Vierne: 3 Nocturnes, Op.34 ヴィエルヌ：ノクターン

 

An AI recommended Vierne to me.  I browsed IMSLP.  I looked at the score of Nocturnes, I thought that the sounds may be beatiful.  I read and played them, I felt if I had heard them before, even though I didn't actually had.  Déjà-entendu.

I first played his later work and his earlier work, then I decided to move on to Nocturnes.

The texts are written in the score.  I translated them from French to English using an AI.  I supposed that they may have meaning of the text itself and also metaphors.  

I felt something or some images while playing the pieces repeatedly, however, I often played them in a superficial way, enjoying the resonance.  

 

No. 1

As usual, the dynamic range is limited on my digital piano.  I played ff in No.1 as expressibly as possible to capture the atmosphere of ff.

Recording method

These days, I exprienced with recording my digital piano by a ZOOM H1essential via PHONES or LINE OUT, but I felt the sound was a bit harsh.

I also tried recording with a ZOOM h1n by connecting to my digital piano via PHONES while playing live.  However, I felt the sound contained a little harsh sound.

Ultimately, I felt the pevious method was better: first, recording the performance on my digital piano, and then, plyaing it back through the ZOOM h1n via PHONES to record the output.  I felt this method produced the sound that was a bit milder to the ears.  

The volume of my digital piano is slightly above 1.

The input level of my h1n is between 4 and7, usually a bit above 5 -  I adjust it to avoid clipping.  

For rapid pieces, I felt the sound by this method was a bit sluggish compared to my actual playing; it may be due to a slight lag i n my digital piano. 

yururu 260524 improvisation 即興

 

pulchraflow · yururu 260524 improvisation 即興

5 ? 

5, 1, 3, 4

I made the track private because the sound (recorded with my digital piano and ZOOM H1essential) sounded a bit harsh.

shinryoku, fresh green leaves 260427 impro 即興 新緑

pulchraflow · 260427-impro-shinryoku

桜の花は散って、緑の葉になっていた。

I made the track private because the sound (recorded with my digital piano and ZOOM H1essential) sounded a bit harsh.

J.S. Bach: Italian Concerto, BWV 971 J.S.バッハ イタリア協奏曲, itsuka italia in F minor, 260423 arrangement

ZOOM h1n

pulchraflow · J.S. Bach: Italian Concerto, BWV 971: I. in F major J.S.バ ッハ イタリア協奏曲 第１楽章

pulchraflow · J.S. Bach: Italian Concerto, BWV 971: II. Andante in D Minor J.S.バ ッハ イタリア協奏曲 第２楽章

pulchraflow · J.S. Bach: Italian Concerto, BWV 971: III.Presto in in F major J.S.バッハ イタリア協奏曲 第３楽章 (h1n)

These days, I organized data, artworks, etc.

I remembered a piano teacher with whom I studied as an adult at Kawai Omotesandou.  She recommended this suite - perhaps she liked playing it.  It was at that time that I finally learned it.   

I recorded this suite in 2023.  I played the 1st and 3rd movements on digital harpsichord.

I've been thinking about how to enjoy playing them (the first and third movements).

(I like the 2nd movement.)

This time I played all the movements on digital piano.  

I think that it is difficult to play since I may feel that in some parts the first notes of the right and left hands are not so harmonized well.

I found that I felt the score, as a set of shapes, may be beautiful - scale (big flows) and tiny  flows, etc.  

The piano teacher I mentioned said that she felt good whenever she played it well.  

This time I realized that whether I can play it through to the end may depend on the atmosphere and spirituality at the moment, as well as my physical condition and finger technique.

The above three tracks are the earliest recordings using ZOOM h1n.  

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The first movement (recording track using ZOOM h1n) received a copy right claim for using an audio of a CD.  I submitted a dispute.  

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ZOOM H1essential

pulchraflow · J.S. Bach: Italian Concerto, BWV 971: I. in F major J.S.バ ッハ イタリア協奏曲 第１楽章 (H1essential)

pulchraflow · J.S. Bach: Italian Concerto, BWV 971: II. Andante in D Minor J.S.バ ッハ イタリア協奏曲 第２楽章 (H1essential)

pulchraflow · J.S. Bach: Italian Concerto, BWV 971: III.Presto in in F major J.S.バッハ イタリア協奏曲 第３楽章 (H1essential)

I bought a new recorder ZOOM H1essential, 32bit floating.

This recorder is different from h1n, I felt the sounds were different. 

I tried recording several times.

For ZOOM h1n, I used to record on the digital piano first, then played it back to capture the audio on the recorder.

I had to adjust to the input volume on ZOOM h1n to avoid clipping, sometimes capture the same piece for several times while changing the input volume.

With ZOOM H1essential, there is no input level knob, it is 32bit floating, no need to worrie about clipping.

I found that direct recording to ZOOM H1essential may be better.  I connected a phone output to my headphones to play the digital piano and connected another phone output to ZOOM H1essential to capture it.   

In Audacity, I found that less processing may be better.   If peaks are too high, I simply apply Normalize.  Then, I export it as 48k 24bit wav. 

I made the track private because the sound (recorded with my digital piano and ZOOM H1essential) sounded a bit harsh.

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Arrange

pulchraflow · 260427-arrange-itsuka

I found that I felt easy to play J. S. Bach Italian Concerto BWV 971 the first and third movements if the key is in minor.

I played the third movement starting in F minor, adding lights (Major keys), and ending in F minor.  

F minor

F Major (original)

C minor

D minor (original)

C minor, A♭Major, D♭ Major, ??  - black flat keys, opt leading tones, 

A♭Major

F minor

itsuka italia

The title doesn't have a specific meaning.  

I think it may be a rhythmical phrase.

itsuka ikitai.  

I've never been to Italy.  I want to visit someday. 

ituka no italia.  

Sometimein Italy - ancient, or a past for someone, etc..

I made the track private because the sound (recorded with my digital piano and ZOOM H1essential) sounded a bit harsh.

260327 improvisation yuttari 即興

pulchraflow · 260327 improvisation yuttari 即興

Near spring.  In spring?

The wind was still cold.

I saw sakura.

2026.03.29

Recently, I organized the data of tracks.  I created original artworks.  I refined titles of classical music track and tags of tracks.  and so on...

 Three years have passed since I began uploading a recording on soundcloud.

260307 improvisation, gently spring is coming 即興 そろそろ春が

 

pulchraflow · 260307 improvisation, gently spring is coming 即興 そろそろ春が

It is becoming warm, but the wind is still a bit cold, 

I played it while practicing modern classical pieces, 

started in E,

ended in A.

お花見はしていない　が、桜餅は食べた。

Rameau: Les tendres plaintes ラモー やさしいなげき

pulchraflow · Rameau: Les tendres plaintes ラモー やさしいなげき

 I turned the pages of the book of Rameau I have, I decided to play the pieces titled 恋の嘆き, complaint of Love.

I'm not familiar with  meaning of "tendre" love in court culture of at that time.  

I imagined a more abstract emotion, feeling, .

Carte de Tendre

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Map_of_Tendre

一番下にNouvelle Amilie.  そこから、真ん中Tendre-sur-Inclinationか、左上Tendre-sur-Reconnaissance,  右上Tendre-sur-Estimeに進んでいくらしい。

川の左側ルートだと、下の方にComplaisanceがある。そこから左上のTendre-sur-Reconnaissanceに向かう。

題名の"Plainte"は、嘆き、溜息の音型ということであるらしいが。

この地図の中にも、ずばりの言葉ではないけれども、書いてある。