The what are you working on right now topic

[guru_of_time]

What piece(s) are you seriously working on right now?

Right now, I'm seriously working on Rach 2 and Liszt's 2nd Hungarian Rhapsody

For fun I'm working on some Brahms Intermezzi and some of Prokofiev's Fugitive Visions

[steinwayguy]

In the next two months,
Schubert Piano- Sonata in B-flat, D.960
Ravel- Le Tombeau de Couperin
Rachmaninoff- Etudes-Tableaux in F-sharp Minor, Op. 39 No. 3
Bach- Prelude and Fugue in D-sharp Minor, WTC Book II
Liszt- Mephisto Waltz
Chopin- Ballade No. 4 in F Minor, Op. 52
Rachmaninoff- Concerto No. 3 in D Minor, Op. 30 "Allegro ma non tanto"
Schubert- The Erlkonig 

Keep in mind I know three of these very well and am just learning the others.

[guru_of_time]

how old are you?

[Rach3]

You're from Winston-Salem? You don't study at NCSA by any chance, do you?

/off topic

I'm working on:
Beethoven - op. 111 sonata
Chopin - scherzo no. 3
Chopin - nocturne 27/1 (c# minor)
Mozart, K330 and K332 (re-learning old sonatas for fun)
Bach - E major P&F, Bk. II

Since it's summer, I don't have regular lessons so I'm pretty much doing fun stuff on my own. Tons of sight reading - Mozart, Scarlatti, Beethoven sonatas, Shostakovich P&Fs. Op. 111 is my one 'serious' piece which I've been working on for a while now.

-Rach3

[Kassaa]

My teacher gave me new pieces for the summer holiday.

Chopet 10/4 and 25/12
Beethoven Pastorale Op. 28
Bach WTK 1 P&F 9, P&F in B Major, Prelude 10
Liszt excercises
Liszt/Saint-Saens Danse Macabre.

[pianote]

as of right now...

Bach- Aria Variata
Beethoven- Sonata Op.110
Mendelssohn- Fantasy in F# Minor, Op.28
Prokofiev- Sonata No.3 in A minor, Op.28
Bartok- Two Roumanian Dances, Op.8a

(gotta get a movin before h.s. starts again. good fun )

[Waldszenen]

Chopin: 27 Etudes

Schumann: Albumblatter, Op. 124

[nicolo]

Working on:

Scherzo No3 C# minor

Re-Working.....correcting age old errors:

Polonaise in A flat major

Peices that are working on me:

Etude Op 25 No 11

[vaiva]

now i'm just thinking about the programme of my recital.......
and working on Schnittke's piano concerto and Debussy "Pour le piano"

[thorn]

Ravel- Ondine
Faure- Nocturne in E flat minor (no 1)
Liszt- Les jeux d'eaux a la villa d'este

plus my grade 8 pieces- two from each list.

[greyrune]

Fur Elise 1st movement
Moonlight 1st movement
The little Book of Anna Magdalena Bach

I've been playing for about 12 years now but i find especially the Moonlight is a real challenge.  (just a bit of a change)

[odsum25]

Beethoven Sonata Op. 31, No. 3
Berg Sonata
Liszt Chapelle de Guillaume Tell
Marcello/Wild Adagio

[Dazzer]

never knew that fur elise came in movements... i can't bear to know what could possibly worse after the "first movement"...

mendelssohn variations serieuses
rach etudes 39 5-6
scriabin etude 42 5
prokofiev toccata op11

then maybe pick up poulenc's Napoli suite some time soon... blagh stupid competition.

[klavierkonzerte]

i'm working on a ballade in c minor and an atonal fantasy  started writing the ballad 2 weeks ago and the fantasy about 3 monthes ago but stoped and just picked it up again yesterday.


there are many pieces i want to learn like

d'albert sonata in f# minor
chopin ballad in g minor
litolff concerto symphonique no.3
thalberg moses
ruebke sonata
bronsart concerto
bortkiewicz  etude in f# minor from dix etudes.

i think i might start with d'albert or litolff

[nicolo]

never knew that fur elise came in movements... i can't bear to know what could possibly worse after the "first movement"...

The Third.

[steinwayguy]

how old are you?

17. Mostly that is college audition rep. plus a concerto and the erlkonig because they're both kick ass.

You're from Winston-Salem? You don't study at NCSA by any chance, do you?

I do, with Clifton Matthews.

[pseudopianist]

Rach Etude 39/5, I am not getting anywhere with this piece, way out of my league but I will keep going at it.

