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Offline scherzo123

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Favorite Shostakovich piano pieces?
on: July 18, 2012, 01:05:54 AM
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Re: Favorite Shostakovich piano pieces?
Reply #1 on: July 18, 2012, 02:24:10 AM
I've always had a soft spot for the 1st Piano Concerto, though I nearly broke a finger playing through it once.

And of course the P&Fs.
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Offline rachmaninoff_forever

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Re: Favorite Shostakovich piano pieces?
Reply #2 on: July 18, 2012, 02:26:26 AM
Quote from: j_menz on July 18, 2012, 02:24:10 AM
I nearly broke a finger playing through it once.


Lol you're so badass for that. 

Some guy:  You play the piano?!  How good are you?!

J Menz:  Eh, I'm OKAY, I almost broke a finger playing some Shostakovich though.   ::)
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Re: Favorite Shostakovich piano pieces?
Reply #3 on: July 18, 2012, 03:30:36 AM
Quote from: rachmaninoff_forever on July 18, 2012, 02:26:26 AM
Lol you're so badass for that. 

Some guy:  You play the piano?!  How good are you?!

J Menz:  Eh, I'm OKAY, I almost broke a finger playing some Shostakovich though.   ::)

Haha, it wasn't my fault!

The piano I was playing on was built by someone who apparently thought the whole 88 key thing was optional. Shostakovich wrote that top C (FFF octave passage), I went for it (and since I was reading, I wasn't watching my hands) and instead of a nice soft piano key, I got the rather solid bit of wood at the end. OUCH!
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Offline davidjosepha

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Re: Favorite Shostakovich piano pieces?
Reply #4 on: July 18, 2012, 01:12:58 PM
My pinky hurts just thinking about that.
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