What piece(s) do you wish you could play?

This is a ''variation'' on the < thread. :P For me, it's definitely the Heroic Polonaise! It's such an amazing piece, building up an extreme amount of tension, almost sexual..... yeah.. So, what pieces do YOU wish you could play?

I'm currently working on Beethoven's Sonata (Op. 49, No. 2). Though it's not the hardest piece I could play, it is still a challenging piece to master. Especially since I'm weak with rythms. :P

I know, flight of the bumblebee, on clarinet, it's so hard and so cool to listen too, how somebody can work their toung and fingers so fast, jsut awesome! I'd love to play it

I played it (Flight of the Bumblebee) on my clarinet a year ago. It's not that hard :cool: Just do some chromatic etudes first, and you're ready.

gah, now I feel bad :cool: hwo long have you played? used tounge on evry note? (offcourse you did)

Yeah the flight of the bumblebee sounds really cool on the clarinet. That is deffinatly something i want to learn, only if i had time...

I'm not really sure what would i like to learn for the double-bass... not too many contrabass concertos written, eh? every classical arrangement for contrabas would do good for me.

Of course as a Trumpet player I'm going to obviously say Carnival of Venice... what a classic, and extremely difficult. I am also attempting to learn Arturian's trumpet concerto.

the piano solo in variation xviii in rhapsody on a theme of paganini by rachmaninov. it's probably not difficult, but the song is gorgeous

The piano solo in variation xviii in Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini by Rachmaninoff is not that difficult but yes the piece is marvellous, you should try it.

I wish I can play at least one of Rachmaninoff's Piano Concertos or Saint Saens' Piano Concerto no.2 and some of Beethoven's sonata and chamber music works.

Sevilla, by Isaac Albeniz

Dvorak Cello Concerto in B Minor

I dunno, maybe Chopin's Fantaisie-Impromptu. The cross-rhythms are so incredibly difficult to play up to speed, and if I could manage that, I could probably manage just about anything. I was able to play it at half-tempo, but I never learned the whole thing.

gah, now I feel bad :( hwo long have you played? used tounge on evry note? (offcourse you did)

I had to play that piece too;

tonguing on every note? The beginning part of Flight of the Bumblebee on clarinet, at least, is slurred to some extent - lol, it would be freaking impossible to tongue that piece, AHHH!! (I can't double tongue on clarinet...otherwise I'd maybe consider that, lol) What part do you mean? Is your version completely tongued? omg. Never. would I try that. hahaha.

With the slurred parts it's not that bad (though try to play it with an entire clarinet section with only 5 days of rehearsal....bwahahaha! that's just wrong. I don't know what our directors were thinking.)

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As for myself...I don't know what I wish I could play. I'm just trying to get my chops back, currently...

Any and all of Chopin's pieces and Prokofiev's Etudes. :(

I'd love to learn the piano transcription of Gershwin's An American in Paris. It's a very fun piece. I guess that would be my "fun" piece, whereas the Chopin would be my "technical" piece.

Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto no. 3

Jen, if you want to try that one, then I'll buy your casket after you die from exhaustion

Fantasie-Impromptu is one of the hardest piece I know, but I'm learning the "Revolutionary"

i dont know of any because what i thought i coudlnt play one day i end up playing 2 weeks later

playing it flawlessly and full of expression is a different matter however

Wish I could play Beethoven's Emperor.

Not unattainable, but very difficult (IMO), and something I'd so love to play.

Peter Roesel (umlaut on the o, I think) played the finest version of that concerto I have ever heard. It was live, too. I could have tossed a book of finger exercises and nailed him with it, I suppose. He played the second movement very well, with a ritardando into the freer section between movements 2 and 3, then jumped into the third movement with such enthusiasm and dynamic contrast that I think he woke up some of the philistines surrounding me. Honestly, how can you fall asleep? Dammit, now I'm agitated.

I wish I could play the Rachmaninoff Etude-Tableau performed here.

i'm part of the flight of the bumblebee club - my teacher had an arrangement for bassoon and piano and the bassoon part ends on a super high E (on top of 3 ledger lines in tenor clef!), so i think this may be a piece i'll have a go at when i'm like 80 or so!

also to be able to play all the vivaldi concerti up to speed would be nice. maybe a more realistic one is the sorcerer's apprentice, that's not ridiculously hard but would require a bit of practice to say the least :)