Daily, I'm currently working on Sonatina from Opus 36, Number 2, movements I and III by Clementi; Gypsy Dance by Christos Tsitsaros; and Andante in A minor by Johann Christian Bach

On the side(the ones previously stated, save the 3rd movement of the sonatina, are for my scholarship audition in 2 weeks), I've been messing around a little bit with Yukino V from Kare Kano, Win One for the Reaper from LOST, Lost Woods from Zelda: Ocarina of Time, and Those Who Fight from Final Fantasy VII.

Hmm.. Repertoire for this Summer :

Rachmaninoff -- Prelude No. 2 in Bb major, Op. 23
Beethoven -- Concerto No. 3 in C minor
Beethoven -- Piano Trio No. 5 in D major, "Ghost"
Chopin -- Sonata No. 2 in Bb minor, "Funeral March"
Chopin -- Nocturne in C# minor, posth.

Liszt's La Campanella . . my girlfriend and I have to both learn it by the end of the month, to see who can play it better! Winner gets dinner.

That sounds like fun competing with your girlfriend!

Beethoven's 3rd movement of "Moonlight" Sonata
Rachmaninoff's Prelude No. 5 in G minor

I finally got to borrow a flute. I'm happy, even though it sounds really crappy.

For the ensemble two weeks from now:
Feelings - Morris Albert
Allegro from Eine kleine Nachtmusik - W. A. Mozart
Vivace and Largo from Sonata in D major - Johann Joachim Quants

For a concert next saturday:
Minuet from Orphée et Eurydice (3rd flute) - Chr. W. Gluck

And for my lesson on monday:
Minuet - G. P. Telemann

Blue's Brothers Revue
Highlights from the Musical Chess

Eisteddfod's in two weeks. Joy. Chess is okay, Blue's Brothers just sucks, because the younger kids just want to play it LOUD and ignore all the dynamics - which we always get pulled up on.

Trying (with little success) to learn Clair De Lune.

for Debussy Preludes concert next month (teacher shared them out between us):

Book 1- Les sons et les parfums..., Ce qu'a vu le vent d'ouest
Book 2- La terasse des audiences..., Les tierces alternees, Feux d'artifice

generally working on before Conservatoire in Sept:

Chopin- Etude op 10 nr 1
Mozart- Sonata K333 in B flat
Danielpour- The Enchanted Garden- 4: From the Underground
Liszt- 'Sposalizio' from Annees de Pelerinages- Italie

toying with the idea of looking at Mussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition, but maybe leaving until im at conservatoire...

Beethoven - Moonlight Sonate Op 27 N 2 in C sharp minor / Presto Agitato (Moonlight Sonata 3rd movement)

Almost finished polishing, and oh man, this has to the one of the most exciting pieces I've ever played. Pure aggression and elegance. I love it.

For the HSBC piano classics concert, my orchestra would be the guest performers. So, for that;

Beethoven's Piano Concerto No.1 in C Major op.15
-relatively easy, after the hell we had to play last concert. @_@

Verdi's Aida no.5 Finale Act II
-@_@@_@@_@@_@ wtf?? @_@@_@@_@@_@

First movement of the Pathetique. Any tips on it?

I'm currently practising Queen of the Night Aria - Mozart on saxophone. ^_^

Maple Leaf Rag by Scott Joplin. :bleh: My teacher make me play this kind of stuff <_<

First movement of the Pathetique. Any tips on it?

1. Keep that left arm/wrist/hand in the main theme LOOSE. You'll lock up and kill yourself, in short. XD

1. Mozart Clarinet Concerto (as usual xD), but this time the first movement...
2. Holst's Suite No. 2; clarinet solo (instead of the oboe, for some reason) on the 2nd movement.
3. Hands Across The Sea- John Phillip Sousa
4. "Chromatic Galop" (original title was switched; I think the original was "Grand Galop Chromatique")- Liszt (for band)
5. The Stars And Stripes Forever- John Phillip Sousa
6. The Fairest Of The Fair- John Phillip Sousa

Maple Leaf Rag by Scott Joplin. :bleh: My teacher make me play this kind of stuff <_<

Do not like it? I love it. It is fun for me that kind of music of rag.

First movement of the Pathetique. Any tips on it?

Do. Not. Lock. Your. Wrists. Under ANY circumstances. You will sieze up and die (or at least your left hand will). And if you want to shoot for the marked tempo, try to think of it as Whole Note = 90 as opposed to half note= 180 or (god forbid) quarter note 360. It's a mental thing, and I've found that it helps me stay on track easier.

Beethoven -- Concerto No. 3 in C minor
Beethoven -- Piano Trio No. 5 in D major "Ghost"
Chopin -- Sonata No. 2 in Bb minor "Funeral March"
Chopin -- Nocturne in C# minor (posth.)
Rachmaninoff -- Prelude No. 2 in Bb major, Op. 23

And I have to come up with three new concerti to learn for next season; thinking of these three/four:

Mozart -- Concerto No. 20 in D minor
Tchaikovsky -- Concerto No. 1 in Bb minor
Ravel -- Concerto No. 1 in G major /or/ Gershwin -- Concerto in F minor

Along with those concerti will be some solo repitoire. Keeping the Chopin stuff (mentioned) and the Rachmaninoff. Well, basically everything will be kept let's say, but with some new stuff. Possibly a Rach Etude/Preludes and Chopin Mazurkas would definitely be awesome. =)

*Revive* Well, I guess the number of performers on this thread has died, or are people just not into sharing repertoire? Anyway, now that I am back to work on a new season, it's time to work on new things!

New:
Chopin-- Etude No. 4 in c# minor, Op. 10
Chopin-- Etude No. 8 in F Major, Op. 10
Chopin-- Etude No. 2 in f minor, Op. 25
Debussy-- Reverie
Debussy-- L'isle joyeuse
Mozart-- Sonata for piano in Bb Major, K. 333
Tchaikovsky-- Concerto for piano in Bb minor, Op. 23

Keeping from last year:
Chopin-- Nocturne in c# minor, Op. posthumous
Rachmaninoff-- Prelude in Bb Major, Op. 23 No. 2 (?)
Beethoven-- Concerto in c minor, Op. 37

i love l'isle joyeuse! so much fun to play =D

im being quite lazy at the moment:

Liszt- Vision
Janacek- In the Mists
Debussy- Trois Nocturnes (arranged for piano by myself)
Prokofiev- Sonata nr 7

Here's what I have:

C. Rose- 40 Studies for Clarinet
Weber- Concertino for Clarinet
Messager- Solo de Concours

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I'm currently choosing a solo for a contest in December... I might try Debussy's Première Rapsodie (although, I'm trying the Messager right now... I might even use the Messager for All-State Band auditions (since it's very technical) and the Debussy for the contest, but I don't know yet). -_- My private teacher doesn't really emphasize much on musical expression, so I've been sort of stuck. :\

Aerith's Theme - Final Fantasy VII, Nobuo Uematsu
Fairy Tale/Tong Hua - Guang Liang (Yeah, it's Chinese)
Working on To Zanarkand from Final Fantasy X, Nobuo Uematsu, I might be finished with it soon
Going for Beethoven Pathetique Sonata - 3rd Movement in C minor

That's about it.

STALKER

At the moment, I'm trying to learn Raison D'etre from Chobits and Break the Sword of Justice from TRC.

Maple Leaf Rag by Scott Joplin. :bleh: My teacher make me play this kind of stuff <_<

How could you hate that song? I think it's pretty badass. XD

Anyway, I'm practicing the 2nd and 3rd movements of the romberg sonata, tarantella (by squire) and the leggionaires theme from battlefield bad company. :P I hope my teacher lets me play the solo version of leggionaires theme, it sounds really cool. :shifty:

Liszt - Un Sospiro (I am absolutely in love with this song!)
Liszt/Schumann - Widmung; Dedication (My sis sang this once)
Bach - Two Part Invention in B minor (not really my style...)
Chopin - Good ol' Fantasie Impromptu.

Also keeping up Chopin's 2/4 Waltz and 1st mvt. of Pathetique.

Cantata 147 - J.S. Bach
Lilium - elfen lied

Liszt - Un Sospiro (I am absolutely in love with this song!)
Liszt/Schumann - Widmung; Dedication (My sis sang this once)
Bach - Two Part Invention in B minor (not really my style...)
Chopin - Good ol' Fantasie Impromptu.

