Eerie, haunting sound

[silverpeal]

I'm looking for some suggestions for some Intermediate level pieces that have an eerie, haunting quality to the music.  Perhaps something with a Baroque feel to it in a minor key.  Or some other pieces that would be fun to play that are spooky, moody, and/ or macabre.

It doesn't have to be a Masterwork; it can be an educational/ teaching piece.

I play at the early to mid-intermediate level.

Thank  you!

Silverpeal

[BoliverAllmon]

shostakovich prelude 14 op.34

[mlsmithz]

Also by Shostakovich, from the Op.87 preludes and fugues, the preludes in E minor and C minor (the fugues, less so, especially the E minor).  The first section of the Chopin Nocturne in C minor, Op.48 No.1, probably qualifies (but the second and third sections do not, not at all!).  In fact, most of the Chopin nocturnes in minor keys fit this bill to some degree.  Tempting though it is to suggest 'Ronde des fantomes' from the Lyapunov Transcendental Etudes or the 'wind in the graveyard' finale of the Chopin Sonata No.2, those are certainly not early to intermediate pieces!

[BoliverAllmon]

another shosty is the Eb min. (i think that is it) the one with the tremolos going the whole way.

[silverpeal]

Thank you both for the suggestions.  What inspired this was watching INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE where Lestat plays part of a Haydn sonata after coming back from the swamp.  It made me want to play something "dark."

[BoliverAllmon]

sorry that is Eb min from the P&F

[ted]

Any of a number of Frank Bridge's pieces - "The Midnight Tide", "Gargoyle", "Hidden Fires","In Retrospect".....

[donjuan]

Not sure if I should mention this, but you could look at Andrew Lloyd Webber's "The Phantom of the Opera." -I like it, but if I listen too much, all it sounds like is an orgy of repetitive "SING FOR THE ANGEL OF MUSIC!!" kind of crap.

But dont get me wrong, I love the ideas behind the music 

[Barbosa-piano]

 Chopin's Prelude in Eb minor
 "Revolutionary Etude- Op. 10 No.12 - Chopin
 Bach's Passacaglia e Fuga in C# minor (It is for the organ but there is a piano transcription)
 
     Just some opinions...

                                                             Mario Barbosa

[shasta]

Hi Silverpeal

I think you'd like Robert Muczynski's 6 Preludes (I think Schirmer published them).  Some of them are really spooky and they're perfect for your early-to-intermediate level.  Plus, they're lesser-known, and it's always nice to explore "new" works.  Good luck!

[nanabush]

Ya the prelude in Eflat minor sounds like torture..also the march funebre from his sonata sounds a bit eerie too, well it's a funeral march what can you expect.?

[pianote]

black mass sonata anyone?

[Teddybear]

Thank you both for the suggestions.  What inspired this was watching INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE where Lestat plays part of a Haydn sonata after coming back from the swamp.  It made me want to play something "dark."

Hey, I liked that scene, too. Which Haydn sonata is it?

T

[shoshin]

Thank you both for the suggestions.  What inspired this was watching INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE where Lestat plays part of a Haydn sonata after coming back from the swamp.  It made me want to play something "dark."

That was one of my favorite scenes.  Vampires are good muscians.

[jbmajor]

That was one of my favorite scenes.  Vampires are good muscians.

Vampires are awesome in any respect.   

[silverpeal]

The piece is:

Piano Sonata No. 59 in E flat major, 2nd mvt 'Adagio e cantabile'

It's just a small part of this movement that is played in the film.  I did look at it but it's too difficult for me at the moment.