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I'm just curious to see some of the things other pianists have up their sleeve. It's always fun to see what others can play and I was just wondering what some of you could do and what not. With me, it seems like I learn a song and then either I don't play it for an extended period of time or I forget that I can play it. But that's not the point.

What are some of the things you can play?

What I'm doing this semester:

Solo Recital (On April 18 and sometime in June):
Shostakovich - P+F in b minor
Berio - Wasserklavier, Erdenklavier, Luftklavier, and Feuerklavier
Zaimont - Suite Impressions
Dodge - "Any Resemblance is Purely Coincidental"
Bach - French Suite in E-flat Major
Schumann - Faschingsswanck aus Wien, Op. 26

Chamber:
Viola recital with Marchenbilder, g minor Bach gamba sonata, and Brahms songs for alto, viola, and piano. (tonight at 7pm)

Accompanied two low brass festivals (about 12 different miscellaneous pieces: mostly easy stuff, hardest things were the Serocki sonatina and Sulek sonata)

Playing a clarinet recital in a month (don't know the rep yet, but I think some Debussy and Bernstein sonata...)

Martinu flute sonata (just the first movement last Thursday)

Albright Saxophone sonata (April 23)

Dvorak Violin sonatina (May 1)

Just played piano part for Respighi's "Pines of Rome" with the symphony last night.

Here's the repertoire I could play now:

J.S. Bach
2-Part Inventions 1, 2, 8
Prelude in C Major, WTC I
Prelude & Fugue in C Minor, WTC I
Prelude & Fugue in E-Flat Minor, WTC I

Beethoven
Appassionata Sonata in F Minor, Op. 57

Brown
Emerald Sea Etude

Chopin
Raindrop Prelude in D-Flat, Op. 28 No. 15
Revolutionary Etude in C Minor, Op. 10 No. 12
Waltz in A Minor, Op. 34 No. 2

Rollin
Concerto Romantique - 1st and 2nd movements

Schumann
Traumerei

Shostakovich
Preludes, Op. 34 - 1, 14, 16, 22

Chamber Works:

Schumann
Traumerei for Cello and Piano

Weber
Clarinet Concerto No. 2, Op. 74 - 3rd movement

I'm currently working on the Grieg Concerto 1st movement.

In the last 2 years, I have learn't:

Moonlight Sonata (Complete) - Beethoven
A Czerny Study
Liebraustraume (Sorry bout spelling) - Liszt
Un Sospiro - Liszt
Sonata in F (Mozart)
Bach Prelude and Fugue in d minor and one in f minor
Debussy - Arabesque and another Debussy piece I can't remember
Chopin - Ballade No 1 in g minor
Ronda a Cappricio - Beethoven
Black Key Study - Chopin
Clementi Sonata in g minor
Chopin - Nocturne in c minor

Mozart:
Fantasia in D minor
Clarinet Quintet, mvt. 1

Bach:
Inventions in C major and A minor
Other smaller minuets etc.

Beethoven:
Mvt. 1 of Moonlight Sonata

I've also got various snare drum and mallet percussion solos that I doubt anyone would recognize. Not a percussion board anyway.
MacDowell:
Hungarian Etude

