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Topic: final exams  (Read 1340 times)

Offline irismanu

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final exams
on: November 11, 2011, 07:22:55 PM
hey guys!

i need stuff for my final exams in june. need grades 8/8+

i´d like to play things from componistes which are not so known. no mozart, or beethoven. i have them over. i´d like to wide my horizont.

hope you can help me!

thanks

Offline drkilroy

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Re: final exams
Reply #1 on: November 11, 2011, 08:20:05 PM
When one does not know what to play, I usually recommend Debussy and Ravel. In this case, I do not know if they are obscure enough (definitely less known than Mozart, Beethoven or Bach however). Perhaps you could try some Gershwin preludes or song transcriptions?

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Offline 49410enrique

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Re: final exams
Reply #2 on: November 11, 2011, 09:33:40 PM
hmm there's Rebikov (some very 'impressionistic' like sounds), Taneyev (check out his prelude and fugue i would classify this as incredibly difficult
), Blumfeld (etude fantasie in f min sounds exciting
), Respighi (the piano sonata is so cool!
),

gosh the list could almost be endless, if you're more specific we can suggest more lit

Offline pianoplayjl

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Re: final exams
Reply #3 on: November 11, 2011, 11:36:30 PM
Maybe you can try some Handel, Clementi, C.P.E Bach, Medtner, Alkan, and heaps more from the 20th century.
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Offline 49410enrique

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Re: final exams
Reply #4 on: November 12, 2011, 02:51:27 AM
or Kapustin, Nino Rota, Miklos Rozsa, Roy Agnew (if you like Scriabin look into this guy...), the list can go on and on...

Offline irismanu

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Re: final exams
Reply #5 on: November 12, 2011, 04:22:51 PM
i need names of pieces, numbers. componists i know.

what have you played for your final exams?
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