|
Welcome to the Piano World Piano Forums Over 3 million posts about pianos, digital pianos, and all types of keyboard instruments. Over 100,000 members from around the world.
Join the World's Largest Community of Piano Lovers
(it's free)
It's Fun to Play the Piano ... Please Pass It On!
|
|
75 members (bluebilly, accordeur, BillS728, aphexdisklavier, bobrunyan, anotherscott, AaronSF, apianostudent, 16 invisible),
2,119
guests, and
357
robots. |
Key:
Admin,
Global Mod,
Mod
|
|
|
Joined: May 2013
Posts: 39
Full Member
|
OP
Full Member
Joined: May 2013
Posts: 39 |
This is such a specific question, I apologise! But I need suggestions Basically, I'm entering a competition soon in which I need to play something romantic, over 5 minutes and under 12. The rest of the programme is filled with Prokofiev and Scarlatti and Debussy, but I do need that one romantic piece. Now, my teacher thinks that I do BIG emotions really well, and my programme as it stands is a little cold. Not necessarily big music, but music that shoots you right in the heart - tragic, romantic, tender, the stuff that makes you feel like you're going to cry. So, that's what I'm looking for! Difficulty isn't a massive consideration - I've played big Chopin and currently studying Gaspard for my masters. Suggestion what you have; little known is preferred but all suggestions are great, I may have missed something big, just as long as it's emotional. A good example, for me, is the Rach 2 mvt 2 or the Franck violin, only it must be solo. Thanks so much!
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jul 2011
Posts: 282
Full Member
|
Full Member
Joined: Jul 2011
Posts: 282 |
A few pieces I can think of:
Rach Elegie Op.3 - 1 is quite dramatic and extremely emotional (only 5 minutes long)
Chopin Ballade 1
Scriabin Sonata 2 (op.19)
Liszt - Sonetto 104. or Vallee d'Obermann
Good luck.
|
|
|
|
Joined: Dec 2012
Posts: 86
Full Member
|
Full Member
Joined: Dec 2012
Posts: 86 |
Well, I thought I could provide a quite perfect piece for your purpose, but alas, it usually seems to clock in at a mere 4 1/2 minutes: Medtner - Canzona Serenata (Op.38 No.6) Alexei Volodin - Canzona SerenataSomething in that vain?
|
|
|
|
Joined: Oct 2010
Posts: 17,277
Yikes! 10000 Post Club Member
|
Yikes! 10000 Post Club Member
Joined: Oct 2010
Posts: 17,277 |
Oddly, the first piece that came into my mind is a Classical piece, Mozart's Rondo in A minor, K511. It will also help to balance your program out, as it currently lacks a Classical piece. Otherwise you're talking Chopin (Polonaise in F# minor, Op.44 perhaps), Mendelssohn (Fantasie in F# minor, Op.28), Liszt (À la Chapelle Sixtine - Miserere d'Allegri et Ave verum corpus de Mozart), Brahms (any of his Ballades Op.10), Fauré (Nocturne No.2, Barcarolle No.5 in F# minor - I love F# minor), Tchaikovsky (Meditation in D, Op.72/5), Rachmaninov (Prelude Op.32/13), Taneyev (Prelude & Fugue in G# minor)...... For something really wacky and off-the-beaten-track, I recommend Smetana's Macbeth and the Witches .
If music be the food of love, play on!
|
|
|
|
Joined: Aug 2010
Posts: 2,346
2000 Post Club Member
|
2000 Post Club Member
Joined: Aug 2010
Posts: 2,346 |
Hi, Sean P! A few that come to mind for me --
Chopin Nocturne Op 27 #1 Nocturne Op 48 #1
Schumann 3rd Movement from Phantasie Op 17
Faure Nocturne Op 36 #4
Rachmaninoff Prelude Op 23 #4
|
|
|
|
Joined: Aug 2007
Posts: 8,949
8000 Post Club Member
|
8000 Post Club Member
Joined: Aug 2007
Posts: 8,949 |
To me, late Brahms piano pieces are full of emotions. I think they are some of the saddest music ever written. Can you program several pieces? Or play an entire opus?
