Please take me out of the list.

Schubertian: Done!

Frycek: So sorry to hear that, but I'm grateful to you for introducing us to Carl Filtsch

Is Alkan unsung? Thanks to Raymond Lewenthal and Ronald Smith, the pianists they have inspired to learn and perform Alkan's work, and now the internet, it's very hard to not at least hear of who Alkan is. However, his music is rarely performed compared to the standard repertoire. If so, I have a piece to add.

I don't think Gabriel Fauré could qualify as an unsung hero, but his piano music doesn't quite have the popularity or recognition that works of such uniformly high quality merit.

There's not a single performance of his longest piano composition, the Ballade Op. 19, on YouTube, and very few commercial recordings of it.

I'm finding it to be a very big and very challenging undertaking, but I think it can be ready by August—so sign me up!

Steven

Ditto for Franck. If you feel he qualifies I'll be happy to submit the "Prelude, Fugue and Variation" Opus 18.

Carey

Well, I don't like saying it, but I hope so!! I am thinking of doing his op. 22 nocturne (if I can't get something by Medtner ready in time). Or maybe in addition to Medtner.

Sign me up for Grażyna Bacewicz - 10 studies, no 2: vivace.

Hi all! Great to see such interest. Remember, anyone you feel is unsung/underplayed/underappreciated qualifies. From the beginning we said we wouldn't argue semantics. The whole point of this ecital is to give exposure to underplayed works. So...

Orange Soda King: Alkan absolutely qualifies! When I saw you were an Alkan fan, I was hoping you might submit something. I was first introduced to Alkan about 10 years ago at a recital by Marc-Andre Hamelin in Dallas. I bought his Alkan CD and have been considering learning Salut, cendre du pauvre! (in my spare time - HA). Let us know which piece we can put you down for. BTW, I was sad to hear you're giving up soda as a New Year's Resolution because Water with Lemon King just doesn't have the same ring to it.

sotto voce: The Faure is a great choice. The piano works are indeed underplayed IMO.

carey: I'll put you down for the Franck

wr: It would be great if you could do the Alkan Nocturne too. How 'bout we just put it on the list and you can always change your mind if it's too much?

RogerW: You taught me something new today. I've never heard of Bacewiczk. Glad to have you on board.

To all: I apologize that I haven't included the accent marks/umlauts/etc. on all of these foreign names. I haven't quite figured out how to do that yet, but I will!

Heidi

The easiest way is often to copy and paste the names directly from whatever source you are using to check the spelling (or from the posts where someone has mentioned the names with weird accent marks/umlauts).

How about Passacaglia by Walter Piston for me?

Just to make sure, I'm supposed to come back sometime a week before June 1 to upload it somewhere, right? I can't upload earlier? If so, I'm going to have to find some way to remind myself or else I might forget by then!

Tattoo the date onto your arm!

Haha, my name is kind of a paradox now.

But yes, put me down for the beautiful Etude in G Major Op. 35 No. 3. I am not just learning this piece on my own... I am working on it with my piano teacher!

EDIT: Is the recital still on August 20, 2010? In that case, you may be able to put me down for Alkan's infamous "Scherzo Focoso" Op. 34, although that one is questionable. (It depends on how much I work on it from now until then. I have started it already, but don't know if my teacher will let me do both the Etude and Scherzo... Heck, he may let me do both!)

Welcome to all of our new participants! So you don't have to read through all of the previous posts for the info, I'll restate that the event will be August 20, 2010 to commemorate the one year anniversary of the death of pianist Geoffrey Tozer.

Instructions for sending files to the hosting web site will be posted well before the event. I need to discuss the submission deadline with our anonymous benefactor/tech wizard/knight in shining armor, but usually it is one to two days before the recital date. I'll keep you posted.

Any member is welcome to submit. I plan to also post this on ABF.

