Beethoven - Egmont Overture

oops I posted my comment wrong... sorry about that =.=;

There's a good eight hand version of that!
But I'm afraid I don't know how to play that one! D:
(try something more famous! Remember, my main are of music is not romantic but renaissance, so I've only studied the more standard repertoire :P, will the his seventh do?)

Heh, the reason why I suggested it was because I knew there was a good piano arrangement of it! Beethoven 7 is cool, though I'm a bigger fan of 6 (and 5, even if the first movement has gotten cliched).

Another cool piece is Mozart's Magic Flute overture, but I don't know if there's a good transcription of that or if you're familiar with it!

I know practically all the Beethoven symphonies! =D

And, boy are you lucky! I know the whole Magic Flute Opera for piano, from when I used to play for their rehearsals. ;)

What, a request?! but of music! unheard of! Good to hear of your success (If i remember, it's charity for tsunami victims), Hmm... I'm wondering if you would know how to play Violin Concerto in D Major (Movement III) by Brahms? (Or I think that's what it was called.,,). It was used in a movie I recently watched and thought it was really awesome ;)

Yup! Quite right!!! =D
Oh, yes, that violin concerto! Beautiful! Pity that I've never come across a piano transcription of it, but tell you what, I'll record something else by Brahms which I think you'll enjoy. ;)
These aren't really requests, but more of suggestions on what to put up. Learning a transcription of an orchestral piece well takes at least three months, so I can only do what I already know!

badinerie XD

By Bach!?
Oh, he's before Mozart! =P
And polyphonic music does not transcribe well =P
But we can play that in our quintet!!! =D

(And we'll need to find a guest violist for that! Not an impossible task, I assure you.)

i was just kidding of course!

Anything by Ravel that isn't Bolero. Maybe some selections from "Daphnis et Chloe?"

Also, some of Gaspard de la Nuit (yes, I know that one's written for piano but it's just so awesome!).

You got it! You will revel in the joys of Ravel pretty soon (ETA less than two weeks)

Scriabin's Poem of Fire!

How about the Fire Rider instead? =P

That's great! I'm glad everything is going well!

Thank you!
So how about you, any composer that strikes your fancy?

Hm, how about a challenge then?
I know it's not what your looking for, but Mull of Kintyre is my favorite song. If anyone could adapt it to piano, I'm sure you could!

haha! I'd really love to make one... but I won't be able any-time soon! Sorry... I will keep it in mind for later! =D

No worries, I can enjoy the rest of your music while I wait.

What about Pictures at an Exhibition? I don't think it's your target time period, but the original work was written for piano only so there's no transcription needed.

Another favorite of mine is The Planets, especially Mars.

Oh yes! Oof, I haven't touched those for a decade at least... but maybe ina few months time! =D
Heh, the orchestrated version has become so popular that most forget its humbler origins.
Oh, a beautiful piece! I must confess that I have never learnt a transcription of it...

In some ways I enjoy the piano-only version of Pictures at an Exhibition even more than the fully orchestrated version. It's really a brilliant piece altogether.

If you're interested in listening to something a little different, Emerson, Lake, and Palmer has a progressive rock version as well: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pictur.....an_Exhibition_(album) They also have a fun version of Hoedown (from Copland's Rodeo) on their album Trilogy.

Well, since this was about orchestral reductions, I compromised!
Have it on guitar (here's Baba Jaga): http://www.furaffinity.net/view/5015091/
And I know those fellows! Pretty cool stuff for sure!

Arvo Part's Collage uber B-A-C-H. >:3

I'll play you Liszt's one!

And he's post Ravel... Shame on you for suggesting him! (I kid =P)

Well, you didn't mention that part. Mozart to Ravel is M to R. P is about in between. XP

Darn, I meant to say the time period! I should have been more specific... =P
And don't you dare tell me that Ravel died in '37 whilst part was born in '35!

