What is everyone learning at the moment?

[amelialw]

hmm...i'm done with Mozart's Coronation Concerto in D for now. I'll come back to it someday. due to the switch of private teachers I'm working on a new repertoire as well.

new concerto:
Ravel Concerto in G/ Beethoven's 3rd/ Schumann/ Chopin Concerto no.2

i have to pick from a list and these 4 are my options, i've already elimated Mozart from the list! I asked my teacher who's in canada to pick 3-4 for me from the list and i'll pick one from there...i'm pretty sure these are the 4 that she will list as well.

besides this:
J.S Bach Prelude& Fugue in C sharp+ from bk 1 and Partita no.4 in G
Beethoven Pathetique Sonata-learning
Schubert Sonata D.854 in a minor-learning 1st mvt
Chopin Nocturne in D flat major op.27 no.2
Rachmaninoff Prelude in D op.23 no.4-learning
Prokofiev Sonata no.5 in C major
Chopin Etudes op.10 no.4,5&12

I've already started the whole Pathetique sonata. Basically i'm reworking the 1st&2nd mvts, previously I learnt it on my own. As for the 3rd mvt i've just started learning it.
For the Schubert, I started last week. For the Rach Prelude it's been about a month and i'm making pretty good progress.
I'm reworking Chopin's Etudes op.10 no.4& 5. No.4, I just love it as for no.5 I like it and I need to improve my R.H technique. I'm learning op.10 no.12 for L.H technique

[imbetter]

Bach-Prelude and fugue in F-minor from book II
Scarlatti-Sonatas k.87 and 90 something
Schumann-Papillons op.2
Chopin-Ballade no.3
Rachmaninoff-Prelude op.32 no.10

[communist]

Mendelssohn-Fantasy op.28
Rautavaara-Etudes op.42
Bach-Prelude and fugue in D-minor Book II
Beethoven-Sonata op.27 no.1
Debussy-Ballade

[ganymed]

Mozart Sonata KV 332
Bach Sinfonia in D

[gerry]

Rachmaninoff: Opus 32 Prelude #5
Scarlatti: Sonata G L487/K125)
Bach: WTC II P&F #9 and #11
Liszt: Benediction de Dieu dans la Solitude
Debussy L'Isle Joyeuse
Chopin: Nocturne #8 Dflat
Granados: Paisaje

[pies]

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[db05]

A breakthrough! I'm currently polishing Chopin's Prelude in Db "Raindrop". I can't believe this. I thought I would be stuck with grade 2-4 pieces forever.

Now I feel more confident... I just have to finish my assigned pieces and then I'll be able to choose for myself.

So right now,
Chopin - prelude in db "raindrop"
   waltz in ab "l'adieu"
Kuhlau - sonatina in c op. 20 no. 1 - complete
Bach - Bouree
  musette

[point of grace]

hmm...i'm done with Mozart's Coronation Concerto in D for now. I'll come back to it someday. due to the switch of private teachers I'm working on a new repertoire as well.

new concerto:
Ravel Concerto in G/ Beethoven's 3rd/ Schumann/ Chopin Concerto no.2

i have to pick from a list and these 4 are my options, i've already elimated Mozart from the list! I asked my teacher who's in canada to pick 3-4 for me from the list and i'll pick one from there...i'm pretty sure these are the 4 that she will list as well.

besides this:
J.S Bach Prelude& Fugue in C sharp+ from bk 1 and Partita no.4 in G
Beethoven Pathetique Sonata-learning
Schubert Sonata D.854 in a minor-learning 1st mvt
Chopin Nocturne in D flat major op.27 no.2
Rachmaninoff Prelude in D op.23 no.4-learning
Prokofiev Sonata no.5 in C major
Chopin Etudes op.10 no.4,5&12

I've already started the whole Pathetique sonata. Basically i'm reworking the 1st&2nd mvts, previously I learnt it on my own. As for the 3rd mvt i've just started learning it.
For the Schubert, I started last week. For the Rach Prelude it's been about a month and i'm making pretty good progress.
I'm reworking Chopin's Etudes op.10 no.4& 5. No.4, I just love it as for no.5 I like it and I need to improve my R.H technique. I'm learning op.10 no.12 for L.H technique

wow, good work... how old are you?

[amelialw]

wow, good work... how old are you?

i'm 21, turning 22 in april

[csharp_minor]

Don’t laugh, I’m only a beginner:

ABRSM grade 2 pieces – just started working on

Beethoven German dance in C major WoO 8 No 1  - finishing off

Beethoven German dance in C major WoO 8 No 7 - slowly working through this

Chopin prelude 20 in C minor Op 28 - memorised, but trying to play without messing it up

A breakthrough! I'm currently polishing Chopin's Prelude in Db "Raindrop". I can't believe this. I thought I would be stuck with grade 2-4 pieces forever.

