What are you working now?

[sauergrandson]

What are you working now?

[chopinfan_22]

Nocturne Op. 9 No. 1 -- Chopin
Nocturne Op. 9 No. 2 -- Chopin
Nocturne Op. 72 No. 1 -- Chopin
Nocturne Op. Post. in C# -- Chopin
Prelude Op. 28 No. 15 (Memorizing) -- Chopin
Consolation No. 3 -- Liszt

[bach-liszt]

Piano:    Hungarian R. and Etude (Liszt); Sketches (E. MacDowell); Kitten on the Keys (Z. Confrey).

Organ:   Adagio in E (F. Bridge); Prelude in b minor and Choral Preludes  (Bach);  Sonata No. 1 for Organ (Felix M.); Concerto (F. Handel).

[nanabush]

Mostly right now 3rd Danzas Argentinas by Ginastera... also dabbling on 3rd mvmt of Italian Concerto

[pianokid16]

Liszt hunguarian rhapsodie 2 and chopin ballade 1 in g minor

[letters]

Liszt hunguarian rhapsodie 2 and chopin ballade 1 in g minor

oh for crying out loud....

im doing bach english suite prelude no. 2, shostakovich piano concerto no.2, sightreading some beethoven sonatas for a bit of light relief... and trying to memorize the maple leaf rag!!

[franzliszt2]

Chopin 4th ballade
Rachmaninoff Paganini rhapsody
Mozart piano concerto no. 12

Finshed all of them nearly, finished Ballade, nearly done last variation of Rach, and almost finished Mozart... then need new piece for summer!!!! Dunno what though, disscussed it with teacher ages ago, and he mentioned Shumann Carnaval, which will be fun!! But I want to do Chopin 4th scherzo, but I have done loads of Chopin so maybe not best idea.

[tompilk]

Beethoven - Pathetique Sonata
Scriabin - Preludes Op. 11 No. 14 & 24 (after seeing koji's vids )
I'm working on other harder pieces, but in a bar-a-month kind of way
Tom

[phil13]

Grieg Sonata Op.7 in E minor
Beethoven Sonata Op.28 in D major 'Pastorale'
Barber Interlude I 'Adagio for Jeanne' (almost done)
Medtner Skazka Op.20 No.1 in Bb minor (almost done)
Bach Prelude and Fugue No.17 in Ab major, Book I (almost done)
Scriabin Etude Op.8 No.12 in D# minor (almost done)

Eh...I work best when spread out a lot.


EDIT: Updated for now.

Phil

[arensky]

Concerto #24 in c minor K.491, Mozart. I perform it in three weeks.

Reading through literature, considering different pieces for the summer's (short concerts) and next season's events, which will include chamber music. They will probably include pieces by Scriabin
and Rachmaninov, Mozart's Quintet for Piano and Winds K. 452, and the Rachmaninov Cello Sonata op.19. This could all change though...   

[pies]

Prokofiev Piano Sonata No. 7 Op. 83

[kriskicksass]

Bach's Prelude and Fugue in g minor (WTC Book I)
Beethoven's Sonata Opus 109
Chopin's 2nd Scherzo and Etude Opus 25/5
Liszt's Concert Etude in D-flat Major (Un Sospiro)
Debussy's Ondine and Moonlight Terrace
Rachmaninoff's 2nd Concerto
I'm also reading through Bartok's Mikrokosmos, but only because I think I may start teaching from them.

I'm working on this rep for both a big international (read: NY and Canada) competition in September and my college auditions in November. Luckily I already know the Scherzo and 1st movement of the Beethoven well enough to play them through by memory. The rest...

[ilovemusic]

To perform in november (yikes !)

Rachmaninov: Elegy op.3 no.1
Scriabin:         Prelude for the Left hand. Op. 9 no. 1

(I want to play the Scriabin to work on my tone)



Pieces memorized, to perform someday:

(too slow or unsatisfied musically)
Chopin etude op. 10. no.1.
Rachmaninov Prelude op.23 no.5, op.32 no.12
Liszt Consolation no. 3, Liebestraume no.3, Petrarca sonet 104, Au lac de Wallenstadt
Rachmaninov op.32 no.12

Working on
Chopin etude op. 10: no. 2 (actually, only 345 chromatics up to now), 9, 12
            etude op. 25: no. 1, 6, 9
Liszt La Campanella (I seem to come back to that one once in a while if I get courage)


Joost

[dnephi]

Chopin Op. 25 No. 11  (That's difficult! )
Mendelssohn PC
Bach French Suite G Major
Brahms Intermezzo Op. 118 No. 2

After I have the Brahms and Bach down, I am going to continue to practice a big goal piece of mine, "Mazeppa" by Liszt, S139 #4.  I am letting it take a break, according to Busoni Commandment #5, as I improve my practice habits.

And I need to just buckle down and learn the Mendelssohn for a competition and just so that when I get that out of the way I can learn a truly amazing comcerto  . 

[Kassaa]

Chopin Op. 25/11
Beethoven Appassionata
Mussorgsky Pictures of an Exhibition
Bach French Suite in E major.