Chopin 10/1

Bach Fugue WTC Book 1 (It is on ice for the moment)

I been spending most of my time composing lately.

[ralessi]

Bach, Partita no. 2 in c minor
Prokofiev, 3rd sonata
Beethoven, 32 variations in c minor
Mendelssohn, Fantasy in F# minor
Chopin, 2nd piano concerto

Speaking of NCSA! With my highschool piano class freshman year, we took a trip for the piano weekend there, i took a lesson with clifton matthews, good stuff! any of you know Anthony Felton? I went to high school with him and he studies there.

Cheers!
Ricky

[pianonut]

barber nocturne

poulenc trois pieces

both are still terrible.  i dread my resuming of lessons (esp. after vacation).  must work harder.  don't impress my teacher yet YET.  but, i will resume my memory work and connect with the serious side of myself.

why do my parents and relatives think i need not practice to play well?  and, then suffering undue adulation, play for my teacher to dull stares and fidgeting (looks at watch, up at ceiling, excuses himself to use the bathroom).  i must impress my teacher.  i must make him lean forward with itnerest and say 'play it again.  it sounds so good.'  or, 'what else do you have for me?'  someday, this will be all i hear

[emmylo471]

I'm currently working on...

*Concerto No.3 (Youth)- Dmitri Kabalevsky

*Tarantella-Albert Pieczonka

*Fantasy in D. Minor- Mozart

[etudes]

liszt paganini etudes no.3 4 5 6 (sixth is like a dust in the air)
Chopin 1 2 3 ballades
too much
to play in september with Beethoven sonata op.31no.3 and bach P&F d minor book II

[thalbergmad]

Thalberg-Rossini-La Semiramide
Tausig-Valse Caprice No2
Moskowski-Wagner-Tristan and Isolde

[chopinmaniac]

Chopin - Nocturne Op.48 No. 1
Chopin - Etudes Op10 no. 4, 9 and 12
Chopin - Etudes Op25 no. 12
Liszt - Tarantella from annes de pelerinage napoli
Bach - P & F in D minor Bk. 1

Mostly right now finishing nocturne and getting owned by liszt.

[rob47]

Moskowski-Wagner-Tristan and Isolde

nice.

[thalbergmad]

Better than the Liszt version i think eh Rob

Gonna take me a bit of time.

[ako]

Haydn- Fantasia in C
Chopin- Nocturne Op. 27, No. 2

[llamaman]

Mostly technique and sight-reading. *Groan* I'm also working on a Sonatina in G that is attributed to Diabelli, a dance be Telemann, and Burgmuller 100/1-17

[chopet]

Liszt rigoletto paraphrase
schubert impromptu in g flat
chopin etude op 10 no.3
schubert wanderer fantasie
and a bunch of pieces for an exam

[steinwayguy]

Bach, Partita no. 2 in c minor
Prokofiev, 3rd sonata
Beethoven, 32 variations in c minor
Mendelssohn, Fantasy in F# minor
Chopin, 2nd piano concerto

Speaking of NCSA! With my highschool piano class freshman year, we took a trip for the piano weekend there, i took a lesson with clifton matthews, good stuff! any of you know Anthony Felton? I went to high school with him and he studies there.

Cheers!
Ricky

Yes I know Anthony quite well.

It's a small world!

[chozart]

Czerny - Op.299 No.19 (just about done)
Bach - WTK I: Prelude and Fugue No.9 in E Major (for auditions)
Chopin - Polonaise Op.26/2 in E-flat minor (for auditions)
Liszt - Consolation No.3 in D-flat major (just about done)
Mozart - Sonata K.457 in C minor (for auditions)

.. and still haven't picked out a 20th century piece nor etude of virtuosity

[rudimental]

I am currently working on Rachmaninoff - Polichinelle
                                                                  Elegie
                                          Beethoven - Sonata F-dur
                                          Moskowsky - Virtuosy Etudes no.7 and no.9
                                          Bach - Prelude and Fugue G-dur
                                          Tchaikowsky - Pletnev - Nutcracker suite

[bassoonypiano]

I am currently working on Rachmaninoff - Polichinelle
                                                                  Elegie
                                          Beethoven - Sonata F-dur
                                          Moskowsky - Virtuosy Etudes no.7 and no.9
                                          Bach - Prelude and Fugue G-dur
                                          Tchaikowsky - Pletnev - Nutcracker suite

Are those the Moskowsky Etudes from his Op 72? If it is, Do you really like that octave etude?

