looking for a variation for about 15 minutes!

[joachim_volkmann]

to play with Haydn's f moll, und Brahms' Händel, which one would be properate?
Thanks

[sharon_f]

Beethoven's 32 Variations in C minor are about 12 minutes long
Rachmaninoff's Corelli Variations are about 17 minutes
And Copland's great Piano Variations are about 12 minutes long.

[Kassaa]

Bizet Variations Chromatiques if you want something that's never played, Schumann Abegg variations, although I'm not too fond of them, I just found some 'Norish Variations' by R. Stevenson on a CD from Donna Amato, and I kinda liked them, but I know nothing about them, so not how long they are and how much there are, Beethoven Variations op. 34 are around 12 minutes long, some Mozart.

[thalbergmad]

Slightly off the beaten track and shorter than you might want.

Henselt - Donizetti Variations
Czerny - Variations on a theme by Rode (played by Horowitz)
Dreyschock - Variations on "God save the Queen" for the left hand
Rubinstein - Variations on Yankee Doodle (ideal for American audiences)

Thal

[communist]

Rachmaninoff variations on a theme by Chopin 28-30 minutes

[akonow]

Brahms' Variations on an Original Theme are about 17 minutes long.

[lau]

i find longer variations semi-not pleasant..   i think they should be short anyway

if this were about 3 years (jahres in german) ago this would be the part where i post a recipe for baked chicken a la torte with a zuchinni pilaf topped off with flaky creme brulee puffs for dessert.

but it's not.. so now i will present to you something of the pianostreet standard;




                    Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel, Op. 24

[mikey6]

                    Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel, Op. 24

Don't think playing that twice in the same concert would be appropriate!

[general disarray]

Slightly off the beaten track and shorter than you might want.

Henselt - Donizetti Variations
Czerny - Variations on a theme by Rode (played by Horowitz)
Dreyschock - Variations on "God save the Queen" for the left hand
Rubinstein - Variations on Yankee Doodle (ideal for American audiences)

Thal

Great choices. 

Also, off-the-beaten path, are Czerny's "Variations on La Ricordanza," about 11 minutes.

[thalbergmad]

To be honest old chap, i cannot remember.

I think it is less though.

Thal

[gyzzzmo]

Go play 'Rhapsody in Blue' from Gershwin, it takes about 15 minutes and it will definitely bring some variation between the Haydn and Brahms 


Gyzzzmo

[edwardweiss]

I suppose it depends on how long you have to work up a new piece. If you wanted to play something really good which absolutely nobody else will be playing ever these days, try 'Fox Variations' by that most underrated composer Richard Arnell-if you can find a copy. Easier to find, rarely heard and well worth while would be Dohnanyi's 'Variations on a Hungarian Folk Song' Op.29. Both are about ten minutes long.

[camstrings]

Mendelssohn Variations on Last Rose of Summer, but I'm not sure how long it is.

[richard black]

Grieg Ballade?

[gyzzzmo]

(Gyzzzmo is still yelling 'Rhapsodie in Blue, Rchapsodie in Blue')