Also keeping up Chopin's 2/4 Waltz and 1st mvt. of Pathetique.

wow, nice list there. you'll be busy! :ninja:

do you have a youtube channel or something? I'd love to hear you play :)

have another competition to be doing so getting more focused again =] pieces may change though ive got another month til entry deadline

new stuff:
Chopin- Sonata nr 2 1st movement
Liszt- either Transcendental Etude 2 or Paganini Etude 5

old stuff just re-polishing:
Debussy- either Brouillards or Feux d'artifice (Preludes bk 2)
Ravel- Ondine (Gaspard de la nuit)

wow, nice list there. you'll be busy! :ninja:

do you have a youtube channel or something? I'd love to hear you play :)

Yea, I have a substandard recording of the 2/4 Waltz (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcjI6w_0xPQ) on not the best of pianos, and that's about it (for piano recordings) But a friend of mine is in the process of hooking me up with his new home studio (complete with a Kawai 9') so I'll go to town then. :)

@Thorn: La Chasse doesn't even sound like Liszt... Maybe a Liszt/Haydn transcription or something lol

Debussy- Première Rapsodie
Weber- Clarinet Concerto No. 1 in F Minor
Rose- 40 Studies for Clarinet (nearly finished)

For now, my teacher's letting me go on my own with these, and I can just call her for a lesson when I want to. :)

@Thorn: La Chasse doesn't even sound like Liszt... Maybe a Liszt/Haydn transcription or something lol

well the first version in the "6 Transcendental Etudes after Paganini" does, but the simplified version that is the one everyone's heard of doesnt sound like him at all.

whichever Etude i do is to pair with Ondine in one of the classes- just wanted something totally contrasting. if anyone has any suggestions of better pieces to pair with it im open to them (mainly directing that at yourself and Mazeppa who would know the kind of pieces that would appeal to me :P)

oh and i completely forgot- also working on Beethoven Moonlight Sonata. just because im ashamed of the fact ive never played it in my life xD

Yea, I have a substandard recording of the 2/4 Waltz (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcjI6w_0xPQ) on not the best of pianos, and that's about it (for piano recordings) But a friend of mine is in the process of hooking me up with his new home studio (complete with a Kawai 9') so I'll go to town then. :)



Wow, incredible playing! I can't even imagine hearing this with a studio recording! :lol:

Beethoven "Spring" sonata for violin and piano
Seitz Concerto #5 - 1st movement
Akuma no Trill

I think that's it for now xD

On the violin...
Brandenburg Concerto 3, movement iii--J.S. Bach
Styre's Rally--Alexander Safford
Revelation's Edge--Alexander Safford

On the piano...
Angel (for Easy Piano)--Sarah McLaughlan
Bratja--FMA

have another competition to be doing so getting more focused again =] pieces may change though ive got another month til entry deadline

new stuff:
Chopin- Sonata nr 2 1st movement
Liszt- either Transcendental Etude 2 or Paganini Etude 5

old stuff just re-polishing:
Debussy- either Brouillards or Feux d'artifice (Preludes bk 2)
Ravel- Ondine (Gaspard de la nuit)

CHOPIN SONATA <3333. I'm actually going to scratch that off my list for the new couple of years; I'm finally performing the entire sonata next Friday (5th). Btw, I'll be playing: Rachmaninoff Prelude (Bb), Chopin Nocturne (posth), Chopin Sonata 2 and Debussy's Reverie.. at the recital. After that (refer back a page or so) I'll be going crazy on my new rep. Yay!

Have fun with the Chopin, and PLEASE pick the second Transcendental. =P

P.S. Have you ever thought about the Rhapsodie Espagnole by Liszt? Stephen Hough has a greeeat interpretation of it.. even though Arrau kills Hough with his sound.

Wow, incredible playing! I can't even imagine hearing this with a studio recording! :lol:

Thank you! I'm flattered. But I'm by no means the best pianist here...

Also I'm preparing Joplin's Entertainer for a jazz festival in October. That should be interesting.

On the Piano:

I have been learning Tshaikofsky's Piano Concerto in Bb minor/ Db major.
Its a beautiful melody.

Some other pieces I'm learning are the Kuhlau Sonatinas. Right now, Op. 20, No. 3.
I just finished the Beethoven Sonata in g minor.... uh... Op. 49, No. 1.

I am also perfecting my Clementi Sonatina Op. 36, No. 1 and 3 for the music department concert this fall. I prefer him to Mozart. ( What do you think?)

Next Spring I will be playing the famous Adagio of Franz Joseph Haydn.

Violin: Wolfhardt' s method. Also playing the Vivaldi Four Seasons in December.
For solo and ensemble I'm learning Eine Kliene Nachtmusik.

I prepare everything far in advance, so sorry if this was a long read.

Update!

Beethoven "Spring" sonata for violin and piano
Seitz Concerto #5 - 1st movement
Vivaldi La Stravaganza Concerto 1

for violin: bach's partita in e major, and kabalevsky's concerto in C major.
piano: Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition and Gershwin's American in Paris.

whichever Etude i do is to pair with Ondine in one of the classes- just wanted something totally contrasting. if anyone has any suggestions of better pieces to pair with it im open to them (mainly directing that at yourself and Mazeppa who would know the kind of pieces that would appeal to me :P)



Thorn, are you familiar with the op. 72 Moszkowski Etudes de Virtuosité at all? I've worked on a couple in the past for solely technical purposes (some of them are pretty Czerny-esque --particularly 1,5, and 10), but many of them are also extremely musical and quite beautiful! I'm partial to No. 13 in A flat minor, because, it being my favorite, is the one I polished and performed. I thought of these etudes when you mentioned a contrast to Ondine, because they're all pretty straight-forward and in some of the more "musical" parts, often unashamedly Romantic in flavor. Of course, the Liszt Transcendental would work well too as a contrast to the Ravel. Just food for thought. ^_^

Death - Losing Consciousness

Vargo you sound like a DC fan like me :heh:, im currently practising Carnival Night

i might play Scarbo instead; ive got a lot more shorter pieces to contrast with it than i have Ondine

finally decided on competition program lol

sonata round: (1st mvt of any sonata)
Chopin: Sonata nr 2 in Bb minor- 1st mvt

'piece with a descriptive title' round:
Debussy: Brouillards

recital round:
Debussy: Masques
Ravel: Ondine

Currently

Learning Invisible Full Moon, Moon Princess and Lunatic Princess from Touhou Projects

I practiced sight reading a lot this summer. I'll most likely start playing by ear during winter holidays :D

I'm doing Frozen Hillside at the moment.

Stuffs for grade 8, currently

Finale: 3rd movt from Sonata in C minor- Beethoven

caramelldansen on piano might even try it on bari sax should be fun! definatly piano first, will post recordings of both

Joplin's Entertainer. Loads of fun, it is. Not as easy as one would think, either.

花吹雪 by Shibata Jun and continuing to compose my own ^^

StairWay To Heaven !!!!

And, of course, Wolfheart Metod (my profesor give it to me)

I'm starting work on a "Rach" Piano Concerto... No. 2, I think. Any way, I was having some difficulties with some of the passages because "Rach" wasn't afraid of the keys! Just some advice from me, a bit naive because I teach myself, I found that the piece was much simpler after I trained myself with the Chopin Etudes.

One of my future goals is Gershwin's "Rhapsody in Blue". From what I can play now, those exercises were tons of help.

Try em out.

*Also, for my High School Symphony Orchestra, we are playing the "Symphonie Fantastique" by Berlioz. I love 'March to the Scaffold'.

Take a Listen if you are not already familiar.

Utada Hikaru - First Love
Starting with the easy ones.

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has anyone mastered ravel's ondine?
i can't seem to get past the 3rd page :(
my hands HURT waaaaaaaaah

I used to take piano lessons before and I started playing again, so right now I'm playing Eternal Snow from Full Moon wo sagashite

I'm doing Light Lights up Light for piano (Death Note) ... on the harp. Which is kinda tough, since it's written for 5 fingers a hand XD (harp is 4... hehehe)

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has anyone mastered ravel's ondine?
i can't seem to get past the 3rd page :(
my hands HURT waaaaaaaaah


I wish. I can play the whole thing..



..one hand at a time. Slowly. It takes like ten mintues to go through with one hand. Thrity if i try hands together xD

Practisepractisepractise.

Currently playing : Debussy, First Arabesque. pretty ^^

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has anyone mastered ravel's ondine?
i can't seem to get past the 3rd page :(
my hands HURT waaaaaaaaah

i play ondine

when i started learning it it was well beyond me in terms of both technique and expression but it never made my hands hurt.

if it is having that affect you need to work on playing with a lot less tension in your hands/wrists/lower arms- easier pieces will help you there

not saying dont play ondine anymore cos it hurts your hands, just that unless you want to end up with RSI or arthiritis or something dont spend a lot of time on it until you can relax your hands and arms more when playing

edit: i just remembered this video of it i saw on youtube. not the best performance of ondine ive heard, but look how amazingly free she is:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3CbMvg-_8dU

I've been thinking about taking on the Ondine for Curtis Auditions next year. Just an idea. XD

I'm practicing these thingies right now :

Mozart- Sonata K. 333 in Bb Major
Chopin- Etude No. 4 in C# minor
Chopin- Etude No. 8 in F Major (Just beginning)
Beethoven- Concerto No. 3 in C minor
Debussy- Reverie

After these pieces are finished I'll be stacking them up in my rep. and then moving onto the L'isle joyeuse by Debussy and the Bb minor > Major concerto by Tchaikovsky. I might have the slight possibility of taking on another Chopin Etude and learning the Waldstein.

if you want to do Ondine for auditions next year start learning it now.

it might be technically perfect by the time auditions come round, but theres so much more than technique- it needs maturity.

im doing the whole of Gaspard in concert next sunday. and strangely enough im having more trouble with le gibet than i am with scarbo (no trouble with ondine- ive been playing it for years now). see the thing with le gibet is it needs to be absolutely metronomical- no space at all for rubato or the whole effect is dead just like that. with the outer movements its okay to speed/slow a little here and there- the thing with those is not to turn them into show pieces just because they're virtuosic. listen to the Berezovsky performance of Scarbo on youtube and you'll see what i mean. he plays it in the same way you'd play Islamey >.<

Revolutionary Girl Utena- Beradonna's Trap
Bach-Tocatta in D Minor
Castlevania-Garibaldi Courtyard

if you want to do Ondine for auditions next year start learning it now.

it might be technically perfect by the time auditions come round, but theres so much more than technique- it needs maturity.

im doing the whole of Gaspard in concert next sunday. and strangely enough im having more trouble with le gibet than i am with scarbo (no trouble with ondine- ive been playing it for years now). see the thing with le gibet is it needs to be absolutely metronomical- no space at all for rubato or the whole effect is dead just like that. with the outer movements its okay to speed/slow a little here and there- the thing with those is not to turn them into show pieces just because they're virtuosic. listen to the Berezovsky performance of Scarbo on youtube and you'll see what i mean. he plays it in the same way you'd play Islamey >.<

Yes. I know what you mean, and that's why I've heavily contemplated going for Fall of 2010, but fall of 2011 -- a year after I graduate. It stinks that applications and auditions are almost an ntire year in advance of attending (December--August) because a lot can happen in that time and that's also a lot of worktime. But anyway, thanks for the heads-up about that kinda stuff; I would have thought conservatories wouldn't just look for playing the Ondine, and well, but a good maturity behind a performance is always the key to the heart.

