Serenade (Op. 53, No. 5) - Ernst Haberbier

#med (Music.Every.Day)

Day 195 of my daily video posting project. I have been working on this project since November 2023--posting a video of piano music every single day!

Serenade (Op. 53, No. 5) by Ernst Haberbier is the piece of the day! I found this piece in the Royal Conservatory of Music's Piano Level 10 Etudes. This collection was from the Celebration Series Perspectives, published in 2008. I don't know too much about Ernst Haberbier--looking him up on Wikipedia mentions that he was a German composer, and that he died while giving a concert! What an odd piece of trivia to include in his biography, but then that makes me wonder what piece he was playing!

The Serenade is probably in Level 10 etudes because it has a very difficult left hand pattern. The broken chord pattern covers a wide stretch of the hand. You can either stretch (like I did in most of the piece), or turn over your thumb which felt awkward for me when the black keys were involved. Almost always (as a personal choice) in my fingering, I try to avoid having any kind of finger cross over--I prefer instead to move quickly and let the pedal smooth things over. I find it's easier to be accurate, and easier to respond to quick changes when your hands are (usually) in the position of facing forwards.

This piece has a really pretty melody--I love melodies that "sing". I definitely think it would be worthwhile to check out some of the other pieces in this Opus 53 collection. I've also heard that Opus 59 is also popular--so I'll add that to my list too!

Tune in tomorrow for more of my #music.every.day experiment!

Видео Serenade (Op. 53, No. 5) - Ernst Haberbier канала Elena Fortin Music