...And I thought I would be stuck with grade 1 piecs forever! can't wait to learn
'Raindrop' at some point, and 'Rage over a lost penny' is on my to do list in the not too far future! 

[point of grace]

i'm 21, turning 22 in april

wow!  i could not imagine having a life studying that stuff, way too much! congratulations!

[db05]

...And I thought I would be stuck with grade 1 piecs forever! can't wait to learn
'Raindrop' at some point, and 'Rage over a lost penny' is on my to do list in the not too far future! 

Sometimes you just have to dive right in and study something you don't feel ready for. "Raindrop" was for a bet, 2 weeks to learn. I lost the 2-week bet, but was given 1 more week just to finish it. I thought it was impossible, but I'm finally doing it!

[amelialw]

wow!  i could not imagine having a life studying that stuff, way too much! congratulations!

thank you yes, I love my life! Friends, not all but at least 80% always say that i'm over-ambitious but I don't agree with it at all. My best of friends support me so much and always encourage me to go on. Those are the people i'm grateful for!

all the best to you as well:)

[go12_3]

I'm in the process of learning.......
  *  Bach--c minor  Prelude and Fugue
               f minor   Prelude and Fugue
               g minor   Prelude and Fugue

*   Chopin---Etudes  10/1 and 25/8   

*   Beethoven Sonata 0p.10, No.1 (I learned it years ago and just reviewing it because I like it)   

*   And continually working on technique from Czerny Op.299 and other selected studies by Czerny which could be too lengthy to list! 

[nutellamiam]

Hello everyone ! It's my first post on this forum

I started playing piano one year ago, without teacher ( know it's bad but... :/ )

I'm currently learning :
- Gnossienne No.4, Satie. (started yesterday, and it's almost done )
- Ręverie, Debussy.
- Prélude No.15, Chopin.
- La fille aux cheveux de lin (prélude No.8, book I), Debussy
- Sonate Pathétique 2nd Mvt, Beethoven

I don't really know if I'm doing well or not... if you have any advices about those pieces I'd like to know them


PS : I'm french so if there is any mistakes in my way of writing please forgive me

[imbetter]

I got new pieces today that's always exciting.

Bach-Partita no.3 in A-minor
Scarlatti-Sonatas K.87 and K.94
Schumann-Davidsbundlertanze op.6 (quite the ambitious project)
Rachmaninoff-Prelude in B-minor op.32 no.10

[njalli]

2 menuets and a giga from bachs 1st partita
1st and 3rd MVT from Mozart sonata k. 330

soon i will learn:
Chopin etude op. 10 no 3

[go12_3]

Have begun learning:  Debussy's Arabesque 1

[kelly_kelly]

I'm looking for new pieces (they're not finalized yet), but they'll probably include:

Grieg Sonata op. 7 (Probably not the whole thing)
Barber Excursions (I'll pick one or two... maybe the 1st and the 3rd)
Ravel Valses Nobles et Sentimentales (Is it acceptable to pick selections from this? Or should I do the whole thing?

[imbetter]

I'm looking for new pieces (they're not finalized yet), but they'll probably include:

Grieg Sonata op. 7 (Probably not the whole thing)
Barber Excursions (I'll pick one or two... maybe the 1st and the 3rd)
Ravel Valses Nobles et Sentimentales (Is it acceptable to pick selections from this? Or should I do the whole thing?

do the whole ravel

[thierry13]

Ravel Valses Nobles et Sentimentales (Is it acceptable to pick selections from this? Or should I do the whole thing?

It's okay to pick selections, but they're all SOOOO amazing, you just HAVE to do the whole thing 

[point of grace]

moscheles

[kelly_kelly]

It's okay to pick selections, but they're all SOOOO amazing, you just HAVE to do the whole thing 

Yeah, that's kind of what I realized when I listened to it a few more times - somehow, I wasn't quite as enchanted after the first hearing. But now I can't imagine cutting any of them So I probably will do the whole thing.

[xmrbrightside89]

I'm basically done with Chopin's Waltz Op 64. # 2 (AW I love that piece <3)
now I'm working on:
-Beethoven's Sonata 8 Op 13 "Pathetique"
-Liszt's Grand Paganini Etudes # 5 "La Chasse"
-Bach's Inventions (two parts Invention # 4, three parts Invention #6) and Bach's English Suites # 2 + Bach's Prelude & Fugue # 2 (the fugue is giving me hard times =_=)
-Chopin's Nocturne Op 9 # 2 (pretty easy actually, but it's nice huh) + Nocturne Op 48 # 1

+ lots of excercises!!! (Hanon+Czerny+Clementi)
=___=

I can't believe my third year's (almost actually) gone! gosh time flies but still I'd like to progress faster... 
Urm!
 

