Gustav Lange: Blumenlied (Mélodie) Op. 39

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15 жыл бұрын

The German composer Gustav Lange (1830-89) was extremely popular in the 19th c for his many salon pieces. Together with 'Edelweiss' this 'Flower Song' is his best-known, and remains very popular even today. I first recorded this piece in September 2007 on my old equipment, but several commentators found my rendition too fast. Here is my new (June 2009) recording of the piece, which I hope is more laid back, and certainly has better sound! My thumbnail uses a beautiful image by Clker-Free-Vector-Images from Pixabay ( tinyurl.com/ybnsjtd2 ).
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Played by Phillip Sear
www.psear.co.uk (Email: piano4@psear.33mail.com
WhatsApp: wa.me/441444483794 )

Пікірлер: 117

@mamamamamario8577 2 ай бұрын

The harp-like part of this song is really lovely. I played it once, but I couldn't play it as emotionally as you did. I'm glad to hear this after all these years.

@PSearPianist 2 ай бұрын

I'm very pleased to hear that, and hope you will play it again!

@SimonDFox 12 жыл бұрын

I have been searching for this piece for years - My dear Mum used to play this piece to me when i was a child, she played it beautifully! God bless her! and so i have been very selective to try and find someone who can perform it as well as she did and you ate that person - thankyou so much! i can see her playing it when listening ( i hope thats ok with you) Beautifull performance - Thankyou Paul

@jacquidavis90 10 жыл бұрын

My mother tried to remember this and play it yesterday on her 94th birthday. She struggled but today I took this in to her Care Home and played it to her. I am so pleased I found it. And it takes me back to my mother playing it when I was a little girl. I probably haven't heard it for about 50 years.

@PSearPianist 10 жыл бұрын

Jacqui Davis Thank you Jacqui! And congratulations to your mother on making 94! I hope she enjoyed the video - and it is great that she can still play a little at that age. I hope I can still find a few notes should I be lucky enough to live that long!

@kitmui 13 жыл бұрын

I'm 8 years old. I've been playing piano for 4 years. I'm going to learn this piece. You play really well. I like this piece.

@42Suzanna 10 жыл бұрын

My mother and grandmother used to play this lovely piece quite often. Thank you for this beautiful rendition!

@PSearPianist 10 жыл бұрын

42Suzanna Thank you very much for your kind comment!

@derequwc 13 жыл бұрын

I just love how you played this. So endearing and touching. Just like the way you played Edelweiss (Op. 31).

@PSearPianist 14 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your kind comment. I do wish you every success in the competition. Let me know how you get on!

@PSearPianist 12 жыл бұрын

@SimonDFox Thank you very much for your kind comment - I am delighted that I brought back memories of your moither's performance!

@susieQ128 12 жыл бұрын

My grandma used to play this for me when I was 6 - 8 years old back in the late 50s and early 60s. I loved it and still do. I'm back in the living room with her watching her play. Thanks for the memories!

@ilseklavier 13 жыл бұрын

Wonderful! I like it very much!!! Thank you for this great performance!! Regards from Austria, Ilse

@susieQ128 14 жыл бұрын

Love this piece. My grandma played this for me many times when I was growing up. This was my favorite of all the songs she played. Thanks for the memories. it sounds great!!

@Ellatigojusticiero 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot for recording this beautiful composition of Lange.

@PSearPianist 4 жыл бұрын

It's my pleasure!

@PSearPianist 13 жыл бұрын

@shoang1923 Thank you for your very kind comment. I have been surprised to find how popular this piece is too!

@PSearPianist 12 жыл бұрын

@gilfishify It's great that you have found it and are starting to play it. Enjoy!

@PSearPianist 14 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much for your kind comment. Your English is fine!

@PSearPianist 12 жыл бұрын

Thank you! It's great that you enjoy playing it - much better to play something yourself if you can than to listen to other people playing, and I wish you luck with your own video.

@PSearPianist 13 жыл бұрын

@yomaster29 I think I am playing the full piece as published without cuts. I'm glad you liked it!

@wuhanbaby 14 жыл бұрын

I am learning this song and I think this is one of the best examples I can use to learn (along with the sheet music) :)

@PSearPianist 15 жыл бұрын

That's really nice - the piece has served its purpose!

@PSearPianist 14 жыл бұрын

Thank you. That's a really kind comment. I'm sure it's an aberration in the history of music appreciation that today's listeners select a tiny proportion of composers working in any historical period to the exclusion of all the others. Curiously, minor baroque and renaissance composers are more readily accepted than minor 19th century ones!

