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Offline shasta

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Flower-themed piano recital
on: July 11, 2006, 06:15:33 PM
Hi everyone.  I'm thinking of putting a recital together of piano pieces associated with flowers - - - presenting the audience a "bouquet", if you will. 

Off the top of my head I can come up with Sibelius's Op.85 "The Flowers", Rachs 'Daisies' and 'Lilacs', MacDowell's 'To a Wild Rose', Schumann's Op.82 'Lonely Flowers'...

Can you guys suggest some others?  I'd love to hear more ideas.
Thanks!
-Shast
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Offline thorn

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Re: Flower-themed piano recital
Reply #1 on: July 11, 2006, 06:19:25 PM
Billy Mayerl wrote a lot of flower pieces
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Re: Flower-themed piano recital
Reply #2 on: July 11, 2006, 08:16:49 PM
there's a really nice piece called... sunflowers? or something of that source written by a chinese composer... it'd be a great encore or final piece i think. someone posted the sheet music to it earlier this year, but i'll see if i can find it.
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Offline sissco

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Re: Flower-themed piano recital
Reply #3 on: July 11, 2006, 08:22:45 PM
Quote from: pianote on July 11, 2006, 08:16:49 PM
there's a really nice piece called... sunflowers? or something of that source written by a chinese composer... it'd be a great encore or final piece i think. someone posted the sheet music to it earlier this year, but i'll see if i can find it.
Yes this one:
&search=sun%20flowers

Very Nice!
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Offline iumonito

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Re: Flower-themed piano recital
Reply #4 on: July 12, 2006, 06:00:59 AM
To me a flower you are (Schumann-Godowsky).

Schumann Flower Pieces (Op. 19, I think).

I think there are a bunch of Joplin Rags and Nazareth tangos that would count.

Mendelssohn has variations (or a fantasia) the the last rose of summer (is it of summer?)

Teresa Carreno has a waltz "basket of flowers" or something similar.

I like the concept.
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Offline jas

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Re: Flower-themed piano recital
Reply #5 on: July 12, 2006, 03:15:37 PM
That's a nice idea. :) What about Tchaikovsky's Waltz of the Flowers?
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Offline shasta

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Re: Flower-themed piano recital
Reply #6 on: July 12, 2006, 04:53:31 PM
Who composed that 'Sunflower' piece several of you referred to?  I'll try to find the sheets to it...
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Offline shasta

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Re: Flower-themed piano recital
Reply #7 on: July 12, 2006, 05:06:58 PM
Quote from: thorn on July 11, 2006, 06:19:25 PM
Billy Mayerl wrote a lot of flower pieces

Wow, he sure did!  Thanks for the suggestion!  I found his composition list here:
https://www.perfessorbill.com/comps/wmayerl.shtml
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Offline kelly_kelly

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Re: Flower-themed piano recital
Reply #8 on: July 12, 2006, 06:01:18 PM
Quote from: shasta on July 12, 2006, 04:53:31 PM
Who composed that 'Sunflower' piece several of you referred to?  I'll try to find the sheets to it...
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Offline burstroman

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Re: Flower-themed piano recital
Reply #9 on: July 13, 2006, 04:49:09 AM
Germaine Taillefaire wrote a suite called (I believe) "Fleurs de France". The pieces are short, delightful, not difficult and harmonically interesting.  It's not a BIG work.
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