Now, to stay on topic, at my lesson today we worked on our ever-lasting theme of complete relaxation and no tension; octaves, broken octaves and even more advanced-advanced thumb relaxation. XD Sometimes I feel like I'm at an anatomy lesson. =P

my piano teacher found me a violinist and a cellist so we now have a piano trio
she also found me a duet partner =D

so... alongside concert/competition stuff im starting work on the 2 piano transcription of the Brahms 4th symphony

for the piano trio we're still deciding on a piece (as in the violinist, cellist and myself) its a choice between:
Beethoven- Trio in C minor op 1 nr 3
Schumann- Trio in D minor op 63

i prefer the Beethoven tbh because although there are some nice passages in the Schumann, my god does it go on and on and on and on -_-

has violinist/cellist or pianist here played either of those before? which should i go for?

I have no piano book to really get songs to practice from...
[Piano]
To Zanarkand - Final Fantasy X
Love in the Ice - Tohoshinki/TVXQ/DBSK
Kiss したまま、さよなら - Tohoshinki/TVXQ/DBSK
(A lot of others by ^)
yumegatari - Air TV OST
Magic Castle - The Classics
Listen to Your Heart - D.H.T.

[Clarinet]
Sleigh Ride - Leroy Anderson
Tres Danzas de Mexico - William E. Rhoads
and some other ones that I don't remember... these are for concert band

no more ondine for me :)

now, does anyone know how i can play revolutionary etude? i've got all the notes and fingering right, but i can't get the speed ....

and i'm going to take AMus next year, any tips?

no more ondine for me :)

now, does anyone know how i can play revolutionary etude? i've got all the notes and fingering right, but i can't get the speed ....

and i'm going to take AMus next year, any tips?

Most speed issues are due to high fingers or just too much movement with the arm and wrist. I don't know HOW you're playing this, but eliminate any movements that incorporate elbows taking over, or the hand turning and twisting. Practice the piece slowly and make sure the fingers feel like they don't even leave the surface of the keys. After all, are we playing the piano above the keys? No, we ONLY many sound when we're touching them. ;)

Good luck, and don't hesitate to ask or give back!

Beethoven - Pathetique sonata
Its beautiful. ;)
anyone have more beautiful songs to introduce ?

who have the score for Tales Weaver-second run ? i'd love to have that score ! :D

lol time to update
for violin:
1. Bach Sonata 1 in d minor
2. Saint Saens violin concerto
3. deciding between sibelius violin concerto or the Tchaikovsky violin concerto lol both about same difficulty only tchaikovsky longer by like 5 min lol (omg!!!!!!they look so friggin difficult!:()

Eh, I would almost do none of them. It's not good to overload with a BIG repertoire.. unless your in college, yes? Even then so, some "expressive" solo material is great to add to a large rep. It's easier for pianists I guess, we have Chopin XD

Haha true story. I'm mad, there's like 10 Chopin songs on the entire State I&E list in Texas! What's up with that?

Oh, and I'm currently practicing my quad solo for LoneStar Drumline Competition on the 15th. I might youtube it if I like the performance =)

Eh, I would almost do none of them. It's not good to overload with a BIG repertoire.. unless your in college, yes? Even then so, some "expressive" solo material is great to add to a large rep. It's easier for pianists I guess, we have Chopin XD

lol i know.... still i need to get through several concertos before next year for college auditions. the six bach partitas and sonatas as well. THat's y im doing saint saens right now. Will need to complete Mendehlson and Beethoven violin concertos later as well rofl.

college auditions need you to have done concertos and all of the bach partitas and sonatas?

that doesnt sound very likely tbh... ive never heard in any country of them specifying particular pieces you need to be able to play before you start the course- unless you mean they want one of the partitas or sonatas as an audition piece in which case yeah thats possible.

ive got a busy month this month with performing -_-

this Sunday im doing Ravel Gaspard de la Nuit in concert
next Sunday im doing piano competition with Ravel Ondine, Chopin Sonata 2 and a couple of Debussy Preludes
the following Tuesday im doing Beethoven Trio op 1 nr 3 and Ravel Scarbo in uni concert

after which i will collapse and have a break to pick new rep i think

Zelda - Over World Map (Piano)
AJ Rafael - My Soldier (Guitar)
FFVII -Terra's Theme (Piano)
FFX - To Zanarkand (Piano)
Kingdom Hearts - Kairi (Piano)
AJ Rafael - Starlit Nights (Piano)
Chrono Cross - Time Scars (Piano)
Chrono Cross - Remisencse (Piano)
Chrono Cross - Dreaming Upon a Shore (piano)
Rising Force Online - Title (You Are The One?) (piano)
FFVII - Battle Theme (Piano)

Polonaise - Bach
Minuet - Telemann (like 95% finished - I just can't make one of the measures)
Sound of Music
Christmas carols

All with the flute. Haven't had time with piano for like a year now... or two maybe?

college auditions need you to have done concertos and all of the bach partitas and sonatas?

that doesnt sound very likely tbh... ive never heard in any country of them specifying particular pieces you need to be able to play before you start the course- unless you mean they want one of the partitas or sonatas as an audition piece in which case yeah thats possible.



Not specific pieces necessarily.... i'll try to explain the situation lol.
Colleges usually want

1. A movement from any concerto
2. 1 bach Partita or Sonata
3. Etude

Howeveer, more challenging selections do play a factor in judging. Sometimes colleges may request one of several pieces specifically, but not usually. However, there are specific major concertos that are "accepted" to be "standard" pieces played by majoring violinists. These include the famous Tchaik, Sain Saens, Mendelssohn, Sibelius, Beethoven, and Bruch violin concertos along with the Bach Partitas and Sonatas. My teacher expects me to learn as many as possilbe before going to college.

LOL pretty busy this weekend with Honors Orchestra.
Eww...... Prokofiev the Love of Three Oranges.....:heh:

BTW... I decided to do Sibelius Concerto in d som i'm adding that to my playing list.

ah fair enough- i thought you meant you needed them to actually get in.

in which case yes its good idea to learn as many as possible before you go. but at the same time dont do so many that you dont have much time to focus and end up being able to get through them all but not play them if that makes sense? because otherwise you wont be able to play anything well enough to get through auditions.

if it were me i would pick my favourite movement from each concerto mentioned, then a couple of good movements out of the bach partitas/sonatas. then after id learned them thoroughly, i would look at other movements if there was time.

i play ondine

when i started learning it it was well beyond me in terms of both technique and expression but it never made my hands hurt.



ayeeeee :whistle:
while browsing i found your recording of ondine

UR SO GOOD!!

Beethoven - Pathetique sonata
Its beautiful. ;)
anyone have more beautiful songs to introduce ?

who have the score for Tales Weaver-second run ? i'd love to have that score ! :D

oooh i played pathetique and my mum (:huh: i dont know why she was listening anyway) loved it! try moonlight sonata, it's also pretty good.

for tales weaver second run, i think you can find the score in the anime and game section ....
i think.

OHHH... I love moonlight sonata! Its really nice to listen to if you practice it a bit.^.^

But me myself, I play cello and too play Hogwarts Hymn- from Harry Potter is just BEAUTIFUL... but that's just me. took me a while to get it right.<_<

viva la vida - cold play
ash like snow - gundam 00

Oh boy... here we go again! XD

Planning on going back to IMA-Pilsen (Konservaor Plzen; Plzen, Ceska Republika) in this next summer of 2009. Why not give ya'll the repertoire I will have COME June 2009.

Beethoven- Concerto No. 3 in C minor
Beethoven- Sonata (Waldstein/Les Adieux/Tempest/Pastoral/Hunt) [must choose one]
Brahms- Piano Quartet in G minor
Chopin- Etude No. 4 in C# minor
Chopin- Etude No. 8 in F major
Chopin- Nocturne in C# minor, posth
Debussy- Reverie
Debussy- L'isle joyeuse
Mozart- Sonata K. 333 in Bb major
Tchaikovsky- Concerto No. 1 in Bb minor

Now, I know this is an intimidating list, but I am building up a large repertoire for this summer as well as for the coming years. I have learned the first two movements of the Beethoven concerto, and working on the third for a compeition (although I'll need to "refresh" the first two a bit anyway). I will start the Beethoven Sonata and the Brahms ASAP (hopefully late December/January). I will be working on the Chopin Etudes overtime, currently going at C# minor. The nocturne is already in my repertoire, same with the Reverie. L'isle joyeuse is going to be another one around January. I am starting to finish the first movement of the Mozart and working hard on the second; the third will be in a short while. And finally, the biggie, Tchaikovsky! I play to do this after I have the Beethoven concerto in my hands again, which of course I'd still be keeping up with it.