Participants

Euan Morrison: Prelude #tbd by Cesar Cui

beet31425: Prelude and Fugue #tbd by Trygve Madsen

akonow: Scharwenka tbd

gerg: Scherzo-Valse from Pieces pittoresques by Chabrier

heidiv: Canzona Serenata, Op. 38, No. 6 by Medtner

Schubertian: Sonata #6, Paradisi

epf: Under the Palms Waltz by Irene Audain;
Aragonaise from Le Cid by Massenet

currawong: tbd

RachFan: tbd

SlatterFan: Fantasy, Op. 12 by Voříšek

pianojerome: Joseph Achron

Nyiregyhazi: Nuit d'ete by Liapunov

John Frank: A Little Flower Op. 205, No. 11 by Cornelius Gurlitt

Orange Soda King: Etude in G Major Op.35, No. 3 by Alkan; Scherzo Focoso, Op.34 by Alkan

sotto voce: Ballade, Op.19 by Fauré

carey: Prelude, Fugue and Variation, Op. 18, by Franck

wr: Nocturne, Op. 22 by Alkan

RogerW: Ten studies, No. 2 Vivace, by Grazyna Bacewicz

soupinmyhair: Passacaglia by Walter Piston

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I am looking at various pieces from which to pick written by Ernesto Nazareth. This is after committing to the Schumann and Beethoven e-citals. Should be an interesting year in lots of ways, this 2010!

Perhaps Eponina will be the one piece...

Thank you, Heidi!

Glen

Well if any member is welcome, perhaps I should join in the fun. I'm considering a Miriam Hyde piece. She is probably not well known around the world? Not decided yet tho.

Thank you for organising this Heidiv, and to tech wizz. What a good idea for a e-cital, and it was reading articles about G Tozer that led me to PW inthe first place actually.

Canonie

I'm sure any member is welcome, especially one with a tiny piano in their sig line
I was thinking of an Australian piece too, but not Miriam Hyde, so your choice is safe.

It's not chosen yet but there should be enough aussie music for the two of us ( and any other takers? ). I am also looking at an Arthur Benjamin, or maybe I could do a wild and bold Humble. Now you probably can guess which book I am leafing through and steer me away from any you have your eye on. I haven't played thru any yet as I am trying to make good progress on a group of pieces - need to focus and work, not graze and nibble.

Yes this one tiny piano has made me quite bold; surely the Red Dot can't be as bad as performing !

Yes, I do know the book but the one I'm thinking of is not there.

I get performing and red dot tomorrow night - doing a concert which is also being recorded privately. I'm aiming to try and forget about the red dot...

Canonie - "maybe I could do a wild and bold Humble" Or perhaps you could do a humble and bold Wild Well, if you joined Piano World based on articles about Tozer, it seems almost mandatory that you participate!

Inlanding - I've signed up for 3 ecitals myself for 2010 and I've never submitted anything before. Talk about jumping right in! It'll be an interesting year for both of us.

currawong - Best of luck on your performance tomorrow night!

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Participants

Euan Morrison: Prelude #tbd by Cesar Cui

beet31425: Prelude and Fugue #tbd by Trygve Madsen

akonow: Scharwenka tbd

gerg: Scherzo-Valse from Pieces pittoresques by Chabrier

heidiv: Canzona Serenata, Op. 38, No. 6 by Medtner

Schubertian: Sonata #6, Paradisi

epf: Under the Palms Waltz by Irene Audain;
Aragonaise from Le Cid by Massenet

currawong: tbd

RachFan: tbd

SlatterFan: Fantasy, Op. 12 by Voříšek

pianojerome: Joseph Achron

Nyiregyhazi: Nuit d'ete by Liapunov

John Frank: A Little Flower Op. 205, No. 11 by Cornelius Gurlitt

Orange Soda King: Etude in G Major Op.35, No. 3 by Alkan; Scherzo Focoso, Op.34 by Alkan

sotto voce: Ballade, Op.19 by Fauré

carey: Prelude, Fugue and Variation, Op. 18, by Franck

wr: Nocturne, Op. 22 by Alkan

RogerW: Ten studies, No. 2 Vivace, by Grazyna Bacewicz

soupinmyhair: Passacaglia by Walter Piston

Inlanding: Ernesto Nazareth, tbd

Canonie: tbd
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WOW!

So far, I have signed up for two pieces in this e-cital, two pieces in the Schumann e-cital, and an entire sonata in the Beethoven e-cital. Fortunately, I have already learned and performed the Schumann and Beethoven and just need to repolish them.

