What would be your DREAM Recital Program?
Let's imagine that you have the chance to craft your IDEAL Recital program!
What would be on the program?
WHY would the pieces be on the program?
Don't feel limited by your own playing capabilities, let your imagination go WILD!
Please Share below!
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I will kick things off!
I like to think about a recital being a chance to put together a unique experience, with each piece being like a different scene from a movie. With the pieces combined together, the recital delivers the message I want to convey!
Below is just one program that I want to play in the Fall season 2023!
Title: An Invitation to the Party!
Who doesnât love a great party? Many of our friends that we love are there, as well as new people to meet and get to know! Like any festivity we need to start off with some music to invite everyone onto the dance floor: waltzes of Schubert formed into a delightful medley by Franz Liszt! Then we move to the Viennese waltzes of Brahms that gather in their strength, complexity, and seriousness. To conclude the 1st half, we invite the rambunctious Debussy into the mix as he delights with the rhythmically contagious âMasquesâ and the ecstatic melodies and harmonies of âThe Joyful Islandâ!
Like most parties, celebrities and high-profile individuals arrive âfashionably lateâ so with Schumannâs Carnaval, we get to see the main attraction: musical images of the actors from the popular 16th century Italian theatrical group: Commedia dellâarte, the 2 personalities of Schumann himself (Eusebius and Florestan) and more! People as famous as Clara Schumann, Paganini, and even the enigmatic Chopin grace us with their presence, until the evening ends with every artist who wishes to join the âLeague of Davidâ in a march celebrating the triumph of art over those who oppose it!
Program:
Liszt/Schubert: Soirees de Vienne no.6 (Sophie Menter Version)
Brahms: 16 Waltzes op.39
Debussy: Masques
Debussy: Lâisle JoyeuseSchumann: Carnaval op.9
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Dominic Cheli Wow! That is a wonderful program! I love the narrative you posted, too! I can visualize everything that you described! I hope I am able to attend your concert of this glorious music! Thank you, Dominic!
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Dominic Cheli I love that program! It would be a real crowd pleaser, too!
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Someone has beat me to it, Pierre Laurent-Aimard played the recital at Tanglewood maybe 15 yrs ago. Eliot Carter's "Night Fantasies" and Charles Ives "Concord Sonata." A 'no holds barred' challenge to the ears, an All-American slugfest of uncompromising artistic beliefs. God, would I love to be able to play this program - in my next life.
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Christopher S. Curdo
Sorry... Elliott..
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Christopher S. Curdo
Sorry...Pierre-Laurent...
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Heres my idea:
Arvo PĂ€rt FĂŒr Alina
Franz Liszt: Ballade no. 2 S. 171
Samuil Feinberg Sonata no. 3 Op. 3 in g-sharp minor
Chopin Etudes Op. 10
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My idea: Apothecary Piano for the digitally exhausted soul
The idea is to have a piece for all the things we do which digitally exhaust us.
Cure for stalking your ex - Moonlight Sonata
Cure for outrage - Turkish March
Cure for being left on âreadâ - Nuvole Bianche
Cure for Good morning forwards - There are nicer ways to wake up. Like Prelude in C by Bach
Cure for too many zoom calls - Trick is to swiftly step out of these. Almost like a Waltz. Waltz in A Minor by Chopin
Cure for weekend 9,848 unread emails - Prelude in G by Bach - Perseverance during the week will save you
Cure for wanting to tweet that unoriginal thought - The only time copying is alright is when its a canon or an Escher painting. Invention in F
Cure for too many filters - Time to get real. Gnossience by Erik Satie
Cure for being ushered out of a WhatsApp group - Prelude in E | A sad chopin song
Cure for 2am boredom - The Entertainer by Joplin
Cure for canceling - Enough cancelling, cant be just celebrate our fellow people - Serenade by Schubert
Cure for influencing - Hereâs to actually experience life in its rawest form. Experience by Ludovico Einaudi-
prathamvarshney I can't wait to hear your recital, complete with an introduction for each piece!
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Monika Tusnady Thanks Monika, I'll be sure to send you an invite when it's scheduled. I'm based out of New Delhi, India. What about you?
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prathamvarshney Quite far away, in Canada!
