suggestion for a modern piece

[1plus]

Hi guys!

I need your help for a modern piece to complete my repertoire.

Bach - partita no 5
Haydn- Sonata in E flat major no 52
Chopin- scherzo no 2
Liszt- un sospiro
Rach-prelude in g sharp minor
Schumann- piano concerto in a minor

Please suggest me a modern piece(include impressionism)(about 5-8 minutes ) to make a great contrast, cuz i have too much romantic....
i played some Debussy in the past year, i want to learn Ravel Jeux d'eau, but my teacher said it will be weird for my small hands and i should learn something really contemporain. I got some suggestion but don't like anyone of them. I have never been attractd to any after-impressionism work.
So can someone give me some advise, something not to tough to my ears? if it could be a composition by a Canadian, that's even better!

Thanks a lot!

[pies]

Sorabji Piano Sonata no. 2

[sordel]

Sorabji Piano Sonata no. 2

On off-chance that 1plus is not used to the "hilarious" in-jokes of these fora, Sorabji's second sonata is over fifty minutes long and not, I suspect, a serious recommendation.

You could try "L'Alouette Calandrelle" from Messiaen's Catalogue des Oiseaux. It's about six minutes long and very accessible if you like Impressionism.

[healdie]

Impressionism would not count as modern, just think most of it had died by about 1920

Sorabji - Two piano pieces in the hothouse and Toccata

Ligeti - Etudes (or a selection the canon is nice)

Messiaen is also a good shout you could also try the preludes as well the 8th would be good

or you could go with Henri Dutilleux he was greatly influenced by Debussy I would recommend maybe the Preludes pour Piano as they're are only 3 and are about 7 minuets each (bar the 3rd which is longer)

Crumb - Makrokosmos you could do maybe a couple of them you certainly won't time to perform them all, maybe just go for the first

[point of grace]

Hi guys!

I need your help for a modern piece to complete my repertoire.

Bach - partita no 5
Haydn- Sonata in E flat major no 52
Chopin- scherzo no 2
Liszt- un sospiro
Rach-prelude in g sharp minor
Schumann- piano concerto in a minor

Please suggest me a modern piece(include impressionism)(about 5-8 minutes ) to make a great contrast, cuz i have too much romantic....
i played some Debussy in the past year, i want to learn Ravel Jeux d'eau, but my teacher said it will be weird for my small hands and i should learn something really contemporain. I got some suggestion but don't like anyone of them. I have never been attractd to any after-impressionism work.
So can someone give me some advise, something not to tough to my ears? if it could be a composition by a Canadian, that's even better!

Thanks a lot!

Hey! some ideas:

Prokofieff Op. 12 (but i really dont know if its complicated for small hands...
Prokofieff Tocatta op. 11, a selection of Fugitive Visions op. 22
Ravel Tocatta from Le Tambeau de Caperan
Ginastera Danzas Argentinas op. 2
Scriabin Preludes op. 15
Shostakovick Prelude and Fuge no. 5

good luck!

[point of grace]

Sorabji Piano Sonata no. 2

what?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?

[healdie]

Prokofieff Op. 12 (but i really dont know if its complicated for small hands...
Prokofieff Tocatta op. 11, a selection of Fugitive Visions op. 22
Ravel Tocatta from Le Tambeau de Caperan
Ginastera Danzas Argentinas op. 2
Scriabin Preludes op. 15
Shostakovick Prelude and Fuge no. 5

I think we need to set some parameters of what is going to be classed as modern, as again none of these composers (Bar Shostakovich and Ginastra) lived past 1955

Prokofiev - 1953
Ravel - 1937
Ginastra - 1983 but the example was composed in 1937
Scriabin - 1915!!!!?
Shostakovich - 1975 and again a most un-modern sounding piece try the 1st piano sonata

I would say the work would have to have been composed post-1960 at the earliest to be classed as anywhere near modern (I know some of my suggestions were pre 1960 but they sound considerably more modern than Ravel or Scriabin)

[nataliethepianist]

John Cage? He lived past 1955 by miles.

[1plus]

Thanks guys!!!

I think finally I'll take Bartok- suite op.14...

[bluthner]

If you want something Canadian and you can play Jeux d' eau, you might want to check out the Ann Southam pieces that someone posted about in this forum about a week ago. They are contemporary all right, and very beautiful. The Eckhardt-Grammate sonatas would also qualify.

[bugrad]

Perhaps you might want to consider something by either Hindemith or Poulenc.  They composed very contemporary pieces yet not nearly as harsh sounding as Bartok, Prokofiev or Shostakovich.....

[precipitato]

bartok allegro barbaro
prokofiev toccata
debussy pour les piano
cage 4'33

[pianorigami]

How about a Gershwin prelude???