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What are you playing now?

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  • George KG Offline
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    @kluurs said in What are you playing now?:

    Mompou should be fun - something is both engaging

    My next-to-last piano teacher (Stuart) recommended the Mompou. He said that Mompou is sort of "Poulenc-lite." I'm no sure I agree, but the odd harmonies, I suppose are the similarity.

    "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

    I'm saddened we don't have the leaders we need. I'm frightened we may have the leaders we deserve.

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    I’ve been dusting off some Rachmaninoff from a couple years ago. Trying to decide if now’s the time to commit to a Chopin Ballade.

    Sedition must be prosecuted lest it become strategy.

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    Started to sit at the piano on a daily basis for the past week.

    Revisiting the Chopin Prelude in Bm. I always liked this one. It sounds easy to play but it is actually quite tricky to get it to sound good.

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    Started playing the tenor sax again after a mostly enforced break of about 4 years. A single-family home is a wonderful thing.

    God, I've missed it. It's safe to say that nobody else has.

    I'm a bit rusty to say the least.

    Sorry, but I'm more of an ideas man.

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  • George KG Offline
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    Gonna call that Chopin mazurka complete and under my fingers (which means that I'll forget it in about a month, but easily resurrect-able).

    Here's a guy talking about interpreting that mazurka.

    Link to video

    The Mompou and Poulenc are coming along nicely, but much of the Mompou is demanding because of tricky left hand parts (as I mentioned).

    In the meantime, gonna pick this up:

    Link to video

    Not too difficult until you get up to speed, LOL.

    "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

    I'm saddened we don't have the leaders we need. I'm frightened we may have the leaders we deserve.

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    Trying to re-learn the Toccata from Ravel’s ‘Le Tombeau de Couperin’. Lots of notes. Playing slowly and gradually increasing tempo. Need to solidify memorization.

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  • George KG Offline
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    That Kabalevsky is a TON of fun to play. There are a few YouTube videos out there, and all of them play it devilishly fast. Faster than I want/am able to.

    This is more representative of my tempo:

    Link to video

    I'm not sure if I'm all that fond of his interpretation - it's a bit "dry."

    I also started working on (sigh) the Pathetique. I figured it's something I should learn while I'm still on the green side. I'd call the 1st movement about 50% done.

    Another "big" project that I started a couple of weeks ago is the Italian Concerto. I'd forgotten how damn exacting Bach can be. It's good discipline.

    "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

    I'm saddened we don't have the leaders we need. I'm frightened we may have the leaders we deserve.

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  • George KG Offline
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    So...update.

    So many spinning plates at the moment.

    I'm calling the Chopin Mazurka done (have for a couple of weeks, as a matter of fact).

    The Mompou I'm also calling done. So much tricky left-hand stuff, but once you get it, you get it. Delightful music, and I'm tempted to pick up his #5.

    Poulenc Novelette? Probably about 80% of the way there. I can hit most of the keys most of the time. Working on making it sound musical.

    Kabelevsky? I need to work on some technique tips to get some of the awkward "close-in" parts to work. But it's a ton of fun to play, esp the last movement.

    The Pathetique is a long, slow grind. Coming along. I need to work on making theme #2 sound fluid and musical. It'll get there, just not in the next month, LOL.

    Started working on Bach's Italian Concerto. Another of those "tons of fun to play" pieces. But, Bach being Bach, you have to learn this slowly, hands separate. The first movement will probably take me through the early late parts of spring.

    "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

    I'm saddened we don't have the leaders we need. I'm frightened we may have the leaders we deserve.

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    I have practised the Pathetique in the past.

    I always found these parts to be rather difficult, if you want to play them truly "con brio".

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    Working on/brushing off three Rachmaninoff Etudes-tableau and two preludes. Hopefully they’ll be in serviceable shape for late March for my midwestern visit.

    Sedition must be prosecuted lest it become strategy.

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    @Klaus said in What are you playing now?:

    I always found these parts to be rather difficult, if you want to play them truly "con brio".

