Piano Forum | what is a great contemporary piece?

Piano Forum > Piano Board > Repertoire > what is a great contemporary piece?

Pages: [1] Go Down

Author

Topic: what is a great contemporary piece? (Read 1069 times)

adidaschica

Newbie

Offline

Posts: 15

what is a great contemporary piece?

« on: August 24, 2004, 09:31:44 PM »

hi, do you know if there is a great contemporary(20th century)or impressionest piece to play in a competition?


	Do you find this post useful? Yes / No Logged

amanfang

PS Gold Member
Sr. Member

Offline

Posts: 842

Re: what is a great contemporary piece?

« Reply #1 on: August 25, 2004, 12:14:48 AM »

Try Lowell Liebermann's Nocturne #3.


	Do you find this post useful? Yes / No Logged

When you earnestly believe you can compensate for a lack of skill by doubling your efforts, there's no end to what you can't do.

bernhard

PS Gold Member
Sr. Member

Offline

Posts: 5081

Re: what is a great contemporary piece?

« Reply #2 on: August 25, 2004, 01:07:07 AM »

Here are a few (I am sure people will add more):

Villa Lobos – Rudepoema

Barber – Sonata

Prokofiev – Toccata, Sonatas

Debussy – Feux d’artifice, L’Isle Joyeuse

Ravel – Miroirs, Gaspard de la Nuit, Le tombeau de Couperin

Bela Bartok – Sonata

Alban Berg – Sonata

Arnold Bax – Toccata

Manuel de Falla – Fantasia Baetica

Elliott Carter – Sonata

Charles Griffes – Sonata

Camargo Guarnieri- Choro Torturado, Toccata.

Just the tip of a very large iceberg.

Best wishes,
Bernhard.


	Do you find this post useful? Yes / No Logged

"The key resources you need to accomplish anything worthwhile in life:

i. An eye firmly fixed on the goal.
ii. Will power.
iii A high tolerance for pain."

(John Walker)

liszmaninopin

PS Silver Member
Sr. Member

Offline

Posts: 1101

Re: what is a great contemporary piece?

« Reply #3 on: August 25, 2004, 01:42:44 AM »

Also, the Scriabin Sonatas, and Bartok's Allegro Barbaro.

I think that Violette's Fifth, Sixth, and Seventh Sonatas are great contemporary pieces, but I wouldn't recommend them for competition.

You could look into one of Sessions' Sonatas. Mathias' Sonata #1. For Debussy, you should look at the etude.


	Do you find this post useful? Yes / No Logged

donjuan

PS Silver Member
Sr. Member

Offline

Posts: 3164

Re: what is a great contemporary piece?

« Reply #4 on: August 25, 2004, 01:45:41 AM »

Rachmaninoff's arrangement of Flight of the Bumblebee is always a great piece- shows off chromatic scale technique and control over the instrument, and it really isnt too difficult.
donjuan


	Do you find this post useful? Yes / No Logged

Spatula

Guest

Re: what is a great contemporary piece?

« Reply #5 on: August 26, 2004, 10:59:20 PM »

How about Oscar Peterson? Wink


	Do you find this post useful? Yes / No Logged

Tash

PS Silver Member
Sr. Member

Offline

Posts: 2249

Re: what is a great contemporary piece?

« Reply #6 on: August 27, 2004, 12:54:31 PM »

being a bit patriotic- carl vine piano sonata it's the bomb


	Do you find this post useful? Yes / No Logged

'J'aime presque autant les images que la musique' Debussy

Newbie

Offline

Posts: 9

Re: what is a great contemporary piece?

« Reply #7 on: August 27, 2004, 11:38:10 PM »

being patriotic: ;DIn Memoriam Bela Bartok, by Lopes-Graça (in seven parts: Portico / Dance I / Incantation I / Dirge / Dance II / Incantaion II / Tribute -- Festive)


	Do you find this post useful? Yes / No Logged

donjuan

PS Silver Member
Sr. Member

Offline

Posts: 3164

Re: what is a great contemporary piece?

« Reply #8 on: August 28, 2004, 01:38:23 AM »

oh I just thought of a great work, but it isnt piano.

the American Symphony. (I forgot who the composer is, but it is the piece from "Mr. Holland's Opus")


	Do you find this post useful? Yes / No Logged

liszmaninopin

PS Silver Member
Sr. Member

Offline

Posts: 1101

Re: what is a great contemporary piece?

« Reply #9 on: August 28, 2004, 01:53:22 AM »

A number of the Feinberg Sonatas are excellent.


	Do you find this post useful? Yes / No Logged

sharon_f

PS Silver Member
Sr. Member

Offline

Posts: 828

Re: what is a great contemporary piece?

« Reply #10 on: August 28, 2004, 04:24:44 AM »

You might consider one of the selections from Messiaen's
Vingt regards sur l'enfant Jésus. Number 13, titled Noel is an absolute knockout!

Or how about one of the Ligeti Etudes?


	Do you find this post useful? Yes / No Logged

There are two means of refuge from the misery of life - music and cats.
Albert Schweitzer

Pages: [1] Go Up