19th century Tetris

[ronde_des_sylphes]

A bit of fun for a semi-improvised encore, but I had the main framework worked out in advance, so I can't justify placing it in the Improvisations section.

Pastiche variations on the Tetris theme, done in the style of various different composers.

https://soundcloud.com/andrew-wright-35/korobeiniki-fantasy

[ronde_des_sylphes]

Video:

0.00 Introduction
0.29 Theme
0.48 Quasi-Chopin
1.12 Quasi-Liszt
1.29 Quasi-Alkan
1.55 Quasi-Rachmianinov
2.40 Quasi-Thalberg
3.03 Coda

[rachfan]

Hi ronde,

Bravo!  This is a real novelty piece, and the pastiche variations serve as an homage to those composers as well.  It's perfect for an encore, which is your intent.  It certainly requires virtuosity.  I would imagine for a piece such as this that the composer would need to practice it as diligently as any other artist.  Your wonderful performance confirms that.

I enjoyed your video! Thanks for posting it here.

David  

[awesom_o]

Bravo!

Highly amusing, and well done in terms of pastiche-particularly Liszt, Alkan, and Thalberg (I think Chopin and Rachmaninoff are both a little more difficult/impossible to pastiche in this context).

Nevertheless, extremely well done! Thank you for sharing.

[senanserat]

Nice!

I really liked the variations, not my style but very nice nonetheless, honestly you should put this on a sheet I can see a lot of people wanting to play this.

[ronde_des_sylphes]

Bravo!  This is a real novelty piece, and the pastiche variations serve as an homage to those composers as well.  It's perfect for an encore, which is your intent.  It certainly requires virtuosity.  I would imagine for a piece such as this that the composer would need to practice it as diligently as any other artist.  Your wonderful performance confirms that.

Yes, I think it worked well as an encore; I'll definitely be keeping it as an option for the future!

Bravo!

Highly amusing, and well done in terms of pastiche-particularly Liszt, Alkan, and Thalberg (I think Chopin and Rachmaninoff are both a little more difficult/impossible to pastiche in this context).

Nevertheless, extremely well done! Thank you for sharing.

Thanks. Yeah, Chopin's not easy to pastiche - getting as far as Chopinesque was the best I could do whereas with the others I found it easier to pick a specific facet of their style and use that. The "Rachmaninov" is a little Hollywood-Rachmaninov, but it (probably because I had fun reharmonising everything!) and the "Alkan" are my favourite of the variations. The "Alkan" is, frankly, a direct stylistic lift of the 13th variation from Le Festin d'Esope!

Nice!

I really liked the variations, not my style but very nice nonetheless, honestly you should put this on a sheet I can see a lot of people wanting to play this.

You're quite possibly right - a pianist friend wants to try it out. Ultimately I will notate it - at the moment it exists purely in my head, other than the introduction which I have written out.