von Weber:
Clarinet concerto 1, 3rd movement

Currently learning:
Beethoven Andante Favori WoO57
Beethoven Sonata Op. 2 No. 3
Prokofiev Sonata No. 2 Op. 14
Schumann Faschingschwank aus Wien Op. 26
Shostakovich Prelude and Fugue No. 15 and 23
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All the music I've learned in the past 5 years:
Alkan
Barcarolle
Preludes Op. 31 No. 8 and 12
Bach
Preludes and Fugues Book 1 No. 1-3, 5, 13
Partita No. 2
Italian Concerto
Beethoven
Sonata Op. 13
Sonata Op. 27 No. 2
Sonata Op. 109
Sonata Op. 110
Rondo Op. 51 No. 1
Brahms
Intermezzo in A, Op. 118 No.2; Intermezzo in C, Op. 119 No. 3
Chopin
Ballades(4)
Etudes Op. 10 No. 3,4,5,11; Etudes Op. 25 No. 1,2,5,6,10
Waltzes Op. 32 No. 2 and Op. 64 No. 2
Debussy
Suite Bergamasque - Claire de Lune, Passepeid
Gershwin
Rhapsody in Blue(Solo piano)
Grieg
Lyric Pieces Op. 12(All)
Handel
Keyboard Suite no. 7
Haydn
Sonata No. 31 in A flat, Hob. XVI:46
Sonata No. 39 in D, Hob. XVI:24
Sonata No. 47 in b, Hob. XVI:32
Liszt
Hungarian Rhapsody No. 6
Mephisto Waltz No. 1
Mendelssohn
Andante and Rondo Capriccioso Op. 14
Mozart
Concerto 19, K459
Sonatas K282, K331 and K545
Prokofiev
Rondo Op. 52 No. 2
Waltz Op. 96
Rachamaninoff
Etudes-Tableaux Op. 33 No. 2 and 5
Preludes Op. 23 No. 1, 4, 5; Preludes Op. 32 No. 5, 10 - 12
Scarlatti
Sonatas K. 8, 27, 141
Schubert
Impromptus D.899 No. 2 and 3; Impromptus D.935 No. 1,2 and 4
Sonata No. 17 D.859
Sonata No. 21 D.960
Schumann
Fantasiestucke Op. 12 No. 2 'Aufschwung'
Shostakovich
Concerto No. 2 Op. 102

Right now my whole rep. consists basically of what I played at my auditions...so..altogether that would be:

Bach- Prelude and Fuge in Eb minor wtc 1
Beethoven- Sonata op. 110
Chopin-Ballade no 4, etude op 10 nos 1234
Schumann-Papillons
Prokofieff- Prelude in C major, op 12 no 7

Of course, I have a lot more in my fingers that I could bring up to recital level if I worked on it,
but the above is what i can play perfectly.

Now that auditions are over, I have started to embark on:

Chopin Sonata no. 3
Rach prelude op. 32 no 10
Beethoven 111

I hate my life:

Today
Brahms B-flat
Beethoven op. 53
Corigliano Etude-Fantasy

March 16th
Brahms B-flat

March 18th
Messiaen assorted Vingt Regards
Messiaen Quartet for the End of Time

March 19th
Corigliano Etude-Fantasy
Adams China Gates
(new music concert)

April 4th
Song recital featuring cycles by Brahms, Wolf, Ravel, and Argento

April 7th
Messiaen assorted Vingt Regards
Messiaen Quartet for the End of Time

April 8th
Quartet for the End of Time

April 10th
Same as April 7th

April 24th
Mozart f major Violin sonata
Beethoven c minor Violin sonata
Debussy Violin sonata

April 30
Bach Aria Variata
Beethoven op. 53
Franck Prelude, Chorale et Fugue
Corigliano Etude-Fantasy

May 4th
Brahms 2nd Cello sonata
Rachmaninoff Cello Sonata

May 9th
Off to TCU-Cliburn Festival (pending rejection from Music Academy of the West)

Brendan: What a drag, right?

I love that program

Chopin
Ballade no. 1
Polonaise in Ab op. 53
Etude op. 10 no. 4
Waltz in C# minor, op. 64 no. 2

Debussy
Claire de Lune

Gershwin
Rhapsody in Blue (solo version)

Moszkowksi
Etincelles (Etude op. 36 no. 6)
Etude in F Major op. 72 no. 6

Mozart
Sonata in C K.330 (all 3 movements)

Schumann
Kinderszenen (all)

Scriabin
Etude op. 2 no. 1
Etude op. 8 no. 12

Scarlatti
Sonata in E


Learning:

Chopin
Etude in C op. 10 no. 1
Grande Polonaise no. 22
Polonaise in F# op. 44

Liszt
Au Bord D'une Source

Rachmaninoff
Etude-Tableaux op. 39 no. 9

In the past two years this is about all I got done. I should be able to play most of them by memory still
Bach
Italian Concerto
Prelude and Fugue No.XXIV WTCII
Bartok
Allegro Barbaro
Beethoven
Sonata Op.27 no.2
Sonata Op.31 no.3
Concerto No.3 in Cminor
Chopin
Etude Op.10 no. 2,4,5
Fantasie Impromptu
Scherzo No.3
Nocturne Op.27 No.2
Prokofiev
Toccata Op.11
Rachmaninoff
Moment Musical Op.16 No.3,4,5

i admire your choice of music. I am working on Sospiro, played but forgot Arabesque play a couple excerpts from ballade in g minor, attempted black key but quit, attempted mvt 3 of moonlight, but quit, and learned a few excerpts from liebestraume. Nice repetoire though

my repetoire is a joke compared to all of yours

currently working on:

