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Nice selection developing so far.
To Summarize:

Tchaikovsky
Elton Johnny
The Beatles
Lady GG
Madonna
Britney Spears

any others ? Twisted Sister ?

The Beatles is gaining momentum, and I still like Tchaikovsky.

December 16 is the deadline - so there's still almost 2 months left. There are 5 Mazurkas yet to be claimed - please drop by and take one. [/quote]
~ Polyphonist

Ideally, I would be so delighted to participate, but I have never played one Chopin's Mazurkas; and I am not sure if any of the ones left I could feasibly learn in 2 months.

My vote is for Tchaikovsky, then a Beatles Recital, and then perhaps Elton John.
It would be cool to learn "Tiny Dancer" or "Somebody Saved My Life".

What's going on with the quoting here?

Seriously, I like the Tchaikovsky idea. Then Elton John (super difficult, but there might be easy arrangements around). The Beatles - not for me.

I'd like to join a Tchaikovsky recital but not with a deadline before April due to other recital commitments. Is it open season on his works (no pun intended)? I've some pieces in my long term future outside Op. 37.

Yeah, yeah, yeah for The Beatles! I need less time if singing's allowed, more time if I have to make an instrumental arrangement. Likewise Elton John.

Wow - there's so much hunger for themed recitals! I agree with Richard, Irene - many of us are committed to the Chopin Mazurkas and/or Joplin or the quarterly recitals, so an early deadline might be a problem for many.

However, maybe we could all decide that we will look into doing a Tchaikovsky (I'm gonna have to memorise how to spell that!) themed recital at the earliest practicable time?
If people want to go with this, I think we'd need a decent number of pieces to choose from, and a selection of relatively easy ones. Does this apply to Tchaikovsky's pieces?

If the Grieg recital is anything to go by (where it took 6 months between deciding to do it, and the recital going 'live') if any Tchaikovsky recital was on a similar scale, an April deadline would make sense. A smaller scale recital wouldn't take as long, I guess.

What do you think?

PS Or, if anyone is in a hurry to participate, they could get together with others and agree on a informal small scale recital, a bit like the early Philip Glass or Satie 'recitals' published on RST about a year ago (see the last page of the 'grieg recital: a proposal' thread for more info - you'll probably have to search for it now). Its just an idea

I like the sounds of an April recital, plenty of time to organize it and learn the pieces. By that time I should have more than one of his pieces learned, yes!

The book my teacher assigned pieces from is called " Peter Tchaikovsky: A Highlight Collection of his Best-Loved Original Works". The publisher is called The Superior Teacher's Library of Piano Classics, Book 17. From a quick glance it has a nice range of pieces, but I don't think we need to limit the recital to this one book, any piece by Tchaikovsky wrote for the piano or even adaptations of his work for the piano sounds fair to me that way people can choose pieces they want to play.

E.g. Tchaikovsky's "Autumn Song/October" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-CEM4yJEgmA.

Tchaikovsky: Complete Piano Works

Total duration: 8 hours 05 mins

CD 1
01 No. 1. Scherzo a la russePyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
07:15

02 No. 2. ImpromptuPyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
06:04

03 No. 1. Ruines d'un chateauPyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
05:14

04 No. 2. ScherzoPyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
04:32

05 No. 3. Chant sans parolesPyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
03:07

06 Valse caprice in D major, Op. 4Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
09:12

07 Romance in F minor, Op. 5Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
05:43

08 Valse-scherzo No. 1 in A major, Op. 7Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
04:55

09 Capriccio in G flat major, Op. 8Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
06:03

10 No. 1. ReveriePyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
06:56

11 No. 2. Polka de salonPyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
02:51

12 No. 3. Mazurka de salonPyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
03:53

13 No. 1. Nocturne in F majorPyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
04:30

14 No. 2. Humoresque in E minorPyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
02:51

CD 2
01 No. 1. Reverie du soirPyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
03:54

