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Heidi please add to my list:

Sergei Bortkiewicz, Lyrica Nova Op.59 No.3

Thanks very much.


Mel

Sure Mel! I'm looking forward to hearing all of your pieces. I love the music of Bortkiewicz especially.


Participants
Orange Soda King -- Sonate de Concert, III. (Alkan)
mingusmonk -- Poems of the Sea (Bloch)
currawong -- Margaret Sutherland
Cinnamonbear -- Consolation (Steve Chandler)
Jolteon -- Heller
wr -- Twelve Esquisses (Koechlin)
heidiv -- Rêverie, Op. 10, No. 4 (Catoire); selections from Six Fantasy Pieces, Op. 17 (Dora Pejačević)
dannylux -- Otto Nicolai, Etude in D flat "Gruss an Liszt" Op. 40, No. 3; York Bowen, Reverie d'Amour, Op. 20, No. 2; Sergei Bortkiewicz, Lyrica Nova, Op. 59, No. 3
Tim Adrianson -- Roy Harris, American Ballads; Morton Gould, Guaracha; William Flanagan, Sonata; Paul Bowles, El Bejuco and El Indio; Irving Fine Variations, from Music for Piano; Gail Kubik, Sonatina; Vincent Persichetti, Sonata No. 5; Norman dello Joio, Salute to Scarlatti, No. 1, 2, and 4; Leo Smit, Rondele

This sounds like an excellent idea and it would be fun to contribute. I´ll think of repertoire in the nearest future. Just one question though - should it specifically be a piece by a lesserknown composer or could it be the other way around as well, as in a lesser known piece by a wellknown composer?

Strangeness of Heart -- Harry Somers

I'm working on some of Persichetti's poems so they are a possibility as well.

fnork - We'd really like to keep on topic by featuring lesser-known composers, although your idea has the potential to fill an entire other recital! Please consider submitting something. We'd love to have you.

LadyChen - Welcome! I'll put you down for the Harry Sommers piece. If you are able to submit the Persichetti as well, let me know and I'll add that to our list too.

I think I'll sign up for Scarlatti, Sonata K13/L486 in G Major, and Granados, "El Pelele" from Goyescas Book II.

I understand Scarlatti is a very well known composer but personally I feel as though he is somewhat overshadowed by other more popular baroque composers. Similarly, although Granados is well known not a lot of his music is in the standard repertoire and I'm a very big fan of his Goyescas.

jackbirdy412

Hello! I think I'll sign up for this recital too,
how can I make a great recording of a piece, and who
do I send it to?

Here's Mine, NOTE: They are still alive today!, lol

Jean-Michel Damase: Sonatine
Nikolai Kapustin: Toccatina Op. 36

We'll be ready for submissions August 1.

We'll try to give the site a little bit of a facelift in the meantime - no promises!

gerg, HeidiV indicated that I can send the Files of my various recordings directly to you -- is that correct? Every File is posted on my private computer as "TASCAM...", with a number. I don't know much about uploading or transferring Files, and so at least for me, you're going to have to "spell out" how to send these recording Files to your attention. Thanks!

Add Alkan's "Andante Romantique in C# Major" Op. 13 No. 2 for me also.

Participants
Orange Soda King -- Sonate de Concert, III. (Alkan); Andante Romantique in C# Major, Op. 13, No. 2 (Alkan)
mingusmonk -- Poems of the Sea (Bloch)
currawong -- Margaret Sutherland
Cinnamonbear -- Consolation (Steve Chandler)
Jolteon -- Heller
wr -- Twelve Esquisses (Koechlin)
heidiv -- Rêverie, Op. 10, No. 4 (Catoire); selections from Six Fantasy Pieces, Op. 17 (Dora Pejačević)
dannylux -- Otto Nicolai, Etude in D flat "Gruss an Liszt" Op. 40, No. 3; York Bowen, Reverie d'Amour, Op. 20, No. 2; Sergei Bortkiewicz, Lyrica Nova, Op. 59, No. 3
Tim Adrianson -- Roy Harris, American Ballads; Morton Gould, Guaracha; William Flanagan, Sonata; Paul Bowles, El Bejuco and El Indio; Irving Fine Variations, from Music for Piano; Gail Kubik, Sonatina; Vincent Persichetti, Sonata No. 5; Norman dello Joio, Salute to Scarlatti, No. 1, 2, and 4; Leo Smit, Rondele
LadyChen -- Strangeness of Heart by Harry Somers
bachelis -- Sonatine by Jean-Michel Damase; Toccatina Op. 36 by Nikolai Kapustin
jackbirdy412 -- Sonata K13/L486 by Scarlatti; El Pelele from Goyescas Book II by Granados

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Hi bachelis...that Kapustin Toccatina has been sitting on my music stack for a year now. I worked through the first three pages and got a headache trying to work out the tricky fingering. GREAT piece!

