Chopin Nocturne Ab major Op. 32 no. 2 - Analysis: WOUND UP WALTZING

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Pianist Henrik Kilhamn explains this Chopin Nocturne in A flat major, where Chopin fuses the Nocturne style with a crazy waltz middle section. The initial melody is at first comfortable and reassuring, but after the wlatz section it returns in fortissimo and appassionato!
0:00 Introduction
1:07 Analysis
4:17 Middle section
9:55 Return
13:10 Performance
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F. Chopin: Nocturne in Ab major, Op. 32 no. 2. Score: Schirmer edition, 1894, editor: Carl Mikuli
P. I. Tchaikovsky: Waltz of the Flowers, from The Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a. Piano arrangement: P. I. Tchaikovsky. Score: P. Jurgenson (1892), Reprinted: D. Rahter (1898)
📄 Scores available at: imslp.org
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@othewisp 3 жыл бұрын

The first time I heard this nocturne my brain melted. Then I understood that Chopin managed to modulate a half-step up so brilliantly.

@notana833 3 жыл бұрын

I love how the main melody just came back with more "confidence" its amazing

@thesound9888 3 жыл бұрын

That part you call "main atraction" for me has a sense of madness and chaos, i like it a lot. Including the previous bar, that transition is so amazing, somehow it freezes time.

@SonataSecrets 3 жыл бұрын

Yes, it's like it's balancing on the border between order and chaos.

@lyndajoyce6517 4 жыл бұрын

I have been trying to learn this piece for a month now. Very difficult with all the accidentals! I had no idea there were such resources as yours to help me understand this piece better. The beautiful melodies keep me company during COVID19 isolation. Thank you

@SonataSecrets 4 жыл бұрын

Yes, we all need music the most now I think. Good luck with the piece (I know, so many accidentals, it takes time to make them feel comfortable in the hand). I'm happy you like the video :)

@PianoScenesMoviesandSeries 3 жыл бұрын

This is lovely. I have no idea why you have so little views and subscribers, you should have so much more.

@SonataSecrets 3 жыл бұрын

The subscribers keep growing in number though :)

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@xueqingyu4248 4 жыл бұрын

cool!this is one of my favorite Nocturnes

@blairinnyc 4 жыл бұрын

Very enjoyable, thank you. I'm working on this now and have found very few KZfaq tutorials, discussions or masterclasses on this particular piece so I truly enjoyed your enthusiastic analysis.

@SonataSecrets 4 жыл бұрын

Yes, it's not in the first row of Nocturnes... Thanks, I'm glad you enjoyed it!

@AnaPaula-np5rq 3 жыл бұрын

Chopin, my favorite. I believe that at the most in 30 years with a lot of dedication and study, I will be able to play this Chopin Nocturne. Excellent explanation as always. I love your piano. ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️👏

@SonataSecrets 3 жыл бұрын

The middle section is the hard part, the first part you will be able to play in a lot less than 30 years! ;)

@amandawolf5513 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! This is my favorite nocturne and deserves more knowledge

@raulsuarez9977 2 жыл бұрын

I just love it how you play it, so beautiful and so intense the 'appassionato'

@sukholmes1066 Жыл бұрын

I can't play this piece yet, but in few years I will, I hope. Thank you for this posting. I'm sure it takes good amount of time and effort to create one piece. Enjoyed a lot. Thank you and feel little smarter! It's so wonderful having a teacher in my own room.

@alanleoneldavid1787 3 жыл бұрын

I played this for the conservatory last year! It's very nice to see and share the chopin's genius through this Nocturne !

@marie-francelerouxnd.a.2900 2 жыл бұрын

Great explanations and wonderful interpretation! Thank you. That middle part rocks!

@raulqa 4 жыл бұрын

This is great! Thanks so much, this is going to be very useful!

@petersz7322 2 жыл бұрын

I am working on another Nocturne at the moment, but this goes to my "need to learn" list. Thank you for showing us this piece

@bobbivpappas1011 2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely beautiful. I love the "master class". It should be required for anyone attempting to learn this piece.

@MsChaman 4 жыл бұрын

How the piano cries, on the descent of the quick chords. There's a lot of feelings in this play👌

@alicialoveschopin6774 3 жыл бұрын

Great videos, you made them very enjoyable. I've been learning this Nocturne for a month, it's really lovely to play it. Love the middle section too, can't wait to play it in a fluent way. Thanks Henrik.