I am almost finished with the notes of the G Major Alkan Etude, but I'm waiting until after my last audition (February 14th) to start working on this piece with my teacher. I'm learning the notes to Scherzo Focoso in my spare time also, but once again I'm waiting (this time until April, my senior recital) to start working with my teacher on it.

I'm so pumped for all of this! I'm going to try to enter every e-cital coming and going if I can! I wanted to enter the Chopin one, but all I know by him is the Ballade No. 2 in F Major Op. 38 and I will be able to play well the Etude in B Minor Op. 25 No. 10 "Octaves" by the March date, but they are already taken. Oh well, there will be more to come.

LOL I didn't think that sentence through And FWIW I meant the composition may be wild and bold, not my playing. The Humble I am looking at is Waltz from Three Piano Pieces 1959, and it's a scarily complex looking sheet - I can't hear/imagine it at all! I know, I'll get my teacher to read it thru for me *evil laughter*.

I'll choose something Australian anyway, as a tribute to Tozer who had connections to my music school as he would have to many in this country. My former cello teacher was the last person to perform with Tozer if my memory of the article is correct. It feels good to commit to this recital, thank you.

I posted this over at Adult Beginners so I suppose I should post it here as well - just so there's no fighting

Tozer BIO

I particularly enjoy the rather too personal bit of information the Tozer was conceived in Tazmania.

There is so much that is dark in this brief biography! There is the Anglican minister with four children and Tazmania, and a certain evening never to be forgotten, and the next thing we know mother is in the HImalayas great with child partying with people like the generous Princess Usha - what is her role in all of this? and the next thing we know Geoffrey is the reincarnation of Noel Mewton-wood? - my head is spinning. Is this what Australia is like?

Yep.

Boo! I hate this, but it's necessary: take me off the Alkan scherzo, but leave me on the etude. I will learn another piece by Alkan for you to add.

Too bad, OSK! I'm glad you're still in for the Alkan Etude though.

Participants

Euan Morrison: Prelude #tbd by Cesar Cui

beet31425: Prelude and Fugue #tbd by Trygve Madsen

akonow: Scharwenka tbd

gerg: Scherzo-Valse from Pieces pittoresques by Chabrier

heidiv: Canzona Serenata, Op. 38, No. 6 by Medtner

Schubertian: Sonata #6, Paradisi

epf: Under the Palms Waltz by Irene Audain;
Aragonaise from Le Cid by Massenet

currawong: tbd

RachFan: tbd

SlatterFan: Fantasy, Op. 12 by Voříšek

pianojerome: Joseph Achron

Nyiregyhazi: Nuit d'ete by Liapunov

John Frank: A Little Flower Op. 205, No. 11 by Cornelius Gurlitt

Orange Soda King: Etude in G Major Op.35, No. 3 by Alkan

sotto voce: Ballade, Op.19 by Fauré

carey: Prelude, Fugue and Variation, Op. 18, by Franck

wr: Nocturne, Op. 22 by Alkan

RogerW: Ten studies, No. 2 Vivace, by Grazyna Bacewicz

soupinmyhair: Passacaglia by Walter Piston

Inlanding: Ernesto Nazareth, tbd

Canonie: tbd

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Is there anyone listed as "tbd" that has chosen their piece yet?

Also, if you haven't signed up yet, feel free. The more the merrier!

Recital date is August 20, 2010, plenty of time!

Yeah, the scherzo would have been pretty monumental just because I would have (with all due respect to adam and kaki0, the two Youtube users to post videos of this piece as of right now) polished the work much more both technically and musically. But there are more important pieces I need to learn. (First for recital in May, then for a summer camp at Indiana University, then who knows what my college professor will have me working on this fall?)

Chabrier is just about there. Debugging stage!

Thanks so much Heidi for organizing this. It should be fun!

Bump! All systems go?

I'm still go.

Heidi, please change the prelude and fugue I'm playing from "tbd" to "#4 in Eb minor". (What kind of system for traversing the 24 keys makes #4 Eb minor? Not a normal system used by Bach or Chopin, but a strange one inspired by Kepler and apparently someone named Hermann Beckh.)

Thanks!

-Jason