At the Piano · Performance · Instrumental · Ep. 1

Passacaglia

Name: Passacaglia
Uploaded: 2026-09-21
Duration: 1 min 16 s
Channel: Hao Qian
Description: The last section of the Handel–Halvorsen Passacaglia, played on the upright at home in one unbroken take: the sound is never edited, and the four camera angles are all cut from a single phone frame. It opens with the take that did not go to plan — my daughter got to the lens first — and then starts again, played straight to the final chord.

Filmed as seriously as I could manage — until my daughter found the lens.

21 September 2026 · 1:16 · Handel – Halvorsen

The last section of the Handel–Halvorsen Passacaglia, played on the upright at home in one unbroken take: the sound is never edited, and the four camera angles are all cut from a single phone frame. It opens with the take that did not go to plan — my daughter got to the lens first — and then starts again, played straight to the final chord.