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Topic: Musical Madness 2026! Matches 5-8 open for voting!  (Read 456 times)

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Musical Madness 2026! Matches 5-8 open for voting!
on: February 24, 2026, 01:00:27 AM
Link to the form for voting: https://forms.gle/rAmfwusUbeYZqV8s5

Pieces in the matches:
Mendelssohn/Rachmaninoff - Op. 61 Scherzo from A Midsummer Night's Dream
Messiaen - Vingt Regards no. 6 "Par Lui tout a été fait"

Debussy - Étude no. 12 "Pour les Accords"
Medtner - Op. 25 no. 2 "Night Wind" Sonata (mvt. 2 "Allegro" ONLY)

R. Schumann - Op. 17 Fantaisie (mvt. 2)
Chopin/Godowsky - Study no. 47 "Badinage"

Cziffra - Fantasy on William Tell
Liszt - S. 140 Études d'Exécution Transcendante d'Après Paganini no. 3 "La Campanella"


Current bracket: https://challonge.com/musicalmadness26

Winners of the previous matchups: Cziffra’s Flight of the Bumblebee, Chopin Ballade no. 4, Cziffra’s “La Fantaisie Roumaine,” and Scriabin Op. 8 no. 12. Full results are available on challonge.

This thread also doubles as the official discussion thread for this match and the results of the previous one.

Voting closes at 8:00 PM on February 25th, 2026 (US Eastern time).
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