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prathamvarshney Love it, love it, love it! It would be great to see and hear it in real life. It made me laugh! and also take note of some pieces. Wonderful playing route, keep going!!!
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My father created a short program for me of the works I have memorized. He says its about a relationship. Tonebase really helped with number 2 and 3.
1 Chopin Fantasie Impromptu (Pursuit) we watched Daniil Trifonov's music video
2 Chopin's Barcarolle (Romance mid 20's)
3 Brahms Opus 118 # 2 (Love 60's looking back at a lifetime together)
4 Tchaikovsky Seasons June (Alone after passing of spouse walking along shore reflecting)
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Cyrus Saladin Ming That is a beautiful and personally meaningful program!
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Monika Tusnady Thank you Ma'am
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My dream solo recital....
Chopin: Sonata no. 3 (1844)
Ravel: Gaspard de la nuit (1908)
Rachmaninoff: Sonata no. 2 (1931)
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Being good enough to have a recital is my dream!
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I am not a professional pianist, but I play the piano as a serious passion/hobby. After some years of silence, I have been playing the piano and studying the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd programs for two years.
The first program (quite realistic): a recital on Mozart:
Fantasie K. 397, Sonate K. 545, Prelude and Fugue K. 394, Fantasie K. 475.
The second program (quite realistic):
Schumann: Arabesque op. 18
Schubert: Impromptus op. 90 n. 2 and 4
Chopin: Prelude op. 28 n. 4
Chopin: Nocturne op. 32 n. 1
Liszt: Transcendental Study n. 11 "Harmonies du soir"
The third program (quite realistic):
Beethoven: Sonate op. 13 ("Pathétique")
Clementi: Sonate op. 26 n. 3
Scarlatti: Sonate K. 33
Paradisi: Toccata
The fourth program (I am studying/I will be studying about):
Chopin: Scherzo op. 20 n. 1
Dussek: Sonatine op. 20 n. 1
Beethoven: Sonate op. 57 ("Appassionata")
Rimsky-Korsakov/Strimer: The flight of the bumblebee
Rameau: Le rappel des oiseaux
Satie: 1st Gymnopédie
Haendel/Halvorsen: Passacaille
(too oniristic??) Lyapunov: Transcendental Study op. 11 n. 6 ("Storm")
The fifth program:
Schubert: Sonate D 784
Some of Chopin's Waltzes (and, perhaps, Nocturnes)
Bartok: Sonatine
Bartok: Allegro barbaro
Prokofiev: A selection from op. 65
Albinoni/Giazotto: Adagio
(too oniristic???) Beethoven: Sonate op. 110
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So my piano recital would be as follows:
Beethoven: Sonate Pathétique
Chopin: Ballade no.1
Liszt: Les deux legendes
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Debussy: Suite bergamasque
Scriabin: Sonata no. 4
BartĂłk: Piano Sonata
For me this recital would be gradually progressing towards a more modern and ambitious style, reflecting the musical and cultural changes through the centuries.
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Raphael Amoretti That's an ambitious program, with a heavy second half! Well thought-out, too, in its concept!
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Ginastera - Sonata No. 1
Chopin - Nocturne Op 9 No 2
Chopin - Ballade in f minor
Intermission
Mussorgsky - Pictures at an Exhibition
These are 3 pieces from my bucket list plus the first classical piece I learned.
Encore - Schubert Impromptu Op 90 No. 4 n A Flat
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Michael Filak I love it that you planned right down to the Encore!
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The Goldberg Variations, because it is all the things and as an introvert, sometimes it can be difficult to interact with an audience but this piece is the ultimate introspective piece that invites others into your mind and world. I think it is what made both of Glenn Gouldâs recordings so compelling. He was also the ultimate introvert.
If I didnât play the piano, it would be Bachâs Cello Suites. Maybe for the same reason, but then it also has the beautiful cello singling qualities.
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Mozart Sonata in B flat major, K. 281
Mozart Sonata in D major, K 311
(Perhaps a Haydn Sonata, such as e minor)
Chopin Op. 10 OR Op. 25
Chopin Nocturnes: Op. 9 No. 3,, Op. 15 No. 2, Op. 37 No.1
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Monika Tusnady Great choices! Save me a ticket
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