[kempff1234]

Handel Chaconne in Gmajor HWV 435
Beethoven sonata in D major Op.10/3
Chopin Fantasy in F minor op.49
Granados goyescas no.4 ( dun know the spelling)
Franck Prelude, Choral et fugue
Mozart A major Concerto K.488

[henrah]

For my Grade7 in November:

Mozart Allemande K899 or K999
Grieg Butterfly (needs to be played much, much faster than how I can play it now. LH spreads are giving me grief at speed, especially as they start a semiquaver beat after the RH)
For Johnny Mehegan by Bernstein (don't know if it's Leonard Bernstein)

Also Rachmaninov Prelude Op.23 No.5 in Gminor. As part of my A2 Music course, I'm comparing this to a Bach prelude in G from WTC (can't remember which book), and so I know it in bits.
Also recently (yesterday) found an Egon Petri transcription of Sheeps May Safely Graze by Bach, and it's lovely.
Henrah

[thalbergmad]

Moscheles - Rondo Brilliant

[Pumkinhead]

Bach French Suite No. 6 in E major
Liszt Transcendental Etudes No. 10 and No. 11 "Harmonies du Soir"
Prokofiev Sonata No. 4 in C minor

[franzliszt2]

Chopin B minor! 

[phil13]

Chopin B minor! 

...Scherzo? Sonata? Prelude ()?

Phil

[thierry13]

Liszt : Mazeppa and one of his concertos soon(not wich one decided yet)
Chopin : Nocturne op.9 no.3
Bowen : Toccata ( Allready known, perfecting it)
Beethoven : Sonata op.90
Bach : P&F A minor book 1

That is my main college repertoire for this year, I just begun.

[verywellmister]

Preparing for MTNA!

Program of Beethoven, Ravel, Rachmaninoff, and Shostakovich.  still needs some work, though.

Also working on Bach Prelude and Fugue in G# minor WTC I. 

[netzow]

Beethoven Pathetique Sonata
Chopin Nocturne 15/3
A hymn arr. Thingey
A Beethoven walz
Burgmuller first few progressive pieces
Bach Invention No 8
A couple of chorial arr. one of cannon in D except that it's in C
And keeping up Polichinele by Rachmaninoff

[nanabush]

Ravel Toccata, Debussy Feux D'artifice

Liszt TE #8  I was going to play un sospiro, but I like this one more 
...going pretty well too... my teacher said as long as I keep practicing my ARCT stuff she'll help me look at this too.

[sharon_f]

Bach PF in E-flat major WTCII
Mozart Variations on a theme by Gluck
Chopin Op. 10, No. 3 and Op. 25, Nos. 1 & 12
Shostakovich PF in F minor
Villa-Lobos Three Maries

[quasimodo]

Consistently:

Ginastera : Danzas Argentinas N.1 and 2
Chopin: Etude 10/6, prelude 28/2
Handel: Suite HWV 440 in Bb
Bach/Busoni: Choral "Wachet Auf"

On and off:

Debussy: La fille au cheveux de Lin
Schubert: Impromptu 90/3
Bach: Fugue in C WTC I

Weirdly:
Chopin Etudes 10/7 and 10/8. Small chunks used as exercises.

[klavierkonzerte]

i'm not working on a specific piece right now, i just read thro pieces i like

what i'm seriously working on these day is my 4th and 5th fingres strength and trills

alkans comme le vent does wonders for these fingers.

[henrah]

what i'm seriously working on these day is my 4th and 5th fingres strength

Aaahh, the enigma of having strength in your fingers returns...

[rachmaninova]

I'm starting these:

Prelude and fugue in f# major (WTC II) - Bach
First partita - Bach
Waldesrauschen - Liszt
Etude op. 42-5 - Scriabin
Sonata op. 31-3 - Beethoven
My teacher can't decide if I study La Vallée d'Oberman or Les jeux d'eau a la villa d'est. He wants me to play a piece of Liszt, but not one of the most demanding (well, this is quite subjective, isn't it?)... any ideas? (I wanted something less played...)

[elisianna]

Well... the pieces I'm working on aren't as impressive as everybody else's but...

Bach - Prelude and Fugue in C# Minor BWV 847
Bach - French Suite No. 5 BWV 816 (Allemande and Gigue)
Mozart - Fantasie in D minor K 397
Beethoven - Sonata in E Major Op. 14 no. 1
Schubert - Impromptu op. 142 no.2
Rachmaninov - Melody op. 3 no. 10
Turina - Sacro-Monte
Shostakovich - Three Fantastic Dances, op.5
Debussy - La fille aux cheveux de lin
Barber - Pas de deux

Because my teacher really likes to pile on the work. u.u;; I have to find time for all the music on top of the theory I have to do.  I'm still a big newbie when it comes to music and piano (started three years ago) so it's a struggle.  I love it though! >=D

[thalbergmad]

That is a lot to be working on at once.

I personally rarely have more than 3 on the go.

But i have to accept the fact that many on here are more talented than little old me.