@PSearPianist 12 жыл бұрын

@susieQ128 Thank you - I am very pleased to bring back some great memories for you!

@PSearPianist 14 жыл бұрын

@funasaka Thank you! I am not sure I could bring anything new to Chopin that has not been done thousands of times before, on here and elsewhere!

@romanticmusicker 15 жыл бұрын

=) nice piece. I can feel the scent of flowers.. haha 5 stars

@shellygilman1 12 жыл бұрын

i had a piano lesson today and i could now play 3 lines,it is such a pretty song!!

@brandontiplea7537 11 жыл бұрын

Inspiring, truly. Well done and keep it up!

@PSearPianist 14 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your kind comment. I am a bit old to be taking to the stage in tails, but I do a lot of accompanying for rehearsals, exams, auditions etc. I could record the Pathetique - but I am sure there will be loads of other renditions already here on KZfaq.

@TweetyRock1 13 жыл бұрын

here i am again, delaying homework to listen to more of your pieces! i love the way u easily play... everthing! wish u could be my teacher. am studying this one and, well, i got until 1:20 for now (u can guess y i slowed down there lol).

@PSearPianist 14 жыл бұрын

@susieQ128 Thank you - I'm glad you enjoyed it!

@PSearPianist 14 жыл бұрын

Thank you for that. I am glad that people are still learning this piece. When I was young it would have been considered very old-fashioned!

@PSearPianist 11 жыл бұрын

Thank you. I wish you every success in your study of the piece!

@PSearPianist 11 жыл бұрын

That's great. I wish you every success with your study of the piece!

@shellygilman1 12 жыл бұрын

love it,it is amazing,i want to play it

@PSearPianist 13 жыл бұрын

@ilseklavier Thank you Ilse - and regards from a cold UK!

@aroldinodesaintetherese8396 Жыл бұрын

Beautiful!!! 🤔🤗🤗🤗👏👏👏👍

@PSearPianist Жыл бұрын

Thank you! 😊

@PSearPianist 14 жыл бұрын

Thank you - and good luck with your own work on the piece!

@11gcorona 12 жыл бұрын

i love playing this piece-- its so powerfully emotional, i get an endorphin rush. i cant wait to post a video of my own performance. thanks for this! its helped me work out some kinks with the timing.

@PSearPianist 13 жыл бұрын

@brtfunandcool Thanks. I have not uploaded Bach or Mozart because there are so many videos of pieces by these composers already on KZfaq. But there are lots of other videos on my channel of music by less well-known composers.

@PSearPianist 13 жыл бұрын

@Alberichring Thank you - and the best of luck with your own work on this piece. Old-fashioned it may be, but it is still popular!

@PSearPianist 11 жыл бұрын

That's really kind, and much appreciated!

@PSearPianist 15 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much!

@PSearPianist 11 жыл бұрын

That's very kind!

@PSearPianist 13 жыл бұрын

@AnjarMusician Thank you very much. I hope you cheer up soon!

@D00MM3L 14 жыл бұрын

Your piano sounds very good !

@PSearPianist 12 жыл бұрын

Thank you. I'm sure it could work at a faster speed - but I have to be careful as it is very easy to rush slow music of this period!

@PSearPianist 13 жыл бұрын

@AngelQ42 Glad you liked it!

@nobodyknowswtf 11 жыл бұрын

You , sir , are amazing...you're the best.

@PSearPianist 11 жыл бұрын

I'm glad you enjoyed it!

@CoreaKids1357 11 жыл бұрын

Amazing!

@kristigvasalia 10 жыл бұрын

it's so beautiful

@PSearPianist 10 жыл бұрын

kristi gvasalia Thank you Kristi - I'm glad you enjoy it so much!

@PSearPianist 14 жыл бұрын

Thank you for that!

@PSearPianist 11 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@PSearPianist 15 жыл бұрын

Thank you. I hope there is a difference between the two!

@PSearPianist 14 жыл бұрын

@wuhanbaby Thank you. I am glad you find this helpful, and I wish you every success with your own study of the piece.

@PSearPianist 13 жыл бұрын

@derequwc Thanks very much - your comment is appreciated!

@PSearPianist 14 жыл бұрын

@hildegarde07 Thank you. Good luck with your study of the piece. Alas, here in the UK the weather is now such that thoughts are on autumn and winter!

