The Opus Archimagicum Project

[jayeckz]

As an amateur pianist -who has no interest in playing in public -or teaching even -I just want to be able to play the Sorabji 5th Sonata well enough to do justice to it - this piece made me want to learn the piano in the first place!

I want to begin with the final Movement first -

I need all the help and encouragement I can get -so if this thread gets any support, hopefully I can post my my progress so far on video - perhaps not played to speed? I don't even know the right approach. I don't have a teacher these days -so I am bound to miss things and mess up in places I am not even aware - I have made some progress with the first page so far -

Also I am a nervous kind of person and not that photogenic -so the video will be of my hands only probably!

Any suggestions on how I should approach this project welcome -

[birba]

Exciting!  First of all, how can we get a copy of the music?  Don't tell me.  Order it from Mr. Hinton.  But I think this is great.  I will be following with great interest!

[jayeckz]

Juilliard has the manuscript.

[starstruck5]

As an amateur pianist -who has no interest in playing in public -or teaching even -I just want to be able to play the Sorabji 5th Sonata well enough to do justice to it - this piece made me want to learn the piano in the first place!

I want to begin with the final Movement first -

I need all the help and encouragement I can get -so if this thread gets any support, hopefully I can post my my progress so far on video - perhaps not played to speed? I don't even know the right approach. I don't have a teacher these days -so I am bound to miss things and mess up in places I am not even aware - I have made some progress with the first page so far -

Also I am a nervous kind of person and not that photogenic -so the video will be of my hands only probably!

Any suggestions on how I should approach this project welcome -

Good luck with this -these words sound familiar to me -but the piece is a mystery.

[ahinton]

Juilliard has the manuscript.

And who in his/her right mind would want to try to learn the piece from a copy of the ms.? There is a typeset edition, available from (well, you know where it's available from)...

Best,

Alistair