Thal

[elisianna]

Well I'm working on them all right now, but I don't play some nearly as much as the others.  I'm working harder on the ones I'd already started before lessons began, and the Rachmaninov because he really wants me to start it right away.  The other ones I'm sorta playing little parts just to see what they are about so I can move on to them as soon as other pieces start to get easier but I still need to practice them. XD

[phil13]

Well... the pieces I'm working on aren't as impressive as everybody else's but...

Bach - Prelude and Fugue in C# Minor BWV 847

If I'm correct, that piece isn't unimpressive at all! It's the 5-voice one, right? That's one of the hardest preludes and fugues, and it happens to also be my favorite. 

Phil

[kitty on the keys]

bach-------wtc------b major
                wtc-2---d minor, a minor

mozart------sonata in F , K. 332
rach.---------Elegy, op. 3

kitty

[brahms4me]

Bach:  English Suite # 3 in G Minor, BWV 808

Chopin:  Nocturne in C# Minor, Op. 27, No.1

Ginastera:  Tres Piezas, Op.6

[klavierkonzerte]

strating tomorow i'll start


rachmaninov     prelude in c# minor

chopin               valse in Ad major no.13 Bl.21

ferdinand ries   concerto  in c# minor

i don't think these piece will take more than a 2 or 3 weeks.

[ccnokes]

C major scale.

[jre58591]

bach toccata in e minor
beethoven op 54
soon to start: bortkiewicz ballade, medtner op 20 (maybe), maybe a messiaen vingt regard
polishing: kapustin variations, ravel sonatine, rach 1, rach 39-5

yes, i know. im probably doing (or soon to be) too many things at once, but audutions times are almost here, and i want to be ready.

[ted]

I have more or less flagged away learning any more pieces at present. I might write one or two more pieces but even that is doubtful. Instead, I am recording massive amounts of directed improvisation, largely with a view to isolating those personal forms and techniques most conducive to spontaneously expressing what I have to say. In other words, I am trying to bring into focus, at the conscious level, those properties hitherto thought to be instinct and reflex. I keep copious notes of ideas, and because highly individual physical playing forms are frequently required, I have a daily, but physically creative regimen on my practice clavier, which instrument I find a wonderful aid. 

So while I am doing no work at all in the sense most here would use the word, I subjectively feel that I am working very hard indeed, harder than I have for years, in fact. 

[quasimodo]

C major scale.

Greetings

[ccnokes]

*giggles*

I see its just me and quasi who aren't working on 12 of the most complex pieces available.   Do some of you guys just spend your days in front of the piano?  Don't you have some sort of life? Between school and/or work do you really have time to REALLY play through and practice all those pieces or are a lot of you just bs-ing us(unless you're a professioal pianist).   

The most I've ever done at once is two that I practiced consistently and then maybe a few others that I played around with but didn't make a ton of progress on. 

[nanabush]

Well I have a job, go to school, and play soccer/ golf in summer and snowboarding in the winter... I still have time to practice the stuff I play... but I'm also always doing something, I'm not one to just sit around.  Maybe you can't find time to practice a lot cuz you're a couch potato? 

[phil13]

*giggles*

I see its just me and quasi who aren't working on 12 of the most complex pieces available.   Do some of you guys just spend your days in front of the piano?  Don't you have some sort of life? Between school and/or work do you really have time to REALLY play through and practice all those pieces or are a lot of you just bs-ing us(unless you're a professioal pianist).   

The most I've ever done at once is two that I practiced consistently and then maybe a few others that I played around with but didn't make a ton of progress on. 

I am lucky in that I have a year off between high school and college to practice more than ever before.

Phil

[dnephi]

I am working 10 hours a week in molecular nanoscience research. 

Maybe you mean "What are you working on now?"

[Mozartian]

bach toccata in e minor
beethoven op 54
soon to start: bortkiewicz ballade, medtner op 20 (maybe), maybe a messiaen vingt regard
polishing: kapustin variations, ravel sonatine, rach 1, rach 39-5

yes, i know. im probably doing (or soon to be) too many things at once, but audutions times are almost here, and i want to be ready.

Dude that beet sonata rules. I wish I had the chops to do it!

My similarly audition-emphasis rep -

Bach- toccata in em
Beethoven- (polishing) sonata in cm, op. 10 no. 1 (emphasis on 1st movement)
Chopin- Mazurka in c#m, op. 50 no. 3
de Falla- Serenata Andaluza (which I'm trying to learn perfectly in less that a week. uh, don't ask)

And random Scrib preludes, and random Schumann stuff, cause I'm a pretty sad elf when I don't get my daily Schumann fix.

[thalbergmad]

In yet another attempt to break free from the romantics, i have been going through some Sonatas by C P E Bach.

Daddy would have been proud of him.

Thal

[thierry13]

In yet another attempt to break free from the romantics, i have been going through some Sonatas by C P E Bach.

Daddy would have been proud of him.

Thal

Why would you want to break free from the romantics ?!?!

[yamaha]

Mozart Sonata in Bb K570 (1st mov almost finished  ) 2nd and 3rd recent additions 

Rach Prelude in C# min  (again, almost finished)

Chopin Etude Op 25 No 1  (hmmmm  )

BRAND NEW TODAY   Bach Goldberg Variations, Aria plus 5th ( ) and 30th Variation