Beethoven op. 90
Brahms Paganini Variations
Ligeti Musica Ricercata
Brahms Clarinet Trio

also played this year:

Tchaikovsky Concerto No. 1
Prokofiev 7th Sonata
Chopin Etudes in 3rds, 6ths
Mozart Sonata K. 333
Debussy Images book II

Bach
3 Part Invention #11
Prelude & Fugue in D major, WTC1
Prelude & Fugue in Eb minor, WTC1
English Suite no.3 in G minor

Beethoven
Sonata in E major op.14 no.1
Moonlight Sonata op.27 no.2

Mozart
Fantasia in D minor

Chopin
Raindrop Prelude
Nocturne in B minor op.9 no.1
Nocturne in Eb major op.9 no.2
Nocturne in E minor op.72 no.1
Etude in E major op.10 no.3
Several easier Preludes

Schumann
Fantasiestucke op.12 no.5 "In Der Nacht"

Rachmaninov
Prelude in C# minor op.3 no.2
Fantasie Suite op.5 1st and 3rd movements

Debussy
Prelude - Fille au cheuveux de lin
Ballade

Ravel
Mirroirs - Le Vallée Des Cloches

Prokofiev
Sonata No.3

Not much yet but i'm off to a start!

Yeah Ill follow concertpianist12988's initiative and not embarass myself.

Slightly depressing reading what everyone else has done, because my repertoire pales by comparison. Nevertheless, over the last couple years;

Scott Joplin
The Cascades
Pineapple Rag

Chopin
Prelude in Db "Raindrop"

Mozart
Rondo Alla Turka

Grieg
Lyric Suite op. 54 no. 3 "March of the Dwarfs"

Rachmaninoff
C-Sharp Minor Prelude Op. 3 no. 2

Satie
Gymnopedie no. 1

Currently learning:

Brahms
Rhapsody Op. 79 no. 2 in G Minor

Chopin
Etude Op. 10 no. 12 in C Minor "Revolutionary"

I'll be finishing my senior year in high school soon, and I am planning on getting very much into piano study in college. I don't plan on having it as my major, but I will receive private instruction from a professor and will probably take some classes for a music minor. I anticipate adding many pieces to my repertoire, which should be very satisfying.

Chopin:
Ballade 1, 2, 3
Millitary Polonaise
Random Preludes
Fantasie Impromptu
Etude 10/2, 10/3, 10/12
Andante Spinato
Nocturne in Eb major, c# minor (post.)
Various Waltzes

Beethoven:
Appasionata
Pathetique
Pastoral

Mozart:
Sonata k33

Schubert:
Wanderer Fanatasie

Prokofiev:
Diabolical Suggestions
Toccata

Schumann:
Kreisleriana

Ravel:
Sonatine

Liszt:
Hungarian Rhapsody #2
Hungarian Rhapsody #4

Rachmaninov:
Prelude in C# minor
Prelude in Bb minor
Etude Tableaux in G minor

Scriabin:
Various Preludes


Debussy:
Clair de Lune
Arabesque 1 and 2
Children's Corner
la fille aux cheveaux de lin
General Lavigne- Excentric

Gershwin:
Rhapsody in Blue (solo piano)
I've Got Rhythym (solo piano)

holy smokes... impressive lists here. It makes me want to hide under a rock for a few moments and then go practice non-stop for the next year or so. :p Here's what I've worked on the past year and half or so:

Bach
Prelude and Fugue in e minor BWV 900
Prelude and Fugue in F# major, WTC I
Beethoven
Theme and Variations in G
Sonata no. 7, op. 10, no. 3*
Brahms
Intermezzo in A, op. 118, no. 2*
Chopin
Waltz in a-minor
Nocturne in c minor, op. 48, no. 1
Etude in G-flat major*
Debussy
Arabesque no. 1
Gershwin
Prelude no. 1
MacDowell
Concerto no. 2 in d minor, mvmnt 1
Mozart
Sonata K310
Ravel
Sonatine, mvmnt 3
Shostakovich
Fugue in G

*currently working on
I couldn't necessarily sit right down and play everything on this list, but they are things that I have memorised, and I have performed just about everything on the list. Once the Khatchaturian Tocatta comes I'll start working on it too. Have a recital in May so... I'll be busy for a while.

question, those of you with ridiculously extensive repertoires, how did you build so much repertoire (I'm extrapolating from what people have said) just a few years?

