New Years repertoire resolutions?

[rachmaninoff_forever]

Alright so this is how it is...

It's almost 2014 right?

What do you guys plan to get done by 2015?

I plan to learn everything ever written, performed, improvised, thought of, ANYTHING by everyone that ever lived ever.  Including people that haven't been born yet.

I want to learn EVERYTHING!!! 

[cabbynum]

Alkan op.39 no.11  (started yesterday finished with the first section)
Beethoven op.57 (close to being done)
Bach prelude and fugue no. 12 book 2 (halfway through fugue not started prelude)
And some sort of modern work. Maybe prokofieve etude d minor? Maybe some vine. I'm open to suggestions there (please help me)

Those are for college auditions
For side project fun I'd like to learn Chopin e minor nocturne
Bach prelude no.22 book 1
And rach 1 first movement to be played by myself and for my pleasure alone. And mostly just the cadenza.

Side project ones change constantly though so who knows.

[rachmaninoff_forever]

Bach prelude no.22 book 1
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I'm doing that for next jury lol.

[cometear]

A few of the Bach Preludes and Fugues. I want to start a Beethoven sonata and complete the first Chopin etude. I might do some Rachmaninoff or Liszt if I feel like my abilities are at that level. Meh. It'll be interesting.

[lisztmusicfan]

I plan to tackle a Chopin etude and his nocturne in c minor op 48 no 1 (absolutely gorgeous) and pavane pour une infunte defunte. I would love to study Pour le Piano by Debussy, but I don't know if I will haha. but I would also like to aim for hand and finger independence, and better control over the keyboard as I was never taught the "proper" way to do runs (if there even is one). I'm luckily not under any pressure and am free to do as I please (well, more like do whatever my teacher tells me to do)

[cabbynum]

I'm doing that for next jury lol.

The fugue also?!?!?!?! That's 5 voices!!! Although 5 easy voices... I could sight read it...  It's hard to play well though.

[theholygideons]

carl vine sonata!!!!
and the first movement of the haydn sonata in c major everyone wants to play.
and perhaps the etude no.1 op.39 by alkan

[visitor]

list is still forming, not terribly specific yet.

for pieces not  yet started (i have stuff in pipeline that began '13 but will wrap up well into '14).

a Ned Rorem Barcarole (those things are incredible).
a Faure Barcarole or Nocturne (equally incredible but differently, nice juxtaposition to learn these back to back or concurrently).

toying with idea of Beethoven Op 34, freakin' awesome and a ground breaking piece at it's time (1802), at least Luddy felt them awesome enough to give them an Op....

more late-uz'

[snappingturtle]

1. Rachmaninoff Etude-Tableau Opus 39 No. 5 or 6 (leaning toward the former given what I have heard about the latter's difficulty; this is also my second Etude-Tableau ever and my first one in 14 years.  My teacher suggested these two, and when I brought up the difficulty of Opus 39 No. 6, she said that she believed Opus 39 No. 9 was in fact the most difficult of all of the Etudes-Tableaux).

2. Liebermann Gargoyles

3. Finish off the Bach D major Partita (I have the Aria, Sarabande, Minuet, and Gigue left)

4. Finish off Ravel's Miroirs (just Oiseaux Tristes and Vallee de Cloches left, and I have learned the notes to both of them)

5. Liszt transcription or "original" Romantic work, starting in the fall; any suggestions?

[rachmaninoff_forever]

carl vine sonata!!!!
and the first movement of the haydn sonata in c major everyone wants to play.
and perhaps the etude no.1 op.39 by alkan

The first sonata is sooo good!!!

[onwan]

1) Schubert Impromptu Op.142 no.3 (started yesterday and I can play the first page.)

Guys, which of the five variations you think is the hardest?

2) Chopin Etude (still haven't decided which one to pick. Probably will start learning in summer.)

Anyone some ideas?

3) Chopin Nocturne Op.48 no.1 (the first pages are "easy" but the Doppio movimento freaks me out. I have no idea how to get it into my hands.)

Does anyone have some tipes how to get it into my hands?

4) Bach French suite no.6 (it will be very difficult to get through. I will start with the easiest parts.)

[chicoscalco]

A lot of brazilian stuff ( Guarnieri, Villa Lobos, e por ai vai...)
Scriabin etudes and maybe a sonata
Another Ravel
Debussy Prelude
Bach partita
Schubert sonata
Schumann Waldszenen or his Davidsbundlertanze

This year will be quite busy

[mjames]

Beethoven Pathetique Sonata, all three movements
Mozart A major Sonata A la turka all three
Nocturne Op. 48 no. 1
Etude Op. 25 No. 7

Other than this, I will tackle a bunch of different miniatures from different composers like Liadov, Robert and Clara Schumann, Debussy, Scriabin etc

I definitely want to work on more Chopin and Scriabin Mazurkas.

And if I have time, MAYBE rach c sharp prelude

[lisztmusicfan]

@mjames how do you like the nocturne? I think it's such a beautiful piece! And it isn't TOO amazingly difficult.

