That's tough. If you mean literally music set to texts, in solo piano, without voice or other instrument.Well, an obvious one is one of several arrangements of Debussy's "L'après-midi..." ... and several of the preludes from both books. But that leaves out the magisterial songs of Debussy set to texts of Mallarmé.And, you said no Debussy, but he's one of the richer sources (even just in the Préludes) of text<->music correspondance. Most of the text of the préludes are based on myth, at best, but, the songs on texts of Mallarmé and the orchestral "Pr. après-midi"I'm the reverse of what you want advice from: I know a lot about French poetry, but nearly nothing of French music except for Debussy, and the other famous suspects.No arrangements, but native piano solo pieces. That gets more difficult.Obviously, some of the Bach-Busoni Chorale-Preludes, but that doesn't fit with your program.Or something like the Chopin variations on La ci darem, but that's way too much without some severe editing for time on your part.I think there are some from Schönberg that draw from the Sprachgesänge, but I don't recall.That's a difficult challenge, to me, to come up with something.Something that fits with your program.Obviously, one of the Moszkowski or Liszt arrangements from Mozart and Wagner.I don't know, one of the Brahms Ballades, I suppose. Those might be a bit simple, mechanically, but they fit the description.I'd like to know how this ends up.
That being said, thank you for your time. I have actually got some repertoire for this topic, such as, the Petrarch Sonnets and Liebestraume (written by Freiligrath) by Liszt, Gaspard de la nuit by Ravel (written by Aloysius Bertrand), Prokofiev's Vision fugitives by Konstantin Balmont. I can resonate with your thoughts on this topic for how difficult it is, which is why I have also decided to explore paintings. Thus, the restructured name for the theme is "Piano Pieces Inspired by Texts and Paintings".
Good! Yes, you found pieces better suited to your program and, obviously, pieces which can showcase your abilities as a pianist. The examples I stumbled across in my brain were just the first things that came to mind, but you've clearly done your "homework."The paintings <-> music, that's even a more difficult challenge. I'd still like to hear how you decide with that.
Most of Scriabin's late pieces have accompanying poems.
Can you name some? I was digging up Scriabin's pieces, but i couldn't find one.
Can you name some? I was digging up Scriabin's pieces, but i couldn't find one. It is just vocal works.
Please help me choose pieces from the lot so that I can fit in 30-35 minutes of rep.
In the score of Scriabin's fifth sonata Scriabin included the following text, extracted from his essay Le Poème de l'Extase:I call you to life, O mysterious forces!Drowned in the obscure depthsOf the creative spirit, timidShadows of life, to you I bring audacityHonestly, I'd just advice you to choose the pieces you personally like the most from the list. It's much more enjoable to practise that way, at least for me!
Topic: Piano Repertoire 