

On la voit ouvrir(1:05) l'enveloppe de la partition qu'elle a reçue et hop, direct au clavier, avec les doigtés tordus tout prêts, le rythme, les nuances etc...Concerto appris en une heure (je l'a cite "the piece is pretty much in my fingers...




Par contre, elle explique, si j'ai bien compris, qu'elle a d'abord entendu plusieurs versions la veille:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=pl ... jacMw#t=13
"I am re-posting here Livestream session where I open the music of Addinsell Warsaw Concerto for the first time - one month before playing it for the first time ever at BBC Proms on August 30 2013 ( if you look carefully, you see me opening the sealed envelope and wrapping). You are witnessing the first read-through and by the end of an hour the piece is pretty much in my fingers and memory.
The ONLY prep steps I took ( very important for all of you who wonders how to approach a new piece) - the night before I listened ( on YouTube , of course) to something like 15-20 different interpretations of this piece. I zeroed in on the one that I wanted to by "my teacher" for the moment - "Philip Fowke at the Proms" ( yes there are others , different and perhaps better in some parts - like incomparable Liberace ) but this video served all my purposes best - after all I WAS GOING to play it at PROMS! Why not study with the performance live from Proms?
With that - when I opened the sheet music for the first time ( and you see , it wouldn't stay open - the new score!) I knew the tunes, I knew the tempos - more or less, I watched carefully how the pianist who already knows the piece approaches it. So, I was all prepared

The YouTube clip served as my guidance - I put on headphones and I couldn't hear my mistakes ( yes, I could feel them but I could't hear much ) - I heard good music instead.
IT REALLY HELPS! Try next time for yourself.
Funny, I saw some comments on Livestream claiming I was kinda "faking" it because the playing started OK and it didn't improve much from beginning to the end .
Two points for naysayers - important ones!
#1 - even back in school I won ANY sight-reading contest hands-down, on any level. I am a pro in sight-reading ! Sight-reading is a different skill from just trying to get through the sheet music , You grasp the important details , the "skeleton" and find patterns...
#2 Oh, the dreaded photographic memory

The bonus hours here are dedicated to practicing Beethoven Concerto #3. Sorry, I didn't know it got here - but with 3 hours to upload let it remain rather than dealing with cutting it off and re-uploading. Enjoy my mistakes
