You too, eh?

Finish learning all the Mozart Sonatas and Schubert Impromptus (I'm halfway there with the Schubert!)
All the Chopin Etudes and Concerto No. 1
All the Rachmaninoff Preludes, and Concerti 2 and 3
Debussy: complete work for solo piano
Brahms: Concerto No. 1
Schumann: Kreisleriana, Carnaval
Schubert: Wanderer Fantasy
Prokofiev: Sonatas Nos. 2, 3, and 6
Poulenc Improvisations
20~30 Scarlatti Sonatas
Rameau Allemande
Couperin: Le Tic-Toc-Choc on the piano
Bach: Goldberg Variations, WTC Book I, some English and French Suites completely, all the Keyboard Concerti






And SO MUCH MORE!!!! Life is too short.

That would be a neat trick to manage, since Schonberg is already dead.

Well, KBK, I set my number at 120 years, at least... then, eternal life!

Skorpius: man, did you ask a good question!!!

1. Rhapsody in Blue -- with verve! (In other words: vervy!)
2. Clair de Lune -- with finesse! (In other words: with feeeeling, only better!)
3. Beethoven's "Pastoral" Sonata -- with reserved grandeur (In other words: well)
4. Goldberg Variations -- every last livin' one of 'em, finger excercises and all! -- jumpily
5. Rach. Prelude Op.23, No.6 -- fluidly
6. Scott Joplin's "Weeping Willow" -- without tempo fluctuations, dammit!

All on a concert grand with a medium to light action, tuned to EBVT III.

O.K.?

--Andy

Lifetime goals?

Nr. 1 - Play the 32 Beethoven Sonata's
Nr. 2 - Play the Song's Without Words
Nr. 3 - Play the Schubert Sonata's
Nr. 4 - Play the entire WTC (both)

Yep, that's about it, along the way I will of course play some Mozart, Haydn, Chopin and maybe even some Brahms along the way, but these are definitely my life goals.

edit: Where can I get Kreisler's piece in C?

I don't want to get old, I don't like life, but there is still a lot of music I would like to learn (that's the only reason who I wish I had started as a kid).

You.... don't like life????

To sit down at the piano and play advanced pieces without feeling like a complete fraud. I don't mind what piece(s) - but it would be lovely to feel relaxed about what I'm playing and learning (not even talking about performing).

That's my long term goal - whatever comes after that will be a joy - no matter what pieces I choose.

No.

To never lose my enjoyment for music! And I think there's a pretty good chance I'll manage it!

You think there are worthier ambitions because you've achieved this one. Slowing down doesn't help me; it's a curse. Sometimes it's the last chord, then I'm really annoyed!

-First and foremost Ligeti etudes

-various works by Schumann, Scriabin, Saint-Saens, Alkan, Medtner...

Rondó op 01 by chopin, to name a never played highly difficult piece

I only have three main ones for now I think.

The 32 Beethoven Sonatas.
Ravel's entire works for piano.
Liszt's Annees De Pelerinage.


And lots of other things, but that would be the main things one could attach a title to!

Haha could you make video's of that, it would be quite fun

But seriously, the error-less comes when it comes. There is no way to force it. I get it when either I can dream the piece because I have been playing it for over a year, or when my level is significantly higher than the piece.

I aspire to someday have my piano tuned.

All I want to accomplish with piano is just to believe in myself. It's proving to be the most difficult thing I've ever done.

To hear my husband say "I'd love to hear you play that piece I heard you playing the other day!"

Stephen Kellogg and the Sixers -- "Shady Esperanto and the Young Hearts"

All the Bach keyboard music, including the organ works...

Another +1 for all the Beethoven Sonatas.

Orange Soda King: How old are you again?

My current goal is to learn and record all of WTC (Books 1 and 2) from memory. At my current learning rate, that will take another 20 years or so. I may live that long ...

Would also like to do the same for Chopin Op. 28.

Other than that, I want to keep practicing and learning a variety of pieces and to perform, or at least record, as many of them as I can.

Me too.

This! Also, to have nerves of steel and really enjoy performing.

to get a nice big house and a steinway grand top model
to play a modest number of my very favorite pieces very very well

None. I'm doing everything I want right now.

hahahah! me too! or maybe even a new piano...

Balakirev - The Lark.
Bach - Goldberg Variations, English suite #1, Partitas, Toccatas
Beethoven - Diabelli Variations
Brahms - Variations on a theme by Paganini. Op 119 (1/4 of the way there!), op 118, op 79 #2
Debussy - Pagodes
Medtner - Fairy Tales, Forgotten Melodies, Arabesques

I'll have to live a very long life to get anywhere near these!

You never know when you're going to die, so making goals like this is rather arbitrary.

The trick in piano is to play everything, EVERYTHING, as though your life depended on it. Every note of every phrase. Every rest. Every piece. The more intensely you listen, the more intense your sound becomes. It's all about intensity of sound. It's what grabs the listener in...FORCES him to listen to whatever you're playing.

And believe in it.

Once you can do these things, greatness is yours.

Sounds like a lot of work.