Stay tuned for uploading instructions on or about August 1st. Again, many thanks to Greg for all of his behind the scenes work.

Respighi , Siciliana and Gagliarda from Ancient Airs and Dances. (Transcribed by Respighi from orchestra scores.)

ALSO...Rodrigo, Two Spanish Dances, Rustica and Serrana.

Well, that makes two of us, then! I'm considering contributing something by Joaquin Rodrigo. But I'm even further down the techie learning curve than you (grin!):

Can you convert a recording made on a digital camera into an MP3? If not, I may be able to ask a favor of somebody who knows how to record ...

I'll do Peter Sculthorpe - Night Pieces

PARTICIPANTS
Orange Soda King -- Sonate de Concert, III. (Alkan); Andante Romantique in C# Major, Op. 13, No. 2 (Alkan)
mingusmonk -- Poems of the Sea (Bloch)
currawong -- Margaret Sutherland
Cinnamonbear -- Consolation (Steve Chandler)
Jolteon -- Heller
wr -- Twelve Esquisses (Koechlin)
heidiv -- Rêverie, Op. 10, No. 4 (Catoire); selections from Six Fantasy Pieces, Op. 17 (Dora Pejačević)
dannylux -- Otto Nicolai, Etude in D flat "Gruss an Liszt" Op. 40, No. 3; York Bowen, Reverie d'Amour, Op. 20, No. 2; Sergei Bortkiewicz, Lyrica Nova, Op. 59, No. 3
Tim Adrianson -- Roy Harris, American Ballads; Morton Gould, Guaracha; William Flanagan, Sonata; Paul Bowles, El Bejuco and El Indio; Irving Fine Variations, from Music for Piano; Gail Kubik, Sonatina; Vincent Persichetti, Sonata No. 5; Norman dello Joio, Salute to Scarlatti, No. 1, 2, and 4; Leo Smit, Rondele
LadyChen -- Strangeness of Heart by Harry Somers
bachelis -- Sonatine by Jean-Michel Damase; Toccatina Op. 36 by Nikolai Kapustin
jackbirdy412 -- Sonata K13/L486 by Scarlatti; El Pelele from Goyescas Book II by Granados
musica71 -- Respighi, Siciliana and Galiarda from Ancient Airs and Dances; Rodrigo, Two Spanish Dances, Rustica and Serrana
debrucey -- Peter Sculthorpe, Night Pieces

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Hello, all! I'm starting to get excited about this recital because (1) we have roughly 5 weeks to go before we start accepting submissions, (2) the list is shaping up into a lovely program, and (3) I've been practicing enough to believe I might actually submit my pieces before the deadline!

Just as a reminder, all are welcome to participate by submitting an mp3 recording of themselves playing a piece by a lesser-known composer. We'll accept submissions from roughly August 1st through August 18th, with detailed instructions to follow.

Thank you to all of the participants who make this online recital possible. It's such a joy to hear our talented players and to be introduced to music we might not otherwise ever know.

Cheers,
Heidi

So how exactly does this work? I just sign up for a piece, recorded it and submit it to you guys on here? Sorry, I'm a little new to this.

Hi Dachshund, and welcome! That's exactly how it works. You sign up for a piece here, and send in an mp3 recording of your performance.

We'll be ready to accept submissions around August 1st. There will be a new thread started titled "Unsung Heroes E-cital 2012: Call for Submissions," which will include easy instructions. Our friend Greg will work his magic behind the scenes to put it all together, and then we'll have the unveiling of the program on August 20th for all to enjoy.

The previous two events have been very well-received. It's a fabulous opportunity to hear composers we might have never heard otherwise. We hope you can join us!

Thank you heidiv!
This recital sounds great! I'll spend some time looking through my music and I'll get back to you when I find something good to play for this.

Heidiv and Greg: Thank you very much for organising and sustaining interest in this; it's a lovely idea, to put it mildly Um...do you feel as though Alkan's already well represented? I only ask as I feel, at the moment, his Les Diablotins is the only thing I *might* have prepared in time. I stress "might" most fervently; I'm going to kick myself to Timbuktu if I don't, but I might not succeed at getting it good enough by the entry time anyway...um...so long as *someone* were to check it, and not just put it up there, amongst the well played articles, regardless of...ahem...quality, I wouldn't mind submitting an attempt. I know it's easy, but I'm not very good So...would that be okay? It's okay if it's not, I won't mind ^>^
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