[mjames]

I like it, I wouldn't bother learning it if I didn't.

[cabbynum]

I like it, I wouldn't bother learning it if I didn't.

Don't let the rolls trick you. They are the hardest of the whole piece, musically and technically for me. The doppio is easy after the polyrhythms are figured out .
The first part is easy as pie. Let's just be glad he didn't pick a fast tempo haha! It would be near impossible to play well at something like vivace it presto.

[sako369]

Rachmaninoff Etude-Tableaux op 39 n 5
Chopin Andante spianato et grande polonaise brillante

Besides learning these two from scratch, there are some other works learned already during these last 4-5 months, but would like to step it up to a very higher level (polish it  ):
Chopin valse op 34 n 1
Haydn Sonata in C major (Hob.XVI/50)
Bach concerto for two pianos n.1060 (1st movement)
Grieg Piano concerto in A minor (1st movement)

I just hope to manage to learn the first 2 works i mentioned through 2014

[chicoscalco]

Rachmaninoff Etude-Tableaux op 39 n 5
Chopin Andante spianato et grande polonaise brillante

Besides learning these two from scratch, there are some other works learned already during these last 4-5 months, but would like to step it up to a very higher level (polish it  ):
Chopin valse op 34 n 1
Haydn Sonata in C major (Hob.XVI/50)
Bach concerto for two pianos n.1060 (1st movement)
Grieg Piano concerto in A minor (1st movement)

I just hope to manage to learn the first 2 works i mentioned through 2014

You're building yourself quite a respectable repertoire! May I ask whats's your age, how long have you been playing, and if you wanna be a concert pianist? Pardon my indiscretion but it's hard to find someone building a consistent, well balanced repertoire instead of just Chopin, Rach and Liszt 

[rachmaninoff_forever]

Okay actually though...

I'm planning to finish that bloody Mozart sonata by the end of the year.  Hehe...  End of the year...

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Finish the Gaspard de la Nuit.  Two down just one to go!

Ummm...

I gotta do another Beethoven sonata man!  I've had my eye on the Waldstein for a while, but because of school, I couldn't do it...

And the same thing with the Rach 2!  I would rather do the Rach 3, but he was like, 'nah man, the rach 3 is something you gotta build up to!'...

And I gotta do a Bach p&f for next jury...  So no. 22 in b flat minor from book 1

And my professor was also like, 'dang you haven't done Schubert before!  You gotta take care of that bro', and I'm like 'aight, I'll try the sonata in a minor D 784'

But knowing me, NOTHING goes according to plan.  Except the gaspard and the Mozart and the Bach because I already started it. 

But yeah man, I have no idea what's gonna happen next year.

[h_chopin148]

I'd like to do the second movement of the Beethoven sonata I'm learning, Op. 10 No. 2. I'd also like to finish Chopin Ballade no. 3, do another movement of Debussy Pour le Piano, and maybe another Bach P&F

[theholygideons]

The first sonata is sooo good!!!

It's becoming overplayed though, not cool . On the other hand, playing Alkan's sonata, 20 ans, for your 20th birthday, that would be cool.

[sako369]

You're building yourself quite a respectable repertoire! May I ask whats's your age, how long have you been playing, and if you wanna be a concert pianist? Pardon my indiscretion but it's hard to find someone building a consistent, well balanced repertoire instead of just Chopin, Rach and Liszt 

Heyy there Chicoscalco ,I'm 16 years old, been playing for about 7-8 years, I have participated in competitions, won some of it. I Do take Piano seriously, however, I am not 100% sure that i want to end up as a concert pianist, as it is too risky as a career.

[bugrad]

For 2014 I'll finish what I'm working on now, which include:

Mozart: Sonata in C Major K279 (just because I think everyone should have a Mozart in their rep.)
and,
Rachmaninoff Opus 33 Etude-Tableaux

New repertoire for this year will be:

Glazunov: Sonata #1, opus 74,  B Flat Minor
and,
something obscure from the Baroque period, I'm thinking along the lines of a sonata by Platti or a Partita by Graupner.  I haven't decided yet.....

[carl_h]

Hello,
I would like to finish Rach's Moment Musicaux Op. 16 No. 4 in E minor & Scriabin's Etude Op. 8 No. 12 in D-sharp minor.
From Bach, a P&F (No. 10 or 16 from book I) & another Scarlatti sonata (I'm thinking K1).

I wish to get this list done:
Rach - Prelude Op. 23 No. 4
Scriabin - Prelude Op. 11 No. 1 & Op. 15 No. 3
Scriabin - Etude Op. 8 No. 4, 5 or 6
I'd like to do another impromptu (Op. 12 No. 2) or poem (Op. 32 No. 1) as well. Damn it, I want more time!

Depending how well things go, some more:
Medtner - a lyric fragment or a tale (Op. 23 No. 4, Op. 26 No. 3, Op. 20 No. 1)
Brahms - an intermezzo (Op. 119 No. 3)
Glinka/Balakirev - Zhavoronok
Grieg - Lyric piece, Op. 61 No. 1

I already feel productive.
Greetings,