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Vid I'm sure it will be a lot of fun :P After learning the one in F major, I still play it once a day, trying to change dynamics and phrasing. It's unbelievable how many combinations you can get, and it really forces you to keep trying! But still, I'm never completely satisfied with any one version. I think every time these are performed, there is a sort of improvisatory feel, at least for me :P Have fun with them

An updated possible program order.
Also, if you have any "maybe" or "TBD" left in your entries, it's time to come to a decision.

Fugal/contrapuntal music is the frame and thread running through the recital. Pieces have been grouped together so that there will be a few different episodes in the recital. (If I messed up anyone's repertoire please let me know.)

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[Dance group]
Bach: French Suite no. 4 (Pover)
Gibbons: pavane, allemande, courante (FSO)
Stanchinsky: mazurka and maybe variations (FSO)

[Meditative group]
Schoenfield: Intermezzi no. 1 and 3 (Tim)
Bach-Busoni: chorale preludes (Polyphonist)
Bach-Petri: chorale prelude (doctor S)

[Chopin group, leading with pieces that have 'hidden' counterpoint in the accompaniment]
Chopin: Prelude Op. 45 (MikeN)
Chopin: Nocturne Op 62 no 2 (ec)
Chopin: Mazurka Op 41 no 1 (ec)
Chopin: Etude Op 10 no 4 (doctor S)
Chopin/Godowsky: Etude Op 10 no 6 (MikeN)

[Late Romantic/early 20th c. music that looks back on earlier styles]
Ravel: Prelude and fugue from Tombeau de Couperin (Tim)
Ponce: prelude and fugue (doctor S)
Rachmaninoff: Prelude Op 23 no 5 (Vid)
Schumann: a fugue TBD (Polyphonist)
Scriabin: Etudes Op 8 no. 2 and 12 (MikeN)

[And returning home to Bach]
Bach: Two-part inventions no. 1 and 2 (Vid)
Bach: Contrapunctus no. 1 from Art of Fugue (FSO)
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Hi, Heather -- just a quick note to say that I very much like your choice of groupings and order of presentation. The Schoenfield Intermezzi are indeed introspective and meditative, and the Ravel is of course a modern evocation of the 17th century piano suites. Thanks for the update; will send recordings to you via PM, probably by the 21st.

What is the rationale behind finishing with the Bach you did and not the Bach-Petri and Bach-Busoni?

I liked finishing with the simple (sounding) one.

Update: ec would like to remove the Mazurka and replace it with Chopin Op 25 no 7, which I'd like to place after the two Op 10 etudes.

Update: The Stanchinsky variations and Gibbons allemande and courante will not be played.

Update: May I request to substitute the Reger fugue Opus 44/8 for the Schumann I was planning on before.

The deadline looms for submissions. I tried recording the first 2-part invention and I'm finding it really difficult to get a good take!

Don't feel bad. Everything, for me, is under-polished, and I feel like I'm scurrying to clean everything up so no one has to suffer when listening.

My piano tuner cancelled...he's in the hospital...does that count?

That works.

Would anyone else like to um, voice their troubles(or their piano tuner's).

Since I've received no response, I will assume that the answer is yes.

By the way, do I have to play AFTER the Polyphonist? (shiver...shiver...shake... ...)

And sheesh, did I have to end up at the ends of the sets. I mean, really, people tend to remember stuff at the ends.

I'm at a piano camp, and will be trying to put together a decent recording today/tomorrow. I PMd Heather about this but haven't heard back yet--does anyone know whether an iPad video recording will work???

Well really, who would object to Reger Hearing no objections sounds like Reger is just fine.
I can receive just about any file format, but it does need to be a downloadable file (not youtube or other streaming format). I will then combine the files and upload to soundcloud.

Reger it is, then. I'll be recording tomorrow, and in the unlikely event that the four chorale preludes plus the Reger does not equal 15 minutes, I will add another little something into the mix.

Can you download from Soundcloud?

Or PM the file(s) directly as an attachment or link to an email (how) ?

Youtube videos can easily be converted to mp3.