02 No. 2. Scherzo humoristiquePyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
03:55

03 No. 3. Feuillet d'albumPyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
02:07

04 No. 4. NocturnePyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
03:30

05 No. 5. CapricciosoPyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
03:36

06 No. 6. Theme originale et variationsPyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
12:15

07 No. 1. Prelude in B majorPyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
02:53

08 No. 2. Fugue a 4 voix in G sharp minorPyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
03:44

09 No. 3. Impromptu in C sharp minorPyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
02:47

10 No. 4. Marche funebre in A flat minorPyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
08:35

11 No. 5. Mazurque in A flat minorPyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
04:58

12 No. 6. Scherzo in A flat majorPyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
05:59

13 Impromptu in A flat majorPyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
02:34

14 Valse-scherzo No. 2 in A majorPyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
02:09

15 Impromptu-caprice in G majorPyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
02:51

16 Aveu passionne in E minorPyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
03:36

17 Military March for the Yurevsky Regiment in B flat majorPyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
04:40

18 March for the Volunteer Fleet in C majorPyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
04:08

CD 3
01 No. 1. Morning Prayer (Priere du matin)Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
01:22

02 No. 2. Winter Morning (Le matin en hiver)Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
01:04

03 No. 3. Mamma (Maman)Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
01:03

04 No. 4. Hobbyhorse (Le petit cavalier)Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
00:37

05 No. 5. The Toy Soldiers' March (Marche des soldats de bois)Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
00:49

06 No. 6. My New Dolly (La nouvelle poupee)Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
00:39

07 No. 7. Dolly Is Ill (La poupee malade)Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
01:52

08 No. 8. Dolly's Funeral (Enterrement de la poupee)Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
01:53

09 No. 9. Waltz (Valse)Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
01:24

10 No. 10. PolkaPyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
00:46

11 No. 11. MazurkaPyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
01:02

12 No. 12. Russian Song (Chanson russe)Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
00:25

13 No. 13. Peasant Prelude (Le paysan prelude)Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
00:57

14 No. 14. Popular Song (Kamarinskaya, Chanson populaire)Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
00:29

15 No. 15. Italian Song (Chanson italienne)Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
00:55

16 No. 16. Old French Song (Melodie antique francaise)Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
00:52

17 No. 17. German Song (Chanson allemande)Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
01:06

18 No. 18. Neapolitan Song (Chanson napolitaine)Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
01:14

19 No. 19. A Nursery Tale (Conte de la vieille bonne)Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
00:45

20 No. 20. The Witch Baba Yaga (La sorciere)Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
00:41

21 No. 21. Sweet Dreams (Douce reverie)Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
01:48

22 No. 22. The Lark (Chant de L'alouette)Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
00:53

23 No. 23. At Church (A L'eglise)Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
01:54

24 No. 24. The Organ-Grinder's Song (L'orgue de barbarie)Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
00:58

25 I. Moderato e risolutoPyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
14:10

26 II. Andante non troppo quasi moderatoPyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
10:05

27 III. Scherzo: Allegro giocosoPyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
03:32

28 IV. Finale: Allegro vivacePyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
07:44

CD 4
01 I. January: By the FiresidePyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
04:54

02 II. February: CarnivalPyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
03:12

03 III. March: Song of the LarkPyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
02:16

04 IV. April: SnowdropPyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
02:49

05 V. May: May NightsPyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
03:23

06 VI. June: BarcarollePyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
04:26

07 VII. July: Song of the ReaperPyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
01:48

08 VIII. August: The HarvestPyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
03:50

09 IX. September: The HuntPyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
02:49

10 X. October: Autumn SongPyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
04:06

11 XI. November: TroikaPyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
03:05

12 XII. December: ChristmasPyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
04:32

13 Dumka: Russian rustic scene, Op. 59Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
09:12

14 Impromptu in A flat major, "Momento lirico" (completed by A. Taneyev)Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
03:19

CD 5
01 Potpourri on Themes from the opera VoyevodaPyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
16:11

02 No. 1. Cradle SongPyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
03:10

03 No. 4. O Sing that SongPyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
03:41

04 No. 5. So what, then?Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
03:39

05 Theme and Variations in A minorPyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
15:00

06 I. Allegro con fuocoPyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
10:02

07 II. AndantePyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
06:01

08 III. Scherzo: allegro vivoPyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
06:31

09 IV. Allegro vivoPyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
07:32

CD 6
01 No. 1. EtudePyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
01:46

