*cries* I HATE my new teacher!

[Skeptopotamus]

-.-


Well I talked to the person that will be teaching me at school for the next three years (my school is cooler than yours; it's free, a middle/highschool and has a graduate program ^^ aka an awesome fine arts school).  Anyways, I showed him my repertoire and he hated it!  He said too much modern/obscure compositions so he's assigned me this huge amount of work I have to do before I can go back to doing what I want.  This is what I have to do:

Finish the Chopin Etudes Op. 25
Finish the Rachmaninov Preludes Op. 32
Finish the Rachmaninov Etudes Tableaux Op. 39
Finish the Ligeti Etudes Book I (only cause I begged him to let me do some modern stuff)
Three more Debussy Preludes to make it an even five?  five isnt even!!!
A major classical work (not necissarily in the key A Major =P)
A major Romantic Work (he won't allow Apres un Lecture du Dante =("
A major work by Ravel
A major work by Brahms
A major work by Bach or Handel
A major work by Scriabin


what is this guy's problem?!?  I already do Miroirs ><  But nuuu... Sonatine, Gespard de la Nuit or Valses Nobles et Sentimentales.  and BRAHMS!  I hate that guy!  This is a nightmare ><  And now I can't do my fun concerti -.-  I suddenly hate male teachers!  I don't like this at all =(  And he won't count my Brahms piece towards my major romantic work either!  What's this guy's problem?  Maybe he hates me.  Also he says all the pieces I choose have to be common rep!  This is gonna take forever...


Debussy: (already know book 1 no. 7 and book 2 no. 12) Book 2 Nos. 2, 6, and 8
Classical: Schubert Sonata D. 894
Romantic: Schumann Fantasy Pieces Op. 12
Ravel: Sonatine (god this is going to kill me; ravel is mean to me ><)
Brahms: Fantasies Op. 116
Bach or Handel: don't know don't care
Scriabin: Sonata No. 5

sigh.... I guess I need to ask you guys what a good piece by bach or handel is.  Some French Suite or some BS like that I guess -.-  This is just depressing...  Well tell me what you guys think of my choices.  He's such a hardass he probably won't let me use Schubert as a Classical composer too, in which case I'll get stuck doing the Mozart Variations K. 573 which really scares me.

But seriously!  ME?  BRAHMS??? omg no....

So what do you guys think of this teacher?  Is he mean or is he right?  Should I murder him?

[Mozartian]

He sounds absolutely wonderful.
YAY BRAHMS!
btw all of Bach totally rules... pick a suite at random.

[hazypurple21]

I know the type of teacher. Sometimes they go on power trips and put you under pressure they know you can't handle. However, if he doesn't kill you, he will make you better. If I were you, I'd do a French Suite, since I prefer them over the English ones. But that's me, so you should really listen to them for your own preference. But if you really hate playing Bach, I don't know what to tell you. It's really instrumental in a pianist's repertoire. Oh, yeah, I think you have to change your signature regarding what you're "currently learning".  

[Skeptopotamus]

hehehe if you love him you can have him Mozartian ^^

[Skeptopotamus]

plus before, I felt great about my repertoire but now he makes me feel like I suck x.x

[Skeptopotamus]

im gonna go with french suite no. 5

[steinwayguy]

Dude, Skeptopotamus, that is absolutely mind-numbingly insane. If I remember correctly you know 3 chopin etudes from op. 25 and three Rachamninoff Etudes-Tableaux from op. 39.

What the hell is wrong with this guy?

[bernhard]

You may enjoy the Partitas (i particularly like no. 1) more than the French or English suites. And the Chromatic fantasy is also a good one.

Best wishes,
Bernhard.

[da jake]

The Partitas are INCREDIBLE (except 3, 5, which are the weaker ones of the 6). The 6th is the best, imho.

Bernhard: have you heard Lipatti's recording of the 1st? It's sounds like Gould...before Gould knew what Gould sounded like. 

There is so much great Bach out there.

[steinwayguy]

I think you guys are missing the point. He has to learn Book 1 of the Ligeti Etudes. W. T. F.

[da jake]

Heh, I had to learn the 2nd Prelude from the WTC (really don't care for that one)...but now I'm starting Art of Fugue. Hooray for being patient!

[bernhard]

The Partitas are INCREDIBLE (except 3, 5, which are the weaker ones of the 6). The 6th is the best, imho.

Bernhard: have you heard Lipatti's recording of the 1st? It's sounds like Gould...before Gould knew what Gould sounded like. 

There is so much great Bach out there.

Indeed Lipatti is amazing. Shame he died so early.

My favourite recording of Partita 1 is by Rosalyn Tureck. The prelude is unsurpassed.

I have ordered Richard Goode. I heard good things about him.

I was never much taken by the suites (I like the FS better than the ES), but the partitas are amongst my favourite Bach keyboard pieces.

[Skeptopotamus]

okies I have heard alot about the Chromatic Fantasy; I'll check that out.


I've sort of done the chopin op. 25, but the only ones I would ever play in public are 5/6/11, and from the rach i know 1/2/6/8/9

And as far as the ligeti goes, i know 4/6 (fanfares and automne a varsovie).  This guy has basically given me 2 years of work ><


well i'm at least glad im not the only one who thinks this guy is totally crazy.

[Skeptopotamus]

YIKES!  I just thought of something!  I play Danielpour's “Mardigras” from The Enchanted Garden!!! O.O

I just hope he doesn't catch on to that and make me learn the whole set!  The Enchanted Garden is crazy hard!

and ZOMG OMG OMFG i do symphonie and comme le vent from Alkan's Op. 39! nuuuuuuuuuuuu *hides*


heh i don't think any teacher is evil enough to sick the Solo Concerto on someone ^^ *hysteria fades away*

[Kassaa]

Goldberg Variations!

