This is our last post before we take a short break over the Festive Season. Therefore we’d like to take this opportunity to thank you for your support over this last year and to wish you all very happy and peaceful holidays!
As usual, it’s been a busy year for us and we’ve had the privilege of working with so many incredible contributors on a variety of projects. It’s also been wonderful to meet so many of you and to learn more about your piano journeys during our various events.
We’ll be back in the New Year and have lots in store which we are very much looking forward to sharing with you. In the meantime, we’ll leave you with a short video lesson with accompanying marked score for a beautiful piano arrangement of a favourite carol (see further details below!).
Our very best wishes for a happy, peaceful holiday season and a joyous, piano-infused 2025!
– The Practising the Piano Team
Reger “Weinachtstraum” (Silent Night)
In this extract from his online workshop featuring Christmas music by the masters, Fred Karpoff shows how to approach the double notes, phrasing and Reger’s “Weinachtstraum”, an atmospheric mini fantasy on the Christmas carol Silent Night (Click here to download Fred’s marked score with fingering suggestions):
Looking for Festive Piano Inspiration?
Christmas Music by the Masters
This presentation by Fred Karpoff features a wonderful collection of seasonal piano gems written by great composers. Fred demonstrates how multi-dimensional piano technique can be combined with expressive music making in works by composers such as Liszt, Reger, Mendelssohn, Reger and Rebikov!
You can watch some excerpts of featured works here and you can use this link to get 30% off the recording which includes Fred’s marked scores for several of the featured works!
Spontaneous Social Piano – Christmas Edition!
In this festive edition of her popular spontaneous social piano workshop, Lucinda Mackworth-Young shows how to play, accompany and improvise on a wealth of carols and seasonal songs including Jingle Bells, Silent Night, Good King Wenceslas, Auld Lang Syne and more! Click here to purchase access to the workshop recording and resources.
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