Piano Diaries - Staying Alert
Today we wake up with a new slogan to guide our lives through this next #phase of #COVID19#Lockdown in the UK - #stayalert It’s hard not...
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@MariaPianist
- Apr 25, 2020
- 1 min
Lockdown Pianist Alphabet - Z
We have come to Z. The last letter in this project reflects the endeavours of Alexander Siloti. He pushed #piano #technique to new...
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@MariaPianist
- Apr 24, 2020
- 1 min
Lockdown Pianist Alphabet - Y
When things get tough one of our strongest reactions is that to cling onto something of the past. Yearning for something that used to...
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@MariaPianist
- Apr 24, 2020
- 1 min
Lockdown Pianist Alphabet - X
Sometimes the signs are all around us. Distractions, convenience of ‘ready-processed’ information, laziness, denial, closed-minds and...
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@MariaPianist
- Apr 22, 2020
- 1 min
Lockdown Pianist Alphabet - W
Has anyone else noticed the wonderful new #lockdown phenomenon where people walk out of the front door timidly, then gathering more and...
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@MariaPianist
- Apr 22, 2020
- 1 min
Lockdown Pianist Alphabet - V
In the recent weeks we’ve heard far too much #rhetoric for comfort about #war, #restriction of liberties, #sacrifice and the instigation...
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@MariaPianist
- Apr 20, 2020
- 1 min
Lockdown Pianist Alphabet - U
To say that 2020 has thrown an #unexpected spanner in the works is probably one of the biggest #understatements I can make. Oh well, in...
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@MariaPianist
- Apr 19, 2020
- 1 min
Lockdown Pianist Alphabet - T
Today is Russian Orthodox Easter, so it’s a lively and joyful toe-tapping musical offering for the Lockdown PIano Alphabet. It’s a set...
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@MariaPianist
- Apr 19, 2020
- 1 min
Lockdown Pianist Alphabet - S
#Simplicity requires by far the greater mastery, command of your craft, and empathy, or perhaps compassion, of your environment. The...
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@MariaPianist
- Apr 17, 2020
- 1 min
Lockdown Pianist Alphabet - R
The murmurs about when and how #Lockdown will end are gathering momentum just as it has been extended for another three weeks. People are...
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@MariaPianist
- Apr 16, 2020
- 1 min
Lockdown Pianist Alphabet - Q
I never thought I’d think, let alone say this, but - as the Government has officially extended #Lockdown by 3 more weeks - when will we...
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@MariaPianist
- Apr 15, 2020
- 1 min
Lockdown Pianist Alphabet - P
When that a cetain absurd air of pompous self-importance lingers around, it’s only a matter of seconds before eyes roll. For #Debussy it...
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@MariaPianist
- Apr 14, 2020
- 1 min
Lockdown Pianist Alphabet - O
Contorting fingers in quite a popular #pastime at the #piano. Virtuoso pianists in the twentieth century were especially fond of what...
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@MariaPianist
- Apr 13, 2020
- 1 min
Lockdown Pianist Alphabet - N
#Words usually dictate - that is their downfall. Too often we see or hear words and act according to their instuction, or repeat them,...
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@MariaPianist
- Apr 12, 2020
- 1 min
Lockdown Piano Alphabet - M
#Meditation has somehow been adopted into #trend. Social media is flooded with meditation tutorials, books give us a run down of the...
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@MariaPianist
- Apr 12, 2020
- 1 min
Lockdown Piano Alphabet - L
#Learning from #larks.... Composers often quote birdsong in their works - and many were avid ramblers and early risers too. COVID-19 has...
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@MariaPianist
- Apr 10, 2020
- 1 min
Lockdown Piano Alphabet - K
Pianos - #Klaviers - were not very popular. They were unable to match the power of harpsichords, and clavichord were already popular...
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@MariaPianist
- Apr 10, 2020
- 1 min
Lockdown Piano Alphabet - J
#Smiling is good for us. I’ve been assured it’s a fact that has been backed up with plenty of science. So why are classical concerts...
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@MariaPianist
- Apr 8, 2020
- 1 min
Lockdown Pianist Alphabet - I
Art is an #illusion. I feel very strongly that the #comfort that art brings must in some ways be linked to its ability to give a chance...
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@MariaPianist
- Apr 7, 2020
- 1 min
Lockdown Pianist Alphabet - H
H is for #hybrid. I am going to say something contraversial: Purity is overvalued! In art at least, there is no such thing as a pure...
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