    I re-listened to Robert Greenberg's lecture on the Pathetique the other day. He was given permission to use Claude Frank's performances for his lectures.

    Go to about 1:40

    It's a bit frantic for my taste - not "pathetic" enough.

    Link to video

    "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

    I'm saddened we don't have the leaders we need. I'm frightened we may have the leaders we deserve.

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    @jon-nyc said in What are you playing now?:

    Working on/brushing off three Rachmaninoff Etudes-tableau and two preludes. Hopefully they’ll be in serviceable shape for late March for my midwestern visit.

    No, they won't, and if you are honest to yourself they were never in anything close to serviceable shape.

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    I picked up piano again last week. The Schulze Pollmann actually sounds pretty good.

    Goldberg Aria
    Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring
    Brahms 21.1
    Brahms 116.4
    Maple Leaf Rag
    WTC1 c# Major prelude

    Education is extremely important.

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    around 1:53 in this Van Cliburn recording, a little less con brio, much better

    Link to video

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    @Horace said in What are you playing now?:

    I picked up piano again last week. The Schulze Pollmann actually sounds pretty good.

    Goldberg Aria
    Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring
    Brahms 21.1
    Brahms 116.4
    Maple Leaf Rag
    WTC1 c# Major prelude

    That's great to hear given all you've been through.

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  • HoraceH Offline
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    @kluurs said in What are you playing now?:

    @Horace said in What are you playing now?:

    I picked up piano again last week. The Schulze Pollmann actually sounds pretty good.

    Goldberg Aria
    Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring
    Brahms 21.1
    Brahms 116.4
    Maple Leaf Rag
    WTC1 c# Major prelude

    That's great to hear given all you've been through.

    Thanks Kluurs. The thumb is a minor hindrance, but I think it won’t make a big difference after I get used to it.

    Education is extremely important.

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    @Klaus said in What are you playing now?:

    @jon-nyc said in What are you playing now?:

    Working on/brushing off three Rachmaninoff Etudes-tableau and two preludes. Hopefully they’ll be in serviceable shape for late March for my midwestern visit.

    No, they won't, and if you are honest to yourself they were never in anything close to serviceable shape.

    True, of course they’ll be superb. I should dispense with the false humility already, everyone here knows I’m a genius at the piano.

    Sedition must be prosecuted lest it become strategy.

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  • kluursK Offline
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    @Horace said in What are you playing now?:

    @kluurs said in What are you playing now?:

    @Horace said in What are you playing now?:

    I picked up piano again last week. The Schulze Pollmann actually sounds pretty good.

    Goldberg Aria
    Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring
    Brahms 21.1
    Brahms 116.4
    Maple Leaf Rag
    WTC1 c# Major prelude

    That's great to hear given all you've been through.

    Thanks Kluurs. The thumb is a minor hindrance, but I think it won’t make a big difference after I get used to it.

    It's truly wonderful news. I was saddened at the thought that someone with your talent wouldn't be able to play.

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  • HoraceH Offline
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    @kluurs said in What are you playing now?:

    @Horace said in What are you playing now?:

    @kluurs said in What are you playing now?:

    @Horace said in What are you playing now?:

    I picked up piano again last week. The Schulze Pollmann actually sounds pretty good.

    Goldberg Aria
    Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring
    Brahms 21.1
    Brahms 116.4
    Maple Leaf Rag
    WTC1 c# Major prelude

    That's great to hear given all you've been through.

    Thanks Kluurs. The thumb is a minor hindrance, but I think it won’t make a big difference after I get used to it.

    It's truly wonderful news. I was saddened at the thought that someone with your talent wouldn't be able to play.

    Thanks Kluurs! Not sure about the talent part, but I'm surprised at how fun it's been getting back into it. Piano sounds better than I remember. And something gelled in my head with sight reading, so that now, while I'm still a horrible sight reader, at least practicing it isn't painful to my brain.

    Education is extremely important.

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  • George KG Offline
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    Bach is hard.

    "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

    I'm saddened we don't have the leaders we need. I'm frightened we may have the leaders we deserve.

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