What piece(s) are you currently trying to learn?

I just finished playing the Arutunian Trumpet Concerto and I'm working on the Hindemith Trumpet Concerto.

I just finished learning the 1st movement of the Mendelssohn G minor Piano Concerto. I'm moving onto the second movement now. I'm working on a Bartok Rondo (No.1), Chopin - Nocturne No.13 in C minor, Beethoven Sonata No.5 in C minor (as a short piece to have ready in case something comes up short notice), and I can pick between a few Bach Preludes and Fugues to start learning... I'm not sure which one I want to learn yet though.

Hey, Piano Beast - If you want to learn a Bach Fugue then you really ought to consider Fuga I A 4 Voci BWV 846. I think this is from the Well Tempered Clavier. I really do not know what the A 4 Voci and the BWV 846 mean. I think that the A 4 Voci is probably talking about 4 different voicings of the melody. I have no idea what the other is about. This is my favorite Bach Fugue. It would be great to learn though it is a little diffucult to keep the melodies alive. :D

BWV is categorizations for Bach... like WoO for Beethoven, K. for Mozart, and Hob. for Haydn.

Right. My bad. :)

I have played piano for about a year, and i'm learning Beethovens Grande Sonate Pathetique.

I'm in the middle of playing

Ravel's La Valse

Rachmanninoff's Prelude No.5 "The Military"

Chopin's Etude no. 4 in C sharp Minor

Liszt's Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 in C sharp Minor

and I finished playing the following at my concert on Saturday

Beethoven's Pathetique

Chopin's Fantasie-Impromptu

Bach Prelude and Fugue in D Minor

Shostakovic 3 little Dances

Cyril Scott's Lotus Land

Brhams' Rhapsody No.2 in G Minor

Rachmanninoff's Elegy

My new stuff is a lot more challenging. I might not have them for a year. I think my teacher is crazy.

Wow, Nico. That was kinda mean.

Though technique-wise the Pathetique isn't very difficult, its still one of the greatest Beethoven sonatas. Very beautiful piece.

And, J.Br: WOW! Quite an impressive repertiore! I love the Liszt Hungarian Rhapsody No.2... gorgeous piece.

Piano[only been playing les than 8 months], I just finished learning and playing two part Invention #1 for a recital last week.

Classical guitar, almost any of Agustin Barrios' pieces.

The Sor studies are GREAT. Paganini caprices on a guitar are beautiful, Paganini's classical guitar compositions are amazing too.

Bitterduck have you ever played any of Sor's major works like the grand solo op.14?

Mozart Concerto for Clarinets. That is for my college aditions in the coming year. :happy:

I just love playing jazz fake books!

They're sooo fun :wacko:

Most piano players find it the hardest thing to make things up with just a melody and chord symbols, them needing a grand staff. I'm the opposite, and I actually find it harder that way.

I just bought the Real Book Volume 2 in Ottawa on Thursday. Really snappy

I've been playing a little over a year... I'm currently working on a helluva lot of pieces, and have just finished some. Here's the list:

Debussy-

Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum

Serenade for the Doll

Chopin-

Chunks of the Revolutionary Etude op. 10, no. 12

Military polonaise

Lecuona-

Malaguena

W.A. Mozart-

Sonata in F K332, a portion of the first movement, working currently on completing the finale (Allegro assai)

Nikolai Medtner-

Fairy tale in E Minor (Very unknown piece to many, study for left hand)

Sibelius-

Serenade in D-flat

I've recently finished Debussy's 'The Golliwog's Cakewalk' and 'Little Shepard', Bartok's 'Bulgarian Dance 2' from Mikrokosmos, and Toccata in E-Flat Minor by Aram Katchaturian.

In case you didn't notice, I'm trying to complete the entire Children's Corner suite by Debussy. We're going to be learning the Snow is Dancing next, then lastly Jimbo's Lullaby. The hardest one is def. Dr. Gradus, as i've been working solidly on it for about 6 months.

The Malaguena we just started today, so i've been working on it alot tonight. The Medtner has been ongoing for awhile now, and we're only learning the first two pages. The Sibelius was recently started as well.

The Mozart is def. one of my favorites. I've been working hard on that one for awhile, and it's coming along good. Hopefully we'll get to the whole sonata after I finish the 3rd movement.

The Chopin etude is for the techniques, so we're only learning chunks of out it, currently the first two techniques (The runs in the beginning and the c-minor arpeggios in the left hand) and the polonaise is on hold for right now to finish the Children's corner.

...Yikes... I didn't realize I could do all that stuff at one time now I look at it.

My piano repertoire has:

1- "The Wild Rider" (R. Schumann)

2- "Wohltemperierte Klavier No.1-2" (J.S.Bach)

3- Three Menuetts from Bach (violin)

4- "Turkish March" (W.A.Mozart)

5- "Piano Sonate K.330, 333, 545" (W.A.Mozart)

6- "Little Serenade" (J.Haydn)

7- "Escossaise" and "Für Elise" (L.v.Beethoven)

8- All 25 ètudes from J.F.F. Burgmüeller.