I know this is a massive list, but it seems that it's all going well as far as it's going. Wish me luck! XP

Lilium from Elfen Leid on trumpet, and helping a friend learn it on Piano
Beethoven virus, the Remix of the third movement of Beethoven's Patheitque on trumpet
Ocarnia of time on trumpet (This is really simple but I like to have something different and simple to warm up on instead of just scales)
A few patriotic pieces on a 2 valve D bugle

I'm also trying to learn Saxophone, and I'd like any tips anyone wants to give on that. It's my first reed instrument and anything I play on that is usually about as complicated as mary had a little lamb...

well ive just finished all my stuff for a while so im looking into new repertoire.
+ oh yeah i won the piano competition i did ^_^

so... my teachers told me to look at these:
Beethoven- Appassionata
Brahms- Paganini Variations Bk 1
Granados-'La maja y el ruiseñor' from Goyescas

i will look around myself too though as the Granados is the only one of those that ive never played before

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Granados-'La maja y el ruiseñor' from Goyescas

i will look around myself too though as the Granados is the only one of those that ive never played before

Insanely beautiful piece. Well worth practicing. A little above my skill level, but after what I heard you do with ondine, I'm sure you won't have much difficulties. ^_^

As for me, I'm practicing, Fantasia in D minor, KV 397 by Mozart and trying to make a little headway on, Rage over a lost Penny by Beethoven. It'll be some time until I get under way on it though :\

Hah. In wind ensemble I play clarinet and we're playing a Phantom of the Opera Medley, in jazz ensemble I play alto sax and we're playing songs by Chuck Mangonie and Earth, Wind, and Fire, and finaly for my piano on the side I'm working on Phantom of the Opera, Lord of the Rings, AND Final Fantasy. *phew*x_x

lol nice.

-.- youth orchestra just started Stravinsky's Firebird...

Sorry still learning the basics with my midi keyboard! really enjoying Hirajoshi scales and currently working on "The Dream of Sakura" which is real basic but using it as a study piece. I have so much in my head have to learn keyboard fast, for some unkown reason I seem to always be composing oriental music (japanese/chinese) although my family is Irish. It might be that the oriental scales are a bit addictive for me. So I am woking on a new piece called "Ocean Butterfly" which should be spot on the the theme of this forum (he hopes).

..anyone else sat down to play and hour and ended up playing for three hours ?

... oh also anyone else having problems controlling the music they write ? seems to have a life of its own...

Hmmm I see two of my favorite things four and five posts above: Phantom of the Opera and Firebird. Lovely lovely creations.
I suggest all those who hasn't seen Phantom of the Opera musical to go see it. Truly a master piece. I was playing a symphonic band version of the Firebird Suite couple of weeks ago; absolutely beautiful. :3

Currently learning: Chopin's 'Revolutionary' Etude Op.10 No.12

Hmmm I see two of my favorite things four and five posts above: Phantom of the Opera and Firebird. Lovely lovely creations.
I suggest all those who hasn't seen Phantom of the Opera musical to go see it. Truly a master piece. I was playing a symphonic band version of the Firebird Suite couple of weeks ago; absolutely beautiful. :3

Currently learning: Chopin's 'Revolutionary' Etude Op.10 No.12

yeah firebird's really awesome till you're sight-reading the first violin part in rehearsal.

I wouldn't know. XD I'm not a violinist, but I'm pretty darn sure it's not as simple as sight reading the bari sax part of the symphonic band arrangement. XD

Brasileirinho,
Tico-Tico no fubá,
Salva Nos (Noir),
Requiem (Saint Seiya),
Kinjiraretta Asobi (Rozrn Maiden)

All on keyboard... :lol:

Beethoven- Concerto No. 3 (Repertoire)
Chopin- Etude No. 4, Op. 10
Debussy- L'isle joyeuse
Debussy- Reverie
Mozart- Sonata K. 333
Suk- Piano Quartet (Soon?)
Tchaikovsky- Concerto No. 1

Along with Czerny's School of Velocity (all 3 books)

Bach Inventions
Sonatina album
Chopin Mazurka/Polonaises/Waltz etc

Those or just to name a few since I just started learning piano from scratch. If it wasn't for my teacher and performances from his pupils I wouldn' be standing right next to their student. And I give it to myself for working so hard on the piano.

BEFORE I HAD A TEACHER I come here all the time to read whats happening in the music scene. The first song I played was Naruto Sadnesss and sorrow. I just wanted to ask another thing to you guys. I don't know what level I'm on.
1. If I were to take ABRSM exams what grade will I be?
2.And how long is it going to take me to play Polonaise 53 in my Current pieces I'm working on?

THANKS AGAIN YOU GUYS ROCK THUNDER!

oh yeah I'm working on Schubert's Piano sonata D845. But only finished to 1st page. I only practice like a minutes on it. But Suprisingly I remember the notes.

the ending theme from final fantasy x. piano collections version. i have the first page pretty well done. im gonna print the second one sooner or later... -_-

Rise Against: Paper Wings, Dancing for Rain
Story of the Year: Anthem of Our Dying Day
Aerosmith: Dream On, Walk This Way
Kudai: Dejame Gritar

all songs on guitar

adding to list for piano:
Warsaw Concerto

For the piano I'm playing:
Golliwogg's Cakewalk-Debussy
Reverie-Debussy

These are my first Debussy pieces and I officially love him as a composer. Reverie is sooo calming and Golliwogg is just fun to play. I think I'm playing more Chopin next though.

I have stuff I'm playing for clarinet too but there's so much I don't remember them and the list would be crazy long. There is this one song though...it's so weird. It looks reaally easy but then the highest note on the clarinet just pops up as the melody and you have to jump to it from a G @_@. Like that's going to happen...

^ I'm working on those exact same pieces! I agree, Reverie is calming, but when I listened to a recording, I was surprised at how fast it was going :P Golliwogg is a BLAST to play!

I'm also working on the accompaniment for my friend, a tuba soloist for the Vaughan Williams Concerto for Tuba and Orchestra (arr. for tuba and piano). Some of it is just plain crazy, I'm working on my arrangement of the arrangement, haha. I just got the music today and he expects me to play it in two weeks. Not gonna happen with how busy I am. -.-

Repertoire:

Beethoven- Concerto no. 3 in c minor

Chopin- Etude no. 4 in c# minor
Chopin- Nocturne op. posthumous in c# minor

Debussy- L'isle joyeuse
Debussy- Reverie
Debussy- Prelude, "La Cathedral engloutie"

Mozart- Sonata K. 333 in Bb Major

Rachmaninoff- Prelude no. 4 in D Major

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Picking a Beethoven sonata between Appassionata and Das Lebewohl.
Picking a Chamber music piece as well.
Starting Tchaikovsky's Bb minor concerto in a little while.

I'm working on "EVE" from parasite EVE (the movie) by Joe Hisaishi on piano. Just got the music to it not long ago; it's harder than it sounds.

The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba [chamber strings]
The Barber of Seville [Orchestra string arrangement]
Carmen [symphony]

Vivaldi winter 3rd movement [personal practice]
Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto [personal practice]

Flute: Suteki da ne (its actually for violin but im doing it on flute_
Lots of school pieces but i dont really care because they are easy(Aztec Fire, Proud Mary, John Williams and few others )
Piano: Price of freedom Crisis Core
Etude in A minor Kabalevsky
Polonais in g minor Bach
Waltz in A minor Chopin
Sonatina Op. 20 No.1 Kuhlau
Fruit Basket Epilogue

I'm working on fast metal songs, like Symphony X or Dram Theater, trying to improve my precision. But I'm also playing anime openings (I was searching for a midi of Motteke and I jumped into this forum!), I will soon open a youtube channel about it, so check out!

Beethoven: Sonata no. 14 mvt. 3 (a beast when up tempo!)
Liszt: Un Sospiro
Bach: Italian Concerto mvt. 3
Haydn: Sonata in E minor mvt. 1
Debussy: Prelude from Suite Burgamesque

Also debating between Scriabin's Etude in C# minor and Rachmaninoff's Prelude in G# minor.

Also debating between Scriabin's Etude in C# minor and Rachmaninoff's Prelude in G# minor.

Offtopic, but you should look for the performance of Horowitz in Moscow performing those two pieces.

Simply art at it's finest.

"Moonlight Densetsu"

A shortened version of the Sailor Moon theme. I'm just learning, so.... ^^,

After that, "Chemical Plant" from Sonic the Hedgehog.

Offtopic, but you should look for the performance of Horowitz in Moscow performing those two pieces.

Simply art at it's finest.

Any opinion on which one to do? I like them both but I can only pick one.

