Many of you may chuckle at the thought of this, but I think enough of his works are accessible enough to make a decent e-cital out of it, and I think it's both worth doing and much needed. Who would be interested in learning and submitting a piece or pieces by him for an e-cital? I already know I will do a couple, and they will be larger endeavors than I have done by him in the past. I think it would be fine if multiple people played the same work, too.

It would be open for streaming on November 30th, his date of birth, and I guess submissions would need to be submitted as late as a few days in advance.

I would definitely be down for this! I'm planning on working up at least Le tambour bat aux champs, and I might possibly work up a selection of Esquisses as well. Good suggestion

Yes!! If not an Alkan one, then a general one where we can all share stuff as a community.

I call the second movement of his Concerto!

Oh, you stinker. I was going to learn that! Ah, but maybe I could take up the B major etude from Op. 35.

Great idea. I love the the G min Barcarolle, I call dibs!

Ordinarily I would join in, but I'm having some temporary but fairly long and drawn-out physical stuff going on that affects my ability to practice (and does it in an maddeningly unpredictable way ), so I can't sign up for this one.

Oh, so sorry to hear about that, wr I hope everything gets well in a timely fashion..

Thanks.

Me too.

no way, 'm doing it live all the way, op.39 8,9,10, pray..

That makes me both and

never you mind, I'll be ok, but the audience?

Well you know I'll be game for a few of them at least...I mean, should the need come to it I hope you're all well.....um, wr; get better, I leave you no alternative >:(
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BUMP. Anybody else? At least something? Mark H, Kuanpiano, DanS, and FSO has expressed interest, and I will definitely have things to contribute.

Also, I'm fine with adding anything that has to do with Verdi or Wagner since they also turn 200 this year (such as Verdi-Liszt Rigoletto, or Wagner-Liszt Liebestod, for example). Would that generate more interest? I don't care if more than one person plays the same piece.

You should really contact MAH and ask him to submit something!

Jack Gibbons constantly posts new recordings on his Facebook/YT pages, and I should not be surprised if he resurrects some Alkan this year. (I need to ask him!) We could at least link them here...

I toyed with some of the Esquisses in college, but I'm just not sure I have the time these days to bring them back to snuff.

And if anyone cares to get really adventurous, they could learn Wagner's A major piano sonata. All things considered (especially the fact that he was all of 18) it is not a bad work, sometimes almost comically haunted by the ghosts of Weber and Beethoven.

If Gibbons and Hamelin get involved *do* let us know what they'll be doing; we wouldn't want anyone getting shown up now, would we?

Marc will definitely NOT be playing the concerto unfortunately, heh.

I'd love to participate if there is anything in the realm of my abilities -- perhaps a few of the preludes.

There are plenty, yes! And many others, too

So we will enjoy his two studio recordings this year.

Many thanks, Marc, Jack and of course John.

Ronald Smith's first recording from 1970 (with unfortunate cuts in the first movement, but still...) is also unbelievable, Jason! You MUST especially hear the third movement!! This is NOT the more known recording from the complete Op. 39 set that he recorded in 1977; this is much rarer!

Thanks to my good Facebook friend for sharing this very rare treasure.