9- Toccatta and Fugue in D minor (Bach) (harpsichord)

10- "Hallelujah" from "The Messiah" (G.F.Handel) (violin)

11- "Revolutionary", "Fantasie Impromptu" (F. Chopin)

12- "The Entertainer", "Maple Leaf Rag" and "Peacherine Rag" (S. Joplin)

13- "Hungarian Folk Dance" (B.Bartók)

They are wonderful pieces, but my dream is to play "The Sugar Plum Fairy" from Tchaikovski.

Anyone else?

Right now I'm working on three Chopin preludes (1, 3, and 22) and a Tocotta by Aram Khachaturian for a competition.

I'm learning the Appasionnata by Beethoven and the Revolutionary Etude by Chopin, as well :D.

Mozart Concerto for Clarinets. That is for my college aditions in the coming year. :(

How many clarinets is this concerto for?

I've found a difficult one: "Giga" from George Friedrich Händel. What a darned fast partiture.

But something for my consolation: I've finished (at last!) the "Moonlight Sonata" from Beethoven. Excellent one!

How many clarinets is this concerto for? [/b]

It's for one, although a concerto for more than one wind instrument would hardly be surprising.

He isn't a native English speaker, so if that was your motivation, then back off a bit.

My senior recital had four piano works:

1. Beethoven's Sonata Op. 14 No. 1, first movement

2. Debussy's La Cathedrale engloutie

3. Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue (piano transcription)

4. My own To Good Friends, a solo written this year

My current repertoire, alphabetical by composer:

1. C.P.E. Bach's Solfeggietto

2. J.S. Bach's Praeludium 1 from the WTC, book 1

3. J.S. Bach's Praeludium 2 from the WTC, book 1

4. J.S. Bach's Praeludium 9 from the WTC, book 1

5. Brahms' Waltz in Ab, Op. 39 No. 15

6. Debussy's Deux Arabesques, no. 1

7. Debussy's Suite Bergamasque: Clair de Lune

8. Debussy's Reverie

9. Debussy's La Fille aux cheveux de Lin

10. Debussy's La Cathedrale engloutie

11. Debussy's Children's Corner: Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum

12. Debussy's Children's Corner: Serenade for the Doll

13. Debussy's Children's Corner: The Snow Is Dancing

14. Debussy's Children's Corner: Golliwogg's Cakewalk

15. Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue (piano transcription)

16. Gershwin's Prelude no. 1

17. Gershwin's Prelude no. 2

18. Grieg's Zug der Zwerge

19. Joplin's Maple Leaf Rag

20. Liszt's Liebestraum

21. Mozart's Rondo alla Turca

22. Palmgren's May Night

23. Rachmaninoff's Prelude in C# Minor, Op. 3 No. 2

Two of these are additions from the past two weeks:

Debussy's Children's Corner: Serenade for the Doll

Grieg's Zug der Zwerge

Fun stuff! Not all of it hard, and much of it fairly standard, though there's some really nice offbeat stuff I can play, like the Palmgren and the new Grieg piece. Yeah, the moonlight sonata's a monster, but it's on my "someday" list. For now I'm working on other stuff.

(I think it's crazy that Leon and I have been learning the Serenade for the Doll at the same time! Woo!)

Just finished Traumerai (sorry about the spelling), can't really decide which piece to learn next >_

The 1-20 etudes of Sor are one of the original guitar etudes that actually had some merit. The pieces are a real work out and usually required for entrance into any college of music for the guitar.

The 24 caprices were violin pieces that have been transcribed for the guitar thankz to sor or sergovia? I can't remember which one. They are extremely difficult but rewarding. Especially the 5th caprice. :ninja:

Neither, it was John Williams (not the guy who directed the Boston pops but the guitar Virtuoso

Well the pieces I'm currently learning, are Variations on a Theme of Mozart by Sor (guitar)

Witch's Dance (a somewhat less difficult arrangement for violin)

Paganini's 24th caprice for Violin

and not much else

I'm lreaning Eric Satie's Gymnopedies and a Debussy piece, can't remember the name >_

Behold the 1-9 Beethoven complete Symphonies for Violin Solo!

It took me about three years learning them, but now I'm making Piano arrangements.

Rio Ancho by Paco de Lucia. That's my current project.

Mozart - the sonata with the same K

Piano:

Debussy- Arabesque no.1

Chopin- Fantaisie Impromptu

Debussy- Childrens' corner suite

Beethoven- Slow movement from Pathetique sonata

Liszt- Sonata in B minor (just started attempting)

Sinding- Rustle of Spring (just started attempting)

Mozart- Sonata no.15

Bach- Allemande from Partita no.4 in D

Scarlatti- Sonata in D

Liszt- Den Andenken Petofis

Mozart- Allegro moderato from Sonata in C

Violin:

Mozart- Sonata in E minor

Smetana- Moderato- no.1 in From the Homeland

Martinu- Etude rythmique no.1

Dvorak- Sonatina in G major

Bassoon:

Vivaldi- Concerto in E minor

Senaille- Introduction and Allegro Spiritoso (arranged for bassoon)

Milde- Tatantella