Liszt: Un Sospiro


After you've mastered this, I'd love to hear it! :)

Well I'm into a lot of old pieces and currently trying to play Salterello II on Tin Whistle (sounds easy, but at 360bpm, it makes for one hell of a piece). Also working on playing the music from stalker on my classical guitar. For flute, well, I need some new music, my teacher gave me some Latin American dance tunes and they were pretty fun (can't remember what they were called though..) (a little off topic but can anyone suggest a difficult renaissance piece for flute, as I said I love old music, and when I say difficult, I mean difficult!). For clarinet I'm currently playing Idylle by Benjamin Godard; and for harp, currently playing Life is Like a Boat by Rie Fu, (bleach 1st ending). For piano, Still Doll (Vampire Knight ending). I think that's it.....oh wait! For oboe aI'm just playing through some old Zelda tunes:)

I'm working on a lot of things atm:

Bach- Prelude and Fugue in F minor WTK 1
Carter- Piano Sonata (1945-6)
Chopin- Berceuse op 57
Debussy- Jardins sous la pluie (revisiting)
Haydn- Sonata in Ab hob. 46
Poulenc- Toccata
Ravel- Ondine (revisiting)
Sculthorpe- Night Pieces (revisiting)

I'm working on a lot of things atm:

Bach- Prelude and Fugue in F minor WTK 1
Carter- Piano Sonata (1945-6)
Chopin- Berceuse op 57
Debussy- Jardins sous la pluie (revisiting)
Haydn- Sonata in Ab hob. 46
Poulenc- Toccata
Ravel- Ondine (revisiting)
Sculthorpe- Night Pieces (revisiting)

Heheh. I'm starting the Prelude and Fugue in D major from WTK 2. =) It's great stuff!

i hate Bach.
my teacher hates Bach.
i just have to do something from Baroque period in an exam i have coming up =P

if you havent come across it yet, you should really learn or at least listen to the Carter Sonata. its AMAZING!

I'm sorry. T_0

Scarified - Paul Gilbert.
I can play it im just trying to memorize it.

Trying to play my own version of Canon Rock... hehehe.... =.="

i hate Bach.
my teacher hates Bach.
i just have to do something from Baroque period in an exam i have coming up =P

if you havent come across it yet, you should really learn or at least listen to the Carter Sonata. its AMAZING!

Who doesn't hate Bach! It's so boring except for like two pieces.

I'm sorry. T_0

haha dont be its just differing tastes =P

haha dont be its just differing tastes =P

I'm glad you look at it that way instead of post #620. =)

/respect +1 Thorn

I don't really have a strong opinion about LISTENING to Bach... I #@#%ing hate playing it though, it's like classical on steroids... =P

Curse you Johann, you and your ridiculous coordination!

Pieces I'm practicing,
Piano
Bach Prelude c minor
Haydn b minor sonata
Bartok piano suite, mvt 1 and 3
Debussy La Plus Que Lente

Cello
Schumann cello concerto
Ravel duo for violin and cello, mvt 1 and 3
Bunch of orchestra stuff
Bach is not boring and it's good for technique...

Im practicing these pieces for piano

Liszt - Sonata in B minor
Mussorgsky - Pictures at an Exhibition
Chopin - Revolutionary Etude
Chopin - Etude no 12 op 25
Rachmaninoff Prelude in C# minor
Rachmaninoff Piano concerto #3 Candenza (For fun)

And I like listening to Bach and playing his works. I like him only for his melodies.

Who doesn't hate Bach! It's so boring except for like two pieces.

Hm.... which two pieces? Anyways, i love Bach's Partitas and Sonatas for violin.
Currently practicing:
Liebesträume #3 by liszt
Pictures at and Exhibition by Mussorgsky
Sibelius violin concerto 2nd movement (soon to be third XD)
Bach Sonata #1 second movement (Fugue XD) for violin
Saint-saens violin concerto 3rd movement.

@thorn: Btw, have you seen the Sibelius violin concerto? It's pretty awesome.

doing sonata pathetique. (: PRETTY !



Yeahh... Bach and his BARK.
Some of Bach's pieces are okay. (: not that bad weih?

whoo~
I'm practising I'm alright, some cover of JerryC for guitar.
And ... actually ... my slow-burner/always-practising-piece is also the canon-rock :think:

I'm learning Every Heart and Clair de Lune on piano.

Drums:

Metal of Oxenman - I thought I was pretty awesome since I can do X Japan. But those bass are impossible.

Gamelan:

Recently picked this up at the uni, since its my 4th percussion its kinda easy to get.
FF's Prelude sounds interesting on it at least.

Piano, I think I'm about to finished my previous studies "I think". My teacher probably'll move me to Chopin Prelude/Nocturne - Bach WTC 1-2 - Schumann Kinderzenen - and many others.

Studies and Practice
Chopin - prelude op.28 no.20 done
Chopin - Mazurka op.67 no.3 done
Schumann - op.68 no.15 done
Bach Invention/Sinfonia - Inv no.1 done
my teacher only picks out the ones that he'll let me play
Clementi Sonatina - op.36 no.2 done (all of clementi's are easy for me, after I'm finished with this movement, my teacher will give me some haydn or mozart. K545 here I come!)

On my own I'm practicing
Schubert D.845 Prachticed only 30mins
(the first page is done)
I might Pick up Mozart K267 on my own. mayyybee.....

whoa as I thought is better if I wrote like that, its easy to read

I went to a masterclass at the weekend and heard someone play the Chopin Ballade 3, so i've started work on it.

also exam repertoire:
Haydn- Sonata nr 46 in Ab
Chopin- Berceuse
Liszt- Paysage (Etude nr 3)
Sculthorpe- Night Pieces
Debussy- Ce qu'a vu le vent d'ouest
Elliot Carter- Piano Sonata

I went to a masterclass at the weekend and heard someone play the Chopin Ballade 3, so i've started work on it.

also exam repertoire:
Haydn- Sonata nr 46 in Ab
Chopin- Berceuse
Liszt- Paysage (Etude nr 3)
Sculthorpe- Night Pieces
Debussy- Ce qu'a vu le vent d'ouest
Elliot Carter- Piano Sonata

I never been to a masterclass before. What is it like? I'll probably find out soon in the future, do they teach composition or technics? of something?

The second guitar solo in Comfortably Numb by Pink Floyd and Banana Pancakes by Jack Johnson. =D Both on guitar, the latter on my acoustic.

Chopin Etude op.25 n. 12. I don't know when I'm going to finish this one since I can only practice in weekends. .____.

@ahvat: If Clementi is so easy for you, you can try his Gradus ad Parnassum. xD

is it out of my reach? if it is not then I can certainly practice it. I thought Gradus ad Pamassum was written by Debussy, now I know.

chopin thx for the recommendation to the piece I'll try it on your behalf.

Clementi's Gradus ad Parnassum is the inspiration for Debussy's Dr. Gradus ad Parnassum.

Ohh.. I didn't knkow that til now.

right now im just doing a load of random exercises on guitar to help me play faster and to help myself get around to awkward fingerings quicker
song-wise im not really practising anything atm. havent found anything i really like lately

is it out of my reach? if it is not then I can certainly practice it. I thought Gradus ad Pamassum was written by Debussy, now I know.

chopin thx for the recommendation to the piece I'll try it on your behalf.
It's a very tough collection of studies. They're 100 If I remember well and they are not so easy. :P


Clementi's Gradus ad Parnassum is the inspiration for Debussy's Dr. Gradus ad Parnassum.

Right! It's a Debussy joke. Niece piece of the Children's corner suite but it's quite easy compared to Clementi.

I never been to a masterclass before. What is it like? I'll probably find out soon in the future, do they teach composition or technics? of something?

Usually, in a masterclass, a person plays a prepared piece in front of a group or audience with a pro watching as well. After they are finished, or after a certain amount of time, the pro gives comments, suggestions, etc... to the performer. A lot of the comments can be general while some may be specific to a certain person or passage. In general, everyone, including the people who were watching, comes away with new ideas on how to improve their own playing.

anyways, started working on the third part of Bach's sonata 1.

Lotus Land Op.47 No.1

Usually, in a masterclass, a person plays a prepared piece in front of a group or audience with a pro watching as well. After they are finished, or after a certain amount of time, the pro gives comments, suggestions, etc... to the performer. A lot of the comments can be general while some may be specific to a certain person or passage. In general, everyone, including the people who were watching, comes away with new ideas on how to improve their own playing.

yep that summarises a masterclass.

the one i went to was with Joanna MacGregor- she was pretty amazing tbh- very unique. against pretty much anything you could call 'standard' in music (i.e. the exam system, formal competitions, practise methods etc). ive been to several masterclasses before but hers really made an impact.

and i found a new piece to learn too. which is a bonus =D

Attack/people from the north - final fantasy x piano collections
tocatta and fugue in d minor.
Damnit
nothing but newb pieces O.o
Ive come to a point in my life where i feel like i suck at the piano.....
but then again im still young

Variations on the kanon by George Winston

Texas Piano Guild tomorrow!

-Prelude in g# minor Op. 32 No. 12, Rachmaninoff
-Sonata No. 14 in c# minor 3rd movement (Moonlight), Beethoven
-Sonata in E minor 1st movement, Haydn
-Two Part Invention No. 13, Bach
-Sonatine, Ravel
-Un Sospiro, Liszt

Great list there Pantalaimon. I remember you saying a while back that you liked Un Sospiro, and here you have mastered it. Nice!

toccata and fugue in d minor.

I really hope, you're studying Busoni's transcription. :sweat:

Practicing night of nights on violin.

Been 6 days now.

3 more months and I should have it nailed down.

Currently I'm practising Folk Dances by Shostakovich (hopefully I spelled that right!) - we're playing it for the national eisteddfod in a few weeks :)

Great list there Pantalaimon. I remember you saying a while back that you liked Un Sospiro, and here you have mastered it. Nice!


