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Refresh my memory. When does this thing go "live?"

TONIGHT - WITH A SORT OF TRAILER CUM PROGRAMME ON THIS THREAD, AND THEN THE RECITAL STARTS PROPER TOMORROW ON ITS OWN DEDICATED THREAD. IT'LL RUN FOR 10 DAYS - WITH EACH OPUS HAVING A SEPARATE THREAD AND A MASTER THREAD TO GIVE ACCESS THROUGHOUT TO ALL PARTS OF THE RECITAL

I'M GLAD U ASKED, PIANODAD - I'D HATE PEOPLE NOT TO KNOW THIS

I have been wanting to tell someone in the Grieg recital about a book I use for playing Grieg.

"Onstage with Grieg: Interpreting his Piano Music" by Einar Steen-Nokleberg. You probably know about it already. But it's a wonderful resource for studying Grieg's music.

There is a great review of the book on Amazon.com. I copied it here:
"Nokleberg's book Onstage with Grieg is an excellent reference source for pianists of all levels and abilities. It is the only book of its kind which focuses only on the piano works of Edvard Grieg. Nokleberg who has recorded all of Griegs piano pieces, has provided us here with his ideas on proper interpretation. He draws not only from his personal experience, but from many sources of reference, namely Griegs letters and original prints. By using these sources along with his own ideas the amateur and even professional performer will have a clear and accurate view of the composers true intentions. As he states in the preface, this book is not intended to be read cover to cover, but rather to be used as a guide for whichever piece the pianist is currently attempting to learn. His analysis covers every piano work equally from both an interprative and technical point of view. This book is great for any pianist ready to delve into the wonderful world of Edvard Grieg -- and even better you are assured to be doing the composer justice by using Noklebergs helpful hints!"

- thanks for the heads up. I've ordered this!

I've been thrilled by Nokleberg's recordings of the Lyric Pieces. I'm sure it will be a fantastic read.

WITH ONE DAY TO GO - THINGS YOU NEVER KNEW (OR FORGOT!) ABOUT THESE RECITALS!

How did it all start?
A few months ago, Rupak reminded us of the first 'recital'- the 5 Metamorphosis pieces by Philip Glass, posted on RST (Rostosky's serious thread):

He said:

The 5 pieces were played by Rossy, Wayne33yrs, myself (Dipsy), Recaredo and Rupak Bhattacharya on 16th September last year. People enjoyed this, so next up was Satie's Gymnopedies and Gnossiennes - 10 pieces in all. This was posted on RST in December, and performed by: Wayne33yrs, myself, Rupak Bhattacharya, Recaredo, Griffin, PianoStudent88, Peyton, AimeeO, LadyChen, and dire tonic.

The idea had caught on, and with more people interested in taking part, Mendelssohn's 48 'Songs Without Words' ('the big one'), was selected for the next recital. Unlike the first two, this recital developed an identity of its own. It was nurtured in RST, but once launched, it became clear that it was so big that it needed its own thread. People on RST continued to give lots of support; Wayne continued 'people-hunting' as 'official recruiter;' and when the time came, as before, Rossy (with me helping) put it all together - checking and compiling submissions, and he introduced the recital.


Today's recital
This is nearly half as big again as the Mendelssohn recital. Partly because Rossy stopped working on it, and partly because people wanted to help run the recital, this one is a team effort, which is a new approach, but probably more resilient. There are 34 performers, many of whom have not taken part before. A few have taken on several pieces (the record is 5!) People have participated in more ways than before. Not only have they submitted recordings (and for some this is no mean feat - enormous problems have had to be overcome), but they have also helped with computer problems, given recording advice, supported each other with difficulties in learning pieces, written biographical information (Ganddalf), produced a map of participants (Rupak supported by casinitaly) and worked together to manage the project.

The image below is of you all those who have helped to make this happen. Each one of you is represented by a little light in the world. And if we haven't got your location exactly right, - what's a few hundred miles between friends?! (see end for list of locations). Those of you who had to pull out, because of illness or some other problem - you are there too.





The expression: 'The whole is greater than the sum of its parts' applies to this recital, and it is so much more than a collection of performances. We are now a community. People are already asking 'what's next?' and (apart from quiping 'the recital, of course!' - see programme below) I feel there can be no answer as yet, because this community should be involved in deciding that.

I'll leave the last word to Rupak in India who said:



GRIEG LYRIC PIECES - RECITAL PROGRAMME

OPUS 12- Sunday, 15th September led by casinitaly
No 1: Arietta AimeeO
No 2: Waltz Saranoya
No 3: Watchman's Song casinitaly
No 4: Elve's Dance LadyChen
No 5: Popular Melody AndyPlatt
No 6: Norwegian Melody Piano*Dad
No 7: Album Leaf Saranoya
No 8: National Song AZ Astro

OPUS 38 - Monday, 16th September led by zrtf90
No 1: Berceuse zrtf90
No 2: Popular Melody Wayne33yrs
No 3: Melody SwissMS
No 4: Halling Piano*Dad
No 5: Spring Dance zrtf90
No 6: Elegy Recaredo
No 7: Waltz Dipsy
No 8: Canon dynamobt

OPUS 43 - Tuesday, 17th September led by peterws
No 1: Butterfly Morodiene
No 2: Solitary Traveller Wisebuff
No 3: In My Native Country Allard
No 4: Little Bird peterws
No 5: Erotik peterws
No 6: To the Spring Carey