[go12_3]

 I have begun learning  Chopin's Fantaisie Impromtu
                    relearning Debussy's Toccata
 with  a handful of Bach's WTC 1 and 2 prelude and fugues.....

that's about it for now, ,,,,,

[nanabush]

Just finishing the following for a competition:

Bach/Busoni: Toccata and Fugue in D minor
Moszkowski: Liebeswalzer Op 57
Debussy: Suite Pour le Piano
Rachmaninoff: Etude Op 39 #6

I can't wait until it's over!  I've never been so sick of a group of pieces.

[xmrbrightside89]

+ Chopin's Etude Op 10 # 12 "Revolutionary"... started today 

[xnapoleonx]

Nothing fancy; river flows in you by yiruma

[freshhh1994]

Opening from Glassworks by Phillip Glass
Impertinence by G.F. Handel
Fur Elise by Beethoven
Moonlight sonata mov. 1 by Beethoven

yeh lol i'm pretty noob. i started playing about 4 months ago, so i suck

[napoleonspidgin]

I've recently begun piano after quitting when I was 9.

I am learning all seven of Satie's gnossiennes.  Just polished up no.1, making headway into 2 and 3.

Apparently, 2 and 3 are level 7 pieces, to my surprise.  I think I can handle them.  I'm not quite sure of the implications of this in regards to my skill level.  I probably need to acquire much more repertoire before I determine that.

[db05]

Teacher got these stuff lined up for me in the next few months... See, she loves me so much. 

Technique
- scales in octaves
- repeated notes
- trills
Czerny Op. 599 No.s 53-57
First Lessons in Bach
- Gavotte in Gm
- Minuet in Cm
- March in Eb
Brahms - Waltz in Ab, Op. 39 No. 15
Mozart - Sonata in G KV283 1st mvt

[weissenberg2]

Bach-Invention in A Minor

Scarlatti sonatas K.33 in D major and K.198 in E Minor

Rachmaninoff Moment musical in B Minor

Debussy reverie (done, will probably get Bartok's 15 Hungarian peasant songs next lesson)

[weissenberg2]

just got the Bartok yesterday 

[silverchair87]

I have a recital on the 17th May and I'm doing:

Purcell - Sweeter than Roses & The Fatal Hour Comes On Apace (with soprano)
Schubert - Totus in corde lanqueo (with soprano & clarinet)
Brahms - Von Ewiger Liebe & An Die Nachtigal (with soprano)
Faure - Automne & Apres un Reve (with soprano)
Poulenc - trio for piano, oboe and bassoon

I've been concentrating on the above pieces since about February. I'm not learning any solo rep at the moment, but in January I played Mozart's concerto in A major, KV 488

[kelly_kelly]

Well, I'm beginning new pieces (but probably won't really get to start until AP exams are over).

From the ABRSM syllabus:
3rd mvt of Mozart K. 332
Scriabin - Poeme op. 32 no. 1
Bach - P&F in F minor (book 2)

Otherwise:
Liszt - Au Bord d'un Source
Barber - Excursions #1&2

I'm really excited

[amelialw]

polishing: for my school piano exam on 20th May
Mozart Sonata in a minor K.310 1st mvt. (will learn the 2nd&3rd mvt this school holiday)
Brahms Intermezzo in A major op.118 no.2
I need to learn a Scarlitti Sonata& Chopin Etude for my music school piano teacher this hol too

for my private teacher
learning for my piano competition end of this year in Dec:
Beethoven Piano Concerto no.1 in C op.15 (complete)
Mozart Sonata in D K.284 (complete)
Schumann Papllions op.2
Debussy Estampes (complete)
besides that I will add something else in after i'm done with all of these pieces, anyway hols have started so i'll have plenty of time to practice

what i'm learning(teacher's requests)
Chopin Nocturnes op.55
Brahms????not sure yet

[weissenberg2]

We decided not do to the Bartok and to do Grieg instead. So now my rep is

Bach Sinfonia in B Minor

Scarlatti sonatas K.33 and a one in A minor (rumored after the E-minor K.198 sonata which I am playing for my teacher soon)

Schumann Arabesque (got rid of the Rachmaninoff moment musical. My teacher said I play it with no feeling  )

Grieg lyrical piece op.53 no.4 "March of the Trolls). after this I am doing the Schubert march in E major (rumored)