Thanks! I just now discovered that my church has an absolutely flawless piano (after 14 years of going there), so I'll see if I can make some recordings before I leave for the summer. =)

Wow, it must have been hidden well if you didn't spot it for 14 year ;)

Lol, I didn't even know there was a thread like this. Well, currently I'm practicing a simplified version of Houki Boshi on piano...although that's not half the challenge <_<

I'm also trying to sing Hyeseong(The Korean version of Houki Boshi) while playing it at the same time...grr...

Well, I hadn't played it since I was too young to appreciate how awesome it was.

Looking into some old favorites - Clair de Lune, Fantasie Impromptu, 2/4 Waltz and etc. Romantic composers really like the key of D flat, do they not?

I've found that too. E flat too. Chopin likes his flats, that's for sure. Most of his waltz's and impromptu's are in e/d flat.

now working on my tapping over 6 strings on guitar, for fantasie impromptu.

Chopin Etude op.25 n. 12. I don't know when I'm going to finish this one since I can only practice in weekends. .____.

@ahvat: If Clementi is so easy for you, you can try his Gradus ad Parnassum. xD

thats among my favourite of the Chopin Etudes, however theres only so far you will get with it just practising at weekends; you'll be ending up doing a lot of work on a specific passage, mastering it, then after 5 days of nothing you'll come back and will 9 times out of 10 have to work at the same thing again.

is there no way of practising in the week? how come you can only practise at weekends?

now working on my tapping over 6 strings on guitar, for fantasie impromptu.

You're crazy! :huh:

Piazzolla Histoire du Tango

Stamiz's Concerto in G major (opus 29)

Polonk (spelling!?!?!) Sonata.

I should practice more, but composing is what I do now :P. Bye, bye flute technique :P Actually...by flute technique won't go, but since playing jazz, my classical "tone" has been pwned haha. Too bad I have the exam tomorrow.

Jazz flute, nice. :D

Two pieces on which I will work for the next year:

Poulenc Sonata for Clarinet and Piano (all movements)
Copland Clarinet Concerto

I'm currently practicing the Mozart Clarinet Concerto, and the 1st Weber Clarinet Concerto. They're pretty easy. I also just got done nailing down the Blue Shades clarinet solo at my last high school spring concert. :)

Two pieces on which I will work for the next year:

Poulenc Sonata for Clarinet and Piano (all movements)
Copland Clarinet Concerto

I played Poulenc Sonata last Friday for me exam! :) It went very well :P How hard is double tonguing on the clarinet? It would be similar to sax tonguing right?

thats among my favourite of the Chopin Etudes, however theres only so far you will get with it just practising at weekends; you'll be ending up doing a lot of work on a specific passage, mastering it, then after 5 days of nothing you'll come back and will 9 times out of 10 have to work at the same thing again.

is there no way of practising in the week? how come you can only practise at weekends?

I can be at home only in weekends because I am attending the college and the piano is not a portable instrument. I will finish this summer I guess.

I'm currently practicing the Mozart Clarinet Concerto, and the 1st Weber Clarinet Concerto. They're pretty easy. I also just got done nailing down the Blue Shades clarinet solo at my last high school spring concert. :)

You have got to play the Rondo of the Mozart at least once in your life. :)


I played Poulenc Sonata last Friday for me exam! :) It went very well :P How hard is double tonguing on the clarinet? It would be similar to sax tonguing right?

Double tonguing is just one of those things that seem to come naturally to me; I was not able to single tongue "correctly" until 3 weeks ago. XD Pretty much all I do is use some fast air and let the tongue free (although it sounds right, I don't know if I'm doing it correctly. That, I will see at my next lesson XD). But for the most part, you should single tongue most passages.

If none of you have played (or even heard (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACO5DjpS8YM)) at least the Andante of the Copland, give it a try. :)

I also just got done nailing down the Blue Shades clarinet solo at my last high school spring concert. :)

I still haven't decided whether I like Ticheli or not. But whatever I think aside, that solo is pretty badass.

I'm practicing:

Jardin sous la Pluie - Debussy (piano)
Sonata in F major, 1st mvt. - Mozart (piano)
Schumann's A minor concerto - Schumann (piano! See a pattern?)
Ballade in G minor - Chopin (piano!)

The first two I'm taking with me to a state competition on piano, I'll hopefully get into the finals with them. :)

edit:

elgar violin sonata 82
Sibelius violin concerto mvmt 3

various touhou game music

Well, I got my repitoire all set-up for this summer:

Beethoven- Concerto No. 3 in c minor
Brahms- Trio No. 3 in c minor, 1st mvt.
Chopin- Etude No. 3 in c# minor
Debussy- L'isle joyeuse
Debussy- Prelude No. 10, "La Catederal Engloutie"
Mozart- Sonata K. 333 in Bb Major

And when I get back in August, I'll be adding these pieces:

Bach- Prelude and Fugue from WTK Bk. II in D Major
Chopin- Andante Spinato and Grande Polonaise Brillante
Mozart- Sonata for Two Pianos in D Major
Rachmaninoff- Suite No. 2 for two pianos in c minor

I've just completed "force your way - FFVIII" in violin

Haydn- Sonata hob 16/46 in Ab
Chopin- Berceuse in Db, Ballade nr 4 in F minor
Liszt- Feux Follets

am banned from anything French for a whole year cos I play too much of it >.< although if i can find a duet partner im going to learn the 2 piano version of Ravel La Valse.

Mazeppa- that Mozart Sonata is beautiful, and good choice with Isle Joyeuse =]

starseer- i see you're looking at Chopin Ballade 1. theres a video on youtube of Rubinstein giving a masterclass on it- it improved my interpretation of it by a long way.

One Summers day by Joe Hishahi (sp?) for Piano.

I'm currently stuck on Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon's theme song "Moonlight Densetsu".

I'm using sheet music provided by this forum's home page (a.k.a. Ichigo's Sheet Music).

I more or less can play left hand solo and right hand solo, but that's the problem - I can't play with both hands yet.

Any recommendations on how to 'merge' them in time? Thanks in advance.

I have a lot more repertoire to do than when I started:

Rose Studies (32 etudes, clarinet)
Poulenc - Clarinet Sonata
Beethoven Symphony No. 6, "Pastoral" (end of first movement, clarinet I part)--- it's harder than it looks.
Beethoven Symphony No. 4 (finale, clarinet I part)---the insane solo of sixteenth notes that are supposed to be double-tongued
Mendelssohn - Midsummer Night's Dream (Scherzo, clarinet I part)
Saint-Saëns - Sonata for Clarinet and Piano
Messager - Solo de Concours
Copland - Clarinet Concerto

(Oh, the sacrifices one has to make. xP)

@clari-- Nice! I was happily surprised that you posted A LOT more than usual. :)

Meh..so I'm going insane this week at IMAP to learn the second movement of the Brahms c minor trio. I can't believe we rehearsed the second movement (under tempo a bit) within just two days of working on it. XD Anyway, gotta get it up to tempo and mastered by next week all the while working on my solo repertoire... at least I can play the third movement of the Brahms now. XD

Isn't it insane working your ass off and learning big pieces in shorts amount of time? I never thought I could do it, but I'm living in the moment now. I can't wait until college. :lol:

I'm working on arpeggione by schubert right now. (cello version) This is THE most insane song to play on a cello, it's like TTFAF for a guitarist. XD I'm trying to tackle the first page, which actually isn't bad. Wish the rest of the piece was like the first page...xD

Isn't it insane working your ass off and learning big pieces in shorts amount of time?

Ahah,you're right! Try to imagine when you have to prepare in addition a chorus to sing in the same amount of time. :lol::lol::lol:

I have been through that a lot; getting pieces ready to present in a short time. Not a good thing, because you don't get enough time to master it as you want it, lol. But, always is fun.

Just finished transcribing one. ^____^

but some would be

Kanon Wakeshima- sweet ticket (violin solo)
Pescetti Sonata in C minor (piano)
Dynasty Warriors 5- Memories (piano)
Dynasty Warriors 6- She Knows The Way (flute)
[FFXII]Angela Aki- Kiss Me Good-Bye (piano)
Angela Aki- This Love(piano)
[FFVII]Nobuo Uematsu- Continue?

Im not actually practicing this, im transcribing it.

1989- the pillows

I'm studying music in general, for my personal pleasure, especially counterpoint and fugue.

Beethoven Virus, a remix of beethoven's pathetique or something like that...forgot the full name. It's quite hard -.-

College Auditions:
Bach-- Prelude and Fugue in D major, Well-Tempered Klavier Book II
Beethoven-- Piano Sonata No. 15 in D major, Op. 28 "Pastorale"
Chopin-- Etude in C# minor, Op. 10 No. 4
Liszt-- Vallee d'Obermann, from the Years of Pilgrimage
Martinu-- Three sketches on Modern Dances, H. 160

Beethoven-- Concerto No. 3 in C minor (3rd movement; performing w/ symphony in May 2010)

Exercises:
Brahms-- 51 Exercises for Piano

Last Season:
Mozart-- Sonata in Bb major, K. 333
Beethoven-- Concerto No. 3 in C minor
Debussy-- La Cathedral Engloutie
Debussy-- L'isle joyeuse

^ envy that you can actually play all those =/

anyways,

Sibelius Violin concerto mvmt 1
Bach Sonata #1
Saent-Saens Introduction and Rondo Capricioso
Dont Etude #7

sigh...... college auditions coming up =/

Main focuses:

Rose Studies (32 etudes, clarinet)
Poulenc - Clarinet Sonata
Beethoven Symphony No. 6, "Pastoral" (end of first movement, clarinet I part)--- it's harder than it looks.
Beethoven Symphony No. 4 (finale, clarinet I part)---the insane solo of sixteenth notes that are supposed to be double-tongued
Mendelssohn - Midsummer Night's Dream (Scherzo, clarinet I part)
Saint-Saëns - Sonata for Clarinet and Piano

and a different concerto (not the Copland...)