I'm going to go to college as a music major in 2006, is there anything in particular I should probably focus on rep.-wise? why does time go so fast!

Just a question, you guys are only including pieces that you have memorized and gotten up to a decent level right? Sounds like I've got some majorly stiff competition, even among the people my age!

Not everything on my list I have memorized fully, but I have it all at a better than good level according to my standards, which are pretty high piano wise.

I'm in the same boat as concertpianist12988. I've only been playing for a few years, so my repertoire isn't close to any of these. I need to work on learning all of a song, because I never do...

Last year, I learned Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 20 in G Major Op. 49 No. 2 for a competition. It was funny the judge yelled at me for sitting too close to the piano and came over and showed me where to sit.

This year, I learned the first movement to Moonlight Sonata and it was for the same competition as the last year. This time when I walked on to the stage I made sure that I left the bench where the previous kid had sat and it seemed like where the previous judge had told me to sit... The judge yelled at me for sitting too far away.

Other than that a few things that I can remember that I can play are:

Valse in B Minor Op. 69 No. 2 - Chopin
Le Coucou - Louis Claude Daquin
Rondo Alla Turca - Mozart
Canon in D - Pachelbel
Inventions No. 1 & 13

Currently working on:
Piano Sonata No. 14 in C Minor Mvts. 1, 2 and 3 - Mozart
Piano Sonata in F Minor, Op. 57 (Appassionata) 3rd Movement - Beethoven
From This Moment On - Shania Twain. The reason for this is that I got a job playing for a wedding and the woman wanted this played so I have to learn it. It's not hard at all but I'm working on memorizing it.
I'm also working on a lot of little 1-2 page things I found on a website... mostly by Handel and Bach

It's hard for me to make a lot of time for the piano because I have trumpet responsibilities (Section leader, first chair in concert band, and lead trumpet in Jazz Band) I also play violin a little on the side and am somehow in charge of teaching my friend how to play even though I don't know what I'm doing myself.

Anyways, the music you've all learned is really impressive. Hopefully, I'm on my way to that.

Currently my active repetoire (memorized recently, most have been performed) includes:

Bach - French Suite No. 2, Sinfonias No. 1,6,7,11,13 (memorized 1,6,13)
Mozart - Fantasie in Cm
Beethoven - Sonata Op.110
Chopin - Etude in C#- Op. 25 No. 7, Nocturne Op. 9 No. 1
Bartok - Sonatine
Alexina Louie - ' I leap through the skies with stars '

In addition, I do a lot of accompanying, including a church choir on with masses and rehearsals on a weekly basis. And like appassaionata, I have responsibilities on other instruments. On alto sax I lead the saxophone sections in all the instrumental bands at school (concert/jazz/pit), on viola I play in a chamber group and in the string orchestra.

Not to call everyone in here a liar, but come on. I can accept that we have talented people on the board, but some of those lists are absurd! Are we talking about pieces that we can play most of, or adequately, or pieces that we truly have a mastery of?

Monomania ahoy...

Bach:
WTC I (some fugues still need work) - C, Cm, C#, D, Dm, Eb, Ebm, E, Em, F, F#, Bm.
WTC II (ditto) - C, C#, D, Dm, Eb, E, F#, G, Gm, Ab.
Partita #1 and some of #2
French Suite #1 and various movements from the others
Prelude from English Suite #2
Inventions and Sinfonias (not all of them)
GV aria and a few variations.
Contrapuncti 1 and 4, AoF.
Assorted Bach transcriptions by other composers/pianists.

Various short pieces by Bartok.
Various pieces from the Fitzwilliam Virginal Book.
A smattering of Brahms.

