Alan Fraser's Institute - Concord 2014

Episodes

1. 1 A Developmental Approach to Piano Technique Part 1 Introduction lecture on the first day of Alan's institute in Concord, Jun 2014 (5 parts mini series) 10:08
2. 2 A Developmental Approach to Piano Technique Part 2 Part 2 - how babies learn to move, what can we learn from it and apply it to piano playing 10:24
3. 3 A Developmental Approach to Piano Technique Part 3 Stand up and walk on the day 1? Not possible, not even with the piano 11:21
4. 4 A Developmental Approach to Piano Technique Part 4 Fighting the fundamental pianistic dilema. Stand and walk simultaneously! 10:39
5. 5 A Developmental Approach to Piano Technique Part 5 "Suppleness is the elasticity of biotensegrity" 10:21
6. 6 Concord-NH 2014 Lecture on the Thumb Part 1 Day two of the Institute. Lecture on th Thumb! Can the thumb really help the hand while playing? 10:08
7. 7 Concord-NH 2014 Lecture on the Thumb Part 2 Full structural support and no interference of muscular holding 10:29
8. 8 Beethoven Sonata Op.110 Part 1 Alan is talking about stable and unstable equilibrium in piano playing as well as many other things 32:48
9. 9 Beethoven Sonata Op.110 Part 2 "The sense of emotional connection is in the intensity of the touch" 18:21
10. 10 Beethoven Sonata Op.110 Part 3 We explore the hand structure even further and working on the tone. 17:09
11. 11 Bach - WTK I Prelude F minor Part 1 Wonderful performance but a lot of stage fright. Alan is addressing that issue in this part 12:03
12. 12 Bach - WTK I Prelude F minor Part 2 Alan is comparing hands to the bellows and explaining its elastical relationship with the piano 16:04
13. 13 Bach - WTK I Prelude F minor Part 3 Last part of this mini series. Alan is working on the tone, legato 19:54
14. 14 Mozart Fantasie in c Minor K.396 Part 1 Playing this Fatntasie? 21:13