A Glance at Evening - Piano Improvisation (Sosnowski)

[DPDAN]

David, I did not know that happened to you.

Sometimes I whine about not being able to play piano because my piano lessons were interferring with my school homework when I was seven.

Just as well, I got Rheumatoid Arthritis back in 1997, and now at 52 years of age, I would have been devastated that I could no longer play....
so I guess nothing has been lost

It is awesome that you played this!!!!

I really enjoyed listening to your music without the interference of notation or sequencing,....
This is the real ETLUX!

Dan

[MMOSC]

David, enjoyed this immensely. If this is rusty technique and neglected improvisatorial skills one can only wonder what the polished ETLUX sounds like.

This reminds me of something from years ago, maybe from a loft jazz concert in the early 70's or David Burell or ??? but senility is keeping me from putting my finger on it.

Thanks for sharing this

My best

[jsp2]

Its always a pleasure to hear your latest works, David.

Even amidst my insane schedule over the past few months, I'm glad I stopped by for a quick visit.

This was a very poignant piece.

Interesting how this seems quite different from the style we've been accustomed to.
The piano makes it much easier to hear the singular soul.. as opposed to the infinite details of a full orchestra.

Lovely work!

Jeff

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[Raymond62]

Go on playing, you still have it and about that rusty feeling in the hand, I think I will be far behind you with my stiff fingers........ This sounds good and even being an improvisation you structured it intuitively. Yes, it is a great instrument, Gary brought us.

I am going to bed with your sounds,

Raymond

[valhalx]

David,

Wonderful news!! I can only imagine how good it feels to play once again.

It was a thrill for me to hear you play at long last. Rust? I hear a finely oiled performance. Your improvisation is very moving, and reveals your joy to be able to sit at the piano once again and make music.

This is, as they say, a win-win situation. You have recovered something lost and the folks on this forum will benefit every time you post something new.

I anxiously await the arrival of a Piano Concerto by the end of the year, ROFL. Just Kidding!

Take care my friend,

Bill

[Fredrik]

Hi David,

Yes! There is often a story behind great achievements! You are bold, to tell us about what happened to you a long time ago.

Your comments and advices have meant a lot to me! I have often wondered why they are so deep and sincere, now I know.

Many of the great thinkers and Musicians, painters, writers, conductors, have overcome their personal struggle through art. You are one of them! I'm convinced you would make a great conductor, no kidding(Toscanini, Karajan, Solti, Mahler, Wagner, Strauss, Furtwängler, Knappertsbush.)

This moment of improvisation could very well be Franz Liszt, sitting by the piano, while Richard Wagner, sitting in the same room, having a quiet moment, reflecting over a passage in a Schopenhauer epic

I can't hear anything rusty though! After the first listen I already hear that this is a virtuoso piece, played by a very experienced musician.



This is my opinion, and I mean every word of what I have said!


Fred

[DelCarry]

David, let me be the 16th person to congratulate and celebrate your comeback to the sacred piano and an old dear friend. I always thought it strange that you mentioned you did not have a keyboard/piano around. There is obviously a lot of things waiting to come out through your piano.

Great performance!
If I understand your situation, you must be given a lot of credit for adapting your talents on the notation/seq end which kept you deeply involved in different ways. Many in your place would have just given up. When life gave you lemmons, you made lemonade!

Del

[Cass Hansen]

Gosh, this is impressive David. I must also chime in about this rust thing. Even rusty iron is still extremely magnetic and this performance is likewise!

I’d give my eye-tooth and then some to be able to improvise such as this. I suck at it, so this is just mind-boggling to me. Exquisitely crafted lines of an emotive spirit ripple throughout this piece…it’s really entrancing.

I don’t really hear any of your so called “ungraceful” moments. I would guess that 90 % of the people on this forum would be thrilled to able to play this well. It’s human nature to think we can’t possibly match our previous prowess of what ever ability where focusing on from years past, no matter what the circumstances. But time has a way of making the past seem so flawless, but in fact....it is not.

Your nuances and subtlety of line are played with great finesse and beautifully executed…at least in my opinion. Technically speaking, the phrasing is splendid, right and left-hand coordination is in perfect alignment, the chromatic upward runs are smooth, even, and again, phrased beautifully.

Yes, we all can improve, but you’re already really high up on the mark. Don’t get discouraged, I want to hear more of this in my ears!! Considering the hurdles you had to overcome, this is an amazing piece!! A triumph really…..

Cass

[rolifer]

David

Leon Fleisher is a great pianist that you might be familiar with. He lost the use of his right hand many years ago and it wasn't until lately that new surgeries gave him back the use of it. I saw him play 2 years ago and while he plays differently than he did when he was younger, at least, once again he plays with 2 hands.

This piece is lovely and you should know by now that I do love improv.

Well done

Ron

[Rhap2]

Leon Fleisher will be a guest soloist in Sacramento, CA. with the
Sacramento Philharmonic next January. He will play a Mozart
Piano Concerto with the orchestra and another Mozart Piano
Concerto with his daughter (two-piano version).

Can't wait for that performance. I understand that Leon is now
80 years old.

Jack