And just to keep on topic, I'm currently learning from scratch Chopin's 2nd Scherzo and after this Saturday, you can add a prelude and fugue from a WTC, and a Beethoven Sonata.

[paris]

right now i'm on masterclass in hungary so i'm doing mostly liszt...

liszt- hungarian rhapsody n.8
         la campanella
chopin-etude op.10/1
rachmaninoff- etude tableaux op.33 n.7

when i came back:

beethoven-tempest
chopin- etude op.10/4
rachmaninoff- etude op.39 n.1
bach-WTC (my teacher gave me but dunno the key)

and during the summer, chopin e minor concert 1st movement

[pianobabe_56]

Ravel ~ Jeau d'Eaux
Chopin ~ All of the Etudes
Grieg ~ A minor concerto

... While I'm at it, I'm also looking for a fairly challenging Bach piece (the above list should give you some idea where I'm at) that I could play with the Ravel for my adjudications this spring. I've been looking through Book One of his Preludes and Fugues, but I'm not finding too much to spark my interest, and I don't own Book Two. Those are the only works of his I own.

Advice on a good piece to learn?

[turner]

Currently working on:

Chopin G Minor Ballade
Moszkowski Etude Op. 72 No. 12
Faure Barcarolle No. 4
Scarlatti Sonata in B Minor K. 27
Chopin D-Flat Major Etude in Op. 25 (double-sixths): very slow-going (trying not to ruin my hands in the process!)

Will start soon: JS Bach P-F WTC Bk 2 C-sharp Minor

[Teddybear]

Some Chopin etudés, Czerny etudés, and Scarlatti sonatas. Schumann's PC. Vladigerov's Humoresque (the longer one). I was supposed to play something else during the summer, too, but I have such a bad memory... I think I have Partita by Rautavaara. It's not a difficult piece, but I have to study some Finnish music.

T

[pokeythepenguin]

Wow.... as far as boasting this thread is only one step down from Take this SteinwayTony XD


Just finishing up the Schubert Sonata D. 958 and Prokofiev Sonata No. 6


Will soon be doing Sheng "My Song" and Chopin Concerto No. 1

[guru_of_time]

Wow.... as far as boasting this thread is only one step down from Take this SteinwayTony XD

I just made it for a little fun for everyone

[vaiva]

now i'm just thinking about the programme of my recital.......
and working on Schnittke's piano concerto and Debussy "Pour le piano"

ok. now i already know, my programme of recital:
                            ***
J.S.Bach. P & F (but still don't know, which one)
L.van Beethovan. Sonata op 27 nr.1 Es-dur (nr.13)
F.Chopin. Etiude op.10 nr.8 F-dur
F.Liszt. Etiude a la Paganini nr.3 Es-dur
A.Scriabin. Etiude op 42. nr.5 cis-moll
and some piece of S.Vainiunas (lithuanian composer)
                              ***
C.Debussy. "Pour le piano"
S.Prokofjev. Sonata nr.2 d-moll op.14

so i've just started to sightread these pieces.
How do you think about this programme?
                           

[klavierkonzerte]

changed my mind about my list

i started seriously working on liadov prelude no2 in b flat minor from op.36 and schumann florestan from carnaval

i worked on both pieces befor but didn't poish them

the prelude was hellish and i mean hellish at first but now it's falling perfectly under my fingers
and i'm having great difficulties interpreting florestan it's way harder than it sounds

[nanabush]

Bach Fugue in C sharp Major
Chopin Etude op 25 # 12
--my teacher wants me to play some crazy crazy piece by a guy named Kapustin I think...look him up and find his sonata forget which one but it's the last movement.  It's so awesome and sounds jazzy, but it's more difficult than most pieces I've seen.  My teacher dl'd it off EMULE so you could probly find it somewhere.  It's insane so fast!!  I'm doin it as slow as about 1 page a week not up to speed, but It's so incredible!!

[musicsdarkangel]

Rachmaninoff - Pagannini variations
Chopin - Polonaise op 44
Mozart - sonata K 284
Bach - 3rd P + F

[Jacey1973]

Seriously:

Beethoven "Les adieux" sonata
Rachmaninov - Etudes Tableaux op 39, no. 3 and 8


Revising (well supposedly):

Mozart Sonata in D (K576)
Ravel Alborada del gracioso


Learning/sight reading/not really comitting to in great detail/still deciding on:

Berg Piano sonata op 1
Chopin Ballade no 4
Beethoven Moonlight sonata