Beethoven - Für Elise

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Hope you enjoy my performance of Für Elise! Let me know in the comments below if you notice the bar where I add my own, ahem, special twist...(Who can remember how many deedle deedles happen each time anyway, am I right? I realize I'm using music though so I really have no excuse... 😂🤷) Thanks for watching! ❤️️

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Brooklyn Duo is:
Marnie Laird, piano
Patrick Laird, cello

Marnie's Bio:

Canadian pianist Marnie Laird, praised as "…a technically immaculate, probing and authoritative protagonist" (The Miami Herald), enjoys an active career as a collaborative pianist, chamber musician, and soloist. Prior to founding Brooklyn Duo and Brooklyn Classical, Marnie spent three years as principal pianist of the New World Symphony in Miami under the direction of Michael Tilson Thomas. In high demand as a pianist in New York City, she worked with several opera companies, including the Gotham Chamber Opera, and was also on staff as a collaborative pianist at The Juilliard School after graduating. Recent performances have taken her to Weill Hall at Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, and Merkin Hall.

Originally from Vancouver, BC, Marnie has been the recipient of numerous Canadian awards, including top prizes from the Canadian Music Competitions, Canadian Music Teachers' Association, and the BC Arts Council. Most notably she was awarded the Gold Medal for the highest mark in Canada on the A.R.C.T. piano performance exams. She made her solo orchestral debut at age 13 with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, and has participated in the Tanglewood, Music Academy of the West, Kneisel Hall, and Banff summer festivals.

Marnie received her Master’s degree in collaborative piano from The Juilliard School, where she was the recipient of a full scholarship as well as the Orchestral Piano Fellowship. She also has a Master’s in solo piano performance from The University of British Columbia. Her principal teachers include Lorraine Ambrose, Robin Wood, Jane Coop, Jonathan Feldman, and Margo Garrett.

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Hope you enjoy my performance of Für Elise! Let me know in the comments below if you notice the bar where I add my own, ahem, special twist...(Who can remember how many deedle deedles happen each time anyway, am I right? I realize I'm using music though so I really have no excuse... 😂🤷) Thanks for watching! ❤️️

[sonjar]

Some play this piece too fast, others too slow, but this was perfect. Your hands caressed the keys, and made love to the piano..you were in a magic zone, and took us along. Thank you. You are gifted.

[Kanelle]

I took Piano Keyboard in high school (It was a horrible class, the teacher didn't teach, and half the keyboards didn't work at all, surprised anyone learned anything) anyways there was this one boy in the class that had a keyboard at home. He worked on this song and memorized the first minute of it. His class keyboard was one of the rare ones that actually worked and he'd turn it up enough that it could be heard by the rest of the class. He started and EVERYONE paused in their work to listen to him. He played that first minute of the song like it was it's own song and it was like a heart wrenching lullaby. That little fragment of this song was honestly the most beautiful thing I've ever heard played on piano (even though his skill was probably FAR below yours and others).

At a couple points, THIS almost sounded like that. Thank you for bringing back that memory. 8)

[elisabethhadley]

My big sister used to play this when I was a little kid. She'd practice it so often that I really got sick if it. But now 50 years later, I remember her playing and she really was quite good. Hearing the same song over and over was so annoying at the time. I should not have been mad at her for perfecting her playing. I was most likely jealous because I could not play due to coordination problems of my left hand.

Fast forward to my 61st birthday. A wonderful friend I had met at chemo the day before my husband died in Hospice over 5 years ago, wanted to do something nice for my birthday. I asked Nancy to play me a song on her keyboard for me. She practiced a lot, but then her health took a run for the worst. She was put in Hospice nearly 4 years after we met. She had Kidney Disease and refused to have Dialysis. She never got to play the song for me.

Instead, I brought it up on my phone while she was on her deathbed. Her daughter needed a break. So I sat with her playing hymns and Beethoven. I think she had chosen Für Elise, because my name is Elisabeth. After awhile, I asked God to not let her linger anymore. She wanted to join her husband that had been gone for 4.5 years. I asked for a quick demise.

Our dinner was over about 40 minutes later. I went back to check on her and she was gone. Whether she would have died anyway without my plea, is anyone's guess. I read her eulogy at her memorial service too. So this song is very special for those two reasons.

[doyleperkins]

She plays with feeling and a strong sense of craftsmanship...Bravo!

[zuzannawisniewska]

Classical music is one of the greatest wonders ever invented by man. This is best version of Fur Elise I've ever heard. Beethoven was a genius ...

[maxigunasekera]

May God Bless you for the wonderful memories that you gave by playing this beauty. so gracefully.

[edgardopineda]

Yes, she is very delicate, she just flows and her renditions are perfect. And she plays all the classicals in the same manner

[lesegogaebeeyn]

The reverb of this particular grand is amazing

[Baughbe]

Very very much like how my mother used to play it. Beautiful memory. Thank You.

[dorothyoliviodjolivio]

Love Fur Elise, remember my daughters playing that lot.

[Dthgrpsfby]

I'm putting this in my heavy metal playlist

[susanarossi]

¡Es hermosa!.... (supe tocarla de niña)...me trae incontables ¡¡¡Gracias por esta magnifica interpretación que escucho a menudo ¡¡Gracias!!!!

[stevetillcock]

I studied piano for 5 years and learned classical music. This remains a favourite.

[sunnysparkles]

I have never heard fur else played as perfect as her before, her timing is perfect.. I went to the Royal Northen College of Music for a year.. so I know a little

[rezzzasmr]

This is beautiful, it's a magical piece of art, it's romantic and yet so tragic at the same time. This is like that moment when you look at your lover's eyes and you get lost in the melody of her beautiful smile, she teases you and you get bewitched by her beauty. You want her but fail to make her your soulmate, it's a tragical romance. Will your love be ever remembered by those after you die? Probably Beethoven also had a tragical love life.

[janetmckenzie]

The best technique is bereft without emotion—your playing is suffused with emotion, it floats along the melody, the hills and the valleys, lovely. I feel like I have a connection to your inner life when I hear you play. Remarkable.

[nivyagupta]

OMG 😱 I love it....your fingers move like butter on the piano.

[jlh]

Love your interpretation & execution - thanks for taking the time to produce this excellent piece.

[KM]

I love the faster phrasing and how you can hear the treble so clearly