange times. Also bits of, and questions about, Katerina Ruzickova’s Four Pieces for Piano, and a not-quite-memorized performance of Bach’s C# major fugue from WTC book I.

135: Viardot Mazurka and a fun project

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 9, 2020


Pauline Viardot’s Mazurke (and how I’m stepping up my work and thinking about it), and a fun project I got to work on this weekend. You can see me play Viardot’s mazurke live on Tuesday April 14 on All Together Now, with other guests and host Bobbie Steinbach, coming together to share music and stories […]

134

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 27, 2020


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133: Pandemic Practicing

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 12, 2020


These times are good for practicing, as I texted a student today. In this episode: an insight about Chopin thanks to Pauline Viardot, with bits of mazurkas by both of them. Also a look at some small hand workarounds in Lili Boulanger with some moments of improvised practicing in Boulanger and Rachmaninov. And a report […]

PIAS 132: Shopping

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 27, 2020


I’ve been reading through lots of music, “shopping” for pieces for a solo recital. Bits and pieces of those, and thoughts about putting together a program, and a possible title (tell me what you think of it–I need to know if it’s terrible). Plus a play-through of Chopin’s Fantasie-Impromptu Op. 66, with way too many […]

PIAS 131

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 13, 2020


Almost done reading through Beethoven sonatas, Volume 2; some thoughts on hearing auditions; ornamenting Chopin’s Fantasie Impromptu (and a glass-half-full report on a lackluster performance of it); the most obvious epiphany in the world, involving a moment with Led Zeppelin, with a shout-out to @yogawithadriene Thank you for being my practice buddy!      

PIAS 130: Reboot

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 30, 2020


Hey, Practice Buddies! It’s a new decade and the podcast is back. Today, some Beethoven sonatas, a little Chopin and, as always, some thoughts on imperfection…    

PIAS 128

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 30, 2019


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PIAS 127

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 17, 2018


I’m uploading this one late–I recorded it in September, but have been having technical difficulties. If you have opinions about the sound quality of this one compared to earlier ones, I’d love to hear from you!

PIAS 126

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 14, 2018


Bach, Jurnickova, and some thoughts on improvisation

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