Currently playing some various styles atm. Just some pieces to get me back into flute since I haven't played for a while.

Cinq Pieces Breves - Jules Mouquet
Serende - A. Woodall
Arioso and Presto - Joachim Quantz
Andante - B. Molique
Wedding Morn - Miriam Hyde
Beside the Stream - Miriam Hyde
Sonatina - Friedrich Kuhlau
Rondo - On/Off

and some pieces I'm playing on Harp with the local orchestra

Thunderbirds March - Barry Gray
Farandole - Georges Bizet
Ebony and Ivory - Paul McCartney
Love, Me - D.S.
Soirees Musicales - arr. Benjamin Britten
Just The Way You Are - Billy Joel
Polka (from The Battered Bride) - F. Smetana

now for something completely different on Electric Guitar

Primordial Breath - Eluveitie
Inis Mona - Eluveitie
Your Gaulish War - Eluveitie

I have some very fun things I've been practicing!

Dubussy- Serenade for the Doll
Chopin- Mazurka in Bflat Major
W.H. Bach- Allegro (This isn't really fun...at all. I just pretend it is so that I'll practice it and get some technique skillz)
Jack Fina- Bumble Boogie(it's take off of Flight of the Bumblebee)

I think I'll learn alot from Bumble Boogie. I haven't seen some of the things in it before and it's a different style compared to what I'm used to. I'm a little sad I don't have to go to recitals anymore though. They helped me progress so much.

Oboe

Bach - a bunch of excerpts from Christmas Oratorio
Beethoven - excerpts from Symphony No. 3
Berlioz - excerpts from Symphonie Fantastique

English horn

Vaughan Williams - Studies on Six English Folk Songs
Hindemith - English horn Sonata
Bozza - Lied

Piano

Liszt - Consolation No. 3
Ravel - Ma Mère l'Oye (the Pavane and Pétit Poucet)

Moonlight Sonata ~all movements~ Beethoven

Planetarium & Flavor of Life

Trying to figure out a new song to practice...maybe the piano part for Tomorrow by Mikuni Shimokawa...

Galliard Sonata No. 1

Eugene Bozza - Aria

Beautiful song :D

Chopin- Ballade nr 4
Debussy- Estampes (complete)
Haydn- Sonata in Ab
Ravel- Alborada del gracioso

also meant to be practising the Chopin Berceuse for my diploma but I really dont like it tbh =/ might use 2 of the nouvelles etudes instead (F minor and Db) what do people think?

Debussy - Première Rhapsodie
Spohr - Clarinet Concerto #1
Copland - Clarinet Concerto
Saint-Saëns - Sonata for Clarinet and Piano (first and fourth movements)
Poulenc - Sonata for Clarinet and Piano (all)

Chopin- Ballade nr 4
Debussy- Estampes (complete)
Haydn- Sonata in Ab
Ravel- Alborada del gracioso

also meant to be practising the Chopin Berceuse for my diploma but I really dont like it tbh =/ might use 2 of the nouvelles etudes instead (F minor and Db) what do people think?

LIGETI ETUDES. I like the Nouvelles, they're uncommon and I'm sure people will perk up to that.

lol i would rather play some Ligeti =P
but i have to use the stuff thats on the syllabus and without the Berceuse i dont have anything from that period so thought would switch to a different Chopin because the Liszt and Schubert on it are rubbish and i dont like Mendelssohn.

To Zanarkand, on the violin. I've just picked up the violin again after 1 1/2 years, so I'm easing in slowly.

Sur le fil from the motion picture, Amelie.

It's amazingly hard on the violin towards the end @.@

Interstellar Flight of Macross Frontier. Wow, what a long song xD!

Bach - Menuet in G - arranged for 2 guitars
Bach - Invention in Am - again - for 2 guitars
A. Vivaldi - Andante - again - for 2 guitars
J. Pernambuco - Sons de Carilhoes
Romanza (Spanish ballad)
N. Rimsky Korsakov- Flight of the Bumblebee - practicing is a strong word. I'm on the 7th line of it... :unsure:

Pour Le Piano (Third Movement) by Debussy. May as well try and eat the sun.

is that the Toccata? i want to look at that at some point it sounds fun =P

I've sorted program now:
Bach- P&F in G minor (WTK1)
Haydn- Sonata in Ab
Chopin- Trois Nouvelles Etudes
Sculthorpe- Night Pieces
Debussy- Ce qu'a vu le vent d'ouest

then looking at the Estampes and the Ballade 4 on the side =]

Whoooo! What the West Wind saw! :D

Well by golly I'm still playing Bumble Boogie. I've never wanted man hands but I see no other way. It's really hard going fast and JUST barely being able to reach all the notes.

Besides that Serenade for the Doll is just about done and I get to move on to Dr Gradus ad Parnassum =)

I've made a (very rough) plan of what I want to cover before leaving uni so I'll be in a good position for postgrad auditions:

Bach- Prelude and Fugue in G minor Bk 1 nr 16
Chopin- Nouvelles Etudes, Ballade in F minor, Etudes op 10 nr 1,2,3,4
Debussy- Estampes, Etudes: 'Pour les tierces' and 'Pour les sonorités opposées'
Elliott Carter- Piano Sonata (1945-6)
Haydn- Sonata in Ab
Ligeti- *leaning towards Automne a Varsovie but may change to Fanfares*
Liszt- Transcendental Etudes 3, 12, possibly revisit Gnomenreigen
Ravel- Gaspard de la nuit
Sculthorpe- Night Pieces

the only new stuff will be the Chopin Etudes (planning on picking ones I haven't done before), and the Ligeti Etude... but I think that's a good thing as there's quite a lot there and it means I can really knuckle down with them over the next 2 years- plenty of time =]

*edit... part of the reason I posted this was for evaluation purposes... already I've noticed in the Beethoven and the Chopin Ballade I have two major works in F minor... I'd pick Ballade 4 over Appassionata any day so no hard decision for me*

Trying to play this shorter piano version of Hotaru no Hikari by Ikimono Gakari that I found online...not doing so well...the person who transcribed this really messed up...

Just few new Celtic tunes I got for my schools Celtic Band.

Brian Boru's March - Traditional
Blackberry Blossom - Clyde Moon
Planxty Browne - Turlough O'Carolan
King of the Fairies - Traditional
The Battle of Aughrim - Traditional
The Bridal - Traditional

And some medieval pieces I got play on my harp.

Beata Viscera - Unknown
Por Nos De Dulta Tirar - Alfonso X
A L'entrada Del Tempus - Un Troubadours
La Manfredina - Ios Troubadours

I finally got my Martinu music... three months and $40 later... *link in signature*

Sonata Pathetique first movement. Just the first four pages :P

I'm currently playing Hymn To Freedom by Oscar Peterson on the piano

It has more of a jazzy feel to it

Felt like making my first post here. Hi guys!

FFX, Noriko Matsueda , Takahito Eguchi (I suppose), To Zanarkand (short version)
FFX-2, Noriko Matsueda and Takahito Eguchi, 1000 Words
Da Capo (Game), Tororo (I think), Mata, Aeru... yo ne?, Tsumetai Namida
Utawarerumono, Juunya Matsuoka (I think), Intimate Words
D.Gray-Man, Wada Kaoru, Musician
Pandora Hearts, Kajiura Yuki, Melody 2 (Soundtrack 2)
5cm per Second, Tenmon, END THEME

And some more I can't recall.

All of them more or less simpler songs (except for 1000 Words) on the piano.

Clannad: Sora no Hikaru
Bleach: Morning Remembrance
D. Gray-Man: Musician
Nana: a little pain
Pandora Hearts: Lacey
Sola: Sougen no Kaze

Hanon: Exercise Number 1 in C major

(wait, does that count?)

For Class:
La Donna e Mobile
He's Got the Whole World in His Hands,
Polovertsian Dances

Otherwise:
Kodoku na Kokoro

Mushy: I feel your pain..