[Skeptopotamus]

how long does the Goldberg Variations run?

[pita bread]

Standard repertoire? That's pathetic, as if the world needs more renditions of Chopin Op. 25.

If you want to undermine him with obscurity though...

A Major work by Ravel - Sorabji transcription of the Rhapsodie Espagnole
A Major work by Bach - Sorabji transcription of the Chromatic Fantasy, or the Busoni transcription of the friggen Dracula organ toccata (d minor?)
A Major work by Scriabin - Preludes Op. 74, or Sonatas #6, 8

[Etude]

how long does the Goldberg Variations run?

About an hour I think.

[Skeptopotamus]

yeah um.... i think i'll be passing on that one.  I'll just go with French Suite No. 5

[shasta]

Skepto, sorry about your plight.  I know you love the obscure, so for the Bach/baroque, would he let you get away with Clara Schumann’s 3 Fugues on a Theme of Bach?  How about Reger's Telemann variations?   

[thracozaag]

About an hour I think.

  Only if you do all the repeats.

koji

[Kassaa]

And if you do the Aria slower than Gould's 1982.

[anda]

sounds like a great teacher! try to focus on long term rather than short term, and maybe you'll understand him.

i know what you mean, cause some of my students hate me same way

[Jacey1973]

sounds like a great teacher! try to focus on long term rather than short term, and maybe you'll understand him.

i know what you mean, cause some of my students hate me same way

Yes i was gonna say this. After a while you may well realise this teacher means well.

 

[Skeptopotamus]

hehehe I called him at 6AM today XD  He didn't like that at all; yay!  We went over the pieces I chose and he said I couldn't do the Schubert as I expected and he recommends I do the Mozart K. 576, which I'm not particularly abject to so I guess I have to do that -.-  Also, he said I couldn't do the Fantasies AND the Sonatine; I have to choose one of the nastier works by one of them, which means I either have to do Gespard de la Nuit or Brahms Sonata 1/3 or paganini variations -.-  I'm (shiver) gonna go with Gespard since I've already spent some time playing through that, though it did totally kill me last time I tried at it.  Actually the Mozart will take a good deal less time than the Schubert so I guess that's kind of nice... I guess.  Oh and I asked him about The Enchanted Garden and he said he doesn't know what it is and I made some nasty-snide comment but alas!  He was too tired to get it so it was wasted -.-

[Skeptopotamus]

 

*kiss kiss*

[Jacey1973]

*kiss kiss*

 

xxxxxxxxxx 

[Skeptopotamus]

*swoon*

[i_m_robot]

teacher dominance!!!!


put on your leather servant outfit

[Skeptopotamus]

nah... I prefer the french maid outfit.

[Skeptopotamus]

And if you do the Aria slower than Gould's 1982.

is that the famous performance he gave where the conductor told the audience "The choice of tempo has nothing to do with me" or w/e it was?

[etudes]

my teacher said to me
before i finished my study in music university
i must do
Chopin Op.10 op.25 2nd and 3rd sonata all Ballade and Scherzo plus 4 polonaise(op.22 44 53 61)and Barcarolle !!
and 24 Liszt Etudes (6 paganini Ab-irato 2 concert etudes ,3concert etudes,12 Transcendental)
not talking about Bach and Beethoven
quite crazy 

[Skeptopotamus]

!!!  Maybe your teacher is like my teacher's brother or something XD

[lagin]

Oh and I asked him about The Enchanted Garden and he said he doesn't know what it is and I made some nasty-snide comment but alas!  He was too tired to get it so it was wasted -.-

Just a thought....maybe try to win him over instead of sealing your doom so soon....

[i_m_robot]

nah... I prefer the french maid outfit.

*naughty images appear*

wait you are female right

[RealPianist]

can you choose or get another better teacher?
Do u plan to go to the university?
Mozart 576 is quite difficult i think because of the running passages in 1st n 3rd movt.

[i_m_robot]

sounds like your teacher really has a lot of faith in you (or really hates your guts)

just work hard at it and prove that you are capable

if not for your teacher then for yourself

[Skeptopotamus]

*naughty images appear*

wait you are female right

nope!  a guy ^^  But I get that alot.

[Jacey1973]

nope!  a guy ^^  But I get that alot.

A very cute guy actually 

[Skeptopotamus]

um... no XD  *kiss*

[Jacey1973]

um... no XD  *kiss*

Um..yes! BTW does ur msn messenger work anymore?

[Skeptopotamus]

Yeah it works.  Just that right now I'm not at home and the piano isn't in the same room as the computer here so I can't leave MSN on while I'm practicing, and I've been practicing like 8-12 hours a day lately.

[JCarey]

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[Skeptopotamus]

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I couldn't have said it better myself.

[jeremyjchilds]

It will be good to do Brahms...

You can't do brahms half-assed...
You have to play it perfectly or it will be obviously poor.

I used to hate Brahms cause it sounds so easy but is so hard...Now I have learned my lesson.

It's awesome.

[i_m_robot]

nope!  a guy ^^  But I get that alot.

 




 

man in french maid outfit

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[prometheus]

He is filling up your gaps. Why should he learn you modern stuff if you can already do that yourself.

Maybe he things you have great potential and sees you as a uncut gem. Or maybe he things you are just too full of yourself and wants to cut you down.

[tds]

*skepto stops crying...* there, there...skepto is da coolest! only fools give a s--- about this new teacher. now, have him talk to me, ok? ph # 225 767 3168

heh