Good ENCORE pieces??

[jinfiesto]

I'm partial to using song transcriptions as encores as I really love the literature, and they don't get seen much else...

Some of my favorites are:

Grainger/Gershwin transcriptions
Schubert/Liszt Erlkonig (don't do it), Gretchen, Herch herch die larch (one of my favs), Aufenthalt, and fruhlingsglaube
Godowsky/Schubert
Godowsky/Saint Saens The Swan (Not really a "song" transcription)

Also, a couple of Grieg lyric pieces sometimes is nice

Mendelssohn songs w/out words.

Schumann Kinderzenen

Richardson?/Rachmaninoff Vocalise


non-songy stuff:
Casella toccata is cool.
Also, the bowen is rad.

[point of grace]

Grainger/Gershwin transcriptions

what is this? what can i find?

[remy]

what is this? what can i find?

The only two I have are "Love Walked In" and "The Man I Love".


remy

[pianisten1989]

what is this? what can i find?

Look for "I've got rhythm"

[dtao12]

Chopin short etudes "black key" or "butterfly" (I think encores should be short). But if the program has been very virtuosic already, then something calmer would be nice for a change of pace, e.g., Mendelssohn Song Without Words op. 30#3, or Debussy Sarabande from Pour Le Piano, or one of the quieter Scarlatti Sonatas like the D minor L.413. I don't think an encore should try to outshine the main recital: if the piece is that good, and you always want to play it, it should be part of the main program, in case you don't get an encore.

[philiphotchkiss]

How about something unexpected - Bach's Aria BWV 988 from the Goldberg Variations without repeats?

[sashaco]

Gershwin's own transcriptions are pretty good.  Why go to Grainger?  There are 18 songs published by Warner Brothers. Quite cheap, nice edition.

[fourthnation]

Maple Leaf Rag (or any of the Jopin rags, really) is another option - it you're playing classical repertoire, it's a nice surprise and lighter way to the end the night.