The End.


David

my repetoire:

Everything Liszt, Chopin, Rachmaninov, and Beethoven composed. i just pwned u all

For the past 3 years i played:

Bach
invention 15
prelude & fugue 2 WTK1

Chopin
Prelude op.28 no.4
Nocturne op.72 no.1
Nocturnes 20, 21 (post.)
Waltz op.69 no.2
and op.64 no.2 on the way

Rachmaninoff
Prelude op.3 no.2

Schubert
Impromptu op.90 no.4

Joplin
maple leaf rag

I started playing piano again two year ago after a break of about 15 years. The last couple years I've learned:
Chopin etude op. 10#7, op. 10#8.
Chopin Ballade #2.
Schumann Papillons
Mozart sonata in C maj. K330 (i think that's the k number).
Haydn sonata in C (i think it's #48)
Haydn sonata in B minor
Beethoven op. 10#3.
Brahms op 116#2.
Messiaen - two of the easier Vingt Regards.

Right now I'm working on Beethoven op.101, still practicing the Chopin op. 10#8, looking for another Chopin etude and/or Brahms piece.

if you want to play a nice Chopin etude, you can play op. 10 no. 1 in C Major, op. 10. no.3 in E Major, or op. 25 no. 1. My other personal favorites are Op. 10 no. 2, Op. 10. No.11, Op. 25. No. 10, Op. 25 No.11

Hope you play one of em. Good luck

Ok, ok... YOU MUST remember... I started back at lessons Jun 2004, so its a very short list, I could name what I played in HS 15 years ago, cuz with a bit of polish they would be fine... but here goes... *means performed audition &means performed at recitals previously %means performing for april's recital... I know its not that impressive... but im mid 30's and hadnt touched a piano since i was 18.

Currently working on:
Beethoven Sonata in F minor Op2 No 1
Bach WTC2 Prelude/Fugue 12
Greig Lyric Pieces March of the Trolls and Waltz%
Brahms Waltz in A major%

Ready to perform
Bach Invention #8*
Mozart Rondo Ala Turka*
Grieg Notturno*&%

Have worked on/played in the past 9 months
Bach Invention 1
Mozart 12 variations
Chopin Prelude 4,6, 7, 20
Haydn Allegro in F Major &

Thanks. I'm leaning towards the thirds etude (what's one more piece that's too hard for me?).

The advantage of learning the thirds etude is that is good for your technique whether or not you can actually play it at performance level.

Be aware that you will get a false impression of the piece's difficulty during the first couple of weeks you work on it (learning the notes and fingerings is not difficult in this piece; it's only after you try pushing the tempo and trying to make everything even and legato that you'll encounter any problems)

Gee, what's the bad news??
Just kidding. I figured as much. Chopin etudes are usually a journey - in my case, a long journey.

which one is the thirds etude?

never mind I was wrong. I was thinking of triplets etude.

25/6

Here's my pathetic repertoire, I'm not aiming for a good concert repertoire, just learning as much as I can as a good preparation for next year. So far I've learnt this this schoolyear:


Bach
Prelude & Fugue in Emaj (Book 1)
Bach/Busoni
3rd Chorale Prelude - Nun Komm der Heiden Heiland
Beethoven
Sonata 14/2 1st movement
Chopin
Etudes 10/5, 25/1, 25/2, 25/9
Debussy
Preludes 1 - La Cathedral Engloutie
Liszt
Un Sospiro
Mozart
First movements of Sonatas K332, K333 and K545
Mendelssohn
Etude op. 104 no. 1
Haydn
Sonata No. 50 in D Major (1st movement)
Rachmaninoff
Preludes 32/5 and 32/12
Scriabin
Etude 8/12 and Poeme 32/1
Schumann
Kinderszenen


CHAMBERMUSIC:
Schumann
Bilder Aus Osten Nos. 1, 4 and 6

Fisher-Tull
Sarabande and Gigue for Piano and Alto Sax

Ohh nice Fisher Tull, my band is playing a piece by him called Sketches on a Tudor Psalm. I like it alot.

It's ABSOLUTELY not pianistically written, the Gigue has the most impossible runs ever, and it's just totally ugly and vulgar music. It only sounds good with the sax, and it's no fun to play.

