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Post by Wolfgang on Oct 10, 2023 12:02:55 GMT -5
While I'm on the Sergei Prokofiev kick, here's Peter and the Wolf (Op. 67):
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Post by Wolfgang on Oct 10, 2023 12:06:29 GMT -5
Another famous Prokofiev work, No. 13 (aka "Dance of the Knights") from Romeo and Juliet.
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Post by Wolfgang on Oct 10, 2023 12:26:23 GMT -5
And, yes, one of the most famous Bach works, the second movement (Largo) from Keyboard Concerto No. 5 (BWV 1056). It was also featured in the film Slaughterhouse-Five (1972):
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Post by Wolfgang on Oct 15, 2023 12:29:28 GMT -5
Bach, Harpsichord Concerto No. 3, third movement (Allegro), BWV 1054
This was also featured in the film Slaughterhouse Five (1972)
You f---ers should listen to Bach.
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Post by Wolfgang on Oct 16, 2023 11:42:26 GMT -5
My very first "major" piano piece I learned to play from start to finish, memorized, which brought me great pride.
Brahms Intermezzo Op. 118, No. 2
Note: I don't count the Mozart Piano Sonata K. 545 in C Major, which I learned pretty quickly. It's known as the "easy" sonata. Despite what it sounds like when performed, it's actually quite easy. Well, it's moderately easy if you want it to sound "professional." I think every piano student learns this as one of their first major piano sonatas and then move on, never to play it again. I like playing the third movement, which begins at the 6:43 mark. Very lively and gives your fingers a lot of joy.
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Post by Wolfgang on Oct 17, 2023 10:57:36 GMT -5
One of the best scenes in Amadeus (1984). It plays some of Mozart "lesser" known (but incredible) pieces.
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Post by Wolfgang on Oct 17, 2023 10:59:50 GMT -5
This is the Serenade for Winds, III. Adagio, K.361. Astoundingly beautiful.
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Post by Wolfgang on Oct 17, 2023 11:04:56 GMT -5
Here's the wonderful Flute and Harp concerto, K.299, II. Andantino. So f---ing lovely I can't stand it.
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Post by nowhereman on Oct 17, 2023 11:05:11 GMT -5
Bach is a crap composer. His stuff is sleep.inducing.
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Post by Wolfgang on Oct 18, 2023 14:58:26 GMT -5
Dance of the Blessed Spirits (from Orfeo ed Euridice, by Christoph Gluck), 1762
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Post by hammer on Oct 18, 2023 15:25:34 GMT -5
Bach is a crap composer. His stuff is sleep.inducing. Your opinion of this piece?
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Post by Wolfgang on Oct 18, 2023 15:46:51 GMT -5
Minuet in G (from Notebook for Anna Magdalena by Bach), BWV 114
My very first piece. I played around with the piano by myself, learning music notes and theory, and how they correspond to the keys on the piano. So, I had some familiarity with the piano before my very first "official" lesson by my teacher. I explained to her my situation and she assigned me this Minuet in G. So, that week, I learned by rote how to play this piece from beginning to end.
During the lesson the following week, I impressed my teacher with the Bach piece. Then, she tested me. She picked a random measure and asked me to play the piece from there. Holy f---! I couldn't do it! My muscle memory worked from the beginning of the piece to the end, but not from the middle. Really surprising phenomenon. She told me this meant I didn't "really know" this piece. She's probably right. Now, whenever I practice (even in jazz) I start from random locations.
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Post by Wolfgang on Oct 18, 2023 15:55:48 GMT -5
Two-Part Inventions, No. 8, BWV 779 (Bach)
One of the earliest pieces I learned as a beginning student. I think I was playing the piano for about 8 months at this point. Here, this boy is far better than I ever was as an adult -- even though this boy's hands are about 1/4 the size of my hands. LOL! F---in' A!
A very fun piece. If I had nothing to do, I could play this piece in an infinite loop.
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Post by hammer on Oct 18, 2023 16:02:36 GMT -5
The mastery of Alicia de Larrocha ...
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Post by nowhereman on Oct 18, 2023 16:41:13 GMT -5
Bach is a crap composer. His stuff is sleep.inducing. Your opinion of this piece? Heh. It's okay. I have it in the collection. Bach is definitely not my first choice though.
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