Please share some of your favorite programmes

[m1469]

Hello.  I am wondering if you would be willing to share some of your favorite programmes (including encores -- if applicable  ) that you have either seen/heard or have played in performance.  I am particularly interested in solo performance, though I am open to concerto performances as well.

Thanks,
m1469

[kghayesh]

That's a nice idea for a post.

The best recital i ever went to was the Japanese pianist Akiko Ebi playing. It was like this

Scarlatti - 3 Sonatas (D major, F minor, D major)   (she didn't write the kirkpatrick no. !!)
Mozart -  9 Variations on a Menuet by Duport
Beethoven - Sonata no.32 op.111 in C minor
------------------- Intermission ---------------------------------------
Chopin - Nocturne in Db major op.27
            - Nocturne in B op. 62
            - Sonata no.3 op.58 in B minor

Encores: Chopin - Nocturne in C# minor op.posth
                           - Etudes op.10 no.12, op.25 no.12


Another one was by the budding Egyptian pianist Mohamed Shams.

Mendelssohn - Variations serieuses in D minor
Franck - Prelude, Chorale et Fugue
Ravel - Valses nobles et sentimentales
--------------------- Intermission ------------------------------
Chopin - Nocturne in F# minor op.55
            - Ballade no.1 in G minor op.23
            - Ballade no.4 in F minor op.52
            - Scherzo no.2 in Bb minor op.22


Also, this one was cool by the no.1 Egyptian pianist, Ramzi Yassa.

Schubert - Sonata in A major D.664
Beethoven - Sonata in C major op.53 'Waldstein'
---------------------------- Intermission -----------------------------
Tchaikovsky - Troika op.37A
                    - Scherzo Russe
Chopin - Nocturne in B major op.62
            - Scherzo in Bb minor op.22
Liszt - Liebestraume no.3
        - Mephisto Waltz

Encores: A Chopin nocturne ( I don't know which one exactly ) and the Grande Valse Brillante



This is the programme i am planning to play

Scarlatti - 2 Sonatas (F minor K.466, D major K.535)
Mozart - Sonata K.330 in C major
Beethoven - Sonata no.8 op.13 'Pathetique'
------------------------- Intermission --------------------------
Mendelssohn - 3 Fantasies ou Caprices op.16
Chopin - Nocturne in C# minor op. posth
            - 3 Etudes op.10 ( no.4 in C# minor, no.9 in F minor, no.12 in C minor)
            - Ballade no.1 in G minor op.23
Liszt - Hungarian Rhapsody no.2

Encores: Gershwin - Prelude no.1
               Scriabin - Etude no.12 op.8 in D# minor

[phil13]

Hello.  I am wondering if you would be willing to share some of your favorite programs (including encores -- if applicable  ) that you have either seen/heard or have played in performance.  I am particularly interested in solo performance, though I am open to concerto performances as well.

Thanks,
m1469

One of the ones I attended a few years ago was Antonio Pompa-Baldi.

Liszt Ballade No.2 in B minor

Beethoven 'Eroica' Variations in E major

Intermission

A tiny 2-minute piece that wasn't on the program (he said it was a scherzo in Gb, but I don't remember the composer. It was lovely, though)

Rachmaninoff Sonata No.2 in Bb minor

Encore: Grieg Notturno Op.54 No.4


One of the best ever, though I sadly was not alive to attend it:

Horowitz in Moscow

Scarlatti:  Sonata in B minor, K.87 (L.33)
Scarlatti:  Sonata in E major, K.135 (L.224)
Scarlatti:  Sonata in E major, K.380 (L.23)
Mozart:  Sonata in C major, K.330

Rachmaninoff:  Prelude in G major, Op.32 No.5
Rachmaninoff:  Prelude in G-sharp minor, Op.32 No.12
Scriabin:  Etude in C-sharp minor, Op.2 No.1
Scriabin:  Etude in D-sharp minor, Op. 8 No.12
 
Schubert:  Impromptu in B-flat major, Op.142 No.3
Liszt:  Soirée de Vienne No.6 (after Schubert)
Liszt:  Sonetto 104 del Petrarca
Chopin:  Mazurka in C-sharp minor, Op.30 No.4
Chopin:  Mazurka in F minor, Op.7 No.3
Chopin:  Polonaise in A-flat major, Op.53

Encores:
Schumann:  Traümerei, Op.15 No.7
Moszkowski:  Etincelles, Op.36 No.6
Rachmaninoff:  Polka de W.R.


