Sonata Secrets

16/06/2025

New video, one more Brahms Intermezzo. Last analysis video for now.

Pianist Henrik Kilhamn goes through Brahms Intermezzo in E major, no. 6 from Op. 116, with discussions of meter dispacement, structural reconfiguration and e...

09/06/2025

New video covering Yiruma's famous "River Flows In You" from 2001. It's associated with the Twilight franchise but not actually from the movie - find out how in this analysis! 🎹🍎

Pianist Henrik Kilhamn looks at Yiruma's famous "River Flows In You", a tender but catchy instrumental pop song, associated with the Twilight franchise but n...

13/04/2025

New video of more piano film music! 🎬🎹

Joe Hisaishi is known for his scores to Studio Ghibli films, like this spacious theme from Spirited Away. It features quartal harmonies with a slightly eerie...

30/03/2025

New video: Troll Trouble with Grieg! 🤡

Grieg summons an army of trolls, who apparently become dwarfs in English, in this highly effective piano piece! With pianist Henrik Kilhamn.0:00 Music0.25 Ab...

21/03/2025

New video!

Dario Marionelli composed the score to the 2005 film Pride & Prejudice, and the opening track Dawn is a nice piano piece in its own right that captures the a...

16/03/2025

I give my take on an "300 IQ moment" of piano music in a new colab video featuring several fellow pianotubers! ▶🎹

Join composer Frederick Viner and pianists , and () as they explore some of the best highlights from the...

14/03/2025

New video on Debussy fabulous prelude about fairies dancing! 🧚‍♀️✨🎹

We look closely at the details of this colorful creation and find typical Debussy devices everywhere: pentatonic and whole-tone vibes, extended dominants, sh...

01/03/2025

New video on the lovely Feather theme from Forrest Gump, a modern piano film music classic!

The opening music of the film Forrest Gump (1994) is a lovely piano tune in almost total syncopation and with graceful lightness. In this video we look close...

12/10/2024

Scriabiniana album is OUT NOW!
My 2024 solo album featuring some great Scriabin piano music. Find it on your favourite streaming service: https://linktr.ee/scriabiniana

12/09/2024

New analysis video! 🎹🎵

Henrik Kilhamn presents this lesser known Funeral March from a romantic piano sonata, by a composer who admired Chopin but went on to write his own name in m...

31/08/2024

Launching today: Simple Solutions Volume 4 - An Orchestral Orchard
14 brand new arrangements are now ready to be played! 🤩

Check out the full new Volume 4 here:
https://sonatasecrets.gumroad.com/l/SSE-vol4

From there you can click on the individual pieces if you wish to purchase them separately, but the full volume gives you a great bargain of 60% cheaper compared to individual prices.

Volume 4: An Orchestral Orchard presents some of the most known and loved melodies from the orchestral realm that nevertheless makes for great piano adaptations. It’s a mix of various types of pieces - mostly movements from suites and symphonies but also a couple from the intimate world of chamber music and no less than three piano concerto movements! Music by Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Grieg, Elgar, Fauré, Mascagni & Rachmaninoff.

💲 If you buy within two weeks, you can also use the promo code "pianofruits" to get 20% off all arrangements in this collection, including the full volume! 💲

You can also find videos of me playing through the pieces on Youtube in the playlist on the volume product page.
I will make them public on Youtube one per day over the next two weeks, but they should be available as Unlisted via the playlist during this time. I'm also still adding videos of both Easy/Original Key versions, so they will all be up eventually!

Happy piano playing!
/Henrik

Fourteen Easy Arrangements for the Intermediate PianistPDF Sheet musicPiano solo arrangements by Henrik KilhamnCONTENTSBach: AirBach: AriosoMozart: "Elvira Madigan", Piano concerto No. 21 mvt IIBeethoven Allegretto from Symphony no. 7Beethoven: Ode to Joy from Symphony no. 9Grieg: "Morning Mood"Grie...

28/08/2024

🎵Upcoming Simple Solutions Volume 4 + Give-away!🎵
A brand new volume of Easy Arrangements for the Intermediate Pianist is on its way...!

Volume 4: An Orchestral Orchard presents 14 of the most known and loved melodies from the orchestral realm that nevertheless makes for great piano adaptations. It’s a mix of various types of pieces - mostly movements from suites and symphonies but also a couple from the intimate world of chamber music and no less than three piano concerto movements! Music by Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Grieg, Elgar, Fauré, Mascagni & Rachmaninoff. I'm currently putting the final touches on them, and they will become available on Saturday August 31st. ✨

I will then also give away the full Volume 4 for free to three people who have purchased any previous arrangement before, and do the following things before Aug 31st:

1. Follow Sonata Secrets on facebook or instagram
2. Make a post about Simple Solutions on either platform, using the hashtag

It can be any kind of post, for example a picture of the score on the piano, or a video of playing a couple of bars, or just saying in text which arrangement is your favourite to play. No other criteria than being a real post and using the hashtag, so that I and others can find them.

I will then choose three lucky winners on Saturday August 31 at 12 noon CET, who won't need to buy the volume when it goes live! 🎉

Stay tuned!
/Henrik