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Offline soliloquy

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on: March 16, 2006, 08:25:05 AM
Can anyone recommend large works to learn?  Please nothing excessively lengthy like goldberg variations, and any era of music is ok.  Something exciting to learn and play.

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Reply #1 on: March 16, 2006, 11:42:32 AM
What is your current repetoire?

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Reply #2 on: March 16, 2006, 03:36:17 PM
Mephisto Waltz No.1: very exciting and lots of variation so it won't get boring. Might be quite tough for you though, could you do what invictus has asked of you?

Beethoven sonatas, Chopin sonatas, any sonata really.
Currently learning:<br />Liszt- Consolation No.3<br />J.W.Hässler- Sonata No.6 in C, 2nd mvt<br />Glière- No.10 from 12 Esquisses, Op.47<br />Saint-Saens- VII Aquarium<br />Mozart- Fantasie KV397<br /

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Reply #3 on: March 16, 2006, 10:19:37 PM
I don't really like the Mephisto Waltz, and I don't have my repertoire in front of me at the moment so no, but the difficulty of the piece isn't really a concern until you get into stuff that's just rediculous like sorabji.

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Reply #4 on: March 16, 2006, 11:53:25 PM
I don't really like the Mephisto Waltz, and I don't have my repertoire in front of me at the moment so no, but the difficulty of the piece isn't really a concern until you get into stuff that's just rediculous like sorabji.

You don't know you're own repertoire? :-\
Difficulty of a piece can be deceptive - it doesn't have to have millions of notes and be written on 7 staves! it can be completely the opposite - Mozart or Scarlatti.
Try a Chopin or Liszt Ballade (roughly 10 minutes).  or a Schumann collection - papillons, carnaval.  Hadyn fmin variations.  Rach Corelli variations.  a Scriabin sonata. 
There's heaps depending on what you like.
Never look at the trombones. You'll only encourage them.
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Re: Recommendations
Reply #5 on: March 17, 2006, 01:46:45 AM
Can anyone recommend large works to learn?  Please nothing excessively lengthy like goldberg variations, and any era of music is ok.  Something exciting to learn and play.
Scriabin, sonata #3.

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Reply #6 on: March 20, 2006, 06:37:54 PM
I don't really like the Mephisto Waltz, and I don't have my repertoire in front of me at the moment so no
Yeah, whenever I forget my name, I always check my underwear..

big and exciting? hmmm Bach-Busoni: Chaconne in Dm

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Reply #7 on: March 20, 2006, 11:10:53 PM
Yeah, whenever I forget my name, I always check my underwear..

"Grandpa, how did you pull you're underwear out without taking off your pants?..I...Don't...Know!"
lol ;D
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