Phil

[mephisto]

Hamelin:
Roslavets 5 preludes
Roslavets 3 etudes
Svriabin sonata no6
Scriabin sonata no7
Ornstein a la chiniose
Ornstein danse sauvage
Ornstein piano sonata no8

Talking about insane

I love that live performance.

[pianistimo]

maybe the problem here is that there is so much good music.  i also had the rare opportunity to hear pompa-baldi.  seems that whatever program these artists pick - it will be good.

the scarlatti, mozart, beethoven opening is hard to resist - but also to be able to hear a new work, or something one hasn't heard before IS nice.  i would definately like to hear some different artists than i have heard before for the possibility of hearing new works.

as far as general favorites:
barry douglas played

brahms '#2 rhapsody' op. 79
schumann 'fantasy for piano in C major' op. 17
tchaikovsky 'barcarolle and le moisson' from the Seasons
mussorgsky 'pictures at an exhibition'

carl cranmer - soiree cd

nocturnal works of poulenc, chopin, faure, granados, liszt  (this has to be one of my favorite ideas)

my own program if it were ready

bach 'english suite #3'
scarlatti 'k 9 and k 119 sonatas'
beethoven 'sonata op. 10 #3'
 
intermission

chopin etude (have to decide which one or possibly play 3 preludes instead ahahahah) - those etudes are a risk every time.
barber 'nocturne'
poulenc 'trois pieces'
encore: mozart fantasy k457

[kriskicksass]

I just recently saw a recital by Jennifer Haygue, a professor at Ithaca College. It went like this:

3 Scarlatti sonatas (B-flat Major, g minor, B-flat Major)

Selected Grieg Lyric Pieces (I don't remember all of them, but Arietta, The Brook, Woodland Peace, From Days of Youth, March of the Trolls, and Rememberances were included)

---Intermission---

Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition


That performance was titanic. That's the only word I know to describe it.

[m1469]

One of my all time favorites, to date, was when a woman played the Goldberg's twice in one concert.  I can't remember which order, but once was on the piano and the other was on the harpsichord -- with an intermission in between, of course.  It took my overall musical experience to an HNL  .

And recently, I very much enjoyed an all Liszt concert .


m1469

[bradley]

I think the best recital I eva went to was this year:

Avriam Reichert (Bronze medal in Cliburn 1997) played the following:

Schubert sonata D960

Intermission

3 Scriabin Etudes from Op. 8 (D# minor, B major and another one)
Scriabin Sonata no 5
8 Etudes from Op 10 (chopin)

Was an AWESOME recital!

[bella musica]

Endre Hegedus at the Meydenbauer in Bellevue, WA, January 2005

Sicilienne in G Minor, BWV 1031 by Bach (transcribed for piano by Wilhelm Kempff from the second sonata for flute)

Sonata in C Minor, Op. 27 No. 2 (Moonlight) by Beethoven
   I. Adagio sostenuto
  II. Allegretto Trio
 III. Presto agitato

Nocturne No. 1 in B-flat minor, Op. 9 by Chopin

Ballade No. 1 in G minor, Op. 23 by Chopin

Scherzo No. 2 in B-flat minor, Op. 31 by Chopin

_______________________________________________

Annees de pelerinage (Premier annee: Suisse) by Liszt
   Au Bord d'une Source

Mephisto Waltz No. 1, S514 by Liszt

Tannhauser (transcription from Wagner's opera) by Wagner/Liszt

I can't remember all the encores, I think there were 3 or so, but one of them was a Hungarian Rhapsody by Liszt, possibly No. 15?  When he announced it there were gasps all over the auditorium.  Maybe someone knows which HR would elicit a response like that...

Out of all that, the most memorable piece for me was the Sicilienne by Bach.  Hegedus' touch and phrasing were meltingly exquisite (pardon the effusions, but it's true).  Every person in the audience was transfixed in awe.  The piece was so beautiful we were all practically in tears...   

