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Spent 30 minutes practicing earlier and got this little excerpt so far:

https://www.box.com/s/b7b3hc55vjdw4cub0hxj

Alkan Symphony for solo piano 3rd movement. This is physically demanding. For some reason, in the section from 0:09 to 0:14 (and in the repeat), it doesn't sound like I'm playing the correct inversions of the b flat minor chords, but trust me, I am. Must be because I used my laptop's built-in microphone, haha... More to come soon!! Thank goodness for summer

Ennio Morricone's Playing Love:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgXW6XDnhXA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzwwijq3V6Q

A live gig with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra recently put the fear of God in me so as partial preparation I worked a bit on some old pieces that I used to be able to play:

Beethoven's Pathetique Sonata
Chopin Scherzo in Bb minor
Assorted Bach inventions and preludes
Also read through some new preludes and fugues and some Chopin to improve my sight reading.

I FINALLY have time to practice my own rep! Just finished my last collaborative recital for the month. I spent 6 hours today on Rachmaninov 1st sonata today. The recital I'm playing it in got rescheduled for 10 days earlier so it's now next week........ hurray....

And what would your English teacher say?
I love poetry!

Her English teacher says, "Tutoring and nitpicking will commence after your recital. Until then, do not darken my door. Practice piano, not ESL."

He would say I suck at proofreading. Plus, he'd probably be forgiving considering the fact that English is not my first language. And then he'd say, "Still, you managed to obtain an English minor after only speaking the language for 5 years".

And then he'd shut up.

(also, spending 8 hours in the practice room on a Sunday does something quite special to your brain)

Beethoven Op. 111

Prokofiev Sonata No. 6

couple smaller things
Those big ones will take a while sigh..

For competition& exam:
Mozart Sonata in c minor K.457
Bach Toccata in c minor BWV 911
Liszt Transcendental Etude no. 3 'Paysage'
Mozart Piano Concerto no.25 in C major

For auditions& add rep:
Czerny op.299
Bach Prelude& Fugue in C# major BWV 848
F.Mendelssohn Andante and Rondo Cappriccioso op.14
Ravel Jeux d'eau
Moszkowski Etude op.72 no.2 in g minor
Khachaturian Toccata
Prokofiev Sonata no.3

Halfway through The People United!

Learning Samuel Wesley's rondo/variations on God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen. Polishing Chopin's 9/3 and 28/24.

(And Pogo's English is perfectly fine.)

Bach P and F in G minor WTC1
Beethoven Waldstein op.53, and Andante Favoori
Brahms op.118
Chopin Sonata no.3 (sort of), and Op.22 andante spianato and grande poloniase brilliante
Mendelssohn rondo capriccioso
Liszt second petrarch sonnet
Albeniz Iberia book.2
Selected Chopin, Liszt etudes
Liszt Piano Concerto no.2
Saint-Saens Piano concerto no.2
Mozart piano concerto no.12
And a couple of liszt song transcriptions

Bump!! Better than making a new thread.

I guess I'll jump on the Kapustin Variations train, too.
https://app.box.com/s/4r8fdu78axle690k6gai

Practice? What's that?

Sibelius' Impromptu No.5 in b minor,

Scriabin's etude op.2 no.1 in c# minor, and

a 1-page Bach/Siloti arrangement of a Bach e minor prelude (though nowhere near as good as the b minor Siloti arrangement played by Gilels on YouTube).

Chopin first Scherzo
Ravel Sonatine
Schumann Kinderszenen
Rachmaninoff Prelude op 32 no 10
Guarnieri Ponteios No. 48/49

Chopin ballade F minor
Mozart sonate kv333
Tchaikovski op. 72 no 14 & 15

Scarlatti k30 and k296
Beethoven op 109 andante
Chopin nocturne op 9 no 1
although it is hard not to work on Scarlatti k466 and k426 at the same time also

Chopin Ballade 4, Op. 52
Chopin Concerto 1, Op. 11
Chopin Etudes, Op. 10 Nos. 3, 4, 5 & Op. 25 No 11

Janacek In the Mists
Beethoven Sonata Op. 90

Chopin Impromptu 1
Etudes 10/4, 25/9, 25/12
Polonaises A maj and Cmin

Bach B Maj P&F WTC1

Getting ready for Xmas services...


I know I'm getting some Henle Chopin for Xmas, I think the Ballades...so I'll be working on No4 if that's the case...