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I know this might sound premature, in the light that the Satie recital is yet to be performed. BUT, the next one is so mammath, we need to get it started now.

The theme; Felix Mendelssohn- Songs without words

Book 1, op. 19b (1829–1830)
No. 1 Andante con moto in E major
No. 2 Andante espressivo in A minor
No. 3 Molto allegro e vivace in A major
No. 4 Moderato in A major
No. 5 Poco agitato in F-sharp minor
No. 6 Andante sostenuto in G minor

Book 2, op. 30 (1833–1834)
No. 1 Andante espressivo in E-flat major
No. 2 Allegro di molto in B-flat minor
No. 3 Adagio non troppo in E major
No. 4 Agitato e con fuoco in B minor
No. 5 Andante grazioso in D major
No. 6 Allegretto tranquillo in F-sharp minor

Book 3, op. 38 (1836–1837)
No. 1 Con moto in E-flat major
No. 2 Allegro non troppo in C minor - ROSSY
No. 3 Presto e molto vivace in E major
No. 4 Andante in A major
No. 5 Agitato in A minor
No. 6 Andante con moto in A-flat major

Book 4, op. 53 (1839–1841)
No. 1 Andante con moto in A-flat major
No. 2 Allegro non troppo in E-flat major
No. 3 Presto agitato in G minor
No. 4 Adagio in F major
No. 5 Allegro con fuoco in A minor
No. 6 Molto Allegro vivace in A major

Book 5, op. 62 (1842–1844)
No. 1 Andante espressivo in G major
No. 2 Allegro con fuoco in B-flat major
No. 3 Andante maestoso in E minor - ZRTF90
No. 4 Allegro con anima in G major
No. 5 Andante con moto in A minor
No. 6 Allegretto grazioso in A major

Book 6, op. 67 (1843–1845)
No. 1 Andante in E-flat major
No. 2 Allegro leggiero in F-sharp minor
No. 3 Andante tranquillo in B-flat major
No. 4 Presto in C major
No. 5 Moderato in B minor
No. 6 Allegro non troppo in E major

Book 7, op. 85 (1834–1845)
No. 1 Andante espressivo in F major
No. 2 Allegro agitato in A minor
No. 3 Presto in E-flat major
No. 4 Andante sostenuto in D major
No. 5 Allegretto in A major
No. 6 Allegretto con moto in B-flat major

Book 8, op. 102 (1842–1845)
No. 1 Andante un poco agitato in E minor
No. 2 Adagio in D major
No. 3 Presto in C major
No. 4 Un poco agitato, ma andante in G minor
No. 5 Allegro vivace in A major
No. 6 Andante in C major

48 pieces in all, to be performed mid February 2013, please sign up and grab your chosen piece while you can!

notice the edit?

Nice! It's exciting that the body of work is large enough that so many people can be involved.

I'm deciding between op. 30 no. 5 and op. 38 no. 6.

I'll definitely do one of them if enough people sign up.Which one to choose though, they're all so gorgeous.Possibly 102 no4.

Love it! cheers guys

Your scheduled performance date of mid February, 2013 will bump right up against the long-running and highly popular ABF Recital which is always scheduled for Feb. 15th (May, Aug., & Nov. 15th also) and which typically draw 50, 60 or more entries.

To space things out and avoid undue severe competition and insure a better chance for success you might want to consider a performance date about half way between any two ABF Recitals, say Apr. 1st, July 1st, etc.

Yea, how about March?

Bumping up the date is a good idea and gives someone like me a chance to recoup from Satie and consider one of these.

Any in the level 1 ish area? I don't know a single one of these so... I'll let one you knowledgeable people fill me in!

I agree with your date and am glad that you are trying to "shake things up."

That would be so fun if 48 of us agreed to play 1 of the pieces each....lol.

But...so many factors stopping this from happening..among the few - different playing levels and abilities, not everyone likes to play classical, etc....if enough people sign on, count me in!! I'll need to decide now, because I'm an extremely slow learner and need to start now...lol.

I'll take Op 38 #6 - the duetto.

Here's a list of the difficulties from a old thread that we had. Grades are indicated at the end of each line, with the source of the grade in parentheses. The sources:
• ABRSM: American Board (United States)
• RCM: Royal Conservatory of Music (Canada)
• BC: British Columbia Conservatory of Music (Canada)
• PDF: PianoWorld PDF file of unknown origin

Op. 19 (1829-1830)
• 1 Andante con moto in E major #8(PDF) #9(BC)
• 2 Andante espressivo in A minor #6(PDF)
• 3 Molto allegro e vivace in A major ("Hunting Song") #7(PDF)
• 4 Moderato in A major #6(PDF) #6(BC)
• 5 Poco agitato in F-sharp minor #8(PDF)
• 6 Andante sostenuto in G minor ("Venezianisches Gondellied" [Venetian Boat Song] No. 1) #6(PDF)

