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Very hot here too.... With the flute and the guitar it is a real torture, as I have to close the window.
With the piano I can keep the window open, but the lamp on the piano is another source of heat...

The piano transcription of this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbdakZjHTys&feature=related

It appears that nobody has practised for a week... or has this thread reached its "use by" date?

Anyway, yesterday I practised scales and arps, Bach BWv 925, Brahms Rhapsody, Schumann, and bits of the Pathetique and Op 49 4th mvmt. Humidity was up in the 80% range so there were frequent stops to wash hands and wipe the keys and for liquid refreshment. TOday will be more of the same after houshold chores and a rehearsal with my violinist duet mate this morning.

What's this "op. 49 4th movement"? It's in your signature too. Are you... thinking of the two op.49 sonatas as a single four-movement sonata? Something like that?

-J

OOps! ShOuld be Op 26, NOT Op 49. THanks for pointing this out.

Still practising over here
At my lesson I played my Bach fugue without the music which was a good milestone to reach - very happy about that. Also very happy that the (tiny) cadenza that I put into the Haydn was accepted by my teacher. Mostly she laughs at the improvements I make to scores, sometimes I get the style right but it's rare.

This week I have to apply the rhythms magic to all the passage work in the prelude. Rhythm work is just that wee bit tedious, but I know it will transform it in a week.

Actually I really shouldn't be practising piano this week, I should be waking up the cello for impending performance <groan>.

Actually, I see it as the sort of thread that sits here and gets added to from time to time when people feel like it.
(I haven't done any practice yet today - it's still early )

Brahms 119 Rhapsody - I can't play it for too long because the stretches start to hurt my small hands. I had the same problem with 119 #2 and #3 but gentle practice eventually stretched my hands so it no longer hurts when I play them. I just have to be careful not to overdo it. Starting Liszt Sonnetto 47 del Petrarca - without asking my teacher. I wonder if he will agree to it?

Polishing Brahms 119 #2.

Schumann Carnaval. Schubert C minor Sonata. LOVE LOVE LOVE them both.

Totally.

I have. Just the same stuff over and over.
Sibelius etude
Brahms Intermezzo
Liszt Canzonetto
Liszt En Reve
Liszt Paginini Etude 1

Love it! I think I'm going to pull this out as I haven't played through it in quite a while.

Prokofiev 4th sonata, second movement
Shostakovich Prelude and Fugue in Eb minor
Tchaikovsky Concerto No. 1 1st movement

All upcoming projects.. I wasn't feeling well but still wanted to do something.

Oh yeah, that's a good one. I think the 4th and 5th sonatas are quite underrated!

For me, today I had a full-blown cold, and oddly enough, practicing was one of the only things I could do to not feel achy. Starting to get the upper hand on my four Debussy preludes.

Next week we'll decide on what to play next. It may be time to start my late Beethoven project ....

-Jason

All of them at once?

The goal is to have the last three sonatas simultaneously worked up. Learning them, I'll focus on one at a time.

-J

Very nice! Tis a huge order. Good luck with that.

I think he is pulling your leg..

Huh? Is this directed at me?

Now, stores is often sarcastic, sometimes too much so (which I'm happy to let him know ) . And "good luck with that" is usually meant sarcastically. But I think he was being sincere.

At any rate, as I've mentioned elsewhere, the "huge order" is slightly mitigated by the fact that I've worked up op.110 before, and worked on op.111 (learned all the notes, didn't get it up to speed). Many years ago.

-J