02 No. 2. Chanson tristePyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
02:31

03 No. 3. Marche funebrePyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
08:53

04 No. 4. Mazurka in C majorPyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
03:05

05 No. 5. Mazurka in D majorPyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
03:20

06 No. 6. Chant sans parolesPyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
02:33

07 No. 7. Au villagePyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
04:07

08 No. 8. Valse in A flat majorPyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
03:02

09 No. 9. Valse in F sharp minorPyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
03:44

10 No. 10. Danse russePyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
02:23

11 No. 11. ScherzoPyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
03:24

12 No. 12. Reverie interrompuePyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
04:00

13 No. 1. Valse de salonPyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
04:46

14 No. 2. Polka peu dansantePyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
05:03

15 No. 3. Menuetto scherzosoPyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
04:10

16 No. 4. Natha-valsePyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
03:22

17 No. 5. RomancePyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
07:37

18 No. 6. Valse sentimentalePyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
04:15

CD 7
01 No. 1. ImpromptuPyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
04:26

02 No. 2. BerceusePyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
05:38

03 No. 3. Tendres reprochesPyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
03:02

04 No. 4. Danse caracteristiquePyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
03:37

05 No. 5. MeditationPyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
04:53

06 No. 6. Mazurka pour danserPyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
03:21

07 No. 7. Polacca de concertPyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
06:37

08 No. 8. DialoguePyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
03:59

09 No. 9. Un poco di SchumannPyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
02:57

10 No. 10. Scherzo-fantaisiePyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
07:53

11 No. 11. Valse bluettePyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
02:45

12 No. 12. L'espieglePyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
02:06

13 No. 13. Echo rustiquePyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
02:29

14 No. 14. Chant elegiaquePyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
06:59

15 No. 15. Un poco di ChopinPyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
03:23

16 No. 16. Valse a cinq tempsPyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
02:17

17 No. 17. Passe lointainPyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
05:30

18 No. 18. Scene dansante: invitation au trepakPyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
04:13

I have another "suggestion" for a themed recital.

I have been working my way through Mikrokosmos V 1 and I think it would be really nice to have Volumes 1 and 2 all done up in a recital thread, with comments. It would only take a few days to "work up" a Bartok Mikrokosmos selection. And in recital format, it would be easy to find and play just the one that you would like to listen to.

Naturally, this is not the same thing as a Grieg or Chopin recital, but I think a lot of people would like it and it would be a nice contribution.

Just a thought.

You've been busy Wayne - thanks! I think we can safely say that mr T has composed plenty for the piano!

Irene - yes it seems to me that an April deadline would be sensible, given how much is already going on,if people want to go for this recital. That would allow plenty of time for preparation.

AZAstro - thanks for adding another suggestion. In time I think there would be time for all- and there's nothing to stop recitals running concurrently I suppose.

I was trying to get a feel for a consensus. Is there one for a Tchaikovsky recital?

(whatever the consensus, I'm curious now - and am going to check out some of T's piano pieces on youtube!)

I like the idea of a Tchaikovsky recital count me in

I could really be bad and pick the Tchaikovsky piece I've recently played for a Quarterly Recital. I will at least attest that some of his stuff is not that easy. It took me weeks to learn June from The Seasons.

Wow Wayne. Thanks for compiling a list, you saved me the trouble, now I can get back to learning his Old French Song, I long to play his "Waltz of the Snowflakes"...among other pieces.

These are the Tchaikovsky pieces listed by Maurice Hinson as part of the standard teaching repertoire (and probably playable by most people in this forum):

Children's Album - opus 39: These are probably the easiest. Set of 24 pieces.

The Season's - op 37b: Maybe these should be called "the Months" - set of 12 pieces.

Chanson Triste - op 40/2

Song Without Words - op 2/3

And then there is "Dumka" op 59 and the Sonata op 37, which are more difficult.

Sam

Learning this one myself at the moment: not as easy as I first thought although mercifully short

I would be interested in a Tchaikovsky recital. I'm not very familiar with his works so it would be a good opportunity to learn. I've heard "June" and it's beautiful, although I imagine a piece of that level would take me many months to learn.

The Bartok sounds great too. Would his music be in the public domain?

The Album for the Young is certainly accessible by most folk here. The Seasons are a good deal harder, about the level of most of the Mendelssohn Songs Without Words.

I have two pieces chalked in for 2015, the Nocturne, Op. 10/1 and Album Leaf, Op. 19/3. I could bring one of those forward. Is anyone making a list yet?

Richard a list has been presented in a post today: now just needs someone to start the ball rolling.

That`s a good list there! You can see how long they are. So if like me, you have the attention span of a gnat . . . might it be desireable to cut out the very long ones?