Op. 30 (1833-1834)
• 1 Andante espressivo in E-flat major #7(PDF)
• 2 Allegro di molto in B-flat minor #7(PDF)
• 3 Adagio non troppo in E major #5(PDF) #7(BC)
• 4 Agitato e con fuoco in B minor #8(PDF)
• 5 Andante grazioso in D major #8(PDF) #10(BC)
• 6 Allegretto tranquillo in F-sharp minor ("Venezianisches Gondellied" or Venetian Boat Song No. 2) #6(PDF) #7(BC)

Op. 38 (1836-1837)
• 1 Con moto in E-flat major #8(PDF)
• 2 Allegro non troppo in C minor #8(PDF) #9(BC) #10(BC)
• 3 Presto e molto vivace in E major #8(PDF)
• 4 Andante in A major #6(PDF)
• 5 Agitato in A minor #8(PDF)
• 6 Andante con moto in A-flat major ("Duetto") #8(PDF) #9(BC)

Op. 53 (1839-1841)
• 1 Andante con moto in A-flat major #7(PDF)
• 2 Allegro non troppo in E-flat major #6(PDF)
• 3 Presto agitato in G minor #7(PDF)
• 4 Adagio in F major #6(PDF)
• 5 Allegro con fuoco in A minor ("Volkslied") #6(PDF)
• 6 Molto Allegro vivace in A major #8(PDF)

Op. 62 (1842-1844)
• 1 Andante espressivo in G major #6(PDF) #7(ABRSM)
• 2 Allegro con fuoco in B-flat major #6(PDF)
• 3 Andante maestoso in E minor ("Trauermarsch") #6(PDF)
• 4 Allegro con anima in G major #6(PDF)
• 5 Andante con moto in A minor ("Venezianisches Gondellied" or Venetian Boat Song No. 3) #7(PDF)
• 6 Allegretto grazioso in A major ("Frühlingslied" or "Spring Song") #7(PDF)

Op. 67 (1843-1845)
• 1 Andante in E-flat major #7(PDF)
• 2 Allegro leggiero in F-sharp minor #7(PDF)
• 3 Andante tranquillo in B-flat major #6(PDF)
• 4 Presto in C major ("Spinnerlied") #8(PDF) #10(BC)
• 5 Moderato in B minor #6(PDF)
• 6 Allegro non troppo in E major #7(PDF)

Op. 85 (1834-1845)
• 1 Andante espressivo in F major #6(PDF) #9(BC)
• 2 Allegro agitato in A minor #6(PDF)
• 3 Presto in E-flat major #7(PDF)
• 4 Andante sostenuto in D major #7(PDF)
• 5 Allegretto in A major #6(PDF)
• 6 Allegretto con moto in B-flat major #7(PDF)

Op. 102 (1842-1845)
• 1 Andante un poco agitato in E minor #8(PDF)
• 2 Adagio in D major #6(PDF)
• 3 Presto in C major #7(PDF) #9(BC)
• 4 Un poco agitato, ma andante in G minor #6(PDF) #10(BC)
• 5 Allegro vivace in A major ("Kinderstück") #6(PDF)
• 6 Andante in C major #5(PDF)

Sam

There's nothing terribly easy.They're probably from about grade five upwards I would think.You could try op30 no3 or maybe op19 no6.

LMAO okay nevermind. I'll wait a few years.

TJ, I am sure wayne will work with folk on a better date if you fear competition, but there was no need for suggesting April 1st , thats just out of order.

Uh oh, I was too slow and Sam S beat me to it. I'll take op. 30 no. 5 before anyone grabs it first!

opus 38 no.2 for old rossy.

No fooling - just the strangest of coincidences, I assure you...

Book 8, op. 102 (1842–1845)

No. 6 Andante in C major

... please and thank you

Only joking TJ, couldnt resist with april fools day an all!

anyways, come on tj how about you?

This is different from the "usual" abf recitals, for a few reasons, one of them being in the "regular" abf recitals folk choose anything they want to play, this is very different, it is themed and also some times folk get whats left, which isnt necesarily what they would have chosen to play...

hence the extra work, it may take folk out of their comfort zone, BUT, that is a shared workload and everyone helps each other be it through Pms on technical advice or just support through the thread.

What do we achieve? Many things not least is a greater knowledge of the scores, through shared study and help, but also a deeper understanding of where the particular composer is "coming from" furthering our understanding and knowledge of that composer.

Furthermore we become a "team" or further strengthen the ABF "community" this is no trivial accomplishment, as many folks are isolated in their home at their piano/dp and laptop.

Some folk have no outside interaction with other musicians, and struggle on without teachers, being part of a team effort, online, on the piano which is their main love, and interacting with like minded folk can be very helpful and raise the bar some , a step forward even.

This will be brilliant and totally doable, no ones expecting top notch allegedly flawless performances, but there will be some is my guess....

What a magic thing to be involved with.....


Here is all 48 songs without words in one video, there are six pieces in each opus, and if you need help finding where your chosen piece is just ask, should you not want to listen to all two hours....

OR, you may want to listen to all of them to help choose a piece....

Hi folks1

I'm going to do opus 19 no 1

nevermind. I'm pretty sure they are all out of my range...