@PSearPianist 11 жыл бұрын

That's great!

@PSearPianist 14 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@PSearPianist 14 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your kind comment. I will send you a message about where you may be able to find 'the Harvest Time'.

@gudrunhorst6289 3 жыл бұрын

Its wonderfull thank you

@PSearPianist 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you too, Gudrun!

@PSearPianist 10 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much indeed!

@TrebleClefDork 11 жыл бұрын

I'm so gonna subscribe!

@marianancyborgesmarques9013 10 жыл бұрын

Eu adoro esta obra porque expressa um sentimento de amorosidade muito profundo. Bravo maestro!

@PSearPianist 10 жыл бұрын

Maria Nancy Borges Marques Thank you!

@marianancyborgesmarques9013 10 жыл бұрын

PSearPianist Ela é uma das minhas favoritas. Muito obrigado pelo upload porque se não fosse você eu e outras pessoas, não teríamos o conhecimento dela.

@pinwheel10 13 жыл бұрын

can't get those fast triplet notes in between the notes :( I tend to prolong them that the timing is disrupted Anyway, love the way you play with ease!

@PSearPianist 13 жыл бұрын

@kevinsayahofficial I'm glad you agree. I can't withdraw the other one as I am reluctant to lose all the comments etc!

@funasaka 14 жыл бұрын

you play it so beautiful ! i would really love to hear you playing chopin :D

@AnotherSchmoe 14 жыл бұрын

Very very nice. =)

@PSearPianist 11 жыл бұрын

Thank you, Brandon. I will do that!

@DanielsonOfAGun 11 жыл бұрын

Wow!!!!!! How did u learn to play like that??? Since childhood?

@PSearPianist 14 жыл бұрын

@freethinker923 It is certainly very evocative of its time!

@PSearPianist 13 жыл бұрын

@ANYA1688 Thank you Anya!

@shellygilman1 12 жыл бұрын

i was surprised that it was only 4 pages too

@PSearPianist 13 жыл бұрын

@kitmui Thank you. You have chosen a good piece to learn, and I shall be very impressed if you master it at 8 years old.

@PSearPianist 14 жыл бұрын

Thank you - and sorry for the delay in replying!

@TweetyRock1 13 жыл бұрын

@PSearPianist thanks for the tip! don't worry, i always get my homework done anyways :)

@PSearPianist 13 жыл бұрын

@pinwheel10 Thanks very much. Maybe you can devise a natural-sounding rubato that lets you have a little extra time for the triplets.

@tomk429 10 жыл бұрын

how do you play the part that says "rapido"? im having a hard time on that one.

@PSearPianist 13 жыл бұрын

@TweetyRock1 Thanks very much - its good to hear from you. But homework is very important! Good luck with this piece - you just have to keep loose wrists and arms to do the hard passages.

@ottoschmidthorn 11 жыл бұрын

Dankeschön!!!! _/\_

@PSearPianist 14 жыл бұрын

@mm6321 You can download the sheet music for free from the IMSLP site (Google this name - I cannot give links in comments).

@buryatrider 14 жыл бұрын

hello! while i'm not a music critic but my goodness your newer version of blumenlied is perfect. you should consider a career as a concert pianist! while it may be a bit presumptuous, would it ever be possible to make a request? perhaps beethoven's pathetique, mov. 2 ?

@PSearPianist 13 жыл бұрын

@1asdfsdfg I am glad my video is helpful - and I wish you lots of pleasure and success in your study of the piece!

@wtfparkyy 14 жыл бұрын

i wish my hands were bigger then i cud play it like youuuu! it sounds so much nicer and smoother

@PSearPianist 14 жыл бұрын

You just have to listen very carefully to the balance between melody and accompaniment, and keep the latter 'down'. Also watch the shape of the phrases and make sure there are no sudden accents.

@MrGuez37 8 жыл бұрын

it's so beautiful Thanks Phillip! This composer has a rich and wonderful repertoire!

@PSearPianist 8 жыл бұрын

Georges Guez Thank you Georges, and great to hear from you!

@PSearPianist 11 жыл бұрын

That's exactly right! I started at about 7yo!

@PSearPianist 14 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Actually, my hands are not particularly big, and I have a limited stretch between my second and fifth fingers. However, I can stretch a tenth between my thumb and fifth finger!

@PSearPianist 11 жыл бұрын

No - I had lessons. You can have a look at my bio on my website (see the link in the video description).