The Sarabande is really good though, heh.

My repetoire (of stuff I can play well) is somewhat lacking..in most composers at the moment..>_>

Chopin
Ballades 2,3
Scherzi 2,3
Etudes 10/5, 10/8, 10/9
Preludes 1,2,3,4,11,12,22,23,24

Rach
Preludes op.32 1,3,8

Debussy
L'isle Joyeuse
Poissons d'or
Minstrels, Ondine (preludes)

Beethoven op.14 and op.28 first movements

Liszt LC

I need to branch out >_>

Well this old man finally feels compelled to respond. Let me state first that I'm a composer not a performer so I'm working hardest on my own pieces.

Can play now;
Bach, WTC, book 1 P&F C major, Preludes in Eb major, WTC Bk 2, Fugue C# minor, P & F in D major, Chopin Nocturne in e minor, Brahms Intermezzo in A (op 188 #2).

Also my own, In such a small place, Tender7 and Fugue in g minor.

I'm working on my Rhapsody now and it's a bigger scale much harder piece, we'll see how THAT goes. FYI, I have a few pieces up on Finale Showcase if any of you want to take a look.

FWIW, I've played the Beethoven Pathetique in the past, but ole Ludwig bores me now (though that's not from the lack of challenge in playing the music).

Cheers,

Some of these rep lists are strange.

For example, if one can play Un Sospiro, La Campanella, op10, numbers 1,2,4,12 etc... then surely BEFORE getting to these pieces, there should be a solid backbone of Bach, Beethoven and Mozart in place.

Obviously Brendan and Stephen have it, but I sense that there are some SERIOUS gaps in these lists which need to be filled.

Not to denegrate the abilities here, but something I noticed.

Thanks concertpianist12988... Every year we have to learn 7 pieces... In 1st Semester, Usually a Romantic, Classical and Study Piece.... and in 2nd Semester A Baroque, Classical, Romantic and 20th Cent piece. Kind of hard when each semester is only 3 months.

Here is an honest list that is not absurd! I am currently learning
Rachmaninov prelude in D major op.23 - struggling with getting the balance between melody and other parts
Schumann Intermezzo no.4 op.26
Albeniz - Castilla from Suite Espagnole.

I think I am rubbish compared to most people here and I cant memorise pieces as I think I am too old!

Don't forget Haydn!

mais bien sur!

That's what my teacher has been telling me! I'm just now venturing into etudes and concerti and more technically difficult work. A lot of times I feel a bit behind when I go competition and these three foot tall suzuki kids are playing the fantasie-impromptu, but there isn't much I can do about that except practice. Hopefully not taking on too much too soon will pay off.

My own list (on page 1) only includes pieces I could perform now on the spot. If you wanted all of the pieces I have previously studied, I would add more Bach, Beethoven, and Mozart that I don't play any more.

But my repertoire of studied works is still horendously small for my own good! :p

thats very true....but since i have only have the intention of playing for myself and maybe family and friends from time to time, should it matter if i play it like a professional? (Just something i've been thinking about)

Bach:
Inventions No.1,4,8
Prelude to English suite No.2
Toccatta and Fuge In D minor
Little Fuge in G minor

C.P.E. Bach:
Solfegietto

Beethoven:
Pathetique Sonata
Moonlight (first Movement)
Pastorale (First Movement)

Chopin:
Mazurkas No.6
Mazurka No.12
Prelude No.4
Prelude No.7
Prelude No.15
Prleude No.20
Polonaise Op.40 No.1
Polonaise Op.53
Polonaise Op.71 No.3
Etude Op.10 No.3
Etude Op.10 No.12
Fantaisie Impromptu
Nocturne Op.9 No.1
Nocturne Op.9 No.2
Nocturne Op.37 No.1
Waltz Op.18
Waltz Op.64 no.1
Waltz Op.61 No.2

Rachmaninof:
Prelude In C# minor Op.3 No.1

Schubert/Liszt:
Standschen

Liszt:
Hungarian Rhapsodie No.8
Polonaise in E Major (almost done )

*I may of forgotten others

Yes. Everybody has big gaps in their rep, and try to spend the rest of their life filling those gaps. I think my repertoire is actually quite large, as i can learn notes very quickly, but it is certainly not well balanced. I've performed all the chopin etudes, but only 2 major works of Bach--and I dont think I've ever actually performed anything by Mozart. Of course, I'll make up for this and spend time on my weaknesses. But no matter how much music I learn, the more gaps will appear. Pieces you never would ever have considered being a gap will suddenly pop out at you and scream WHY DIDN'T YOU EVER LEARN ME?"

