Piano World Home Page Forums Our Most Popular Forums Adult Beginners Forum Ok, so this is the UNOFFICIAL one month to recital thread.

I feel a bit behind the power curve for this recital, but then I have a live recital on November 10th so I guess I will have my piece ready to record before that!! It is learned and memorized, but I am still working on a couple of tricky spots. It is feeling better everyday. I don't think I will be among the early submissions though!

I'm getting both Rufus & Mabel tuned on Friday, then will have to decide which one to use for the recital. I'm hoping that Mabel will sound OK (1st tuning in many many years, and hammers are basically flat and roughly the consistency of bricks), mostly because this will be my 4th recital, and it will be fun to have done each one with a different instrument.

Neither one of us will live that long (it's an extensive and difficult score) - and I'm afraid that in the end (after you heard the final product) I'd have to pay you and others to take copies off my hands

Here's hoping that one is Dr. Gradus... that one is so much fun (to listen, I can't imagine actually playing it).

Ok. As usual, in my retired state of being, dates mean nothing to me.
So, when has our sacrificial offerings have to be in by? And to whom . . . . or who . .?

Ah, we're working on the same piece (though I'm definitely 100% not looking at it for this recital, perhaps February!)

I've just started the second movement and I was happy enough with my progress. By a happy coincidence my classical radio station started playing a piece on my drive in and I thought - ah, second movement to the Sonata. Then I listened to how great the left hand was and thought, ah - a lot of work to do there then. And then I heard those 32nd notes and thought ..........

Hmm, yes. That will be fun!!!

On or around the first of the month there will be a call for submissions in this forum - all details of submitting will be in that message. But you can read about it anytime at recitals.pianoworld.com

Then you have until the 15th to submit your recording. Sometime on the 15th the recital goes live and we all get to listen to your playing!

Sam

Got one "acceptable" recording after the tuner came Friday and decided that was "it ". Perfect by no means but about as good as it's going to get with ME at the keyboard. I feel like I've been let out of a cage! Now I can practice something else!

OK, so I am psyched to record this weekend. After all, I've done my due diligence, have overcome fingering challenges and worked through the most challenging sections (in isolation) and have everything up to a reasonable tempo (again in isolation.) So, I should be ready, right?

Begin thus, the pre-recording warm up ...

YIKES !

Playing 5 minutes end-to-end with no mistakes and desired expression?

Of course, that is the goal. It all seemed doable and on pace, but now realize I will need plenty of post learning and pre-recording polishing to pull this off.

Good thing there are a few extra weeks buffer. I'd prefer not to use them as I'm anxious to start looking at Joplin, but it may be needed.

At any rate it should be fun ...

The piece I want to play is not going well. It has a couple of sections in c# dorian mode. That's what I've been told anyway, and I did look up the dorian mode. Play an octave scale starting on d using only white keys - that's the dorian mode. Now transpose it down a half step. And it sort of makes sense to me - at least the composer is only using those pitches.

Now, can anyone guess what piece it is? According to the index it has never been played in the recitals before...

Sam

Now then; what am I going to bash yer ears with this time? An old Joe Cocker, or a recent hacked up Elton Johnny . . . whaddya think?

Hmmm... I like Elton John's songs more than Cocker's, so my vote's on the dude with the sparkly clothes and glasses.

Wow all these submissions sound so interesting!

Sam, I had to look up Dorian mode - I'm very curious to hear which piece this will turn out to be!

TrapperJohn - can't wait for more Mis!

Mr. Super-Hunky , looking forward to the goosebumps!

2 Beethovens already!

Mine will be a Rebikov

Sinophilia - I love minuets too - and even if I didn't I would still urge you to play whatever you want to!!!

Love the piano riff in "Feeling Alright", or a version of "You can Leave Your Hat On" would be splendid in my books ...

Mmm... it's looks like I have two requests for the minuets!

I got another recording actually, of something a bit more lively that I also managed to play (much slower) on the acoustic piano. We'll see... I know you can't wait

"Old Joe Cocker" sounds like a bluegrass tune

Cathy

I reckon Joe Cocker had one of the best backing bands in the business . . I`m sure I`ve heard his piano player on other artist`s stuff . . .

Cheryl - I'm afraid you're going to have to - my piece is not from that, but from that entertaining spectacle "The Lion King" and the pen of that entertaining spectacle Elton John (or "Johnny", as some would have it...)

- a banjo solo...

Are any Chuck Berry tunes allowed in a recital or does it depend on which one?