Private Piano Teacher and MTAC Member
|
|
|
|
Joined: May 2015
Posts: 12,370
PW Gold Subscriber Yikes! 10000 Post Club Member
|
PW Gold Subscriber Yikes! 10000 Post Club Member
Joined: May 2015
Posts: 12,370 |
A second vote for Rach Elrgie op 3 no 1 Listen to recordings of Garilov and Reisenberg before you make a decision
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jun 2003
Posts: 32,060
Yikes! 10000 Post Club Member
|
Yikes! 10000 Post Club Member
Joined: Jun 2003
Posts: 32,060 |
At one end, Invitation to the Dance, by Weber. At the other end, the Carousel Waltz by Rodgers.
Semipro Tech
|
|
|
|
Joined: May 2001
Posts: 26,909
Yikes! 10000 Post Club Member
|
Yikes! 10000 Post Club Member
Joined: May 2001
Posts: 26,909 |
To me, late Brahms piano pieces are full of emotions. I think they are some of the saddest music ever written. Can you program several pieces? Or play an entire opus? Sadness is only one emotion, however. There are many other emotions well-portrayed in music: joy, anger, passion, devotion, etc. Regards,
BruceD - - - - - Estonia 190
|
|
|
|
Joined: May 2017
Posts: 686
500 Post Club Member
|
500 Post Club Member
Joined: May 2017
Posts: 686 |
Depends how obscure you want it to be, and what else you want to show off.
Chopin's Allegro de Concert (op.46) could fit the bill - it's not his best work by a long way, but is overtly with some passionate climaxes, it's a substantial and technically demanding work, if you play it a good tempo you can squeeze it in under 12 minutes, and by Chopin standards it's less well known.
Broadwood, Yamaha U1; Kawai CA67; Pianoteq Std (D4, K2, Blüthner, Grotrian), Garritan CFX Full, Galaxy Vintage D, The Grandeur, Ravenscroft 275, Ivory II ACD, TrueKeys Italian, AS C7, Production Grand Compact, AK Studio Grand, AK Upright, Waves Grand Rhapsody; Sennheiser HD-600 and HD-650, O2 amp
|
|
|
|
Joined: Aug 2007
Posts: 8,949
8000 Post Club Member
|
8000 Post Club Member
Joined: Aug 2007
Posts: 8,949 |
To me, late Brahms piano pieces are full of emotions. I think they are some of the saddest music ever written. Can you program several pieces? Or play an entire opus? Sadness is only one emotion, however. There are many other emotions well-portrayed in music: joy, anger, passion, devotion, etc. Hmm...to me, late Brahms pieces provide different shades or variations on sad. Or they evoke sadness in the listener. Even that last Rhapsody, which sounds joyful and full of hope, has to end on a crushingly sad coda in a minor key. Maybe I'm just associating that music with old age, regrets, sorrows, lost love, what could have been, yadda yadda yadda
Private Piano Teacher and MTAC Member
|
|
|
|
Joined: May 2011
Posts: 165
Full Member
|
Full Member
Joined: May 2011
Posts: 165 |
A second vote for Rach Elrgie op 3 no 1 Listen to recordings of Garilov and Reisenberg before you make a decision Listen to a recording by Rachmaninoff as well.
|
|
|
|
Joined: Feb 2012
Posts: 2,400
2000 Post Club Member
|
2000 Post Club Member
Joined: Feb 2012
Posts: 2,400 |
Well, I'll let others suggest the more mainstream pieces. My heart breaks at just the opening notes of so many of them! But since you said you're also looking for more unknown, I was listening to some dumkas today; maybe one would catch your fancy. I can think offhand of a lovely one by Balakirev, and another one by Tchaikovsky.
