I heard this once in the background of the Adelphi Hotel in Liverpool, I passed by and heard it in one of the grand ballrooms, and the music fitted well an elegant piece playing in an elegant hotel it was the coda I heard and ever since then I looked for this piece and finally found it thank you for making an analysis on it, one last thing can you link the folk music so I can listen to that to.

Perhaps the last 13 measures of this piece are Chopin poking fun at his listeners. He just played V-I cadence after cadence with scales in between. "The End"......"The End" ..... it's over. (the listeners are certain we can stop this madness!!) Then he has that delicious trill with 3 rolled chords ...up to C ....(is that the end? ...nope) ....up to C# ....(is that the end? Are we done yet? .. nope) ....up to D!!! (this is it! The final V7 chord!!!) Each of those top notes get softer and softer. The trill should die away gently as you focus on those 3 top notes of the rolled chords, and as the audience at this point is probably thinking, "will he climb yet another hill?? - I can't take any more - think I'll take a nap". And he has one last pianissimo echo of the 1st theme before the final arpeggio that is marked smorzando, lulling them into their slumber . . . . then BOOM! The Final 2 chords wake them up, so they know for sure it's over!!! (he did need applause after all, and it's good that they are awake for that!!) LOL!!! I enjoyed your analysis, Greg!!!

What a video! Had me laughing our loud several times 🤣 Your defence of the 'Austrian' theme is most persuasive. If I see pianist is going to pay this in the Chopin Competiton I conclude he/she is either (a) mad, or (b) a likely laureate. Putting pieces into the context of Chopin's life is a fine way of showing why things are as they are as opposed to compositional shortcomings. Bravo!

Unique vibrations caused by the early Chopin, predispose the listener to the next works. The structure of the rondo opus 16 is complex and its semantic references in the field of aesthetic values ​​of the young composer, are much more in this work, compared to the rest of his work. The thematic variety and the "bridges" connecting the various aspects, create a structured and complete project with a remarkable form and content. The composer follows the traditional style of a "serious" and "imposing" introduction to a bright and sparkling work, written with "good taste" and for a specific purpose. It is a pity that this rondo remains on the margins of popularity, but this fact is inevitable in the works of all the great composers. In addition to any comment on the promotion of this rondo through the discography or the concert halls, I feel the need to thank you from the bottom of my heart, Maestro Niemczuk, for your superhuman effort to approach with so much love and thorough care this unjustly "disregarded" work. I would wholeheartedly wish that through your art you can offer this refined music the position it deserves.

It was a great listening pleasure for me again. Thank you!

Thanks Greg! I really enjoyed . I am going to concert rondo op.16 today!

SO WONDERFUL AS ALWAYS, MAESTRO!!!!! Thank you for one of my favourite Chopin's masterpieces in an excellent rendition and for your analysis/tutorial, I wish you all the best in this Christmas Season and I'm looking forward to your new music, again my best regards, have a nice weekend. Joanna

Thank you for your thorough analysis of this piece! I also found it very difficult to understand, and compared to Chopin's other pieces in E flat major (many of which feels sweet, delicate and glamorous), this piece seemed almost like an outlier; starting from the opening in minor key it already appears quite unusual. But your explanation of Chopin's personal aspects at the time he wrote the piece indeed helps me make sense of it. Looking forward to the etudes!

As i often say, Chopin did not write music to impress but to express. I think i am alot like him. I would rather play by myself because it has more of a cathartic effect on me. One could write the most sparkling virtuoso, technically genius piece, if i feel nothing while listening to it, it does not have much worth to me. Fortunately, Chopin always was able to add a beautiful personal touch to his music, even when he wrote it mostly to please an audience. ❤️

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Can you please do a video on Chopins rondo “a la mazur” op. 5? It’s my favorite rondo by Chopin. I love you videos, I’ve been watching all of them and I can’t get enough thank you!!!

"Bon goût" means refinement, good style. It evolves over time. Your video is soooooo interesting....

When you say that the one theme is like an Austrian folk song, I am reminded of what Schumann said about Chopin's waltzes -- that, if they were played at a ball, half the women would have to be countesses. Similarly, Chopin's theme has much in common with Austrian folk music, but with a layer of great refinement. Can you give us a link to the music that you played on your machine, the Austrian music? I'd like to think about this some more. To me that is the one part of this work of Chopin's that is really the work of a great, mature composer.

Can you send me those books?