Here's what's left of it. These are only what I currently have memorized.

I've performed almost all of these. Last friday I performed Gershwin's Three Preludes! I played the first one way too fast and I was upset; of course my professor had something to say about it in my lesson today...

In April I'm playing the Scherzo.

I should probably pick up some really really easy pieces to fill out some time!

Ravel:
Sonatine
Prelude in A minor (1913)
A maniere de ... Borodine

Satie:
Gnossiene No 1

Beethoven:
Sonata Op 2 No 3
-III. Scherzo
Sonata Op 14 No 1

Chopin:
Waltz Op 69 No 1, "L'Adieu"
Waltz Op 69 No 2
Etude Op 25 No 12, "Ocean"
Scherzo Opus 31

Chopin/Liszt:
Zyczenie ("Maiden's Wish") from Chants Polonais

Liszt:
Concert Etude No 3, "Un Sospiro"
Valse Oubliee No 1
Annees De Pelerinage, Italie
-Sonetto 47 del Petrarca
-Sonetto 104 del Petrarca

Bach:
Gavotte (from the sixth suite for cello)

Gershwin:
Three Preludes

Helloo MMSGA,

In rereading this post I see it might be a bit inflammatory, please be sure to know that the tongue is firmly planted in cheek.

I guess it all comes down to what are you going to do with it. I'm a 50 year old guy with wife and two kids. I also write music and FYI and I'm a Black Belt in Taekwondo. I've broken concrete with my bare hands.

I've played Beethoven, but never Mozart, because frankly Mozart and most of the classicists don't interest me. I don't listen to them much and I certainly wouldn't invest my time learning to play them. That's just my feeling on the matter. I'm sure if I was a piano major in college or preparing to be one I'd have to learn Haydn and Mozart, but I'm not so I don't and I won't. Bach, Chopin, Brahms, Debussy and me, that's what I'll play. And if I find something by another living composer or 20th century (but now dead composer)that interests me I'll learn it.

I bought a CD of Samuel Barber's piano music and his Sonata sounds really cool. There's a fugue that just rips. Can any of you play it? Are any of you aware of it? I say get your head out of the museum. Barber may also be dead, but the music's fresher and more relevant. The pre 20th century repetoire is fine for learning technique, but there is important music that's been written in the 20th and 21rst centuries as well. That's the future of music.

We're past the serial (cereal) music that just went cruch crunch, much of the new music is very beautiful in new and different ways. I encourage all to get out of their comfort zones and get to know some. I've seen a little Shostakovitch, Prokoviev, Ravel etc. in these lists. Go further, somebody have the courage to look at the Barber Sonata. Leave the Mozart and Haydn to those with blue hair.

Cheers,

Of course there are gaps, no one is going to put everything they have EVER learnt.

To be honest, I used to play Fur Elise, Moonlight Sonata and Rondo alla Turca. I don't play them any more so they aren't part of my repertoire.

I don't think we can assume at all that those who play Liszt and Chopin etudes didn't at one point play more rudimentary pieces. (I don't think these pieces necessarily had to be by Bach, Beethoven, Mozart or their contemporaries at all BTW.) I don't mind having simpler pieces in my repertoire. (I do have some very simple Chopin and Ravel my list but these are actually fairly recent.) It all doesn't have to be technical virtuosity... but I also think as we learn new pieces, it's okay to make room for new ones and drop others sometimes. It's nice to keep playing many many works, but don't be a repertoire pack rat either!

I believe that's called "the taco effect." lol. As in, fillings in hard tacos never quite stay put. Anyway, there are things on my list that have gotten tacoed, but I did learn them and get them up to performance level, and I could probably get them up to snuff again pretty easily. Things tend to come back. Unfortunately, I don't have a natural capacity for memorization like some people here. So jealous.

I was under the assumption that this was only current repetoire, not everything you've learnt.