[go12_3]

Well, after a few weeks, I have worked on Bach's Prelude & Fugues C Minor, G Minor and F Minor and now I will learn D Minor , G Major and E Flat(from the WTC II).  Still working on the Chopin's Fanatasie Impromtu and Etudes 10/1 and 25/8.  Debussy's Toccata is coming along now.  That's it for now.

best wishes,

go12_3

[juggernaut15]

Burgmuller's Opus 100 NO. 2 ARABESQUE

[silverchair87]

On Monday I started:

Schubert: fantasy in c major (the wanderer fantasy)
Poulenc: Les Soirees de Nazelles
Ravel: Gaspard de la Nuit

Other than that I'm picking up any chamber music I can get, depending on who needs me! I may also start Debussy Estampes or Images 1...we'll see.

Good times

[nanabush]

New stuff!

Well - just until my recital, last one with my teacher of 6 years
-----------------------
Macdowell - Hexentanz

Rachmaninoff - Preludes Op 32 #3 E major, #12 G# Minor

Alkan - Allegro Barbaro ( I'm not gonna play this publicly.  I just feel like working an octave piece and killing my hands for fun)

Liszt - TE #10 in F minor

...I'm also learning the piano accompaniment of Bach's Badinerie to back up a Flute Player during for a recital.  It's pretty easy, but slightly tough to fit together, especially because the phrases always start and end mid measure, and I've never done accompaniment/chamber/duet stuff of any sort in my life.

[dr. j]

Congratulations to everyone!  The repertoire ideas in this thread are fabulous.

Dr. J
https://www.playpianosongstoday.com

[goodguy]

i'm working on chopin's ballade 1 op. 23
revolutionary etude
and a bach prelude/fugue

[amelialw]

well as I said earlier...
Beethoven Piano Concerto no.1
Mozart Sonata K.284
Schumann Papllions op.2
Debussy Estampes
and now, for new pieces. I called my canada teacher today due to overstress and I had a breakdown after my previous piano exam last month(and i barely passed). She was very kind and understanding, did not even scold me for doing poorly, rather scolded me for being affected by it. haha...however afterwards, she mentioned she would be coming again, so I have pieces that I have to learn for her as well:
Schubert- 1 small set of his waltzers
Brahms- Intermezzo ( a few selections)
Liszt- Transcendental Etudes ( at least 1) as well as a selection or 2 from his Pilgramage Years...i've been holding back on this because Liszt terrifies me!!!
Schumann- Scenes from Childhood (entire set) as well as Abegg Variations
........!!!!!!!! this is alot to learn
I have to learn Liszt's Dance of the Gnomes and Scarlitti Sonata Kk.141 for my next sem's exam too

[go12_3]

Added to my list of pieces from an earlier post here,  I am learning another Chopin Etude 10/8.
With some very interesting passages(repetitive) and tricky fingering....but got that figured out last week, and so now I am ready for a new adventure.    

best wishes,

go12_3

[point of grace]

Bach Fuge & prelude No.9 and 6, (book 1)
Beethoven Op.2 No.3
Brahms Op. 118 No.3
Prokofieff toccata
Scriabin Op. 9, for the main gauche
Tchaikovsky Piano concerto 2

[langsam]

i am not good enough to play complicated pieces, i decide to work on something simpler...and more popular.

Chopin : Etudes op.10/1,2,3
            Prelude in c# op.45
            
Czerny : op.299 (paused) till no.10 (revisit)

Mozart : Piano Sonata K330 movt 1  (revisit)

Debussy : Children's Corner Suite

Ravel : Sonatine (revisit)

a random book for sight-reading and fun.


i play some Bach to warm up or as something for relax, do that counts?

still finding guts to start my scales practice, also for revisit of the black keys etude and revolutionary etude (which i almost forgot). A plan to learn Ravel's "Menuet sur le nom de Haydn" also.

[malchus]

Bach - prelude and fugue n. 2 c minor (book II)
Chopin - etude op.10 no.12
Mozart - sonata K310 a minor
Brahms - rhapsody no.2 op.79

I just finished
Beethoven  no.5 c minor sonata.    and
Bach - prelude and fuge n.22 b flat minor (book I) (exam today)
I may also take up some scriabin. not sure what, though.

great question by the way

[tds]

i am learning how not to practice the piano AT ALL for 5 months. and i been successful these past 3 1/2 months. i am a good learner! tds

[go12_3]

i am learning how not to practice the piano AT ALL for 5 months. and i been successful these past 3 1/2 months. i am a good learner! tds

*go12_3  claps her hands*   Bravo!  Bravo!