I actually didn't know that. So there. D:

The Ricercare's my favourite movement anyway (6:25 of the video).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KadtM_JPVEk

:D

Oh ho! Similar tastes, it's my favourite too (I know and love Arvo Pärt's music), but probably because it's named after my favourite style of renaissance composition. =P

Thought you had heard the work, but was just posting for others who may be interested. :D

Aye! Don't worry, I'm not holding it against you~ In fact it's nice listening to it again, I haven't for a while!

Here you are, Liszt's Fantasia und Fugue über B-A-C-H: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/4909119

It's good to hear everything's going well. I would post a suggestion but unfortunately I'm not too knowledgeable of classical music.

Heh, well, I will try my best to play the best I can, so I hope you won't be disappointed!
Thank you! =D

Woo, great news to hear. Bombastic piano solos, four hands? No wonder you can play so fantastically, you had four hands all along! That means you can shake hands with up to four people, or clap twice as much! ;p

Let my dive into my classical music archives… well my apologies, I seem to be quite uneducated in this area. I was going to bring up Ravel’s Bolero, but apparently it's popularity make it not too popular (it’s also one of the only Ravel pieces I know).
How about Wagner’s Ride of the Valkyries, would that fit in your time range? Another overplayed piece I would presume, but that’s as far as my knowledge goes... :(

Hehe, I need to conjure up invisible lackeys to help me sometimes!

Hmmm, the Bolero is a personal favourite of mine, but no piano could ever do it justice as its essence is in the orchestration! I will be playing other compositions by Ravel thoug!
Hehe, Hojotoho! I played it once... but I think that I'll play some other equally wonderful pieces by Wagner (which aren't as well known ;) ).

Gah, silly of me! Bolero just wouldn’t be Bolero without the orchestration. Those two aforementioned pieces make up the bulk of my classical music library it seems, and came to mind first. :D

Oh, but I would look forward to other equally wonderful Wagner pieces. It is always interesting to be exposed to more, maybe even inspire me to expand my classical library!

How about the Winter movement of Vivaldi's Four Seasons, maybe? I'm not sure if that'd translate well.

No! Can't you read? No-one before Mozart! >:(
I am not talking to you any-more. *pout*
(Just kidding, but no.)

Then uhm uhm... Don Giovanni overture?

You get... The Magic Flute! =D

That's good too.

I was going to suggest that! And how about the HMS Pinafore overture XD I know it's not quite as musically... err... how can I put this... good as mozart, but I would still like to hear you play it and reminisce over all the themes!

Also, how about the Le Nozze Di Figaro overture?
And I was thinking... Schubert's Unfinished Symphony (first movement)? That would be very hard to get the right feeling for on piano!
Do you have a clarinetist? The Rondo from Mozarts Clarinet Concerto would be awesome! :3

Hehe! I'm afraid that even through my extensive accompanying I have never had to perform overtures in rehearsals on the piano! So I don't know too many... =P And the 'full Opera transcribed' is fairly rare in my book. Usually I just know the orchestral part without the main melody. =P
I'll see what I can do! But I'm afriad that your suggestions are stretching a bit on the dangerously unreasonable ones for a renaissance (give or take a period) musician!

I have the sheet music if you want me to scan and e-mail it :3

Tell me, do you consider yourself to play in historical context, or play the music in a modern context? i.e. improvised ornamentation (for a singer, the repeat of the A section in a da capo aria)

What do you mean exactly? If I play baroque music, I add the proper ornamentation and embellishments of the era (same for renaissance/medieval work), I try to be as 'historically informed' as possible. For modern works (which is more of a hobby nowadays... though that's recently changed!) I don't add many ornaments (as they're written out)... though sometimes my baroque self does come in! Obviously, in good renaissance (+-1 era) performances you have extreme 'rubatos', to the point that if you follow the score you'll be quite confused, and that does transfer very nicely to the romantics! The modern context of baroque music is very dull!

As for that, as I said, I cannot learn any new music off the bat! These are just 'bonuses' that I'll play as encores at these charity concerts. I have a large repertoire, but I don't know everything (and learning a virtuoso piece for nothing isn't something I can quite 'afford' time-wise, sorry.)!