@SonataSecrets 3 жыл бұрын

I'm glad to hear it! Good luck with your practicing!

@philipmurphy2337 3 жыл бұрын

This is my favorite chopin nocturne. Great video!

@SonataSecrets 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@bernardmarquot996 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much for this analysis! You explain it very well without going into too much dark musical jargon and for an amateur musician (like me for instance), this is really appreciable! You totally revealed this Nocturne to me. By the way, after listening to several interpretations of this lovely piece, it seems (imho) that not so many pianists emphasize the waltz section as you do (Kultyshev does a bit). Your playing definetly gives a different taste to the whole thing, putting even more magic in it. I'm practicing this by the time and I found it unexpectedly hard to actually sound like waltzing, so hats off to you sir for that too!

@Mbudd391 3 жыл бұрын

Your emojis are spot on! And beautiful playing. Thank you.

@noellomigo1749 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for your analysis and beautiful playing.

@EpicXBoy 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks alot man my favourite nocturne ur playing made me cry

@chessematics 2 жыл бұрын

I found your channel with the moonlight Sonata video. And now I'm becoming a fan with each video i find.

@SonataSecrets 2 жыл бұрын

Glad to hear it :)

@lum859 Жыл бұрын

Beautiful and solid performance

@josetrinh 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you ! This is lovely !

@balqisyrahmania775 3 жыл бұрын

i am in love with this piece 😍

@MarianoStatelloPiano 3 жыл бұрын

amazing! Thank you for this video Henrik!

@SonataSecrets 3 жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it! :)

@MarianoStatelloPiano 3 жыл бұрын

@@SonataSecrets 👏👏☺

@erinchillmusic8930 3 жыл бұрын

Excellent teaching! Thank you

@Balkyzag 4 жыл бұрын

Very helpful video, thanks for uploading.

@SonataSecrets 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Sven!

@uli069 2 жыл бұрын

I love these videos. Thanks a lot :-)

@peterswenson18 4 жыл бұрын

My favorite Chopin nocturne :)

@grimoireh3471 4 жыл бұрын

Happy new year!

@SonataSecrets 4 жыл бұрын

Happy new year! :)

@joaquinalvz 4 жыл бұрын

This video is fantastic. It´s such a shame it has almost no reproductions

@SonataSecrets 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you Joaquin! The views are growing right now though... :)

@cdvorpiano 3 жыл бұрын

I am just beginning to work on this nocturne and appreciate your tutorial immensely, including your pleasant and enjoyable presentation of the material. Your fingerings are excellent! I have a question regarding editions. I am using the Paderewski edition by Dover, but a colleague of mine says that Jan Ekier is much better. I noticed that your Schirmer edition has some chords very different from my edition, for example in M. 41, I don't have the French 6th chord you mentioned, but rather F natural, A, & D#. I welcome your help!

@SonataSecrets 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks, I'm happy you like it! I don't know about those editions you mention unfortunately. But in bar 41, the Schirmer also has F natural -A-D# in the left hand, it's the B in the right hand that makes it a French sixth chord. But it's possible that editions differ, especially in Chopin, then you can choose whichever one you prefer is my attitude.

@elliotthuffman7544 3 жыл бұрын

I know I'm a year late, but wonderful analysis. Liked and subscribed!

@SonataSecrets 3 жыл бұрын

Never too late :) welcome!

@prettycureforever7102 Жыл бұрын

Some of it just sounds so familiar too its crazy

@paulmills7171 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for all your superb videos. Please could you advise where you would direct beginners to go if they would like to develop the piano technique and sight reading skills? Have you ever considered creating an online course using classical piano literature? Thanks again- Paul

@letsschubertiad1966 3 жыл бұрын

Now I'll try it.

@keesslijper497 3 жыл бұрын

Super !!! aan het instuderen

@AbnormaalTsi 3 жыл бұрын

This piece just sings of chopin. It is so delicate and tender, but you cant help but to feel bit melancholic. I'd like to think he turned his joyful, and especilaly his sorrows into his beautiful piano works. Dear, Henrik. I once again got to discover a new gem thanks to you. My teacher gave me a book with all chopin nocturnes, and i was wondering how you estimate the difficulty of this piece.

@SonataSecrets 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Tsi! Well the A section is not that difficult, but the B section is quite heavy to go through with all the changing notes (and the two times a semitone apart on top of that is rough for the muscular memory...) But it doesn't need to be that fast really.

