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Orchestral Pianist Repertoires

on: January 07, 2009, 10:58:10 AM

Can anyone please suggest some essential repertoires for orchestral pianists? Thanks!

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Reply #1 on: January 07, 2009, 11:45:32 PM

Petrouchka would probably be on top of the list.

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Reply #2 on: January 08, 2009, 12:27:39 AM

Shostakovich 1st symphony has a good piano part also. Maybe even the 5th symphony. Or possibly even Prokofiev's 2nd and 5th symphonies. That's all that comes to mind.

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Reply #3 on: January 08, 2009, 01:50:08 AM

Pines of Rome
https://www.orchestralibrary.com/reftables/audrep.html

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Reply #4 on: January 08, 2009, 03:46:08 AM

Carmina Burana

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Reply #5 on: January 08, 2009, 10:48:54 AM

I remember hearing a Saint Saens piece that included piano and organ. Maybe it was a symphony?

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Reply #6 on: January 08, 2009, 01:16:14 PM

Gayane by Khachaturian

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Reply #7 on: January 08, 2009, 02:13:40 PM

Quote from: Petter on January 08, 2009, 10:48:54 AM

I remember hearing a Saint Saens piece that included piano and organ. Maybe it was a symphony?

I think its the 3rd Symphony (organ)

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Reply #8 on: January 08, 2009, 03:07:42 PM

probably not essential, but also the following:

rachmaninoff - symphonic dances
khachaturian - spartacus suite (no. 2 i think?)
kabalevsky - clown suite (i think thats the title)
barber - violin concerto
holst - neptune from the planets (this one is for celeste, but usually orchestral pianists double on celeste)

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Reply #9 on: January 08, 2009, 10:13:59 PM

I've done lots of orchestral piano. Just about the only one that really needs learning is Petrouchka, but there are reasonably substantial piano parts in plenty of other 20th century works, including Shostakovich 5, Rachmaninov 3 (symphony 3!), Copland 'Appalachian Spring' (actually the piano part in that is pretty tricky), Prokofiev 'Romeo and Juliet' and a few others. Some orch. piano parts are comically tiny, e.g. Shostakovich violin concerto (OK, this one's celesta), where you play for about 2 minutes maximum.

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Reply #10 on: January 08, 2009, 11:26:46 PM

Quote from: richard black on January 08, 2009, 10:13:59 PM

Some orch. piano parts are comically tiny, e.g. Shostakovich violin concerto (OK, this one's celesta), where you play for about 2 minutes maximum.

I quite like the Celesta part in Shosta's Tea for two arragement - you play about 4 bars in all, yet noone else does - a complete celeste solo!

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Reply #11 on: January 09, 2009, 02:31:19 AM

Another great piano part is the one in Bartók's Music for Strings, Percussion, and Celesta. I quite like that one, especially in the second movement.

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