A good lesson overall. Didn't have any coffee today - that helps! I think going to yoga class helps too.

1. Chopin Etude Op. 10 No 1. Better today. Needs more quality and sound in the L hand. Use the L hand to make the drama.

2. Chopin Etude Op. 25 No 2. Still struggling with the balance (and memory!). To me the top parts in the R hand need more security. Use them here and there to rest the thumb. Not to much rit at ends of sections. Upper part of R hand can come out in the higher register.

3. Chopin Ballade No. 4. Another three bars - woo hoo! Balance still difficult esp at ends of phrases. Insecure. Why can't he just stay in one key, even for a single bar.... bar humbug. I think I would have hated to have had Chopin as a teacher.

4. Rachmaninov Op 32 no 10. Was more confident. Need to move faster between bass and upper parts in the chordal section. Needs more security in the next part. Coda is ok. Can go louder earlier in the chordal section. Hard to keep the forward momentum without hurrying.

5. Rach. op. 23 No 5. Just played the middle section.

New piece - Brahms Op 119 the Rhapsody - more moving around the keyboard with large chords. Need to get a recording.