[burstroman]

It was many years ago.
Yakov Zak 
Beethoven:  Diabelli Variations
Beethoven:  Sonata Op 106

Encores included: Chopin
                             Scriabin
                             Prokofiev - Toccata

[da jake]

MOSZKOWSKI - Various Etudes/Morceaux Characteristiques
LISZT - Grande Galope Chromatique
BACH - D major Fugue from WTC II
SHOENBERG - Violin Fantasy

---Intermission---

WEBER - Sonata 1 Opus 24 (mvt 4: moto perpetuo)
LISZT - Dante Sonata
BACH - C minor Fugue from WTC I
MESSAIEN - Vingt Regards de Jesus X
CHOPIN - Etude 10/5

Encores:

SCHUMANN - Traumerai
SCRIABIN - Sonata 6
+ More MOSZKOWSKI
CZERNY - Velocity Etude

[franz_]

MOSZKOWSKI - Various Etudes/Morceaux Characteristiques
LISZT - Grande Galope Chromatique
BACH - D major Fugue from WTC II
SHOENBERG - Violin Fantasy

---Intermission---

WEBER - Sonata 1 Opus 24 (mvt 4: moto perpetuo)
LISZT - Dante Sonata
BACH - C minor Fugue from WTC I
MESSAIEN - Vingt Regards de Jesus X
CHOPIN - Etude 10/5

Encores:

SCHUMANN - Traumerai
SCRIABIN - Sonata 6
+ More MOSZKOWSKI
CZERNY - Velocity Etude

Whole 6th sonate as an encore???

[da jake]

I was trying to come up with the worst programme conceivable. 

[jre58591]

Hamelin:
Roslavets 5 preludes
Roslavets 3 etudes
Svriabin sonata no6
Scriabin sonata no7
Ornstein a la chiniose
Ornstein danse sauvage
Ornstein piano sonata no8

Talking about insane

I love that live performance.

i just heard that performace. it blew me away. i loved every minute.

[mephisto]

I was trying to come up with the worst programme conceivable. 

Do you not like the music?

Or are you refering to the programing(meaning that you like them as individual pieces)?

And jre who other than Hamelin is brave enough to play a program like that live(this has nothing to do with technic)? I wonder what kind of (sick?) people who would go to such a concert and actually like the program (Considering how few people who know who Roslavets and Ornstein is, and can appreciate such dissonance as in dans sauvage for instance.) For us who are in to this kind of music, the experience is amazing

[m1469]

YAY !! 

Thanks for contributing, people.  This is great, please feel free to add more .


m1469

[da jake]

Do you not like the music?

Or are you refering to the programing(meaning that you like them as individual pieces)?

I just think it would be hilarious to start a recital with a handful of Moszkowski showpieces.

[mephisto]

I just think it would be hilarious to start a recital with a handful of Moszkowski showpieces.

 

Yes, indeed. I recomend Bach.

[houseofblackleaves]

My favorite was this short one I saw a long while ago... just like an hour long concert.

Tchaikovsky - The Seasons

---Intermission--

Rachmaninoff Sonata no.1 (First Rachmaninoff peice I ever heard)



The performer won second place in Van Cliburn.

[sissco]

12 november is Lang Lang here in Amsterdam:

W.A. Mozart - Sonate KV 330
Chopin - Sonate no. 3
Schumann - Kinderszenen, op. 15
Rachmaninov - Prelude in Bes gr.t., op. 23 no. 2
Rachmaninov - Prelude in g kl.t., op. 23 no. 5
Liszt - Sonetto 104 del Petrarca
Liszt/Horowitz - Hongaarse rapsodie nr. 2

Also Pollini comes here and he plays only works of Chopin  .

[desordre]

One of the most interesting programs I've ever heard was Rolf Hind's Wigmore Hall Recital (february of this year). Very unusual grouping of pieces, and Hind is a great pianist. The setlist:
Erik Satie: Gnossienne 1
John Cage: Sonatas 4 & 2
Claude Debussy: Preludes (book 2) 7 & 8
***(micro intermission)***
Cage: Sonatas 5 & 6
Arnold Schoenberg: Sechs kleine klavierstucke opus 19
Cage: Interlude 3
***(micro intermission)***
Debussy: 2 Etudes
Satie: Preludes Flasques; Gnossienne 3
Cage: Sonatas 14 & 15

I don't know if it's appropriate on this topic, but the six-recital cycle of Artur Pizarro playing all works by both Debussy and Ravel was one of the most remarkable achievments I can remember. I will not write it down just 'cause he played every single note by the two french composers, in chronological order.