Trying to think broadly of things people tend not to be familiar with...here are some other things that came to mind, though I didn't really think too hard other than recalling I liked them for one reason or another, and that they are not as well-known. I didn't take difficulty in mind, either, so some might not be sufficient for your purposes.
Scriabin Fantasy Op. 28
Bortkiewicz Elegie Op. 46
Medtner Forgotten Melodies (op 38 one) Sonata Reminiscenza, or the Op. 39, sonata tragica
Tchaikovsky Romance in F minor
Alkan Nocturne Op. 22
Merikanto Albumblad Op. 3
Kalinnikov Elegie b flat minor (or maybe the nocturne?)
Glinka Alabiev Nightingale variations
Kosenko piano sonata #3
|
|
|
|
Joined: May 2013
Posts: 3,157
3000 Post Club Member
|
3000 Post Club Member
Joined: May 2013
Posts: 3,157 |
I'm all keyed up 2016 Blüthner Model A
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jun 2005
Posts: 1,306
1000 Post Club Member
|
1000 Post Club Member
Joined: Jun 2005
Posts: 1,306 |
I came into this thread all excited to mention the Rach Elegie, and I see it was the very first suggestion listed and then a few more times after that.
I do music stuffs Yep, I have a YouTube channel!Current: 1998 PETROF Model IV Chippendale LEGO Grand Piano (IDEAS 031|21323) YAMAHA PSR-520 Past: 2017 Charles Walter 1500 in semi-polish ebony 1991 Kawai 602-M Console in Oak
|
|
|
|
Joined: Feb 2012
Posts: 2,400
2000 Post Club Member
|
2000 Post Club Member
Joined: Feb 2012
Posts: 2,400 |
I came into this thread all excited to mention the Rach Elegie, and I see it was the very first suggestion listed and then a few more times after that. Yeah, that makes two of us.
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jul 2012
Posts: 58
Full Member
|
Full Member
Joined: Jul 2012
Posts: 58 |
I find Tchaikovsky's Dumka Op 59 is a good piece to convey emotions. Since you say you convey big emotions well, I might consider looking at this if your teacher feels its appropriate for your level.
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jul 2015
Posts: 80
Full Member
|
Full Member
Joined: Jul 2015
Posts: 80 |
No one's mentioned it yet so I will. Rachmaninoff's arrangement of Fritz Kreisler's Liebeslied or "Love's Sorrow". The piece is definitely for an upper-level intermediate to advanced pianist as the rhythms can be complicated in some areas as well as voicing.
"Music is enough for a lifetime, but a lifetime is not enough for music." ~ Sergei Rachmaninoff ~
|
|
|
|
Joined: Mar 2013
Posts: 9,328
9000 Post Club Member
|
9000 Post Club Member
Joined: Mar 2013
Posts: 9,328 |
No one's mentioned it yet so I will. Rachmaninoff's arrangement of Fritz Kreisler's Liebeslied or "Love's Sorrow". The piece is definitely for an upper-level intermediate to advanced pianist as the rhythms can be complicated in some areas as well as voicing. You're underestimating the transcription's difficulty. It's very hard. Also too short for the OP's criteria.
Regards,
Polyphonist
|
|
|
|
Joined: Aug 2011
Posts: 42
Full Member
|
Full Member
Joined: Aug 2011
Posts: 42 |
I came into this thread all excited to mention the Rach Elegie, and I see it was the very first suggestion listed and then a few more times after that. Yeah, that makes two of us. Three of us
"It always seems impossible until it's done."
|
|
|
|
|
|
Piano
by Gino2 - 04/17/24 02:34 PM
|
Piano
by Gino2 - 04/17/24 02:23 PM
|
|
Forums43
Topics223,408
Posts3,349,457
Members111,637
|
Most Online15,252 Mar 21st, 2010
|
|
|
|
|
|