OPUS 47 Wednesday, 18th September led by PianoStudent88
No I: Valse Impromptu SwissMs
No 2: Album Leaf Ganddalf
No 3: Melody Dipsy
No 4: Halling Carlos88
No 5: Melancholy Stumbler
No 6: Spring Dance peterws
No 7: Elegy PianoStudent88

OPUS 54 Thursday 19th September led by zrtf90
No 1: Shepherd's Boy patH
No 2: Norwegian March zrtf90
No 3: March of the Trolls zrtf90
No 4: Notturno Dipsy
No 5: Scherzo patH
No 6: Bell Ringing Sinophilia

OPUS 57 Friday, 20th September -led by PianoStudent88
No 1: Vanished Days dire tonic
No 2: Gade SamS
No 3: Illusion PianoStudent88
No 4: Secret Carey
No 5: She Dances dire tonic
No 6: Home Sickness SamS

OPUS 62 Saturday 21st September - led by Dipsy
No 1: Sylph dire tonic
No 2: Gratitude SamS
No 3: French Serenade Morodiene
No 4: Brooklet Morodiene
No 5: Phantom Pavel.K
No 6: Homeward hawgdriver

OPUS 65 Sunday 22nd September - led by PianoStudent88
No 1: From Early Years Morodiene
No 2: Peasant's Song Wisebuff
No 3: Melancholy PianoStudent88
No 4: Salon Ganddalf
No 5: Ballad Rupak Bhattacharya
No 6: Wedding Day at Troldhaugen Ganddalf

OPUS 68 Monday, 23rd September - led by dire tonic
No 1: Sailor's Song Valencia
No 2: Grandmother's minuet LadyChen
No 3: At Your Feet dire tonic
No 4: Evening in the mountains LimeFriday
No 5: Cradle Song Carey
No 6: Melancholy Waltz Carey

OPUS 71 Tuesday, 24th September, led by AnneH
No 1: Once upon a time AnneH
No 2: Summer Evening Farmgirl
No 3: Puck Farmgirl
No 4: Peace of the Woods Valencia
No 5: Halling Morodiene
No 6: Gone keystring
No 7: Remembrances dynamobt

People involved come from:New Orleans USA; Brussels, Belgium; Milan, Italy; Canada; Virginia, USA; Williamsburg Virginia, USA; Ireland; Sheffield, UK; Switzerland; Southeast Spain; New Hampshire, USA; SW Wales;Denver Colorado,USA; Amsterdam, Netherlands; England;Phoenix,Arizona; Norway(2); Colorado; Maine; Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Verona,Italy; Germany(2);Southern England(4);Georgia, USA; Czech Republic; Boynton Beach, Florida, USA; West Bengal, India;Australia

*Rossy is sorely missed by many, so we hope to see him on PW again soon!

sorry folks - some technical probs - hope to sort out the formatting

It shows ok on my screen Dipsy.

Lovey intro!

Ican hardly wait for this to start!!! I know everyone has worked very hard on these pieces. Even the easy looking pieces ended up with nuances that made them difficult to play well. Congratulations everyone who participated!!!! This was fun and very motivating over the summer. Can't wait to see what's next!!

I do love that map of the world; I believe such a image inspires lots of hopeful thoughts.

Love the map! That is very cool to see. It would be great to see in the future if some of the conspicuously missing countries could participate in future recitals too!

That's a great Intro Dipsey x You're doing an amazing job xxx <3 Really looking forward to this

Yay!! So exciting! Thank you for the map and intro Dipsy! Love the lights!

glad you liked it - its a shame I forgot to put the dates into the programme at the end!

I added them in

thanks Cheryl!

Morodiene - I agree -there are too many countries without anyone taking part! wouldn't it be great if it went truly 'global'!?

As much as I understand the global thinking I'd rather see greater participation of ABF forum regulars. It's a shame to think that some of our fellows here are watching on helplessly and uninvolved as we tackle the challenges, enjoy the interaction, feel the buzz of participation and enjoy the fruits of it all coming together.

There is little that improves our technique and ability on the instrument more than the focus of preparing something for public consumption and little that increases the bonds between us better than a joint venture.

Despite the differences between us in terms of ability, distance, culture and personality this Grieg thing has acted like a drawstring bringing us all together with a common goal and a joint achievement.

Well-said, and I agree. For me, these recitals have been a great challenge and forced me to stretch myself when it's so much easier for me to just putter along and not get pieces to performance level before moving on.

I hope others in the future give it a try!

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Just wanted to post here that I'm thoroughly enjoying my daily listening routine of the Grieg Lyric Pieces. I have found a bunch of new ones I want to learn, but I had previously picked my next challenge which is the Grieg Holberg Suite. Originally written for piano, I had fallen in love with this many years back after hearing the Preludium on Public radio. I know that the Preludium and the Rigadoun will be quite the challenge, and upon first listening the Sarabande and Gavotte aren't terribly interesting, but I love the Air. For now, though, I'll just focus on the Preludium.

Thank you to everyone for sharing your talents and toils with us all!

I added a Grieg thumbnail pic to the Upload Pictures library here on Piano World.

If you include the following line in your signature, you will see the thumbnail of Grieg that shows you were a participant in the Grieg Recital.

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Copy this line into your signature and remove the space in front of the three letters img to active the picture.



Now I've just got to figure out how to get them on the same line... heh he