[kreso]

Here are one of my favourtie programms-all recitals where great and they where here in Zagreb:

Denis Matsuev

Schumann-Kinderszenez, Symphonic Etudes
---
Liszt Mephisto Waltz
Tchaikovsky Dumka op.59
Rachmaninov Sonata in b flat minor no.2 op.36

Encores-2 Scriabin etudes (my teacher told me that, but I'm not sure)
             Rossini Ginzburg-Il barbare de Sevilla concert paraphrase
             some jazz-like pice
__________________

Jasminka Stančul

Beethoven Sonatas in F major op.10 no.2 and E flat major op.31 no.3
---
Schumann Symphonic etudes op.13

Encore: Papandopulo (Croatian composer) Study no.1

________________

Freddy Kempff

Mozart Sonata C major KV.330
Ravel Valses nobles et sentimentales
---
Schumann Davidsbluttertanze op.6

Encores-Chopin Etudes op.25/12 and op.25/7

_______________

Simon Trpčeski

Rachmaninov Sonata in b flat minor no.2 op.36
Scriabin Sonata no.5
---
Busoni Sonatina no.6 Carmen Fantasy
Prokofiev Sonata no.6 op.82

Encores-"Kolo" (one piece by Macedonian composer)
              Prokofiev Scherzo
              Rimski-Korsakov-Rachmaninov Bumble Bee

_____________________

Ivo Pogorelich

Beethoven Sonatas op.78 and op.111
---
Scriabin Sonata no.2 in g sharp minor op.19, Two poems op.32
Rachmaninov Moment Musicaux op.16/5,6

no encores

___________________

Peter Frankl

Schubert Drei Klaviestucke
Schumann Sonata no.2 in g minor op.22
---
Bartok 15 Hungarian folksongs
Janacek Sonata
Chopin Andante spianato et Grande polonaise op.22

some encores but can't remember

__________________

Maxim Vengerov, violin; Benjamin Yusupov piano

Brahms Scherzo, Sonata no.3 in d minor
---
Virtuoso violin works including:
Wieniavsky Theme with variations, Scherzo-Tarantella
Kreisler Liebeslied, Liebesfreud
Rachmaninov-Kreisler Vocalise and 18th Variation from Paganini Rapsody
Paganini-Cantabile and La Campanella
Saint-Saens-Ysaye-Etude in form of the valse

encores: Brahms Hungarian Dance no.5
            Bazzini Les Rondes de Lutins
            Massnett Meditation from Thais

[moi_not_toi]

Bach- Toccata in GM, BWV 916
Beethoven- 6 Variations in FM, Op. 34
-----------INTERMISSION-----------------
Chopin-Sonata in Bm, Op. 58

_________________________________

Valse Oubliee 1 -Liszt
Concerto in Am -Hummel
Desperate Measures (Variations on a theme of Paganini) -Muczynski

________________________________________

Debussy- Estampes
Gubaidulina- Chaconne
---------INTERMISSION---------
Jones- Jazz Sonatina
de Falla- Fantasia Baetica

[zheer]

  Chopin Etude 10/1 + 10/12 +25/1 + 25/2
  Beethoven Moonlight sonata + Tempest sonata + Appassionata
  Rachmaninoff Prelude in C# minor + G#minor + G minor + bflat major.
  Brahams six piano pieces.
  Chopin sonata in Bflat minor.
  Mozart sonata in A minor volume one.
  Chopin Ballade in G minor.

  Rahmaninoff PC in C minor + Chopin PC in e minor.

       Happy to play for others one day.

[minor9th]

Jonathan Powell New York July 2004:

Sorabji: Opus Clavicembalisticum

(no encores) 

[pianistimo]

lots of great programs.  never heard of muszynski's 'desperate measures.'  had to laugh at that one.  just cleaning out a closet and found pompa-baldi's program at carnegie hall on april 29, 2004

beethoven - variations and fugue on a theme from prometheus, op. 35
czerny - variations on a theme by rode, op. 33
 
intermission

liszt - ballade #2 in b minor
ferguson - sonata in f minor, op 8
 lento, allegro inquieto, poco adagio, allegro non troppo
rachmaninov - sonata #2 in b-flat minor, op. 36

[sissco]

  Chopin Etude 10/1 + 10/12 +25/1 + 25/2
  Beethoven Moonlight sonata + Tempest sonata + Appassionata
  Rachmaninoff Prelude in C# minor + G#minor + G minor + bflat major.
  Brahams six piano pieces.
  Chopin sonata in Bflat minor.
  Mozart sonata in A minor volume one.
  Chopin Ballade in G minor.

  Rahmaninoff PC in C minor + Chopin PC in e minor.

       Happy to play for others one day.

 ...lucky bastard