No, earth, you don't until you get to the octave scales *shudder*

Currently working on playing songs from Zelda: Twilight Princess. Songs are really cool, so's the game. ^_^

I'm currently practicing for my college concert-band audition next September, and probably will start working on jazz audition pieces before then too. My current work-list is:

* John Tyndall's Alto Sax/Piano arrangement of Joseph-Hector Fiocco's Allegro (http://www.musicnotes.com/sheetmusic/mtd.asp?ppn=MN0040745)
* Alto Sax/Piano arrangement of Chopin's Nocturne Op. 9, No. 2 (http://www.musicnotes.com/sheetmusic/mtd.asp?ppn=MN0047833) (love this, probably will be what I go with)


As far as actual band goes... the stuff I'm playing with the rest of my band is:

CONCERT BAND
* Opening Night on Broadway (http://www.jwpepper.com/10034371.item), Michael Brown
* Ricochet (http://www.jwpepper.com/10071787.item), Sean O'Loughlin
* Mars (http://www.jwpepper.com/10070449.item), Gustav Holst
* Greensleeves (http://www.jwpepper.com/446948.item), arr. Alfred Reed
* The Triton (http://www.jwpepper.com/10071160.item), J. P. Sousa
* Video Games Live Part 2 (http://www.jwpepper.com/10051158.item), Ralph Ford [dropped, maybe moved to Spring]
* Through the Fire and Flames (http://www.jwpepper.com/10066105.item), arr. Jay Bocook, Will Rapp [dropped, not likely to be moved]

JAZZ BAND
* Santa Baby (http://www.jwpepper.com/10072807.item), arr. John Berry
* What a Wonderful World (http://www.jwpepper.com/2431377.item), arr. Paul Murtha
* Hot Chocolate (http://www.jwpepper.com/2481655.item) (from Polar Express), Glen Ballard
* Pick Up the Pieces (http://www.jwpepper.com/2385359.item), arr. Mark Taylor

For the spring I'm looking for more challenging stuff since we're playing pretty simple stuff, so I suggested:

* The Incredibles (http://www.jwpepper.com/2480136.item), arr. Jay Bocook
* I Just Can't Wait to be King (http://www.jwpepper.com/10012009.item), Elton John

I'm not gonna lie, part of the reason I want to do those two songs is how much Alto Sax is featured and I'm first chair in my band. :heh:

The biggest thing that I am practicing right now is Galop from Gordan Jacob's Tuba Suite.

Bach Inventions, Chopin waltz etc

Air on the G String, Bach's Cello Suite no. 1, The Swan (cello), Tears (X JAPAN)

Chopin- Nocturne in E op 62/2
Haydn- Sonata in Ab 3rd mvt
Debussy- L'isle joyeuse
Fujikura- Frozen Heat

park bom- you and i
\o/

Ehh... It's been 5-6 years since I played but now I'm starting to play again since I kind of got inspired by the Super Mario theme song that was played on the piano, lol... :heh:

But anyways I'm self taught on Piano & Cello, so not that good yet... :cry:

But for Piano, currently learning (Yeah, a lot... But there's just too many songs I'm in <3 with):
White Lies
Tong Hua
Maiden Prayer
Lyphard Melody
Love Me
Kiss the Rain
Kiss Goodbye

Cello:
Lacie/Pandora Hearts (Currently sort of "transcribing" it as I hear the violin version...)

wuaa everyone here is very talented.. *w*
gyaaann.. Well I play the violin but I'm still on it..
hehehe I can't play very difficult pieces.. yet!! :3
but I'm currently playing: La Bamba with a string orchestra
and I'm looking to play Bolero <3<3 ...

Ehh, i've got a lot on my plate. =D

The Sun Rises from Okami
Nocturne in c sharp minor - Chopin
Allemande from Bach's French suite no. 2
Suite in Eb major - Krebs
Decadent Sentimental Song- Manzano
Prelude and Fugue in c minor - Bach
Sonata in C major k330- mozart
Zur Laute- Hoffmann
Study in A major- Schytte
Ave Maria- CF Gounod

I'm adding a new piece to my repertoire to do on the side... months and months of the same [audition] repertoire gets really tiring, so why not do at least one other piece that really takes the load off?

Rachmaninoff: Etude-Tableaux Op. 39, No. 8 in D minor (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hZaEcgWon4&feature=related)

lizst-la campanella.

Learning Houkou mucc piano version by ear I already got most of the melody down but now the trouble begins at the left hand o.O.

Mozart sonata in C
Chopin prelude in e minor
Chopin prelude in b flat minor

maybe I should add K576 to my repertoire.

I needed a change as I've been working on more or less the same stuff for over a year and I want to stretch my technique a little:

Chopin Etudes op.10 and op.25- I read a post on another forum about learning all 24 in 24 days and it sounded really interesting. At the moment I've done op.10/3,6 and 9 and op.25/1,3 and 7 but doubt it will be one a day with the rest >.<

Liszt Harmonies du soir- for a competition next month. This is easily one of the most beautiful piano works in existance.

plus a load of accompanying as it's coming up to end of year recitals >.<

I needed a change as I've been working on more or less the same stuff for over a year and I want to stretch my technique a little:

Chopin Etudes op.10 and op.25- I read a post on another forum about learning all 24 in 24 days and it sounded really interesting. At the moment I've done op.10/3,6 and 9 and op.25/1,3 and 7 but doubt it will be one a day with the rest >.<

Liszt Harmonies du soir- for a competition next month. This is easily one of the most beautiful piano works in existance.

plus a load of accompanying as it's coming up to end of year recitals >.<

It's taken me 1.5 years (granted, now always practicing it) for me to even play Op. 10/4 as good as it is now. So I *highly* respect you for taking them on.

I'm starting "Pictures at an Exhibition" when the music gets in my hands (maybe a week or two) :D

I posted that at like 4am, so forgot to mention something pretty important because I don't want to come over as showing off with Chopin Etudes >.< It is about having them in your fingers rather than being able to perform them if that makes sense? Basically learning them from a purely technical side; I wouldn't perform any in a concert situation; even though 10/3 and 25/1 are practically there because I've worked on them before this 'project' I wouldn't play those in concert because of how well known they are. Like I said I am doing them to develop my technique, so am approaching them as if they were Hanon rather than one of his Ballades if that makes sense? Not to mention, unlike the person writing that post, I have Cortot to help me xD

Once I've gotten them all in my fingers I will definitely work on some of them as concert pieces though and get recording =P

What is your opinion on this difficulty rating? I know you know them so what do you think? (it came from the post I read, this isn't my own list it's what I'm learning by):

Op 10: 6, 9, 3, 5, 10, 11, 12, 8, 4, 1, 7, 2
Op 25: 3, 1, 7, 2, 9, 5, 12, 8, 10, 11, 4, 6

The only one I have issues with at the moment is 25/3- it is NOT the easiest out of op.25 in any sense!

With 'Pictures' are you tackling a preferred movement first or just starting at the beginning?

I really don't know them that much as far as my experience playing them. I've only attempted Op. 10/4, and it's an absolute bitch to play, frankly. Don't worry about seeming to show off, whatever you meant at all, you didn't come across like that [to me].

As far as starting on which movement on Pictures, it could be anyone really. I'll probably want to tackle all the easier ones first, and slowly work on the harder ones (one-by-one). I'll have to wait until the music gets here and, of course, what my teacher so masterfully says. :)

Hey guys ^^ I plan to take a piano exam and one of the pieces say any one of Bach's Prelude and Fugues.... Which one should I play? I looked at the incredibly-easy prelude 1... but fugue 1 is a bitch. Seems that a hard Prelude is always matched with an easy Fugue and vice versa... I'm leaning a bit towards #15... which looks reasonable enough... suggestions welcome!!! If anyone has any experience playing them and knows a really easy one please do tell ^^

what kind of piano exam is it? it's weird that they would say any Bach P+F as some of them are manageable by an amateur and others a professional would have trouble with.

Thing with any prelude and fugue be it Bach or Shostakovich is that the prelude is always manageable to some degree or another; all of the fugues are tricky by nature as they require total independance of fingers to control the voices.

what kind of piano exam is it? it's weird that they would say any Bach P+F as some of them are manageable by an amateur and others a professional would have trouble with.

Thing with any prelude and fugue be it Bach or Shostakovich is that the prelude is always manageable to some degree or another; all of the fugues are tricky by nature as they require total independance of fingers to control the voices.

It's a normal grade 8 exam.... for the first of three required pieces we have a long list, which includes any of the 30+ P&F by Bach...

grade 8? o.O a lot of the P&Fs are quite a lot higher than grade 8 level.

and 30 P&Fs? o.O huh?

well I know WTK1/17 and WTK2/12 have been on grade 8 lists. I'm sure I remember 2/16 being on there once too and possibly 1/12 though that is above grade 8 level tbh.

1/17 and 2/12 are easy enough to get your fingers around. well... that's coming from someone who doesn't really play Bach unless strapped down >.<

yeah the exam said any P&F from well tempered klavier except for several numbers...
Anyway I talked to my teacher.... and she gave me 1/2 and 1/15 to try out... gonna let u know how it turns out....

FF7- Tifa's Theme, the original from the game- not the movie. pretty sure theyre different. Nobuo Uematsu is way awesome!

Me is learning to play "Pandora Hearts: Lacie" (Eliot's and Leo's Version) ^^
and "Once Upon a December" from the movie "Anastasia" yup-yup.

hi new here :D i practicing Ever17-Krama

Bach- P+F in F minor (Bk 2)
Beethoven- Sonata in C minor op10/1
Rachmaninoff- Etude op 39/2

I try to learn how to produce such a touching and soulful sound on my violin, like Catya Maré does. Not an easy task I can tell!
If you are into artists, such as Enya, Enigma, Sarah Brightman, Kitaro or Celtic Woman, Catya Maré´s music might be a real treat for you, too.
Catya won several prestigious music awards (Billboard World Song Contest, Hollywood Music in Media Award) and released three albums...

So in case that you wanted to get addicted to her and her music, like I am, listen to her songs ^_^
www.catyamare.com
www.myspace.com/catyamar

And i´m getting back to my violin and try some more...:think:

Dvorak - Humoresque

And only that, since 1.5 years. ^^;

Beethoven- Sonata op 57 'Appassionata'
Chopin- Ballade nr 3
Ligeti- Automne a Varsovie

I am playing Bratja for piano.