I just meant, do you try to adapt your playing style to perform as they might've in the baroque era (of course forgetting things like tuning and instrument design X3). And I agree, modern context baroque is rather dull!

Ah yes of course! That slipped my mind as I wrote that comment!

Yes, that's what I mean by 'historically informed performance'! The countless treatises and essays I've read on the subject... oh my! Certainly makes the music a whole load more interesting!

I can think of a lot of examples...:P
But, in keeping with someone in between Mozart and Ravel, I've always wondered how Dukas' "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" would sound as a piano reduction. Not the Disney version though, the full version would be awesome!!!

What!? Didn't you learn the alphabet when you were younger? Since when does D come between M and R!?
RAAAAAAWWWWWRRRRR!
You don't get anything >:( imsrs.

Kidding of course! Hmm... You're lucky! I played a transcription of it in France. I'll see if my fingers can muster it! It might be good to put something up that's a bit more well known rather than all this obscure stuff that we'll be playing!

A B C D L M N O G? Oh wait, that still doesn't work, darn! :P
Oh great, that's good news, yes, that would be good, nice to entice more listeners with well known stuff!

OMG... look at all the request... this is wonderful...

V.

There were only three or four really... D=

Very well then... how about 'Hoedown' from Copeland's 'Rodeo'?

I so love Copeland.

V.

>:(
Ravel died in 1937, that piece was premièred in '42.
I'm kidding of course! But no, I don't know that and I can't learn anything new at this time!

quite all right you silly Cat... just having you here is more than enough...

V.

Musorgsky, Pictures at an exhibition. the only example of this series is by Emerson Lake & Palmer.

I know that set of pieces! =D
But many more people did it, trust me, I know. =P
(Their rendition is tops!) Alright, it'll take a while, but you shall hear them!

Here you are, http://www.furaffinity.net/view/5015091/ this only has Baba Yaga, instead of a lute, I tried for the guitar, which is the next best thing.

Johan De Meij - Trombone Concerto :P im attempting to get this piece down for my senior recital next fall >,<

Can't you read!? Mozart to Ravel! Ravel died in '37, de Meij was born in the fifties. >:(

*giggles* aye, i know i was being silly :P

I have to find the other one you may like...it is one of Mozarts Concertos...

also...you should do a recording of John Cage's 4'33" XD

You really don't know your history!
And Concertos do not transcribe well, trust me! I'd need the soloist to still be the soloist. =P

lol that is true enough. I just be teasing you with the John Cage piece...technically it is 4'33" of silence :P

And i see your point with the concertos :P would be an interesting challenge to accompany yourself =^-^;=~~

I know that! I once played a very upbeat version of it that lasted five seconds.
Yeah, you can reduce the orchestra to a piano and then get someone to play the... whatever solo instrument you need! I accompanied myself singing complex lieds many times! =D

*tries to think of the most complex, polyphonic piece written to give you a TRUE challenge...* ...Let me get back to you. Muahahaha....

The Spanish flea?

wow to be honest I have a really low knowledge of classic musicians =( I know almost nothing.

(You know, you probably have a higher chance of getting me to play something you want by saying the name of a very famous composer! Like Beethoven! =D )

XD hehe alright, but beside Beethoven I would love you to try playing winter from Vivaldi.

That can't be played on a piano alone!!! D:
But if we get a few guest musicians we could do something along those lines. ;)

yay ~! XD Ya I wasn't thinking of you playing it alone but maybe 4 of 6 hands.

Harold in Italy!

Yes!!!!!

"Short Ride in a Fast Machine" by John Adams.

If it took you so long to get it, you could have at least done your homework... now tell me, is John Adams a contemporary or predecessor of Ravel's?
No. He was born in '47, Ravel died a decade earlier. >:(
Kidding! But really, no.

Erf...my bad. :-/ When you said "from Mozart to Ravel," I thought that was a sort of metaphor for "anything." I didn't realize you were setting actual timeline restrictions.