@AdamDavidFroman 3 жыл бұрын

None of them are easy!

@TheLys7 3 жыл бұрын

Thank’s

@shawnparker1207 3 жыл бұрын

This nocturne is not so difficulr I really enjoy playing it

@Hjominbonrun Жыл бұрын

I appreciate the detail you go into. Unfortunately, I am not a fan of the set of Nocturnes, but you do put in the best case possible for it. This one especially is probably one of my most disliked, but thanks to you, I gave it a chance.

@SonataSecrets Жыл бұрын

Thank you, I suppose that is a good review 🙃

@Hjominbonrun Жыл бұрын

@@SonataSecrets Yes. I don't like the piece, but I like what you do with it, and how you explain.

@TheKwung 3 жыл бұрын

This is an enjoyable video, thank you. Some critics think this piece is too repetitive and boring. I'm just wondering if there is any reason that Chopin wrote it so repetitive?

@RobertOrgRobert 3 жыл бұрын

Why are the arpeggiated chords at the beginning etc always played incorrectly ? Really nice video .

@SonataSecrets 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks! I thought about it some, but I still ended up doing one long arpeggio instead of shorter in each hand, just because it feels much more pianistic somehow.

@worldofmakam 4 жыл бұрын

This is great work Henrik! Can we get one for Ballade in G minor?

@SonataSecrets 4 жыл бұрын

The G minor ballade is definately on my ultimate to-do list! But I've recently finished a batch of Chopin and have some other stuff planned for the nearest future so it may take a while.

@SonataSecrets Жыл бұрын

Finally got around to it: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/bdGWfdmhtKrHiIE.html

@darcshadowrenacido 11 ай бұрын

Siempre siento que la parte principal emana una tristeza y reflexión profunda.

@tomarmstrong1281 Жыл бұрын

As a piano improver I am very much aware of how it is necessary to play a low base note often on the first and the third beat of the bar with finger number five. Which obviously requires the pianist to have a spatial awareness of the note in question. Henrick appears not to be looking to locate the note in particular. I would love to know how such accurate spatial judgement is acquired? Is it purely hours and hours of practice? Are there exercises to help develop this important skill?

@martintangora7324 3 жыл бұрын

You might have mentioned, since you emphasize the dance-y character of the middle section, that this nocturne is one of the Chopin pieces that were adapted for the ballet "Les Sylphides."

@martintangora7324 3 жыл бұрын

Scroll down here to the video with Baryshnikov to see the nocturne as it is danced classicjoy.blogspot.com/2015/09/les-sylphides-ballet-music-by-chopin.html

@SonataSecrets 3 жыл бұрын

Interesting! It's not surprising that they chose this, I think it fits perfectly to dance.

@faithquashie 3 жыл бұрын

so, what form would you call this nocturne to be in?

@SonataSecrets 3 жыл бұрын

As a structure it's straight forward ABA or ternary form (with the B part repeating itself transposed one half step up). In a broader sense of "form" you can argue that "Nocturne" is a form in itself. However it's much harder to define exactly what that is, becuase a Nocturne can be many different things. That's why I haven't done it explicitly in any of my videos, but if you get to know the music well enough you will know implicitly what is "Nocturnal" in a piece.

@yiannoscyprus 2 жыл бұрын

Hey!! Amazing video, just one question! How is it a French 6th chord at 5:53? Isn't a French 6th chord supposed to be built on the flat 6th degree of the scale in which it is in? The chord in question is a Bb7b5, which is not the flat 6th in either F minor or A flat major. Thanks in advance!!

@SonataSecrets 2 жыл бұрын

Sorry for the late reply here... So the French are tricky, they can transpose to two chords - it's also a Fb7-5, which is on the flat 6th degree of Ab, to which it resolves. This is clear in the voice-leading (and Fb in the bass), but it's confusing because the same notes could also be the other chord!

@yiannoscyprus 2 жыл бұрын

@@SonataSecrets Ohhhh I see!! Thank you so much, very helpful!!

@rogerg4916 2 жыл бұрын

Couldn't Chopin have just called this piece a waltz rather than a nocturne?

@davcaslop Жыл бұрын

No performer has the right of skipping the written. If Chopin were to be in front of you you wouldn't say that. Great analysis but romantic composers (in facto this started with Beethoven) wrote exactly what they wanted, even obvious pedaling.