My current playable rep

Bach: French Suite 5
French Suite 3
French Suite 1
Prelude and Fugues 1,2,11 WTC book 1

Chopin: From Opus 28... Prelude 1,2,4,6,7,13,15,20
Three Mazurkas Opus 30

Ravel: Sonatine, Prelude, Pavane

Prokofiev: Prelude in C, Visions Fugitives 1,2,3,6

Rachmaninoff: Moment musical 5, prelude in c sharp minor

Mussorgsky: from Pictures, all promenades, The Catacombs and mort, the gnome, and the great gate.

Trying to make progress,,, slowly coming along

So when you say its in your rep, does that mean you have it memorized and ready to perform? Just curious... also... How often do you play through your rep? And how long does it take to brush it up?

Just curious... (This question is to everyone... ) Maybe I should start a new thread.

I go through days wehre i just page through the sheet music and play through stuff, then i have others that i just focus on what I am learning. Just wonder about upkeep and how other people keep up to snuff.

I haven't memorized all the pieces in my "repertoire", though I could play any of them in a week's notice. I'm still an academy student, and I don't see the point in actually having a memorized, concert-ready repertoire.


And I had the same assumption as Max..

I have a tough time memorizing, however, I did suprize myself and memorized the Grieg waltz over the weekend. I started playing it on Friday. Of course, it has 3 sections that are identical to each other...

Chopin:
Waltz op70-1
Waltz op64-1
Waltz op64-2
Waltz op18-1
Waltz op69-2
Nocturne op72-1
Nocturne Posthumous
Nocturne Op55-1
Nocturne Op9-2
Mazurka Op7-1
Mazurka Op68-2
Etude Op10-3
Preludes - almost half (the easier ones)

Unfinished Chopin:
Nocturne Op 9-1 (almost)
Prelude #3 (almost to speed)
Prelude #1
Ballade #1 (just tinkering)
Etude Op10 No1 (this is a mf'er)

Beethoven:
Fur Elise
Rondo Cappriccio (not quite to speed yet)
Moonlight Sonata first movement

Brahms:
Waltz Op39-15
Hungarian Dance No5

Bach:
Prelude C major (working on fugue)

CPE Bach:
Solfeggietto

Debussy:
Clair de Lune
Arabesque 1
Arabesque 2
La Fille aux Cheveux de Lin
Golliwog's Cakewalk (working on)

Grieg:
Anitra's Dance
In the Hall of the Mountain King (just started)

Haydn:
Gypsy Rondo (like Beethoven's Rondo, hard to get to speed)

Liszt:
Liebestraum no3 (almost half way)

Mozart:
Sonata K545
Rondo K331
Fantasy K397
Rondo K485

Shubert:
March Militair Op51-1

Schumann:
Traumerei

Tchaikowsky:
Dance of the Reed Flutes
Waltz of the Flowers (yes, Tchaik. wrote piano solo transcription for the Nutcracker)
Romeo and Juliet Overture

Joplin:
Entertainer
Maple Leaf Rag
Pineapple Rag
Ragtime Dance

Misc:
Field Nocturne Bb
Bumble Boogie
Sabre Dance Boogie
Anything Vince Guaraldi
Lecouna Malaguena (really working on!!, love it!!)


Thanks for this subject, it was good for me to actually write down all these pieces. It makes me feel better as I'm usually depressed about how I'm coming along these last 2 years.
While I would consider myself an intermediate player I have slowly gained technique on my own, (alas, no teacher yet), and the latest stuff I'm practicing, (Malaguena, Liebestraum, Etude 1, etc.) are definitely increasing my abilities with their technical demands. It's just that there's so much stuff out there and I feel like a kid in a candy store. i can't seem to settle down on say 2 or 3 pieces and practice them thoroughly, I have about a dozen on my plate right now, and spending enough time with each piece is just not happening. It's probably why I feel like this uphill road never lets up. Slow going.

Message to Steve Chandler - I really enjoy your piece "In such a small place", I'd love to learn it if i could!

I also forgot to include in my repertoire list any of my own compositions, I've almost got the 5 pieces in my first suite perfected for recording to enter into competitions this spring, I'll most certainly link the recordings and sheet music to this forum when the time comes!