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Me:

Chopin
- Etude Op.10, No.5 in G flat major
- Etude Op.10, No.10 in A flat major

Albeniz
- Iberia, Book I, No.3 "Fete-Dieu a Seville"

Prokofiev
- Toccata, Op.11

I might add a Messiaen Prelude depending on how large/difficult it is...

Only one piece : Liszt - "La chapelle de Guillaume Tell" from Years of Pilgrimage (Swiss), and its hellish tremolo (at least, for me).

I might add Chopin's second scherzo, if I find the time to practice it.

Malaguena - Lecuona
Fantasie-Impromptu - Chopin/Fontana
Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 - Liszt/Horowitz

1. 95% improvisation as usual.

2. Some stride pieces by Waller and Johnson.

3. Relearning some of my own pieces from thirty years ago I found in a cardboard box and had forgotten about.

jeffylube, I'm exhausted just thinking about your pieces!

For me it's Scarlatti Sonatas in A Kk.208 and 209
Franck Violin Sonata IV
some Tchaikovsky song accompaniments
a reduction of Mendelssohn Violin Concerto orchestral part by Hubay
Liszt Petrarch Sonnet no.123
Schoenberg Sechs Kleine Klavierstuecke, 1-3

I've got a little head start in the Albeniz and Prokofiev, so I'm able to handle everything. Plus, I have lessons it seems every 3-4 weeks now, so I have enough time to get everything under my fingers.

BTW, you seem to have a pretty full load yourself!

I feel humble enough to post what I'm working on, lol:

Brahm Rhapsody no. 2 Gm
Mendelssohn Piano concerto Gm
2 Piano piece by a french composer (Milhaud)
Mozart Sonata F KV 332
Bach Fugue in Bb

nice pieces jeffylube! I had a tough time last year with prok's toccata, if you have any doubt about fingering or whatever, we can compare...

I am working on the following chopin pieces for a contest that has to be from this composer only...

Scherzo 3
Sonata 2
etudes op.25no.11 and op.25no.6 (the last one is my karma lol...)

and.. besides for recital on the same month of the contest (holy cr!p):

Waldstein sonata (i have to re-study it yet)
prelude & fugue g major 2 book BACH (is ready)
Rachmaninoff: etudes op.33 no.2 and op.39 no.1 (ready too)

and for a masterclass about contemporary piano (Alberto Rosado, great spanish pianist makes the masterclass):
Ligeti etude 10 2º book: Der Zauberlerhling.

Also the Mendelssohn 1º trio for a recital.

conclusion: im f!!!!ng screwed up

and i forgot... triana by albeniz

The easy one.

As of late:

Brahms, Handel Variations
Corigliano, Etude Fantasy
Mozart, C minor Fantasy
Messiaen, V-R #s 6 and 17

I am working on redoing an old, beloved piano that was butchered. All the previous work and more needs to be redone.

Other than that, I am playing through a bunch of great old songs. I've discovered that "Scrub Me, Mama, With a Boogie Woogie Beat" is "The Irish Washerwoman," eight to a bar!

Chopin - Etude in C minor Op. 10, No. 12 (Revolutionary Etude)
Beethoven - Sonata No. 9, Op. 14, No. 1 (Rondo)
Mendelssohn - Elegy

I'm only 15 :X

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Brendan:
Originally posted by Ðanor:
Ligeti etude 10 2º book: Der Zauberlerhling.
The easy one.


being sarcastic?

In fact, maybe i'll quit this one, depending on how much time i'll have with the other pieces that have higher priority. However, it's a lot easier compared to many of the etudes.

No, that really is one of the easiest of the virtuosic ones. Well, maybe that or Fem.

Me too.

Also, I'm transcribing Oscar Peterson's version of "Sometimes I'm Happy". I'm trying to work out what I should play in the left hand to give the combined feel of Oscar's left hand part, the bass, and the drums.

JR Morton: The Crave

And my own transcription of the Bach Motet, 'Komm, Jesu, Komm.'

Love to hear that (the latter) if you could ever post it here.

PS Was Mozart really so crass?

That's Mozart restraining himself. Do you speak German? Pick up a copy of the letters he wrote to his mother, sister, and especially his cousin in the original German. (Most english translations are white-washed.)

And I'd be happy to post the Motet when it's done.

I do Deutsch, and kind of knew Mozart was crass if "Amadeus" has any truth to it.

In any event, I've recently become enamored with the Busconi transcription of "Nun Komm der Heiden Heiland," thanks to ChrisW who played it so beautifully at our NE piano party and MH factory tour. I also adore Chistoph Poppens' CD, "Morimur" in which he interposed several Bach chorales the Bach Partita in D minor. Amazing! What a genius Bach was and what discoveries there are yet to be had in his music.

Brahms Rhapsody op 79, 2 in G minor
Brahms Intermezzo op 118, 2 in A major
Moszkowski Etude op. 36, 6 (aka Etincelles)
Bach French Suite #3
Chopin Nocturne op 48, 2 in F# minor
Scriabin Etude in D# minor

Really psyched about the Scriabin, but Brahms is my forte. :-)