Pieces that haunt you?

[outin]

Do you have pieces that you just have to learn to play no matter what? I have one such piece that I haven't been able to get out of my head ever since I first heard it. And as much as I love Chopin and want to learn to play his music, this is not by him. It is a piano transcription of an organ work, Prelude, Fugue and Variation by César Franck, arranged by Ignaz Friedman. Probably the most beautiful simple piece of music I have ever heard.

It was really difficult to find the sheet music but I did and tried to learn the prelude last winter (my teacher was a bit sceptic). I got some carpal tunnel symptoms from trying too hard and was wise enough to stop. But only temporarily. Even if I wanted to I could not quit the piano because I just have to get good enough to be able to play this piece of music. I sometimes catch myself singing the piece in the shower (how weird is that?). I don't even really know how difficult it is (as in grades). So I don't know how many years it will take. Has anyone played it?

[hfmadopter]

Find yourself another piece that haunts you ! It's what it's all about !!!! And when you master this one you don't want to quit piano, since you met your goal. I don't know the piece incidentally and that doesn't matter. I have many goals of my own. A piece that haunts me brought me back to piano after many years away.

I have many pieces that roll in my head all day long. People ask me why no radio on in here ( I work alone in a big company), I say because the music is in my head, I just turn it on at will. I don't want some crap on the radio contaminating my music. Some that haunt me were performed by Horowitz. Others I am doing myself. The one that brought me back is Ave Maria FWIW, and not classical piano but Chloe Agnew singing it. That spurred me finding Lazar Berman playing the Liszt transcription of it.. Nobody does it better:  

Chloe, not many sing it better: 

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[lloyd_cdb]

Do you have pieces that you just have to learn to play no matter what?

Andante Spianato.  I'm a math nerd and struggle greatly by over thinking 5 over 6, 7 over 5, and the rest of that ridiculousness. It's in every one of my classical playlists and bothers me every time I listen to it.

/sigh

I got some carpal tunnel symptoms from trying too hard and was wise enough to stop.

I only have an 8 inch stretch and also struggle with some of the wider sweeps with left hand 3-1-3 fingering which caused me the same pain.  I wish I could say I was as intelligent...

[rachmaninoff_forever]

Rach 3 and Rach Cello sonata!!!!!!!!

Those two are a MUST!

[outin]

People ask me why no radio on in here ( I work alone in a big company), I say because the music is in my head, I just turn it on at will. I don't want some crap on the radio contaminating my music.

Same here. I NEVER listen a the radio, because I cannot control what comes out...

And when I feel like listening to something I often want to listen to that specific piece, genre or composer for some time, not just once. So it's better to just have all of the music available whenever I want. I cannot believe how I survived before iPods. I think it's only 10 years ago that I carried a portable CD player around. Now I should be carrying 50 or more CD's around to have just the best of my music available at all times

[outin]

Rach 3 and Rach Cello sonata!!!!!!!!

Those two are a MUST!

Oh, you haven't done those yet?   

[rachmaninoff_forever]

Oh, you haven't done those yet?   

Thats because...

I don't have time.   

I'm busy with my audition rep for college.

[outin]

Thats because...

I don't have time.   

I'm busy with my audition rep for college.

Just kidding...there's time

[davidjosepha]

I'm busy with my audition rep for college.

What's your audition rep?